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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-02
THE ARMY
Adjusant General Corbin's Annual Re
port, Giving Army Statistics

Washington, October 3o.-The annual
report Of Adjutant General H C. Cor
bin to the secretary Of war for the
year ending June 50. 1900. is a COM
plete statistical record of the army OF
he United States 1t shows that the
regular army consists OF ISIS officers
and So. SCI enlisted men. and the volun-
teer army of 1,54S officers and s1,0ss
enlisted men, a grand total OF IS. 80,
not including the hospital. corps. which
Is not counted as a part Of the effective
strength OF the army. The regular and
volunteer army at present is distribut-
ed As follows
United States, ssS officers, OF whom
rs are volunteer n 1885 enlisted men.
all regulars: Alaska, IL officers. less
enlisted Porto Rico, IS officers.
2.406 enlisted men: Cuba 260 officers,
5.46S enlisted men; Philippine islands.
1857 officers. 60. 161 enlisted men: Haw-
allan islands, 6 officers, zig enlisted
men; China, so officers. 1850 men.
There are $40 volunteer enlisted men
in Porto Rico. and 80, 200 in the Phil
ippines. TheSe are the only places
where volunteer enlisted men are serv-
ing. Some staff officers are serving in
nearly all of the places named. The
deaths reported IN the army both reg
ular and volunteer. by the same divis-
ion are: United States. Il officers pa
men; Alaska, 3 men; Cuba z officers
LAG enlisted men: Porto Rico. SO men;
Hawaii, 1 officer and 4 men; Philippine
islands, 49 officers and 1888 men: al
sea, 3 officers, "a men. Total "A officers
and 1880 men.
During the year, there were dis
charged from service %, 1872 men; de-
serted, 1888.
The casualties in the Illness cam.
paign between July LIST and October LIST
were 9 officers and 200 enlisted mer
killed.
General Corbin commendS highly
the operation of post exchanges and
the c%anteen, saying that the report:
from h Philippines. Cuba and Porto
Rico indicate hat the post exchange
has become absolutely necessary" He
says that the total amount received
from the exchanges SO far as reports
show amounted to 81, 915, S62. with q
net profit of $464, 504.
In the statistics given is a table
showing the chronological list of &C.
lions in h Philippine islands from
FEBRUARY 4th, 1899, to June Goth, 1900
together with the losses in killed and
wounded. The totals show 33 officers
and 476 men killed, and 147 officers, and
LOIS men
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-02
CYRUS B. WATSON FOR SIMMONS
Says the Party and State Needs His
ServiceS-The Cotton In Edgecombe
Supreme Court Opinions Filed.
Especial to the Messenger.)

Raleigh, October 30.-CyruS B. Wat
son, Of Winston, democratic guberna-
torial nominee -four years ago, writes
an open Letter in which he declares for
Simmons and says in mis- opinion the
party and state just al this time need
Simmons services.
Henry Clark Bridgers, of Edgecombe,
who is here, says the top crop of cotton
on rich lands in hat county amounts
to as much as half a bale to the acre.
The supreme court filed the following
opinions today: Hende vs.. Railroad,
from Durham, no error; Cheek VS..
Building and Loan Association, from
Durham, petition dismissed; Pass VS..
Brooks, from Person, petition allowed
and new trial awarded; State VS.. Rip
pey, from Durham. no error; Jones VS..
Duncan, from Harett, naffirmed; State
VS.. OVERLY, from Vance, new trial;
Lutten VS.. Badham, from Chowan,
error; Person VS.. Leary, petition to re-
hear granted, judgment below af-
firmed.
The following cases were disposed of
by per curtain order: Hunter VS.. Leach
from Wake, affirmed, Young VS.. Co
Fart, from Granville, motion to docket
and dismiss plaintiffs appeal, under
rule IL, allowed.
Among the arrivals today are: H. G..
Ewart, Hendersonville; Spencer B.
Adams, Greensboro; Iredell Meares,
Wilmington; j. A. Giles, Pittsboro.
The auditorium stockholders met to-
night, a quorum present. They did
not agree ON site, but appointed a COM
mittee to select one and report. Nine
tenthS of the stockholders and of the
general public favor the location one
block southwest of the capitol and in
two blocks OF the Union railway sta
tion.
Senator Pritchard spoke in Metropol-
itan hall this evening to some 400 per-
sons-a considerable sprinkling of
democrats. His speech was in his
best style. He vas introduced by j.
| A. Giles, republican nominee for con-
gress this district and was followed
by ~ex-Judge EWart.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-02

