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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-28
MIR. BRYAN SPEAKS TO POPULISTS

At Topeka, Kansas. on the 23rd inst,
the populist party notified Col. William
J. Bryan of his nomination for the
presidency by their convention. Jerry
Simpson was master of ceremonies in
the absence Of Marion Butler, the
chairman. Mr.. Bryan read an elabor-
ate address in accepting the nomina-
tion. III discussed money. the trusts,
lection of United States senators by
the people, the great paramount issue.
imperialism; and also referred to one
or two other things Of interest. Like
all his deliberate utterances the dis
cussion was marked with calmness.
penetration, breadth, vigor, common
sense, perpendicularity and honesty.
Speaking to the representative Of a
party that claims to be OF h people
and by the people and is called for the
people, Mr.. Bryan said to them OF the
hangers Of a standing army in a re-
public of the people:
sIt "a not strange that the ~populists
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-28
HOME FOLKS.

Cy. Thompson is talking much. His
being taken down reminds us what an
old Methodist preacher said: That his
sermon had soured on his stomach"
.Cy. was up for governor to stay, but
this was not allowed him. He was
dropped to make way for a far meaner
man. 1t is no wonder that Ely is lurid
and thunderous. Ell has resolved to
straddle the fence in the presidential
campaign. And this from the bright
man who once spouted a bold democ-
Iracy and detested the black radical
gang. The best thing for him to do is
to repent Of his multitudinous sins and
.Iretracing his steps endeavor to find
peace and shelter with the democracy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-28

Recent news from China was Of a
character. to give ven a worse shad-
ing to the treachery of Chinese officials.
A letter written by General Yung Lee,
commander-in-chisf of the northern
provinces. pledged him to murder all
foreigners with the assistance of the
Boxers. Although at the head of the
army of the empire in the north he was
burning to destroy n ibis ignorance
is dense. He wrote:
1.-THE foreign devils, counting their
superior strength in warships and guns.
ave dared to exert all their power to
rob and insult US, but their populations
are small and entirely dependent, on
the Chinese productions. China now
possesses cannon and rifles and plenty
of well-trained troops. I don't fear the
foreigners"
Ignorance Of the world at large must
be indeed very dense in that count
when one Of the high military officials
can write in the strain Of stupidity.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-28
DO NOT FORGET THE PLACE-NEAR THE POSTOFFICE.
WllMlNGI0N'S BIG RACKET STORE
George 0. Gaylord, Proprietor
A Report From Roberts

London, August 24.-The following
dispatch has been received at the war
office from General Roberts:
Pretoria, Thursday, August %.
Baden Powell rescued 100 prisoners
at Warm Baths August 22nd and cap
tured twenty-five Beers and a German
artillery officer. Buffers casualties
August 81, were seven men killed and
Captain EllerShaw and twenty-One
men wounded and five men missing.
Kitchener August 22nd had eight cas-
Iualties. While accommodating in the
Komati valley Rumble found lao. 900
rounds of ammunition buried. The
columns pursuing DeWet made won-
iderful marches"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-28
THE WHEAT OUTLOOK.

1t seems that in Great Britain econ
omist are discussing the probability
of a famine. Some think that there
is a prospect of an awful famine for
the world If more food products are
not produced. But the probability is
that h figures are at fAult-that fam
n is imminent, IS yet outside
Of linda Wheat prices latterly, for
two years say. r higher than for a
few years before, but that doe not make
the show in danger of perishing, or
that ut is 50 dependent on wheat, and
that which is 50 scarce. 1t is a fact,
however, that in some European coun-
tries, in 1899 the wheat crop was short
as 1t was in the United States In
1900 the crop was figured at 1S0, 230, 900
as against 25O, 624, 26S bushels for the
year 1899. The New York Tribune
discussing the yield, says that the yield
of winter wheat, however, is placed
at 333, 769, 900 bushels, against 296, 679, 574
last year, making a total of 513, 997 900
bushels, against 547. $685. $40 bushels in
1899. Assuming that these figures are
approximately correct, h decrease
from the preceding crop is only 80, $685.
$40 bushels, and there was no thought
of dollar wheat a year ago. In fact,
76A cents was paid on August 16, 1899.
Furthermore, the amount of wheat
actually exported, together with a rea-
sonable allowance for seed, and con-
SUMPTION at the rate of ACT bushels
for each inhabitant, has demonstrated
year after year, hat h official esti-
mates are much too low"
In India the loss was immense. Its
crop for the year is placed at A., 9O4, =
900 bushels less than the average for
five years. Germany, Great Britain
and Austria had each fine crops and
Belgium, Sweden, Italy nave bright
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-28
ACONTRASr

