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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-06-12

an emergency being left to their dis
cretion.
No fear Is entertained for the safety
OF the legations at Pekin. European
residents, however, are escaping from
the capital to the cast. Pekin is still
under control, according to a dispatch
to The Morning Post dated yesterday,
but in a very excited state. A thou
san foreign guards were garrisoning
the legation houses.
Six hundred international troops are
at Tien Tsin with six guns. A dis
patch to The Daily Mail from Shang-
hal, dated June 7th, takes a gloomy
going from bad to worse. The corre-
spondent says:
The authorities are displaying PAL
pable guilty supineness in dealing with
the Boxers n the powers are more
and more taking matters into their
own hands. The Boxers revolt is
spreading and is rapidly changing its
The Boxers are getting
arms, preparing to meet force with
force.
There has been no communication
between Pekin and Tien Tsin since
Tuesday, although one miserable half
hearted attempt has been made by
Chinese soldiers to reach the capital.
ne troops were fired upon and the
train had to come back. Another sta
ton has been burned on the line"
A news agency dispatch from Ten
Tsfn dated yesterday says: THE
x are still rising and pillaging
over a wide area They have wrecked
and burned stations at Long Fong and
Langoo. 1t has been definitely ascer-
tained that Nine. Asher and Messrs.
Ossent and Cades have beer murder
ed. General Mich claims to have de-
feated the Boxers, killing 500"
The morning papers, in long edito-
rails dealing with the Chinese Situa-
ton, refer to the possible course Of the
United States. The Daily Mail goes
beyond any other in urging America
to take the lead in Intervention, un-
der the caption "McKinley's Opportu-
nifty"
The Daily Express has the following
dispatch from Shanghai dated June
7th:
Attempts to repair the damage to
the railway between Tien Tsin and
Pekin nave been frustrated by the
Boxers, who. thousands strong, hold
he line against the engineers, gangs
attacking the rains arriving. The
nearest unchanged points is forty-fve
miles from Tien Tsin.
"All the children and ladies, except
lady Macdonald, have left the lega-
tons. There are the gravest fears for
missionaries in outlying parts. They
number hundreds and the stations are
isolated. Concerted action is impossi-
bic"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-06-12

All b artillery had been gotten
away"
london. June Tin the absence OF
anything from British sources enlight-
ening the Beer statement that Gen.
erai Butler requested a three days ar
mistice. the military experts here are
inclined TO believe a revised version
OF the story Will show that General
Butler summoned b federaIs to SUR
render or evacuate their positions
within three days. failing which he
win attack them
According TO q dispatch from Loren
10 Marques under today's date. the
Beers under General Botha are again
concentrating in the neighborhooi OF
Hatheriy. twelve miles eastward OF
Pretoria. From the same source IL Is
reported that the British prisoners
are being removed 10 Nooitgedacht. an
unhealthy spot In the Glands valley.
About 30 men arrived there June 5th
and zoo reached b place June sth-
These probably constitute the portion
OF the prisoners which Lord Roberts
reported had been shifted from Water
val. The list of casualties now COM
ing through indicates that there was
lighting before the 18th yeo-
manry surrendered. Already b
names OF nineteen men killed and
wounded have been issued
The killed include Sir John Elliott
Cecil Power. Baronet. and among the
wounded Is the Earl OF Longford.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-06-12

Berlin, June THE officers COM
manding the German squadron at Che
Foo has been directed by cable to send
a detachment of sailors n marines
to Tien Tsin and. after comforting
with the German minister at Pekin, TO
a with the commanders of the
other squadrons regarding further
measures to be taken for the protec-
ton of Europeans.
1t is understood that Germany has
officially decllred her readiness to act
in concert with the other powers; but
having no interests outside OF Shang
Tung province, she is not disposed to
take a leading part in Intervention in
China.
The German newspapers claim 10
have discovered that the alleged secret
agreement arrived at between Russia
and Japan to act together against
Great Britain in the far east is purely
fictitious. The National Zeltung ayers
that Great Britain stands hand IN glove
with Japan.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-06-12
GERM AND CHINA.

