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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-26
a FREIGHT RATE DECISION.

Washington, January ls.-The inter
state committee today in an
opinion by Commissioner Clements.
its decision of the case OF
the Savannah bureau of freight n
transportation and others gains the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Com
pany and others. The carriers rate on
sugar and other ommoditie from
New York to Chipley and various 9TH
er stations in Florida and their rates
on bacon and other commodities from
Savannah to such stations I'm Florida
are not found to be
The commission further rules that a
carrier cannot lawfully establish ana
maintain an adjustment OF rates which
in practice prevents shippers on its
line from awaiting themselves of a
principal market which they have long
been using. and confers a substantial
monopoly upon a new market in which.
for reasons OF it's own. IL a greater
interest.
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RUSKIN IS DEAD.

In the death of John Ruskin, in his
Sind year, Great Britain is indeed be-
reaved. He is beyond all fair question
one of the most eminent and most gift
ed men of letters in this century that
has been so very rich in British men
of genius. He was in the highest sense
a great writer-master of a style sim
gularly elegant, beautiful and express
sive. AS fine specimens of exquisite
writing can be found from his pen as
embellishes English literature. He
and Thomas De Quincy are surely In
the front rank of great and enhancing
masters of style. We will write again
of Ruskin, too great a man to pass
away with only a brief paragraph.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-26
GERMAN NEUTRALITY.

Berlin, January 19.-In the Reichstag
today the debate on Herr Moeller's
joint Interpolation of the government
regarding the seizure Of German
steamers by British warships was
opened. Herr Moe/r laid emphasis
on the fact that the subsidized line, to
which the vessels belonged, had OBJ
served the strictest neutrality, and
suggested hat a definition of the rights
of mail steamers is opportune. The
unloading of the Bundesrath, he add
ed, could have been effected within a
few days The action the speaker
continued, appeared arbitrary and it
was Germany's duty to demand secur-
ity for her ships in the future from all
maritime nations. Germany was so
neutral that even her arms factory had
been prohibited from supplying the
belligerentS. The present case afford
ed a. rare spectacle of the unity of all
parties. Great Britain had not always
maintained the neutrality marking
Germany's present attitude and Eng
lishmen should TAX care not to draw
on themselves the hatred of the civil
lized world. This statement was greet
ed with cheers.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-26
LET CONGRESS ACT.

The country at large will be ready
to emphasize and endorse the opinion
of the republican senator from Mary
land. Mr. Wellington, in his speech in
the senate last week, in which he TOOK
a patriotic opposition to the Mckinney
CONQUEST. He said tina it is the duty
"tof congress to provide such Legislation
as will proclaim to the world in a man
ner emphatic and free from u1vo
ton the design and purpose of our gov
.ernment with relation to the Philippine
islands" Tha is right. Let there De
no hedging or endeavor to conceal the
purpose of this country. The knowl-
edge sought has been too long WITH
held. Mckinley brought on the un1or'
tunate and unnecessary war and Is
forever responsible for h butcher!
and destruction of property of the FIN
ninos and for every life lost on thu
American side. The News and Courlei
says of McKinley's patent espohs
bility:
-eIt will never cease. The situation
is of his making, and he VIII REMAIN
responsible for it and RS deploraoie III
cidents to the end. The question l.
now whether and o far congress VII
consent to share that responsibility
with him by approving what he ma
done and continuing in force the poflc1
TO which he committed himself?
Certainly the time has come, as sen.
srtor wellington says, for it to speaR
ont plainly for itself. And its duty
SENS 10 be plain enough. II has in
str1Iotion and precedent enough for thu
course it should adopt In its own reeeh'
oo+ion i'm a similar case.
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A PROPER BILLET 1T PASS.