His friends Place at 80, OOO-The Fine
Top Crop. of Cotton-A Reformatory
Association Formed
Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh, n. c., October 30

Raleigh, n. c., October 80.
Friends Of F. NJ. Simmons say re-
turns ron sixty-fve counties indicate
a majority of $4,000 for him for sen-
ator. They are greatly pleased at the
letter OF ex-senator Jarvis. so full of
expressions kindly to Simmons.
The t-wenty-second annual state col
ored air. was opened here today at tho
state fair grounds by j. C.. l.. Harris.
The exhibits, are creditable.
The supreme our today called the
Sixth district appeal docket. The fol-
lowing attorneys are present: w. r.
Allen, Goldsboro; II. @. Common, VIII
son.; Junius Davis, r. K. Bryan. l.. ".
Grady, Herbert McClammy. Whining
ton; III. E.. Stevens. Warsaw; J. ID.
Kerr, Clinton; l.. a. Beasley, Kenans-
Vile.
Two convicts from Washington and
four from Cumberland arrived at tho
penitentiary today.
| A large cotton dealer here says: This
wonderfully fine weather Is making
| cotton. If it keeps on there will be an
| other crop down south"
November 7th :hc picking OF cotton
at the state farms Will be completed
and the convicts who were sent there
from railway work Will be returned to
the latter.
The police here say that out or NIFTY
arrests made during the week OF the
state fair only one man was found to
have a deadly weapon. He a a pistol.
The number OF pupils at the blind in
stitution here is now 30. No more will
be received after this date, as late n
tries d1sarrange the classes.
The democrats Of Johnston county
who are charged with intimidation
have given new bonds in the sum o1
$500 each for appearance Novembei
8th, to which date the hearing Is con.
1 tinIIed.
The North Carolina Reformatory As
ISOLATION was formally organized las
night in the office of State TREASURED
Worth. It Is the first real step towardl
securing the much needed reforma
tory. A. l. Chamberlain is president
Charles D.. Roberts secretary. and Jno
T Pullen treasurer. There Is a VIC
president for each denomination an'
| order.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-02
CLEVELAND SAYS IT'S A LIE
That He Said There Would beSa Land
Slide for Mr.. Bryan

Princeton, N. J., October 30.-Ex-
President Cleveland being shown a
publication in the Philadelphia Times
of today purporting to be an interview
with him, said: I
THE whole thing from beginning to
end is an absolute lie, without the
least foundation Dr. a shadow of truth.
i have never uttered a word to any
human being that affords the least
pretext for such a mendaciouS state
ment. 1 have already telegraphed
The Philadelphia Times to this effect
The utteranceS ascribed to ex-Presi-
dent Cleveland in n publication re-
ferred to embodied an expression that
there would be a landslide for Mr..
Bryan the morning after the election
Mr.. Cleveland was quoted as naming
certain elements working in favor OF
the democratic candidate n discuss
ing Mr.. Bryan as an orator and as al
efficient campaigner.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-02
-LoNDoxERs GO WILD
Over the Return OF So.dfers-hr the
Crush Ten Persons Killed and Two
Hundred Injured.

LONDON. October ea.-The city impe<
rial volunteers. who arrived at South
ampton from South Africa. Saturday,
on the British transport Aurania,
reached here by train this morning,
marched through London along streets
packed by thousands. and received q
tumultuous greeting. Such q demon
stration was probably never before
evoked for such a small body OF voiun-
teers.
The postponement Of London's well
come until today diminished the num-
Der OF spectators, but the enthusiasm
could scarcely have been more general
or genuine. Early in the day Queen
Victoria sent a message to the return
ing troops. welcoming them and inQuir-
ing as TO their health.
The prince OF Wales came to town
and viewed the procession from Mari
borough house. The other royal per-
nag watching the little band OF
men in khaki uniforms were Princess
Louise. the duchess of Argyle and
Prince Edward OF Saxc~Weimar, who
with many other distinguished people
had taken up positions OF vantage early
in the morning.
The ~exuberant throngs proved un-
manageable and the police and soldiers
were quite a to stem the ugly
rushes. The crush OF the popuiace be-
came so terrible at the marble arch
that the people broke through the cor
don and when the field was again clear
ed forty persons requiring the sic OF
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. were left lying
on the ground. several OF them suffer
ing from serious injuries.
| In narrow Fleet street. the crowds
hrOEa dnyCn all the ha rriarC n.I ~f-As
seers, soldiers. police and city imperial
volunteers Were mixed up in a confus-
ed mass, from which the
had 10 be finally extricated in single
file.
A fractions cavalry horse stampeded
the crowd at Ludgate circus and fifty
persons who We're injured had TO be at
tended to by the ambulance corps.
| The list of casualties among the well
coming multitude was longer thar that
of the whole corps in its twenty-six
engagements in South Africa. Partial
returns from the hospitals and police
stations indicate that more than 200
people were badly hurt, eight and pos
sibly ten being killed.
Along the whole length of Fleet
street, the scene could only be likened
by a continual foot ball scrimmage,
but it was even more exciting. Shrieks
and groans filled the air: people were
hurled tor the ground and
upon L~ifeguardS. on horseback, were
swept on and lost in the struggling
mass of humanity after impotent
struggles to stem the pressure OF the
semi-panic-tricken mob. Some OF the
injuries sustained are SO severe that
it is feared they will prove fatal.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-02
Lynched for Criminal Assault.

