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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-06
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN.

1t is perhaps late to write of the
leader of the great democratic party
in this end of the nineteenth century.
do not purpose either biography or
analysis or formal eulogy. We wish
merely to record impressions. The
party has had many illus
leaders, but it has had but few
who could measure fairly with the dis
statesman from Nebraska,
who is but little over forty years of
age. When he appeared at the Chicago
national convention in 1896 he was
known as a man Of ability, of wisdom,
lof much accomplishment as a speaker.
Before that great body Of democrats
had separated he had been nominated
for president, and his splendid speech
Ibid it. The campaign he made was the
most memorable then known in the
lworld. 1t was the wonder of men-of
intellectual and physical athletes. JUL
ian Hawthorne, a nan of unusual en-
ldowments, and only son of Americas
lgreaheSt novelist, as he is at the very
lhead as a stylisl, accompanied Mr..
bryan in lis astounding, p~rotracted
campaign. He has said in a long ac-
count of that campaign that sit was
TERRIFIC" We quote from him the be-
ginning of the excellent descriptive ar
lticle:
But Bryan himself-though, need
less to say, he worked harder, thought
more, and shouldered an indefinitely
heavier responsibility than all the rest
lof US put together-was not even tired
mot to speak OF p~rostration- Hoarse
and husky he certainly did become to-
ward the end; speaking from the real
lof a train to open air crowds of thou
sands, a dozen times a day, and at the
top of the voice, would have ripped
the vocal cords clean out Of the throai
lof any other human being, from
lStentor and Boanerges down, and II
roughened UP his larynx considerably
He was, however, and he still is, the
strongest all round man / ever saw. ]
suppose Sandow can lift more, and JEFF
fries hit a harder blow; and 1 doub,
mot that Shakespeare had more imagi.
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WITH IMMENSE PARAD.
CONTINUED from First Page.)


publics: but now. the issue in this cam
paign Is. whether we shall have a re-
public.
Our appeal has been to the consci-
ence and the judgment of the American
people. I am glad that this is the only
kind OF an appeal that we could make.
II it is my destiny to be the president
of the United States I do not want to
fec that I am president because some
body was bought to vote for me or
compelled to do It against his viii. 1
believe with those who believe IN the
principle that we stand for. that IL I
am elected there is a great work be-
fore me: and IL I am called upon TO
perform that work I want to feel that
/ have behind me h hearts OF the
American people as well as their votes.
and IL / have their hearts behind me
and IL I am elacted. as / must be elect
ed IL elected a. all. because
they want me elected and. thereafter,
my one purpos In life will be to dis
appoint no honest man who voted for
me.
Il cannot hope that my administra-
ton. IL elected. will be free from mis-
takes. for 1 contend a perfection is
not to be found in this world, and that
all that we car do is to approach IL
as nearly as we can with the light be-
fore us, and with a sincere purpose TO
do what is right. I cannot hope not to
make mistakes, but I promise you that
IL / am elected there will be four years
in this country when no citizen here
or foreigner abroad will have any
doubt that the declaration OF indepen-
dence is the law Of this land"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-06
TRUSTS AND THE NJ

