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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-04-13
THE 'DOMESTICATION" LAW.
The Supreme Court Calls for Further
Argument of the Case Now Before
it.-Graded School Idea Spreading
to Smaller Towns.-Christian En-
avorer to Meet.
Messenger Bureau.

Raleigh, N. c., April Z.
The case of Debnam VS.. the South
ern Bell Telephone Company, from
Durham, is one of special interest. 1t
involves the validity of the Craig do
mestication" act, requiring foreign
corporations, which do business in
this state, to surrender their right to
transfer cases from state to federal
courts, nc matter what may be the
amount involved. The Debnam case
was submitted to h supreme court
six months 6 on printed briefs, un-
der the rule of the court. Today no.
tice was served on the attorneys to
make an oval argument mex week, at
the end of the appeal docket from
the Tenth district. Since this suit
was begun, Judge Timberlake, in a
case at Salisbury, has decided the
Craig law invalid. That case, too, is
before the supreme u on appeal.
The Salisbury case is now in the fed
eral court, also.
AT n approaching term Of the fed
eral court here, two negro postmaS-
The officials very frankly admit that
the negro postmaster is a failure.
AT Burlington this evening there
was a rally, for the purpose of having
a public school tax ito establish a
graded school. This idea is spreading
to h smaller towns. State Superin-
tendent Mebane spoke at Mebane. He
is pushing the idea of special t axes
for schools.
There is naturally much interest as
to whether DR.. Mebane will get the
democratic nomination next Wednes-
day, at the state convention, for su-
p~erintendent of public instruction. AS
a rule. the teachers in the state, both
public and private, are for him.. So
are the politicians. 1t is positively as
serted that he is the very best man
for the place.
Today Miss Mary Otis, daughter of
General Otis, the commander in the
Philippines. left here, after a three
weeks visit to Miss Jane Andrews.
She is a charming young woman and
her visit was very pleasurable, both to
her and to Raleigh society.
The sixth annual state convention
of Christian E~ndeavorers will be held
here April 26th to 29th. 1t will be the
nnual fellowship" meeting. The
delegates will be entertained by the
society of the Christian church. One
session will be held with the society
in the p~enitentiary.
The attorney general decides that
charters of corporation, even though
they are blanket" ones, and confer
extraordinary powers, nus be issued.
The board of trustees Of the Raleigh
Female University here is called to
meet next Tuesday. 1t will be the
first meeting since the opening of this
remarkably successful institution.
The exact number of votes at the
democratic state convention will be
gu.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-04-13

The writer's of English var poetry
now do not go to the front as soldiers
as was the wont with the bards of
Greece and other war-like peoples.
This British Westminster Review"
has a paper on this subject, showing
why. the war poetry is so scarce. 1t
shows how the ancient ballad war writ
ers went to the front with both harp
and sword. But the British bards re-
main away from scenes Of peril and
arnage The Westminster says that
cit would be extremely difficult to find
a single instance in Greek history
where either poet or orator counselled
a resort to arms without being him
self prepared to stand shoulder TO
shoulder with his fellow countrymen.
Themisaocles, Alcibades, Pericles, were
all prepared to act upon the counsel
they offered in times of state crises"
So it was with Lord Byron, who wrote
his masterful and immortal verse on
Greece and it's independence, but gave
his life in its behalf. Times change.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-04-13
DEMOCRATIC ADVANCE GUARD.
First Arrivals for the Convention-C.
III. Attitude Toward the
Party.
Messenger Bureau.