Our attention is kindly called by Mr..
Pleasant A. Stovall, president of the
Savannah Press newspaper, to a very
much needed, and certainly, a very
proper bill now pending in the con-
gress. 1t is to put printing paper on
the free list. This should be done. A
tax on printing paper is a tax upon all
readers. High priced printing paper
means necessarily a higher price for
dailies and semi-weeklies and weeklies
to subscribers. To put printing paper
on the free list means to cure an out
rage against all newspapers and read
ers. The paper trust is gouging might
lily by both classes. 1t is acting
without decency or conscience. 1t has
already run up the price of PAPER used
by to a fearful degree, and
the plan is to stop this outrage upon
al, newspapers publishers and readers.
1t is a bill drawn by Representative
Shackelford, and the idea of the bill is
to take off the tariff tax Of $6 per ton,
and in this way, if possible, to relieve
the two classes of publishers and sub
scribers, and bring down this most in
iquitious trust. 1t is probable with
high tax removed from h tariff that
the. trust cannot continue to have its
own sweet way. The tariff is the Gre
ator and supporter, the patron and
feeder, of trusts. Let us have the en-
emy's claws clipped If not extracted
The Press and the People-for all are
interested here-should unite in the
purpose to get the congress to pass
the S~hackelford bill. Put printing pa
per on the free list. 1t is right.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-26
BREVITIES.

A year ago h gold tooters said
Organism is dead" The goldolators
now stop at saying it is on the wane."
1t is, of course, an honest opinion.
Senator Hale, republican, said In the
senate on Friday that Great Britain
is waging the worst fell blow at human
liberty that has been struck in the last
century," Right; but what is this
pretended "liberty-loving" country of
ours doing in the Philippines?
That brave Scotch soldier, MaJ.-Gen.
Wauchope, who was killed in battle In
South Africa, was an elder in the Pres
byterian Church.
Washington a a sympathetic DEM
onstration for the Beers on Sunday
night.
Many fine things IA been recently
said and written of the peerless Lee.
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His Life Was Saved.

Me. ]. E. Lilly, a prominent citizen
of Hannibal, Mo-, lately had a wonder
full deliverance from a frightful death.
In telling of it he says: 81 was taken
with Typhoid Fever, that ran into
Pneumonia. My lungs became hard
ened. I was so weak I couldn't even
sit UP in bed. Nothing helped me. I
expected to soon die of consumption,
when I heard of DR.. Kings New Dis
covery. One bottle gave great reileI.
7 continued to use it. and now am we'll
and strong, I can't say too much in its
praise" This marvellous medicine is
the surest and quickest lure in the
world for all Throat and Lung Trouble
Regular sizes so cents n S1.00. Trial
bottle free at T.. R BelfamyS Drug
Store; every bottle guaranteed.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-26
SYMPATHY FOE THE BoERs.
AN Immense Mass Meeting Many
Prominent Men Participate.

Washington. january 21.-The Grand
Opera House. the largest auditorium In
Washington. was packed to the doors
tonight with an enthusiastic audience
which vigorously expressed its sympa-
thy with the Beers in their ngnt WITH
Great Britain.
The demonstration was planned AZ a
means Of ~evidencing public sentiment
and in numbers and enthusiasm was
fully up to expectations. The SPEAKERS
included members of both branches OF
congress, and on the stage were other
public men who came merely TO ada
their moral support
The keynote of the speeches was hat
the Beers were fighting for their indie
pendence as our f~orefathers had done
in I716. The gatherings assembled un-
der the auspices Of the United Irish
societies, and a number OF leading Ger
mans of the city Joined in the move
ment. The decorations OF the house
were American flags. with a fair sprink-
ling of the green OF Erin
Among those who occupied seats on
the stage were Senators Mason. OF IL
linois: Allen. OF Nebraska and Tflman.
of South Carolina: Representatives
Clark. DeArmond and Cochran. OF Mia
| souri,; Bailey. Of Texas; Carmack and
Cox. of Tennessee; Rhea. OF Kentucky
| Jones and Lamb. OF Virginia; Shat
| roth. of Colorado: Dovener. OF Wes'
| Virginia: Meyer. OF Louisiana: Sulzer
of New York. and Lentz. OF Ohio; Mr.
Van Stolen. representative or the Ut
ange Free State at New York. and rep
resentatives Of the United Irish Socie-
ties and others. A large delegation OF
Irish Americans and German-Afmert
cans from Baltimore was in the audi
| ence-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-26