MIR. Bryan at Buffalo brought the very
8 serious matter of trusts directly home
to his auditors in that city. He told
how three foundries at Medina were
operating successfully even in the
very hard times of 1896. which the re-
publicans there tried so hard to cover
UP, but there entered a trust and then
happened just what a happened an
hundred times or more, the price ad-
vanced at a heap of the article produc-
ed. Soil pipe advanced 1c per cent, or
doubled. What is the history of this
particular trust business at Med
ina?" MI. Bryan gave it in
these words: VERY soon n
foundry was closed. was left with
out a Waterman and has been burned;
then a second one was closed and has
remained so about a year, and Is not
expected to be run again; five months
ago the third n was closed by the
trust, although it is o claimed IT
will be re-opened. Today the men are
among the farmers helping gather
their apple crop"
Commencing upon this statement Mr..
Bryan said: why need I tell people
what a trust means in a town like
this?"
Take the window glass industry. 1t is
now a trust concern. What is the real
condition? The people pay double
prices, pay 81 where they paid 81. Mr..
Byron w. Holt. a trustworthy authori-
ty says, and it is worth while reading
what is stated carefully:
Both the industry and the workers
are in a backward state Of develop
ment-fully ten years behind those OF
Belgium. Instead of making the best
and cheapest glass and of
the worlds markets. as our unrlvalleo
opportunities for production would
warrant-cheapest N pest shlSa'
coal. gas. and lumber-we ARE, thanks
to our tariff system, only partially sup
plying our market, and even that with
inferior goods which sell at double
the prices of better goods in Europe
Instead of the workers are
most workers in the unprotected in
-dustries-the most sklful and inc
pendent of any on earth. they are, es-
pecially in the highly protected window
glass industry, not a. highly skilled
as are the BelgianS, who are contln-
ually coming over to recruit our skill
ed labor ranks, after paying the sou
per capita tariff which our labor union
forces from them before they can 60
to WORK"
So much for the benefits of this vile,
robber combination or trust. The work
men get o~ne-fourth of the advance. AL
the plate glass companies advanced
their prices. The Commoner and Glass
worker. an organ, says that the
profits have been enormous during the
last three years. Larger profits are
anticipated. Mr.. Holt says the prices
are carefully adjusted to the tariff
tax. Remember that. Under the mix,
ed Wilson bill glass was ~ pc
cent from what it was under the MIC
Kinley bill. We quote:
THE duty now. as under the Mckln
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THE CAMPAIGN CLOSED.
Continued from First Page.)

It remains to be seen whether their
gains are large enough to overcome the
plurality of 2 1000 given Bryan in 1896.
Omaha . Neb., November 3.-One Of
the most Systematically conducted
campaigns in the history OF Nebrask
practically closet tonight. The final
meetings Of Importance will be OF Mon
day when William J. Bryan will make
a number OF speecheS through the state
and address several audiences in
Omaha in the evening and the republic
cans are planning a monste parade
and demonstration.
The democrats have decided conf
dence Of the result. but the republicans
are making large claims. which they
allege will be borne out when the re-
turns are counted Chairman Lindsay,
Of the republican committee says Nc
Kinley will get 5000 plurality and the
whole ticket with four congressman
will be elected.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-06

The thieves had a good time at the
recent state fair. They were skilled
pick-pockets and got away with much
money. Colonel Hicks, of the oxford
One man is reported to have lost a
gold watch and $3.50. He would do we'll
to walk next time, take his biscuit
along and leave all his dimes and gold
at home. Others were obliging n the
rascals lifted them of what they had.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-06

It is well to know that Dewitt's
Witch Hazel Safve will heal a burn and
stop the pain at once. 1t will cure
eczema and skin diseases and ugly
wounds n sores. It il certain cure
for piles Counterfeits may be offered
YOU See that you get the original De-
Wits Witch Hazel Salve. r. r. Bel
hmY.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-06

The Messenger regretted to learn
that Colonel William S. Pearson, the
gifted editor of The Morganton Herald,
and democratic elector for the Eighth
congressional district, had broken his
knee cap at Pilot mountain while can
wasting. We have seen no confirmation
of the report and trust it is not so bad
as represented, and that his eloquent
voice has been heard in the campaign
again and before this writing.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-06

Feelings of safety pervade the
household that uses One Minute Cough
Cure, the only harmless remedy that
produces immediate results 1t is n
fallible for coughs, colds. crc p and all
throat and lung troubles. 1t will pre-
ven consumption. r. r. Bellamy.
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HOME Folks

The Richmond (va-) Times OF a late
date had a reply TO Mr.. John s. VIII
liams. the railroad king. who has come
out for Mckinley. from the able pen
Of Nj. Alexander Sidney Lanier, a ma
tive Of Oxford. N. c., and now a prom
inent lawyer at the Richmond ban. He
handles the magnate with vigor and
shows him UP.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-06

We were not disposed to credit that
very marvellous report by certain per-
sons of the long interview and w
sation the late Rev. DR.. w. M. Wingate,
president of Wake Forest college,
held with the Lord and Saviour just
before his departure. We see it men
toned that his sister denies the story.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-06