Raleigh y. &c, April 3
The temperature yesterday vas as
high as So degrees in the shade. The
first straw hats appeared.
Many of h advance guard % the
grand army which will attend the dem
ocratic state convention arrived today.
Among these We're: Francis ID. Win
ston, of Burtie; Locke Craig and
Thomas A.Jones, of Asheville. and T..
j. Justice, of Marion.
AT the earnest request OF the state
board of public charities. the county
authorities here have decided TO build
a residence fors the jailor and use his
present rooms for the female prisoners.
The latter are now in cells in the same
block as the men.
Secretary of State Thompson. the
populist state chairman, says he only
knows the name of one of the speakers
of national reputation" who will ad-
dress the populist las meeting here
the night before the populiSt state com
mittee. This is enatCr Allen, of Ne
braska 1t appears that Chairman
Thompson did not select the speakers
but that Senator Butler made the Sc
lections.
State superintendent C. H. Mebane
was today asked by a prominent edu-
Gator in the state what course he would
persue as TO his candidacy before the
democratic convention this week and
what he would do in case aid conVen-
ton did not nominate him. He sent
the following letter in reply:
Dear Sir:-In reply to your enquiry
l will say that 1 have decided to be a
candidate before the democratic CON
vention and this, Of course, means
that L will abide by the decision of
said convention. If 1 am not nomi-
mated by the democratic convention |
shall not be a candidate before either
of the other political conventions, but
shall retire to private life, taking with
me the full assurance of an honest con
science that l have done what l could
to promote the great cause of public
education in North Carolina, and shall
extend by best wishes and hearty sup
port to the man who shall be the lead
er of the IL of the grand army of
GAO, 900 children fer the next four years.
This work n dts ire
of far more Importance to the state
and the future welfare of our citizens
than any other branch of our state
government. This is a great truth that
we as a people have not yet fully real
lied. C. B. MERANE."
The loss by the fire which damaged
the power plant of the Agricultural
and Mechanical college here is found
to be $500. No repairs are as yet made.
The boilers were uninjured.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-04-13

posed from what We have gathered
from many reports that the south had
a big sale for both the lower class
goods as for the finer. We had sup
posed that right in the north southern
Observation-Disclosures able to COM
pete with New England goods Of the
lower grades. Have we been mis-
taken? Have we dreamed this? We
think the best mill managers in the
Cardinals and Georgia can tell quite
another story from the one of Mr.
Haines. He may be only amusing
the public, or is possibly whistling 10
keep his courage up. but the south
believes it will be able 20 hold its own,
which is rapidly increasing the num-
Der o. mills and the output
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-04-13
BREVITIES.

1t seems hat Governor Goebel was
warned OF a urp of the republicans
to, murder him. Miss Sallie Jackson
is said to have overheard talk and
given him warning.
Pennsylvania votes for Bryan and
this secures for him 81 votes in the
national convention.
Some Alabama democrats have
started a boom for General Wheeler
for Vice President. Like Dewey, Cen
eral Go. has lost no little of his grip
upon his party.
The Washington Post says the n1ys-
terry of the Dewey candidacy is reveal
ed. The gold democrats are behind it
all. He is the candidate OF the anti
Bryanites. Can he get mere votes
than Palmer in 1896? The Post says
"A convention is to be arranged
through the same methods which
brought together the Indianapolis gold
democratic convention, -four years
ago. There is plenty of money in the
combination to pay the expenses If
this gathering"
A miserable fizzle intended 10 help
elect Mckinley.
WatteTson is for Bryan and says
Dewey's opportunity is gone irreriev-
ably. Just so.
The goldbug New York Evening
Post says Dewey is "a shattered idiot
There was never such decline before
in public popularity as has attended
this agent of goldbuggery.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-04-13

Parson Sheldon pocketed the shekles
in great abundance by his one week
editing of a daily sheet trying impi-
ously to show the thoughtless how
the Eternal Son of God would edit if
on earth. London Punch has heard
of the gay performance and has cell
ebrated the parsons put up in three
%stanzas. We give the first two:
When L toe to the Press, as a mid
die aged man,
(Said / to myself-said y
I'll work on a new and original plan,
(Said I to myself-said ID
I'll cut u the columns of crime and
I never will mention the name of a
horse,
And the betting We'll drop, as a mat
ter of course,
(Said l to myself-said ID
hen politics, too, are ephemeral
(said 1 to myself-said ID
And so are the doings of Queens and
Kings,
(Said I to myself-said ID
And war is so wicked thai I will re-
fuse
To print in my paper who win and
In short, I'll abolish all manner of
news,
(Said I to myself-said l."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-04-13