Birmingham, Ala. October 30.-At
Duke, a small station on the Louisville
and Nashville and East and West rail-
ways, sixteen miles north of Admission,
last night, an 1s-year-old negro youth
named Abernethy made a criminal as
sault on a ~14-year-old adopted laugh
ter Of w. n. Thompson, section fore
man ON the Louisville and Nashville
railroad. The negro was captured three
hours after the attempt and was iden-
titled and lynched- Those who COM
posed h lynching party are said to
have been among the best citizens OF
the community and they e about
the work quietly and orderly.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-02
THREE MEN KILLED
Is the Result of ar Attempt to Rob a
Mine Company Paymaster.


Mt. Pleasant, Pa, October 3O.-Four
Italian miners attempted to rob Pay
Clerk William HOsier. of the South
west COrnellsville Coke Company,
while making his trip between this city
and AlvertOn with the pay roll of the
AlvertOn & Tarr works, amounting to
$4,000.
MIR HOSler is dead, his companion,
Harry Burgess, messenger of the COM
pany, is wounded; two of the Italians
are dead; a third fatally wounded and
the fourth in Jail.
HOsler and Burgess left this city at
1 o'clock this afternoon with the safe
containing the money to pay off the
men at the AIverton & Tarr works. AS
they reached the summit of the long
hill above Morewood, just below which
lies Alverton, a large coke town, with
out a seconds warning. the our Ital-
ians fired a volley from their hiding
place, and sprang forward, firing as
they advanced.
Mr.. Hosler fell dea at the first vol
ley. Young Burgess, though wounded,
was able to return the fire with effect
and one of the number at the horses
heads fell dead. A second later he fired
his revolver in the very face of an
other, and as he fell his two remaining
companions became terrified and, leav-
ing the dead one, set out with TIT
wounded one OveT the hill to the soutl
in the direction of the Alice mines.
Burgess managed TO drive on int
Alverton with the body of Mr.. Holse1
and the safe, where he gave the alarm
Mount Pleasant and vicinity, with tn
clerical force of the coke company
turned out, 800 strong, headed by Lieu
tenant John G.. Thompson, of Compan.
E, and soon corraled the two, who haC
concealed themselves in a field on tn
Durstine farm, a mile or so from thi
town.
A summons to surrender was ar
swered by a volley in which one of tn
posse received az slight wound in tn
chest. The outlaws. from their forti
fed position, made a fierce stand for
few minutes, until one of the posse sue
ceeded in getting in their rear. H
shot one through the head, killing hir
instantly. The other surrendered an
was brought to the office of SPUR
Rhodes and remanded to Jail.
In the meantime another division c
the posse overhauled the third would
be robber, who had received a ghastl
wound. The ball entering his mout
and penetrating his head. come out G
the back of his neck. He is not expect
ed to recOyer.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-02
Wilson News Notes.
Correspondence Of The Messenger.
Wilson, n. G. October 30.