Marines Ordered to Tien Tsin-Ger-
many Ready to Act with the Other
Nations-No Alliance Between Rus
STA and Japan. .
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-06-12
Il WOrd
TO Doctors

We have the highest regard for the
medical profession. Our Preparations
a. not sold for tue purpose OF antagon-
ling them. but rather as an aid. We
lay it down as an established truth that
internal re aedies ar ro>ltively injuri-
L - exp ,-ant mothers. The distress
a2I di~c"m RS eN erienced during the
months pre:tG!!.. ,n!iCbirth can be al.
Iev.a:ed on ov external tceata,ent-by
applying & .:n.ueut that sOf,enS and re
iax.S the over-straiHed muscles. We
mae ard sell su-h a liEiment, ON
biGIng the Ingre-.eutS in a
hitherto unknown u, AID call il
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-06-12
THE CLOSING EVENTS
OF THE LONG SESSION OF THE FIFTY
SIXTH CONGRESS.
GOOD FELLOWSHIP RESTORED

Where Lately Was Much Bitterness
Scene I'm Iouse House Finally Ac-
cepts Senate Amendments to the
MAYA BiIl-Cummin2s' Caustic Re-
marks on Chairman Cannon -Unsuc-
cessful Efforts to Take up Resolution
as to state Franchise Amendments.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-06-12

We know that in thousands of cases
It has proved more than a blessing to
s~xpectant mothers. 1t overcomes morn
ing sickness. 1t relieves the sense Oh
tightness. Headaches cease, and dan
ger from Swollen, Hard and Rising
Breasts is avoided. Labor itself il
shortened and shorn of most of the pain.
We know that many doctors recon-.
mend it, ard we know that multitudes
of women go to the drug stores and buy
it because they are sure their physicians
have no objections. We ask a trial
just a fair test. There is no possible
chance of injury being the result. be
ca Sc Mothers Friend is scientific.
all compocn.e ed. 1t is sold at 81 a bot.
&c. and should be used during most OF
tie period of CESSATION, although greai
relief l. experienced if used only a short
time before childbirth. Send for our IL
iu--:--ed book about Mothers Friend.
TIE BRADFIELD REGULATOR co
ATLANTA IA.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-06-12
The President at the Capitol.

Washington, June THE president
was at the capitol for about an hour
and a half today, taking his departure
Immediately after the final adjourn
ment at 5 O'Clock. He was again &C
companied by his cabinet. but there
We're comparatively few bile requlr-
ing attention and neither the president
nor his advisors found their time
wholly occupied. The naval appropr1a-I
ton bill was the only measure of gen.
eral Importance signed during the day.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-06-12

The president and the genera! man.
ager of the Southern Agricultural
Works, of Atlanta, have been indicted
for embeZZling. Neither can be found.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-06-12
THE SITUATION IN CHINA
NO MATERIAL CHANGE IN THE LAST
TWeNTY-fOUR HOURS.
GROWING STEADILY WORSE.

The Boxers Continue Their PfIlagfnp
and Rioting- Pekin Under Control,
But the Populace Greatly Excited.
Women and Children Leave the Lega-
lions for the Coast-Attftude OF Our
recommendations for Missionaries
in Rural Districts.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-04-26
Tho Adjective.

A writer In Longman's Magazine
says that everybody nowadays In prose
or poetry claps on an adjective to every
noun. 1t degrades the adjective and
enervates the noun.
Then, too. there are a host of vulgar,
overdresscd people introduced into our
company, whom we. the old-fashioned
adjectives. hardly ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
ous," "intcnse," "weird," fiery" sym
pathetic" splendid, ""secure." "nalve."
Impressive" poignant" mostly at
tached, too, to the wrong nouns.
There are too many detectives. and
they carry too much sail. like Delilah.
betlecked. ornate and gay.
l noticed. as an instance the other
way, a criticism In a French review Of
the academician sea-captain who calls
himself Pierre Lott, whose style Is so
defeated that lie seldom or never uses
an adjective more startling than
good" bad" green" red" dark"
eight" and so on: and. yet 80 orders
his sentence that the adjective shines
ont like Q rose on q brier-bush. -
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-04-26

The present open door policy for mar
riage in America cannot exist much
longer, writes Edward Box In the La
dies Home journal. The question must
he met, and 1t should Ike met squarely.
ANY discussion of divorce Is untimely;
it Is futile at the moment. 1t Is crap
ping with the question ut the wrong
end. Whether divorce Is right OF
wrong; whether there should be d.
vorce at all, and on what grounds
decree OF divorce should be granted
these are not the pressing questions OF
the hour. The whole matter OF divorce
does not begin to stand in such urgent
need of discussion rs does the question
of the laws of marriage. When we al
lust marriage as we should ADJUST II,
then we can give our attention to Ill
vorce. And then we shall find that III
adjusting the one we shall have come
pretty close to the wisest and best all
justment of the other. The practical
solution of both, in short, lies In the
proper adjustment and rigid enforce
ment of laws which shall make mar
rage more difficult Of accomplishment
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-04-26
THE YAQUl WAR.
Mexican Indian Rebels Still Full
Fight.