SIMPSONS Butler is like old cock
eyed Ben Butler-the dirty fellow who
issued that most infamous order in New
Orleans about the ladies-was in the
campaign Of 1884, we think it was, when
he tried to defeat the democratic can
didate by drawing off votes by his own
candidacy for the presidency. But old
cock-eyed got left" and the other But
ler-the little ~pettifogging lawyer-will
soon end his political career in North
Carolina. The people will have no more
Of this fellow. He says he is willing to
trade-he calls it unite" with any
gang so he can hold on to grub and get
a few swipes at the public teat- Save
me Cassius"-the negroes-"or I sink
Butler is considerate. and says he viii
stop short of mortgaging his soul
That is not important, for it is toe
small to enter into a trade as a factor
of consideration. What would a party
obtain if bartering it got Butler witt
Ibis soul?" 1t would have no market
able value. Small souls" fetch very
small prices.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-26
THE GUBERNAToR1AL CONTEST

Franfort, KY, January 20.-In the
election contests nearly all day was
consumed by arguments on the motion
of the democratic attorneys TO strike
out certain parts of the counter-claim
made by the contestees.
Governor Taylor in defending the
contest for h ~gubernatorial chair,
brought against him by William Goe-
bel, has, through his ATTORNEY spread
q large drag net in gathering his evil
dence and il is expected that before
the contest is ended some sensational
evidence will be brought before the
board. The republican attorneys have
decided 10 bring into fhe fight no less
a factor thar Tammany Hall and have
already summoned as a witness n OF
the confidential advisors of Richard
Croker. The object of the bringing OF
witnesses from New York Will be TO
prove that Richard Croker as the ex-
ecutive head of Tammany hall. was in
league with William Goebel, the con-
testant in the present hearing. to car
~ the state for the democratic noml-
nee.
The republicans put on the stand
during the day eighi witnesses, of
whom Colonel T. w. Bullitt, Of Louis
vile, was the star.
Colonel Bullbtt stated that he never
saw so quiet an election in Louisville,
and he described the orderly n
in which il was carried through Re
ferring to the presence of the militia
in the armory, he had, he said, advised
Governor Bradley to call out the militia
as a preventive of possible rising, but
had urged him TO take every precau-
ton to see that the soldiers were not
used for any partisan purpose. n
presence of the militia in the armory,
he said, was the only thing that could
have insured a quiet election
On cross examination he said that
he had never known greater anxiety
at an election in Louisville and declar-
ed that the proclamation of the mayor
of Louisville was the chief cause of
the great apprehension.
Being asked if he did not believe the
presence Of the militia had intimidated
voters, he replied tina it had awed
none but the lawlass element of both
parties.
E. L. Mcdonald, of Louisville, testi-
fed in much the same strain as Colonel
Bullitt regarding the feeling in Louis
willie on the election morning and the
effect Of the presence of the militia in
the armory.
An adjournment was taken until :
o'clock p. m. Monday.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-26
Passing of the Negro in Politics.