are a mantle factory at Kinston, a
land company al Charlotte, the chris
tening of the Dixon cotton mill a.
Laurninburg. and the organizing of a
company TO build a cotton mill at
Washington. Beaufort county. A
special TO the Raleigh News and OBJ
server says: MI Jonathan Havens
was elected president, and Col. w. b.
Rodman, DR.. w. A. Blount. DR.. S. T.
Nicholson, Z. w. Agus. w. P. Bay
ham, E. X. Willis and a. M Dumy
were chosen rs board OF directors. and
s25, 900 was subscribed, and the capital
stock fixed at. 500. 900. Work win be-
gin when $4,000 has been subscribed
and paid in. The mill will certainly
be built.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-04-13
THE ROOTS IN SAN JUAN.
A Shor Dispatch on the Subject From
Governor General Davis.

Washington, April 9.-Secretary RoSl
today made public a telegram from
General Davis, h military governor
of Porto Rice, in regard to the recent
labor troubles near San Juan, but be-
yond indicating his private opinion
that there is no likelihood of a recur-
renee of the riots, the secretary de-
clined to discuss the matter for publ
cation.
General Davis telegram, which is
dated San Juan, April 9Th. is as fol-
lows:
The mob here are beyond control
of the police, thereby forcing the use of
troops for the preservation of order. I
have placed an officer of the army in
charge of the municipal police of San
Juan. The trouble has been principal
ly caused by assaults by natives upon
resident negroes from neighboring
British islands. One native and one
British subject We're killed"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-04-13

That the state democratic conven-
ton to meet on Wednesday (tomor-
row. will adopt a plan for holding
primaries to express the choice of the
democratic voters for the United
States senatorship, is, we would SUP
pose, a foregone conclusion If it is
not done it will cause tremendous dis
gust and Indignation, and may have
an ~unfavorable effect upon the vote
in August. Many counties in this
convention endorsed the call of prim-
aries. Wake county failed for some
cause in it's important duty 1t is
really highly important for the well
fare of the party that the convention
shall do the wise thing, the expected
thing. the demanded thing. The plan
suggested by the Chowan-Roanoke
Times is worthy Of due consideration.
1t is a practical. sensible plan, and
has met with endorsement from other
democratic newspapers. The thing to
be done is to take the proper steps to
have fair senatorial primaries.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-04-13
HOw's This,

. We offer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any case of Catarrh that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. j. CHENEY & CO., Props,
Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known F.
j.. Cheney for the last Is years, and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations
made by their firm.
WEST & TRAUX,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo. D.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN.
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O..
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all
druggists. Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills are che bes:.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-04-13
\ MORT HERN BOAST.

close reading of northern opinions
through a quarter of a century of the
south as a cotton manufacturer has
shown that all along there has been
q tendency 10 underrate and even dis
miss with contempt any prospect or
rivalry. OF these who were most to
decide the south's activities or preten-
tons was Edward Atkinson. The old
disposition begins in h face of the
extraordinary development of the last
five years, which has been made prom
Tnent in letters and newspapers In
the Washington Post, one j. N
-Haines. OF Portsmouth, y. H, is re-
ported as delivering this solomonic
opinion:
L do not think the northern cotton
mill owners need worry about south
ern competition. The south can "
come UP to the north even in the man.
ufacture of cheap goods. We have the
hest men in the country working in
she northern mills. At first the mill
owners had to be content with practi-
cally unskilled help. We nav since
secured the best operators this or IN
other country can produce and are
f1rning out the best kind Of work.
Now. the southern mill owners will
have to experience the same hardship
rrbich confronted the northerner when
he first went into the business. 1t will
take q great many years before the
southern mills can be brought to a
state of perfection where they VIII De
sbIe to successfully compete with the
mills Of New England.
This takes the breath away. 1t is
90 knowing, so assertive. We had sup
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-04-13
A REPORT FROM GENERAL OTIS.