Thomas j. Ryan supported Mckinley
in 1896. He is closely identified with
great capitalists and is personally in
terested in railway corporations and
industrial trusts. He is down on Bryan
and denounces all democratic attacks
upon Imperialism. Hear this magnate:
1T is the most unpatriotic utterance
hat has come from any asSemblage of
men claiming to be loyal citizens, in
the history of this country. 1t will
nerve the hands of the country's enc
mics wherever they are to be found.
But that is not the ISSUE, n Bryan
will not be able to make an issue of it.
The dishonest fifty-cent dollar is the
issue. Free riot is the issue"
The country could very we'll dispense
with the wisdom and services of such
a brshwhacker as Ryan. On the other
hand, read what n of the few able
men left in Massachusetts of the old
republican school says-eX-Gov. George
S. Boutwell,. He recently expressed
himself at length as to whether we
should have a Republic or an EN-
pire?" Hear him:
IF the peril of this country is what
We think it is; if the question before
you n before your countrymen is the
question of the continuance of the re-
public, then nc raver question has ever
been committed to an assembly of men
or to the country.
I'VE are opposed to imperialism. We
are in favor of a republican form OF
government. We respect the teachings
of our ancestry, the glory of the his
tory they have left to us, and, stand
ing between the past and the future, il
is u duty to transmit to poSterity the
principles of the fathers and the insti
ut;ons that they founded"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-28

his writer was at Trinity college
commencement in June. 1872. Judge
Augustus S. Merrimon was there, the
democratic candidate for governor.
His speech was indeed a most remark
ably able one and quite put of the
common. Senator Ransom was there.
Governor Vance also. The latter had
been elected to the senate. but the re-
publicans shut him out and would not
let him take his seat. if we recall the
incident correctly. Gen. Ransom had
been elected in his place after Vance
had waited for a year without sue
cess. His successor very generously
divided the years salary with Vance.
Several gentlemen were cognizant OF
the transaction. We think we state
it correctly. Gen. Jim Leach vas a
candidate for congress. and also made
"a speech attended by an amusing &C.
Icurrence we do not now mention.
There were some other prominent men
attending the exercises. but all are
gone but Gen. Ransom.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-28

If there are any towns and villages
in North Carolina that really desire to
have negro postmasters. and other off,
Gals of the sable ranks. they should
be content to get them without endea-
voring in any way to press them upon
other communities that 'have tasted
and seem and are sufficiently amused
with tn experiments. It does look but
fair that newspapers should be salts
fled to ask for the negro postmasterS
ietc., for their own particular baili-
lwicks, without trying to have this
class forced again upon towns and VIII
lagos that have had a full experience
and such a convincing lest as to COM
pei them forever to kick at another
of the affliction and the
offence.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-28
The Washington Posts paragrapher

says:
fears that the North Carolina demo-
Gratis will not allow MIN TO make
Bryan speeches in that state"
He can speak to his hearts Content
If he can get audiences. But the
North Carolina democrats neither
count on his help nor fear his opposi-
ton. He is as dead politically in this
state as the mummy of Rameses II
in the Alexandrian museum is dead to
political succe in Egypt under Eng
Ilish occupation.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-28

ingalls, took the celebrated mot and
improved upon it by a last clause. It
now runs-.The Pilgrim fathers fell
first upon their knees, next upon the
aborigines and finally upon the Chi
nese."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-28

If you wish to cure scrofula or salt
rheum permanently, take Hoods Sar-
saparilla. It expells all impurities
from the blood.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-28
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.