Mexican Indian Rebels still Full "f
Fight.
San Francisco. April 23.-1ienry
Hoahstey, of Oakland, who has re-
turned from the seat of the Yaqui war.
in Mexico, brings advices AS follows:
The Mexicans sent out word that the
war was over, but at the same time
1000 troops were hastening to the
front. The Yaquis have about 5000
men under arms. They have Reming-
ton and Mauser rifles and bows and
arrows. They have two cannons that
81 Yaquis captured from 200 Mexicans.
The Mexicans keep to the roads and
towns. while the Yaquis hold the Sier
ras. Mexicans estimate the Yaquis at
$4,000, but the population Of Sonora is
at least l20, 900. and half of them are
Yaquis. The Indians have peculiar
system for keeping their treasury in
funds. The warriors alternate between
the firing line and working in the mines
,yld ON the ranches. Their wages 60
to the common fund. Within the past
two weeks several engagements have
been fought in which the government
troops were generally victorious. In
a recent engagement between party
of insurgents, the government reports
II Yaquis dead on the field. Only one
Mexican, an officer, was killed, but
many were wounded,
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-04-26

Reports from correspondents lead the
Minneapolis Journal to predict that
1900 will be the great year In the
Northwest for immigration. Reports
from the registers Of the land office
and from the land agents of the vari-
Gus railways traversing the section tell
story of unprecedented demand for
land and a rapidly swelling tide OF I'M
migration. Thus homestead claims
filed at the principal land offices IN
Minnesota and the DakOtas numbered
3,l22 for the three months ending Feb.
%. 1900, as against 1916 during the
same period of the preceding year-an
increase of 1923 per cent. The winter
months are the dullest Of the year.
The Great Northern Railway estimates
that immigration will be SO per cent
larger than in 1890, when 1t was 60
per cent larger than the preceding year.
From less than 100000 persons in 1860
the four States Of Minnesota. North
and South Dakota and Montana In
creased to about 2,OOO,OOO inhabitants
in 1880, one of the most remarkable
instances of rapid development on rec
ord. The figures in 1900 are difficult
to estimate, but are not likely to be
disappointing. This increase has been
directly due to immigration. train at
ter train load of people Fastening to
take up the lands the news of whose
wonderful productivity had gone forth.
The immigration of Fasteners ceased
in great measure about 1870. although
the influx from northern Europe has
continued undated. Now the foreign
immigration Is greater than ever. A
larger proportion than ever Is going to
the Northwest. Meanwhile the immi-
grafton from the East and middle West
has revived. The Minneapolis Journal
estimates that the number of immi-
grants of the present year will he In
excess of 100000. There il plenty OF
room In the Northwest. and the East
and middle West are willing to contrib.
ute to its growth.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-04-26
WESTERN GOVERNORS.
Protest Againat the Leasing OF Public
Arid Lands.