Correspondence OF The MesSenger.1
Wilson, n. G., October 30.
Politics have taken a rise in interest
during the past few days. Last night
Kitchin and Wootten spoke in the
court house to the largest crowd that
"a gathered for this purpose in a long
time. Both speakers were heartily re-
ceived. Their addresses were able ar
guments for democracy. The speakers
were introduced by Hon. +. A Wood
ard. Tonight the voters OF this county
will have the pleasure Of hearing Hon.
F. NJ. Simmons.
November Ist Colonel Carr will adj
dress the voters of Wilson county.
The many friends of Mr.. J. II. Hin
nant are very sorry to learn OF his sud-
den death on Sunday. He left his home
on Sunday morning in apparent good
health and walked up street. Very sud
denly he suffered a stroke OF paralysis
and was stricken on the streets. Mr..
J.. G. Hadley sent him home. where
medical attention was at once called
in. But nothing could be done to bring
him again to consciousness. At 2 O'Clock
in the afternoon he died Tbs funeral
services took place yesterday afternoon
in Fremont.
The Wilson delegation 10 h Chris
tan church convention. which Is !
session at Ayden during TINS Week.
left yesterday.
| Mr.. ]. C.. Harwood, who has been
| with the Hargray Pharmacy during
the past year, has accepted a postson
in Kinston. His friends here regret 70
lose him. but are glad that he Is meet
ing with success.
Mr.. John L. Hare has moved his
family to Fremont. where he has re-
Gently gone In business.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-02
IN THE SUPREME COURT
Cases From the sixth District Argued
or Continued
Especial to the Messenger.)

Especial to the Messenger.)
Raleigh. n. c., October 30.-In the
supreme court the following Sixth dis
trict appeals were argued today:
Heyer VS.. Rivenbark, motions filed by
Stevens & Beasley for plaintiff; Woot-
en- VS.. Railroad and Chemial Ccnmpaoy
VS.. Kirven, continued by consent; Graft
vs.. Mechanics Home Association, ar
gued by Mcneil & Bryan for plaintiff
Junius Davis for defendant; Arthur VS.
Broadway. and Ferrall VS.. Broadway
argued by Allen and Battle & Mordeca
for defendants; McIlhenny VS.. VIII,
mington, argued by Herbert McClam'
my for plaintiff; McLamb VS.. McPhail
argued by Stevens & Beasley and Shep.
herd for plaintiff, Allen & Dortch anC
J.. D. Kerr for defendant.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-02
NEW YORK FOR BRYAN

Democratic Committee Claims the
state by $4,000 Majority
New York, October 30.-Executive
Chairman James K. Mcguire, of the
democratic state committee, gave out
tonight the first estimate from the
democratic state committee on how
the state would go. He said:
.sOur V of the state gives Bry-
an 80. 700 majority and it also shows
that the republicans will not come to
the Bronx with more than 10000 major
ity. 1 have refrained from K any
statements heretofore until our AN
vass was completed. This estimate on
our nva is a very conservative
one"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-02

The Greatest Evidence of the dangers
of cholera morbus, diarrhoea, and dys-
EMERY is the increase in the death rate
during the summer months. You can
not be too careful, and particular at
ton should be paid to the diet. A sup
ply of Pain Killer should always De at
hand for it a be relied on at all times
as safe, sure and speedy. A teaspoon
full will cure any ordinary case, Avoid
substitutes, there is but one Pain-Kill-
er, Perry Davis. Price 25c. and SOC.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-02
Yerkes Re signs the ColIectorship

Washington, October 30.-John w.
Yerkes, collector of internal revenue for
the Eighth district of Kentucky. has
resigned, to take effect November LIST.
He is the republican candidate for gov
ernor OF Kentucky.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-02
Hanna is

Goshen, Ind, October Ex-senator
Hanna was greeted by a great out
pouring Of people here today. the crowd
who heard his speech being estimated
at 1000. His visit was the occasion of
a big campaign rally.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-02

Avondale. the Irish estate of the late
Charles Stewart Parnell, IA been sold
at auction. The purchaser was MT.
Boyland, a friend of John Howard
Parnell, brother of the famous Irish
statesman.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-02

Perfectly healthy people have pure.
hich blood. Hoods ~Sarsaparilla puri-
fies and enriches the blood and makes
people healthy.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-17