TILE DAILY MESSENGER by mail.
sne year, 800; six months. $3.50; three
months, SITS; n month, 81 cents.
TIE sENn-wEEKLY MESSENGER
1.-TWO g page papers), by mail. one year
q. 90: six months. so cents. In
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-28

Preparations are making for a big
state agricultural fair in the fall. in
October we think. A competitive mill
tary drill will be one Of the features.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-28

A Memorial Church Burned
Hopkinsville, KY, August 24.-Bethel
Baptist church at Fairview, built as
q, memorial on the site of Jefferson
Davis birthplace has been struck by
lightning and destroyed.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-28
Shoes! Shoes!

l have about $500 pair Of SHOES to
close out. / mean to sell them and /
want you to come and save from &c
TO soc a pair on your SHOES.
4 WOMAN'S GOOD SHOE at sc.
sold at $1.Oo.
FINE SHEETS S1xS0 inches al 65c.
sold at csc; 90x?0 inches. nicely hemmed
at CSC, sold al IS: rubber sheating "a
wide at 33c; / yard wide at 42c per
yard.
I want to sell goods al the lowest
price / ever sold them. and now re-
member. beginning Monday morning /
will sell my goods at cost for cash. I
have got to move and I want TO move
none rather than stock. Come to the
BIG RACKET and buy your goods at
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-28
Brussels CARPET!

Nice Patterns and fresh goods. al
Soc per yard, sold cheap for soc.
Ny S1.25 carpets now soc.
My Csc carpets now SIC.
My Ingram carpets We sold for sac,
now 24c.
1 have a big stock Of TRUNKS that
l want to move by selling them out.
If you need a trunk save the prort by
coming here. They are easier old
than moved.
1 have the largest stock Of LADIES'
SAILOR HATS. TRIMMED. HATS,
SHAPES NEW. STRAW and FELT
HATS ever offered for sale at cost. We
can sell you hats at half price. We
want to sell. I will sell you a nice 25c
sailor now for 15c.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-28
MEDICAL COLLEGE OF VIRGJ

VI 11IO1N "A
Sixty-I third Annual Session will Commence October 2, 300.
Medical Graded Course. III years.. $500 per Session.
OentaI Grad Course three years. $500 per Session.
pharmaceutical Course, W years. 800 Der Session
Graduation Fees In Medicine n Dentistry 800 90: in Pharmacv sr5a
or further information h Catalogue address
CHRISTOPHER ToMPKINs, MD. Dean.
""s0 h@ Richmond, Va
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-28

1 " a big stock of fall and winter
dress goods that You can buy very low;
a big lot of PERCALES. 1 yard wide,
at 41zc per yard. Best percales sold
for 12kc, now Sc.
I have a big stock of LINEN TOW
ELS L sold at 10c. cheap now at &c
leach.
FRUIT OF THE LOOM SHEETING
at &c.
| MASONVILE SHEETING AT &c.
A big stock of DRESS CAMBRIC at
&c per yard.
A lot Of FINE Innings at &c, &c,
and 121sc, worth 10c. 15c. and zoe. I
have a
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-28
Stock of Silk

to close out. FULL WIDTH SILK.
solid colors. at 15c.
The same silk I sold at 39c. All quail
ties from 1Sc. 22c. 25c. 35c. 4Sc.
If you need silk I can sell it to you
at almost half price.
WHITE AND COLORED PIQUE at
TIC per yard.
lpard. worth Sc.
BAT COTTON at 4 cents a bat.
CHILDREN'S FULL SIZE HOSE at
8 cents a pair, and better one at sc,
and SC.
MEMS AND LADIES 1Oc HOSE for
Is 1-3c a pair.
WHITE BED SPREADS at 39c, CSC,
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-07-06
SOUTH A. uICAN TRADE.
German Interests Large, But This
Country should Have n Share.

German Interests Large, But This
Country should Have n Share.
United States Consul John F. Winter.
at Annaberg. writes TO the State Depart-
ment in part as follows;
During the past ten years. the COM
merce Of South Africa has been steadily
on the increase. Official statistics show
that Germany has participated largely In
the gain. In 1891 Germany exported TO
the Trausvaal products amounting in val
ue 10 S2sJ.eS0. in 1894. 10 S1,31s.52); in
1886. to 1925. 200. in 1898. 10 $2.117. 220
The exports to British South Africa and
the Orange Free State amounted IN ISL
to 81. 2S3. $50; in 1884, they were 81 sol. go:
IN 1886 80. 724 700. in 1898. SS.546.SC0 or
almost three times those Of 1881 Ger
man imports from South Africa amounted
in 1891 10 $4.l19.7s0; IN 1898, to S4.S5S,OGe.
consisting chiefly OF Cape wool. German
manufacturers are preparing TO make TIE
most OF the renewed commercial activity
which is expseted- TO follow the war.
Our manufacturers should keep a wide
awake eye on this part OF the world. No
nation is so well equipped as We are 10
supply South Africa with the very s.
weapons with which TO work out her in
Gustrial and commercial destiny. All We
have 10 do is to adapt ourselves to The
requirements OF the people. ard a very
large share OF the foreign trade viii :all
into our hands"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-07-06
Pekin's NamcIess Horror.