Salt Lake, April 2S.-Governor Lee.
of South Dakota, and Governor Povn.
ter. arrived today and took part in the
proceedings Of the governors OF West
ern states, who have met to discuss
subjects OF interest to this section.
After q general discussion. the come
mittee appointed to formulate resolu-
.tious against the leasing of public arid
lands BY the general government and
demanding the cession of such lands tn
the several states should any change i"
the present system be made, reported
the following. which were adopted:
"Resolved, That the people OF the
states here represented are opposed alb
solutelv to any legislation or any action
of any kind looking to, or having for its
object, the leasing of the public lands
of the United States by the general
government or any angency thereof
"Resolved, second. That the present
laws providing for the control. man
agement and disposal Of the public arid
lands of the United States are best
adapted to the needs and requirements
OF the country. and conducive to the
settlement and occupancy thereof by
bona tide settlers.
"Resolved, third, That ii it shall be
found that the present laws affecting
the arid lands are not satisfactory to
the congress of the United States, then
we favor Il cession OF the said arid lands
to the several states wherein they arr
situated under such terms and condi.
lions as will guarantee the benefits ot
the free homestead laws to the people
of the United States, and that will pre-
vent said lands either by fee simple
title. or by the leasing thereof from
passing into the possession or control
Of large com panies. syndicates, copror-
ations or wealthy individuals in large
quantities, to the exclusion OF others,
and under such conditions that the sew
eral states may have the income aris--
ing from said lands to be devoted t.
the reclamation and improvement
thereof for settlement by bona tide citi-
zens."
Governor Lee. of South Dakota, was
the only one who opposed the resolution.
His opposition was simply because he
believed that the demand for cession
to the states should he put first. A
form OF letters to be sent out to other
governors was adopted.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-04-26
MANY REBELS KILLED
A Bloody Week on the Island
of Luzon.
AMERICAN CASUALTIES WE'RE %
General pillars Band ARai" NJ work
and Gave San Miguel G"rrt"""
. Three Hour Fight.

Manila, April 24.-Last week was
one of the bloodiest of the war since
the first days fighting around Manila.
authentic reports, mostly official, show
ing a total of 37S Filipinos killed, ~
officers ana 244 men captured, and
manv more wounded. The number
wounded is hardly guessable. Consid'
ering that the Filipinos entirely lack
hospital facilities, a great majority OF
the wounded will die. Probably the
weeks work finished 1000 insurgents.
The American loss was nine killed ana
IS wounded. Two sergeants and one
private were killed in ambushes, while
escorting provision trains.
The insurgents have been aggressive
in almost every province OF Luzon.
General pio,lel Pillars band, numbering
300, which was out Of sight for three
months, the leader being reported
killed, has reappeared in its old field
about San Miguel. Pillar is supposed
to he again in command. He gave the
American garrison at San Miguel, con-
sisting of three companies of the thirty
fifth infantry, with a Calling, three
hours fighting, during a night attack
The loss OF the insurgents in this en-
gagement is not included in the forego'
ing total, as they removed their dead
and wounded, but presumably 1t was
considerable.
Twenty-Five Filipinos in the province
of Santangas attacked Lieutenant
Wende, who, with eight men, was
scouting near San Jose. The lieuten.
ant and Ave men were wounded, and
one private was killed.
Sergeant Ledonius, Of the Thirty. ftl7
infantry, was badly wounded in Ill
ambush near Baliuag. Lieutenant
Batch, of the Thirty seventh infantry,
with 20 men, had five hours fight
with 400 insurgents in the Nueva
Cacoras district. Twenty of the in
surgents were killed.
Colonel Smith, of the Seventeenth
infantry, who captured General Mon
tenegro and brought him to Manila, il
in the isolation hospital, suffering from
smallpox. Colonel Smiths command
captured 1870 officers and men with
Montenegro. Montenegro, who was
formerly one of the most dapper Off
GERS in the Filipino army. looks worn
and haggard. lie says he led terrible
life for months, and he has offered to
return to the north with Colonel Smith,
to endeavor to persuade his former com
rades of the uselessness Of opposing the
| Americans.
One hundred escaped Spanish pris'
oners from the province of South Luzon
have arrived at Manila. The insur'
gents have 400 more Spanish prisoners
| in that district. Recently the Fill
pinos destroyed several rods Of the rail-
road line near Panique, in an unsuc'
cessful attempt to wreck Il train.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-04-26

That there Is much room for civil ser.
vice reform in Turkey Is newly empha-
sized by recent experience there. An
American traveller, wishing to mail a
magazine, was told by head postmas-
ter that while good Mussulman
might mail it as a periodical for eight
cents, u hereto would be charged book
post, Is cents. just outside the door
q clerk whispered, DO not mind him
He IL an ass! Give me your paper, and
/ will send 1t Off when he IL not look.
ing" While this was service, 1t could
hardly be called civil, and surely there
IL need Of reform.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-04-26
NOVEL PLAN OF ROBBERY.
Chicago Police Have New and Comp
Heated HOld-up to Investigate.