dianapolis--or, rather. one who came 10
Indianapolis on the Bryan train. though
he was not In reality a member OF the
party--was y man who would come mlgnty
near being mobbed II he we're to try 10
speak in Kentucky, even though ne spoke
for Bryan. That is General P. wat Hardin,
who seems to be just about as popular
with the democrats OF kentucky as Ma
rion Butler is with the democrats OF
North Carolina.
General Hardin told me he just nap
pened to be in Chicago at the time ana
came down on the Bryan train by invita-
ton. but Kentuckans who were present
seemed to think General p. Wat had
scheduled mis- visit to Chicago SO that no
might get somewhere near the Bryan
band wsgon.
He would say nothing at all about Ken
lucky politics. | tried in every way 10
draw him into a discussion OF Beckham
chances, or OF the personality of Beckham
and Yerkes, or of the Kentucky political
situation in other respects, but he SHE'D
away from oil my questions, saying he
would very much prefer not to speak OF
Kentucky affairs at all.
The democrats of Kentucky have very
little use for him, For a great many
wears he was one of the favored sons OF
the party. continually holding office; but
after he had failed to receive the nomi-
natlOD IOT IUn tlSulp Et iNhN 49,
self to the bolt which brought out John
Young Brown as an independent candi-
date and resulted in the defeat of Goebel
on the face OF the returns. 1t is openly
charged in Kentucky that his position
was taken at the behest of the great cor.
poration which backed his candidacy ana
which was undoubtedly back of the bolt
ing movement Hardin processes loyalty
to BRYAN and the National ticket. but 1t
will hardly do for him to go on the stump
in Kentucky. even should ne come out
suuarelv fer the State as well as the Ma
tional ticket.
Much interest is manifested everywhere
in the Kentucky situation. National
Committeeman Urey Woodson says that
the outlook from a democratic standpoint
is most favorable and he feels certain
that the state will be in the democratic
column with a good majority not only for
Bryan but for Beckham.
There has been an effort on the part
OF republicans to try to create the I'M
preston that their candidate for the gov
ernorship, John w. Yerkes, is OF better
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-17
INDUSTRIAL COTTAGES.
Something About an Institution fer
Working Girls Mt Beiton.

To the Editor OF The Post.
Belton, Texas. August 1.-THE in
quIry appearing recenIy in the columns
OF your most valuable paper concerning
place where girls may work their way
through school. has led me 10 write
something of the Texas Educational and
Industrial cottages OF Bolton, Texas,
These cottages afford home to any
worthy but poor girl. or young lady who
have the means to meet the regular e&-
penses Of a boarding school or college.
The inmates of these cottages attend Bay
lor Female college. They do all Of tAe
house work, milk the cows, make tne
garden, raise chickens and do the laun-
dering. BY so doing the actual cost Of
living Is only 81 per week, or 81 per
month. BY special arrangement with
the college management tuition for the
cottage girls Is only 81 per month
making the cost OF living and tuition
in Baylor college only $50 for ten
months term. No young lady Is re-
ce.ved who has the means to pay regu-
lar, board or who has any unused educa-
tional advantages at home, or who does
not come well recommended by reliable
parties.
incidental expenses for ten months.
including physicians services, Is IS. The
college uniform Is worn by all the cot
tage girls and can be had for SIS, COM
plete, and can be worn for three OF
four years. The cost OF books will be
in accordance 70 the advancement %
the student, Second hand books can bo
had for a small sum. Preference Is
given 10 these classes OF girls, namely;
ministers daughters, orphan girls and
those who have. by baching or in any
other way, earned ,hoir own money.
Many girls are helped from the cot
tage student fund. This fund Is made
up by friends OF the struggling. earn
est girls who desire to qualify them
selves for llfe's dulles. Whatever holp
is given by ildlvldusls, towns or com
muniues belongs 70 this fund and each
beneficiary is required 70 refund y the
institution the amount % help received
But no one s assisted until tried aud
found wnr hv-
What better way could be found In
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-17
POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE.

On the ivory fan of the Baroness Csder-
strooum (Adelina PATTI. which is filled with
the autographs Of famous persons, Queen
Maria Christina has written ITO Span
lard from her Queen. who is proud to count
her among her subiecs.''
The records Of the famous class of 1920 have
inst been deposited In the Harvard library
They were kent by Rev. Samuel Nav for sew
ertv years and include the biographies Of
james Freeman Clarke o. w Holmes. Ben
jamin h Curtis and others as written by the
subjects themselves.
Baron Loeb. former governor of Cape Col
ony, who died in London last week, was
made a prisoner and cruelty treat d by tho
Chinese when engaged in negotiations under
flag Of truce in 1860. That sam, year he
brought home the ratified uelty OF Tien rs N
and the convention of Pekin.
Among the letters advertised in a recent
catSloSuc Of Berlin bookseller are several
written by Emperor Friedrich dur ne the
niney-niue DAYS OF bis reign. One of them
gives expression to his aversion to cour Is
ceremonies, and refers to various reasons
why ne should not be expected to a'ten
The receptions given nv Amb 1Fsadcrs
Former Congressman Myron H. McCord O.
Wisconsin for several years resident OF
Arizona who resigned the governorship OF
that Territory 10 enter the volunteer service
IN the war with spain is now the editor OF
tao Arizona Gazette, printed at Phoenix. The
paper has hitherto been democratic but I'M
der MIR. MeCord's management will be inde-
pendent