The whole civilized world is waiting in
panied suspense for the tale OF sickening
horror which. it is thoroughly believed
awaits IL. The horrible scenes that accom-
panied the butchery Of the foreign minis
tiers. their wives, and children, and the
other legation people in Pekin on June 30
or July l, are the talk Of the native quar-
ter in Shanghai and there is no reason 10
doubt that there is substantial foundation
for the stories. 1t Is believed that Sheng
the Director of Telegraphs. and other Chi
nese officials, have more or less complete
information concerning the slaughter and
its attendant atrocities, and that the par
ticulars have been communicated TO their
native friends by word Of mouth.
What is reported to have happened can
not be more than limited at in print I:
Is enough 10 freeze the blood. Outrage and
fortunes Of hellish ingenuity are the crimes
committed against defenceless women and
children that the Chinese are whispering
about. The pity of il is that there is no
present way to avenge them. The country
between Tientsin and the capital has been
flooded by cutting the Grand Canal. so that
Ct would be impracticable for an army, with
artillery and transport to Advance before
September.
Military preparations viii have to be up
on a scale much greater than had been
contemplated up to within the past few
days. The legation massacre will render it
necessary for each one of the states af-
fronted to despatch a much larger force to
China than was thought of a week or so
ago. Even the United States will be com
PEELED to make more OF a showing in the
primitive operations than the Administra-
ton has considered necessary. Troops are
being called in from Cuba. and will be
started ostens;bly for Manila, bit will be
ordered TO China when they touch at Nag
asaki.
Il will be at least three weeks before the
international forces will be numerous
enough to do more than hold Taku, unless
Russia should consent TO let Japan throw
in the seventy thousand troops she has
ready. As for Tientsin, the news is of the
most depressing character. Yesterday he
Chinese finally carried and destroyed the
Pei-Ho bridge. which cuts the communica-
lions of the garrison with Taku. The
chances are that the battle is still in prog
ress, and that the internationals who
number about twelve thousand are dis
tinctly in danger of beng annihilated. Es-
cape must have become very difficult with
the loss Of the bridge. and If a retreat is
not effected before General Mich and his
army arrive. We are afraid that there will
De another general slaughter of foreigners.
IT. IT.
enough yet 10 rescue the defenders of
Tientsrn after that place has been com
pletely invested. The principal hope con-
nected with the situation is that Japan
may be landing large expedition, as has
been limited in one Of our dispatches, some
miles above Taku.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-07-06
The Washington Boer Fund.

To the Editor Of The Times:
In your evening edition today there appears
letter the signature Of Andrew johnson. want
ing TO know how the subscriptions 10 the Boer
fund have been applied For his information
viii state that ! am the treasurer Of the Boer
fund and that | have kept itenized account
OF ali moneys received and disbursed ana that
have vouchers for all my disbursements excepting
some miscellaneous accounts amounting 10 less
tEa.. 800.
Mr.. johnson says that he dropped something in
the basket az the B0er meeting The amount re-
ceived Sunday evening at the Opera House was
counted on the stage by Congressman Rupert and
COtter T. Bride and then turned over 70 me IS
treasurer and deposited TO nv credit in the Co
lumbia National Bank on Monday morning, May 81
amounting 10 s25s-39. This included dollars and
dimes in which / presume, Mr.. JOhnSOn's item
figured aEa, let IL be dollar OF dime, he is en-
titled e have and will receive fun satisfaction
and explanation by calling at my Office. where /
viii submit to him my vouchers and items
Ne BOer enyOys OF commissioners here
as tie guests OF the citizens Of Washington. and
IT ould be an unusual and indicate proceed
ing 70 publish in the newspapers every item Of
expenditure connected with the entertainment Of
our guests. Mr.. Andrew johnson need have no in
dehcaey about calling and examining my se-
ccrEts. PATRICK O'FARRELL-
1925 New York Avenue northwest
JshingtOn. July 3.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-07-06
FIRES CAUSED BY LIGHTNING.
BRItimOr" sufIers Frcm High Tenn
perats~e and a Thunderstorm.