There is a colored club at New Bern,
it is reported, that supports Bryan for
president and Thomas for congress-.
The membership some week or two ago
was put at forty. Possibly it is more
now
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-06
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
ELECTORS AT ARG
LEE S. OvERMAN, OF ROWAN.
DAN HUGH MCLEAN, OF HARNETT.
DISTRICT ELECTORS:
CHARLES L. ALTERNATELY, OF CARTERET.
t. C. wOOTEN, OF LENoIR.
HENRY L. COOK, OF CUMBERLAND.
b. C. BECKwITH, OF WAKE.
WILLIAM A. GUTHRIE, OF DURHAM.
w. C. DOWD, OF MECKLENBURG.
J. e. BLAIR, OF MONTGOMERY.
WILLIAM s. PEARSON, OF BURKE.
JOHN VI. CAMPBELL, OF BUNCoMBE.
FOR FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS:
JOHN D. BELLAMY, OF NEW HANOVER.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-06

The proposition to erect at Raleigh
a monument in memory Of the late
Rev. DR.. Calvin n. Wiley. Of the Pes
byterian church, who was the founder
of the common school system in North
Carolina and has never been equalled
since. is meeting with gratifying favor.
He vas a gentleman OF sterling worth.
a scholar. an author and speaker of
ability. and well merits the proposed
honor in his memory. The Raleigh
Times gives this pleasant glimpse at
the work Of n of the oldest and best
friends this writer eve had:
In 1858 North Carolina had one of
the best public school systems in the
country, and paid it's female teachers
a higher average salary than any 9TH
er state. In all the cruel years OF war.
the school house % was never COM
pletely closed, n as well rs the try
ing conditions permitted the schools
were carried on. indeed the school
children were as fortunate in their way
as h soldiers, whom Vance kept in
o and clothing. While the other
states in the c~Onfederacy closed their
schools and suspended the entire sys-
tenn, there was still a limited opportu-
nifty presented to the Carolina chill
dren. 1t is said that Mr.. Wiley did not
leave his office as superintendent of
public instruction until Kilpatrick's
cavalry came marching up Fayetteville
street"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-06

The accomplished and able Tom Wat
son of Georgia, will not run for con-
greSs as reported.
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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-06

I 1t is thought hat the radical cleo
ton conspiracy. cases against demo-
ocrats in Johnston county, will fall
through, will not come to trial. The
federal court has no jurisdiction over
them.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-06

In Chicago at the close Bryan was
egged and Hanna was Kissed.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-06

Hoods Pins cure liver MS; the noairritas1n& ana
only cathaEtic % axe WITH Aood's 6afsapaElla-
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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-06-21
THE REPUBLICAN
NATIVE DELEGATES
Hawaii's Representatives Are
Greeted in San Francisco.
But Two Will Act.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 13.-The first
delegation from one of Uncle Sans in
sular possessions to National Repub-
lican Convention reached here yester-
day on it's way to Philadelphia wh6e
the great meeting is to be held this
year. The delegates, eight in number
are from Hawaii, which becomes ter
ritory of the United States tomorrow
AS the islands We're not a part of this
country at the time the, call for the
convention was issued no provision was
made for representation from Hawaii,
but the Republicans of the islands in
a convention on May 31st chose four
delegates and four alternates.
The delegates are: Samuel Parker,
A. Noa Kepoikai b. F. Dillingham; and
w. r. Castle, and the alternates are
c. B. Wilson, Henry Waterhouse, r. r.
Rycroft and c. p. Iaukea. All but the
last named are now in this country.
Parker, Wilson and Kepoikai arrived
on the steamship China yesterday. Dill
bingham is now in the city and will go
East with the others this morning. AS
a territory is usually entitled to but
two delegates the Hawaiians have de-
cided upon Parker and Kepoikai as
their first choices, if but two can be
seated. H. M. Sewall will accompany
the delegation to Philadelphia.
The delegates Were selected at the
first Republican Territorial Convention
ever held in Hawaii, which concluded
it's labors after midnight on May 31st,
after two days session. J. L. Kau-
lukou, the last speaker of the last
House of Representatives, presided.
All the men chosen as delegates are
representative and formerly belonged
to rival factions.
Samuel Parker the chairman of the
delegation, is the owner of an immense
cattle ranch on the island of Hawaii
and is one of the foremost men of the
| islands. He is Al years of age and was
a member of the House of Mobiles under
Kalakaua and member of the Cabinet
at the time of the deposition of Queen
Liliuokalani.
| A. N. Kepoikai is a native Hawaiian
SO years of age and an attorney of Ho-
nolulu. He held the offices of District
land Circuit Judge on the island of Maui
for eight years under Kalakaua and
| Liliuokalani.
B. F. Dillingham; is the originator and
president of the Oahu Railway and has
been the promoter of a number of sue
Icessful plantations. He was a support
er of the revolution of 1893
w. r. Castle is 4S years of age and g
member of one of the old missionary
families. He was Attorney-Genera
under Kalakaua and has been a mem.
Der of the Hawaiian Legislature severa
times. He was on the citizens commit
tee of thirteen that deposed Liliuoka.
llani. The four alternates are also i'm.
portant men in the islands
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-06-21
ST. LOUIS STRIKE
VERY SERIOUS