Chicago Police Have q New and Comp
Heated Hold-up to Investigate.
Chicago, April 23.-J. II. Smith.
president of an organization styled the
Industrial Trades Union. at l5l.153
Michigan avenue, was arrested last
night, charged with robbery and dis
orderly conduct on warrant issued by
Justice Martin, on complaint of Frank
Gustavson, a carpenter.
Gustavson says he was summond to
the offices of the union by letter ask
ing him to accept position AZ fore
man over number of Carpenters
Gustavson said that after conversin,
with Smith few minutes, Smith drew
a revolver and told him to throw up
his hands. Smith. he said. then went
through his pockets and took SAC and
some valuable papers and told him he
would shoot him unless he kept his
mouth shut. Two men. both of whom.
wore stars, placed Gustavson. under
arrest, he declares. obeying Smiths
command. The alleged officers, Gus
lawson says, then took him into hall
way. where they made him sign a pa-
per, the contents Of which he was I'M
able to read. The alleged officers,
Gustavson said, gave him a dollar after
he had signed the paper and told him
to leave.
Gustavson then reported the matter
to the Central police station. Smith
at the station said he had never before
seen Gustavson. He will have hear
ing this afternoon.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-04-26

Considering the number of times 1t
has been written up" 1t is singular
that the peculiar swindle known as the
spanish priest game" Is still worked
or attcmptesl-in this country. The
priest, who IL supposed to live In
Madrid. writes some thrifty Amer
lean citizen. telling Of buried
treasure or OF IA legacy left by a Span
ish grandee to him, the American citi-
zen. IL the latter nibbles at the bait
the next thing Is request for money
for legal or other expenses. IL the re-
mittance be made the Madrid ecclesi-
astlc Is heard from no more. or course
there is no Spanish priest mixed up in
the matter ut all. The whole thing is
the work of American swindlers who
have branch establishment In the
Spanish capital. and the fact that they
continue to attempt swindle which
has been exposed dozens Of times Is no
tribute to their originality. That some
people haven't heard Of 1t. however, Is
evident from the fact that seasoned
Washington correspondent treats one
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-04-26

Bishop Fallows' parody, wherein he
made man express longing to be
kicker" rather than an angel, contains
a deeper note than appears to the SUI
perficial observer, says the Chicago
Tribune. 1t Is the cry of the age-the
masculine cry-and one for which
there is the hope Of an earthly con-
summation. Main already stands with
the "kickers." and it is natural that
he should desire to be among them In
the world to come. Moreover, the
bishops parody is Il protest against the
inanity of angels. 1t Is not. as the
author declares, that humankind feel
that the wish to he al angel Is too
modest expression Of their souls long
ing, but simply that the insipldlty or
angels, their cloying perfection anu
negative goodness, excite revolt rather
than admiration. 1t is so in fiction,
and the sanity Agnes in Dickens "Da-
vit Copperfeld" richly merits the an
tipathy of great critic like Saints
bury, who, when he CHANGED upon the
assertion that agnes is perhaps the
most charming character in the whole
range of fiction" declared that no de-
cent violence Of eXpletive, no reason
able arttice of Typography, could ex-
press the depths of his feeling. Mod
ern readers do yawn over Agnes aud
over Amelia Sedley. and 1t was not the
latter lady who received the tribute OF
a recent dramatization but her faulty
friend, Becky Sharp. So 1t Is well for
man to recognize that his place is
among-the protestors-and that nose
gears rather than crowns must become
him.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-04-26

At a legislative hearing on behalf Of
the insane poor, physician recalled
the fact that as late as 1880 the city OF
Boston kept its pauper lunatics in
wooden cages. which rested ON wheels
and were rolled out Of the almshouse
on pleasant days, to give the wretches
Q little air and sunshine. When new
building was provided the patients
were trundled into it in their cages.
superintendent, promptly set them
free from conditions which might
make sane man crazy.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-04-26

Miss Grace NJ. Dodge finds three
faults In the business wOman-she I'M
1iercuts men in wages, she is not sutti-
GENTLY thorough, and she eats cream
puffs instead of beefsteak for luncheon.
Any butcher will tell you that the last
weakness Is the worst.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-04-26

A popular preacher has had his
church wired so as to offer sermon
telephone service to all who wish to
listen while enjoying the comfort anu
privacy of their homes. What would
Cotton Mather say to that If he could
come to lifeY