Baltimore Suffers Frcm High Tenn
perats~e and Thunderstorm.
BALTIMORE. July 6-Whne the thun-
derstorm. which brought a little relief
from the intense heat. was in progress yes
;erday. lightning struck the house oecu-
pied by DR.. a. d. McC0nachie 500 North
Charles Street and the barkeatine Good
News. lying al JackEoR's wharves.
At DR.. McCoHaehie's home the lightning
struck an electric light wire and followed
it to the basement. Gas escaping from a
leaky pipe became ignited and a loud ex-
plOsiOn resulted followed BY fire. An
alarm was sent in and the flames were
extingu:shed before much damage was
done
The mizzen track of Stewards bark
entine Good News. lying at Jackson 5
Gharves. was struck about LEO p. m The
truck Tell down. passed through heavy
awning and struck the deck a few feet
from Mate Gale and Rigger William
Brow The current played for a few sec
onds IN the port miZzen cherpole and for
a minute mystihed the two men. who
narrowly escaped being struck by the fall
ing truck. The royalmast OF the bark
was slightly splintered by the lightning.
Two oil tanks at the works OF the Stand
ard Oil Company. Canton. were struck by
lightning in the afternoon. The top OF one
of the tanks was torn of. but the other
was not much damaged. The oil in them
was set on fire, but Was soon exJinguished
by the compsny's fire apparatus
Isaac Leight, thirty eight years old,
was overcome by the heat At the corner
Of Bond and LaIvale Streets. He was tax
en- to bis home. where he was revived IN
der prompt medical treatment
Adclph Baumbach. twenty-foUr years
cid, employed as an ironworker on the
new car shops Of the United RAILWAYS
Company, on Columbia Avenue near Bay
ard Street, was overcome by the heat He
was removed in the Southwestern ambu-
lance to his home, IL Browns Lane.
Southwest Baltimore
A verdict % death from sunstoke was
RENDERED by a coroner's jury last night In
the case of James Moran. a labOrsT. who
died shortly after midnight "Wednesday
night in the. Canton police station, where
he was under arrest o. tae charge of be-
ing intoxicated
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-07-06

led some Westerners to think that Croker
would be the Hominee for Governor THIS
fan
One OF the most picturesque figures in the
Convention Hall yesterday was Miss Ada
Boarman, the cid isehoolmistress of VIII
liam Jennings Bryan. She was accompau-
led by Mrs. Foster and by Miss Ruth Bry-
an. the young daughter OF the Democratic
leader. In spite of her feebleness and ad-
yaneed age. Miss ,BOarman had Travelled
forty miles by stage TO Lincoln, where she
took the train for Kansas City. to see her
former pupil nominated for President
Miss Boarman is the type Of the old
school Southern gentlewoman. Her rath-
er tall and spare form is perfectly erect
The old-style black silk and the bit OF
ancestral point lace at her throat tell of
better days. before the civil war. Her
hair. as white as snow. is parted on the
brow and falls in soft curls around her
wrinkled face.
I am very old woman now" she said.
y was an Gid woman when l taught Viii
lie the rule OF three and the boundaries
Of the States which hope he viii soon be
ruler OF. It was always hard for him 10
remember the different positions OF the
States and Territories. and l remember
that on one occasion when / threatened TO
whip him for missing his geography les
son he told me that be didn't think IL was
at all necessary for an American boy 60
know which way the rivers ran and low
many miles Maine was from Florida. II was
enough. he thought. for the American boy
10 k1Ow what States there were. ! don't
believe he ever did know the geography
lesson in his life.
But he never failed In arithmetic.
Perhaps this is the reason he has calcu-
lated on 16 to l. ] 10 not understand the
platforms or anything pertaining to pOlti-
cal standards. but l am sure that what
William Bryan does will be done from
sense Of duty and not from any selfish
motive ! don't believe be has done many
things in his life without weighing the
results and following the line which his
dury dictated