ST. LOUIS, June 12-Since the street
car strike began soldiers have been kill
ed, rioters stricken down, and cars dyna-
mited, but the end is not yet. Sheriff
Pohlman has a posse of 1000 men.
John Powers, n1otorman, one of the $50
non-union men who came to st. Louis
from Philadelphia on Friday, Is confined
in cell at the City Hospital, crying for
the guards to save him from men whom
he believes We're pursuing him. Powers
was arrested this morning at Geyer and
Pennsylvania avenue. A policeman
found him running about the street,
fighting off imaginary foes.
His disconnected story at the hospital
reveals the tremendous strain that is
upon the motormen who are working
now. Powers, who has a wife and two
children in Philadelphia, worked for the
United Transit Company there for fif-
teen years.
The subject of calling out militia was
discussed at some length at the Four
Courts today, when Governor Stephens
was closeted with Chief of Police Camp
bell, Police Commissioners Steuver and
Forster and Sheriff Pohlman and his at
torney, Ford Smith. Before the informal
conference concluded Adjutant General
Bell and Brigadier General Harvey C.
Clark called and took part in the pro-
ceedings.
The feature of the meeting was the
presentation to the Governor of a for
NAL written request by Sheriff Pohlman
to call out the militia. 1t is as follows:
Governor Stephens.-Dear Sir: AS
| Sheriff of the city of st. Louis, l desire
| to inform you that there now exists in
| this city condition of tumult. Acts OF
violence and disorder are of daily occur
renee. / have summoned to assistance .
| large posse and have exhausted every
means at my command, but the civil
authorities are unable to cope with the
situation. All other means being ex-
hausted, respectfully call upon you and
request that. the National Guard of Mis-
souri, be called out in numbers sufficient
to restore and prevent further acts OF
| violence. Very respectfully,
JOHN H. POHLMAN, Sheriff. -
| Governor Stephens stated that he had
not yet reached decision on the matter
of calling out the State troops.
Should the militia be called out it is
/ likely that the entire National Guard OF
the State, comprising four regiments ana
battery, will be pressed into service,
| say those who are close to the Governor.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-06-21

ing as student interpreters, were attack
ed by a large crowd of roughs. The young
Englishmen held the attacking party
back for a while, but when the mob
threatened to close in on them, they
drew revolvers and by show of force
made their retreat without bodily in
jury. About the same time the British
summer quarters, four miles from Pc
king, were burned down. The quarters
were quite extensive and had just beer,
completed. They belonged to the British
Government and not to Sir Claude Mac
donald, the British Minister at Picking,
which gives added significance to the dep
relation. The killing of the Chancellor
of the japanese legation at Picking, Su-
guyana .Akira, is not referred to in Off
ciai dispatches received here, but full
credit is given to this report by the Jap
anese officials who are personally &C
quainted with Mr.. Akira and with many
of the circumstances detailed. The kill
ing of member of the diplomatic body
and the foregoing assaults upon the Off
Gals of foreign countries are regarded
as representing the most serious phase
of the situation that has thus far &C.
CURED.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-06-21
Coming to Hon oluIu.