- AL ~ ANO-A 49,
Washington, April 9.-The following
report of recent developments in the
Philippines was received at the war
department. today from General Otis:
Manila. Apri. 2.
General Bates Just returned from
the south placing the Fortieth infant
~ at Suringo, Cagyan- AIigmea. Isa-
a Dipitan- Northern Mindanao and
attending 10 special matters intrusted
to him in the department Of Minda-
mao and Jolo, attended by two naval
vessels and two gunboats. The troops
occupied the points without resist
ance. Two hundred and forty-one
rifles n ninety-seven pieces Of ar
tiIlery were surrendered. Eleven
places in Mindanao and three in JoIo
archipelago are now occupied by
troops without the firing Of a shot.
Affairs in that section are quite sat
isfactOry- OTIS"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-04-13
HOME FOLKS.

Wilmington is booming now and
building is fiourishing and the cry is,
still they come" Let nothing be
lone in any way to discourage build
ing the introduction of capital.
Let good and honest government pre-
vail in all departments from the high
est to the lowest state, county and
municipal. AS the boys would say:
There are no flies on Wilmington
now"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-04-13

We cannot imagine hat President
Alderman, OF the University of North
Carolina, could be persuaded to leave
his Alma Mater, the first to honor him
and for which he has done such i'm
portant, superb work, to take the pres
idency Of an institution of no more
fame than Tulane university, Louisi-
ana When we saw that it had elected
him president we were unable to To-
cate it, sc little impression had it
made upon us. DR.. Alderman is need
ed at home. II he were invited to
become the president of Harvard. or
Yale, or Princeton, or Cornell, or the
University of Chicago, we might ex-
pect him to take time to consider the
invitation. But to leave one of the
two greatest Southern universities.
with the most distinguished alumni, to
become the head of a comparatively
young and obscure institution of learn
ing is 'intolerable and not to be con-
sidered." The university over which
he presides. has a history extending
through los years of usefulness. Presi-
dent swain stood faithful to the noble
institution TO the last
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-04-13
Working Night and Day.

The busiest and mightiest little thing
that ever was made is DR.. Kings New
Life Pills. Every piE! is a sugar-coaaed
blobule Of health, that changes weak
ness into strength, listlessness into en-
ergy. brain-fag into mental power.
They're wonderful in building up the
health. Only 25c per box. Sold by r.
r. Bellamy. Druggist.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-04-13

Among the latest industrial reports
The St. Johns herald., 1900-01-20
Proposals for County Printing.

Proposals for County Printing.
 Notice is hereby given that the Board of Supervisors of Apache County, Arizona Territory. will re. ceive sealed bids for dolng ihe county publishing and furnishing printed stationery for said county for the year 1900, up to 12 o'clock noon, April 2d 1900. The said bids to be opened by said Board of Supervisors at 2 80 o'clock P. NJ of said 2d day of April 1900. The work consists of:
 L. Publishing the proceedings Of the Board of Supervisors, Delin- quent Tax Notices, and such other notices as are required to be pub lished by law or order of said Board.
 D. Printing and furnishing all necessary stationery, such as letter heads, memorandum heads, envel- opes, receipts, poll tax receipts, property tax receipts, license tax receipts, road tax receipts and mo- tices, warrant blanks, and such other stationery and receipts as may be necessary for the use of the county officers.
 B. Printing and binding the Great Register, printing and tab ping ballots, cards of instruction and such other blanks as may be necessary in holding a general e. lection. All receipts to be put up in book form with stubs and prop CT numbers, and all letter heads and memorandum heads tn be in tablets.
 The Board of Supervisors re- serve the right to reject any and all bids.
 By order of the Board of Super visors.
 J. T. Patterson, Clerk.
 St. Johns, Ariz., Jan. 16, 1900.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-01-20