SAN FRANCISCO, June THE ro-
mantle marriage last November OF
Earl b. Hough and Beatrice Singleton
members of prominent families of San
Leandro, was made public to-day The
announcements are made on the eve
or the departure for Honolulu of Mr..
ana Mrs. Hough, whose relatives and
friends have been greatly astonished by
the news of the wedding. The
tender to the bridegroom of position
in Hawaii led to disclosures. The
groom is a son of w. J. Hough, super
fntendent of the San Leandro Gas
Works. The young man was for some
time in the employ Of Taber, the San
Francisco photographer.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-06-21
A Rurnored Surrender.

LONDON. June e.-According to a dis
patch to the Daily Mail from Accra dated
June s, a native rumor is in circulation
here that Sir Frederick Mitchell Hodg-
made a sortie from Kumassie, where he
bad been besieged by the Ashantis, blu,
was forced to retire and ultimately to
surrender.
Mail advices from Accra, dated May IL
say: Fifty thousand Ashantis are in
arms and the instruction is spreading
1t is impossible for white men to go into
the interior successfully during the rainy
season.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-06-21
SAID SHE WAS IN
HONOLULU LATELY

CHICAGO, June 9.-From the Audi
forum Annex to the Harrison street
police annex is the startling experience
of a richly attired young woman whose
identity caused much speculation to-
night at detective headquarters. She
says her name is Mrs. E. Lehman and
that her home is in San Francisco.
The cause. of her being locked I'D at
the Harrison-street annex, charged
with larceny as bailee, grew out of a
little Irritation with a New York trav-
cling salesman for a furhouse. Dinner
was proposed to be followed by an
evening at the opera. Mrs. Lehman
as she pleases to call herself demur-
red as to the second proposition on the
ground that she did not have a warm
wrap. The travelling man had several
trunks full of fur garments at his hotel
and he insisted that she wear his most
expensive sample. 1t was a $500 beauty
made of SEAL The garment was to
have been returned today.
Mrs. Lehman was mot in to callers
when the salesman came after his seal
coat, and he promptly had a warrant
sworn out for her arrest. Her three
trunks and two valises were taken from
the Auditorium to the Lake Shore de-
pot at o'clock. officers Burns and
fitzgerald were waiting for her at the
depot and arrested her as she got out
Of cab. She said she was en- route to
New York and from there was going to
the Paris Exposition.
She said: II own a ranch near Los
Angeles, another at Pasadena, where
reside, and a third on Catalina island.
was in Honolulu until the bubonic
plague broke out and I returned to
my Pasadena ranch. 1 am now on my
way to the Paris Exposition and this
detention has caused me great annoy
ance."
Los ANGELES, June 10.-The
woman arrested at Chicago is alleged
to be Mrs. G. D. M. Lehman of South
Pasadena, whose husband is said to be
Fred e. Lehman, president of the West
ern Fish Company. 1t is alleged that
she deserted her husband three months
ago and went East with a young man
from Arizona
CHICAGO, June 1.-THE case against
Mrs q. III. III. Lehman who was
charged with stealing a sealskin cape
from Samuel Weiner. a travelling man,
was dismissed by Justice Prindiville in
the Harrison-street Police Court today
When questioned by Inspector Hart
nett, Mrs. Lehman's answers bore ev-
cry mark of frankness and straight
| forwardness.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-06-21
A Secondary Bas ,

TIEN-TSIN, Wednesday. June 13-It is
expected that Admiral Seymour has
made Lang Fang a secondary base and
that he wiz advance the remaining forty
miles as rapidly as possible. 1t is report
ed that Prince Tuan 0he new head OF
the Chinese Foreign Onice) and General
Iung F@uh Slang have resigned. Three
more Russian warships have arrived al
Taku.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-06-21
Situation is Critical.

LONDON, June IA special dispatch
from Shanghai says the position of the
legations at Picking is most critical. Ac-
cording to this dispatch 10000 Chinese
troops are drawn up outside the gates
of the city to oppose the relief force. and
guns are trained on the American, Jap
anese and British legations. The Amer
lean, Russian and Japanese Ministers
have sent couriers to Tien-Tsin asking
for 1900 troops of each nationality. The
United States gunboat Yorktown and
Castine left yesterday for Tong Ku.
There is no foreign warship here.