Claim of J. H Greer,
 special constable 23.20
 Claim of Leandro Or
 tega, interpreters fees 600
 Report of Felipe Sal-
 agar, Justice of Peace's
 and Interpreters fees 5.75
 Claim of J. c. Soren-
 sen, drinking water l5.00
 The following jury cer-
 tifcates, payable to the
 Co. Treasurer 15.0O
 Jury certificates, paya-
 ble to Richard Gibbons 410O
 Claim of Msrinus
 Christensen, building gallows 5000
 Claim of J. T. Patter-
 son, F. o. Box rent 100 Claim ot J. M. Berry, over paid taxes 2.40
 Claim of E. s. Perkins, county printing 220.00
 Bill of J. B Stockwell, of October meeting, re- considered and allowed 5000
 Claim of Richard Gib- bons, duplicate fees on warranty deed 235
 Claim of Andres Jen- sen, water master fees 50 Claim of Dr. H. Reeve Johnson, professional services to prisoner 20.00 Claim of St. Johns Drug Co.,. supplies furnished 7.85 Claim of J. T. Hogue, clerk fees 3.70 Claim of White Noun tain Lumber O., over paid taxes 12.0O | Claim ofW. F. Lesueur. jury certificates, payable to c. NJ. and NJ. I. 15.00 | Claim of A. & B. Schus- ter, supplies furnished 25.00 Claim of J. T. Hogue, clerk fees 207.10 Claim of c. M. < NJ. l., furnished 300 Claim of J. D. Murray, constable fees 24Q0
The St. Johns herald., 1900-01-20
SHADOW OF A CRIME.
It Rests Upon a Familiar Character
 of Chicago.
Tragedy In the Life of . Man Who Was Innocent of the Wrong of Which He Was
 Accused.

He is picturesque ruin Of man, 1 and if he lived in Paris or Munich or
 Rome or any other place where art stu dents congregate he could make com fortable living as a model, and his
 classic face probably would go down
 to posterity in many great paintings. This face, which is as finely chiseled
 as that of the Apollo Belvidere, is fa-
 mihar to thousands of Chicagoans whose business takes them frequently
 to the heart of the city. It belongs to
 an individual who has tramp written
 on every inch of his person save the lit- tie square of white that shows under the ragged hat brim and above the shock of tangled, unkempt black whis- kers. Here the fine Grecian nose, the clear, calm eyes and the delicately arched eyebrows indicate the man of gentle breeding. He shambles along with a shiftless, aimless gait, but if you look at him attentively you will detect,
 even under the rags, a certain grace that Is reminiscent of the cultured man.
 His hair, which is raven black, hangs over his coat collar in long, matted curls. His clothes are ragged and in the last stages of dilapidation, but there is something in his personality that ap- peals to the sympathy and pity of scores of people who would see an ordi- nary specimen of the genus hobo starve to death without a qualm of con- science. Such people slip him a nickel or dime whenever they meet him, al- though he never asks for help except with his pathetic eyes.
 The chances are that not dozen peo- pie of the hundreds to whom this for lorn creature is familiar object know the tragedy of his life. He never speaks of it himself. Perhaps he has no recollection Of it, because his reason was clouded by it.
 Less than ten years ago he came to Chicago from some large town down in the state, full of energy and ambition. He was we'll educated, dapper (for he is not an old man), handsome and fas- tidious in his dress and personal ap- pearance. He secured position in a large business house of this city and " bAAlD OA d1lQ GDlllly was promoted to place of responsibility and financial trust.
 One day the discovery was made that the funds of the company were being tempered with. The members of the firm jumped to a hasty conclusion and fixed suspicion on this man. Before full investigation he was ar- rested, charged with embezzlement. Then followed the investigation which showed that he was entirely innocent, and he was eXOnerated.
 But the exoneration came too late. The shock of the arrest and the base less charge had unhinged his mind and 1 he became another personality, dogged | by phantoms and haunted by frightful | fears. His employer tried giving him | better position, but he was incapable l of work. He became bit of human driftwood, abandoned by his friends, ] and now simply waits for death.-Chi- cago Tribune.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-01-20

An Association was recently or ganized in Chillicothe, Mo-, the ob- ject of which is to erect a monu- ment at the grave of Nelson Knsass, the author of the celebrated song, Ben Bolt"
 We grieye to see that some of our esteemed friends i'll Canada are violently opposed to the wedding of Our Lady of the Shows to that tall, raw-boned individual, who wears a little bunch of whiskers on his chin and is known as Brother Jonathan, alias Uncle Sam. We beg to assure the fair lady who dresses herself in the pearls that drop from heaven that the mate we have picked out for her is a most charming and enterprising fellow, who will give her 8 good home, support her in luxury and hold her close in his strong light arm. It seems to us that Our Lady of the Shows does not recognize real good thing when she has her eyes on it.-Los Angeles Times.