The white people of North Carolina
will never again submit to negro com
nor that the negro shall rule
the white man ir any part OF this
This was the i~rrevocable decree OF
November 8. 1898. For this reason the
Republican party can never hope ITO re-
control in North Carolina, so long
las 1T continues under present infiu-
ienres, for it is manifest that so long as
lit so continues negro domination In
certain parts of the state viii inevita-
IDLY follow its success, and h inf1u-
lence of the negro in politics will of ne
l~cessity be exerted and felt in every
part of the state. 1t is futile for re-
lpublicans ito longer deny that their
lparty in North Carolina is controlled
by the negro n that government by
it is necessarily government under ne
lgro iniuence.-F. M. Simmons.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-26

Gage is criticised we'll, n even re-
publicans do not spare the corruption
ist. His case is so bold and bad, that
men of the better sort cannot indoyse
or Justify his i~ndefensible course. he
Gently a very caustic rebuke was ad-
ministered by a party friend. Ever
the able, leading republican organ, the
New York Tribune could not Withhold
its. criticism of the tricky secretary OF
the treasury. 1t pointed out Mr.. Gage
own aid lent to wild fluctuations
hurting, as it contends, the cause of gold
or sound money!" as the phrase is
We make a truthful quotation from thu
editorial:
Full and frank as it was. the reply
of the secretary does not make it clear
that the deposits which operated to ar
rest this liquidation and to permit q
new speculative rise in the industrial
stocks were necessary to the public
welfare. They have, in fact, helped tt
revive in the new year the uncertainty
resulting from wild fluctuations in sucf
stocks. . 1t waS largely because
the policy of making deposits with thu
banks to help the money market wa:
sure to create suspicion of partlal1t!
that Secretary Window argued earnest
ly against tina course. Not even tn
warmest friend of Secretary Gage ca
doubt that the cause of sound none!
has been hindered rather thar advanc
ed by the questions raised within tn
last month, and meanwhile ii ma.
fairly be doubted whether the bushes
world has been really aided"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-26

Men are often chosen to fill places; for
which they have no prope qualifica-
ton. They are misfits. Men of doubt
full morality appear, as officials where
men of strictest morality only should
be in place. A good rebuke, quite effec-
tive of it's kind, was that administered
by an English Lord, as given in Sir AL
sernon Vests "Recollections" but late
ly published. 1t is so just and pointed
we copy it. The Lord was at least nc
hypocrite whatever else he may have
been:
Lord Oxford was invited to become
president of the Norwich Bible Society
an application from which he thought
his we'll known character should have
exempted him. He replied: 81 have
long been addicted to the gaming table.
1 have lately taken to the turf. 1 fear
1 frequently ~blaspheme. But 1 have
never distributed religious tracts. All
this was known to you n your socie-
ty, Notwithstanding which you think
! me a fit person to be your president
God forgive your hypocrisy"
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That is a rather curious case of Miss
Eleanor Guisti, an actress of stage sue
cess. She was engaged to be married
to a young man named Sprague whose
family is very rich in a Francisco.
She has bounced her beau who is dead
in love and has been for three years.
She has bounced her beau who is dead
more than she does the adoring, infat-
uated youth. The account is the New
York World states:
Three years ago Miss Guisti was a
member of the BostonianS. 1t vas then
she met young Sprague. He was in
fatuated; he proposed on the condition
that Miss Guisti leave the stage. She
consented and retired to private life.
Two weeks ago Miss Guisti retprned- to
New York. AS she expresses it, he
position is this:
81 find that 1 do not love Mr.. Sprague
less, but the stage more"
Is this another instance of the trutf
of the old line-"True love never die
run SMOOTH" Many women are
caught by the tinsel and glare and
| glamour and applause of the stage.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-26

The twentieth century is a disturb
ing factor. However plain that we are
still living in the nineteenth century,
there are thousands who are convinced
that it is the twentieth century and
that ninety-nine years constitute a CEN
fury, even if century does mean 100
1t is curious, but not new. The end OF
every century has had just such trou-
BILE. Lord Melbourne wrote to hif
mother February 8, 1900. He said u
believe I have not thanked you yet for
sNo.S4. a Tale Of the Nineteenth Cen
tu1y' (by the way. it is only the eigh-
teenth century, but no matter for that.)
The story is excellent.
London Academy, a literary weekly
of much repute, has this, as we find il
copied in the New York Evening Post;
ARE WE IN THE TWENTIETH
CENTURY.
Oh. ask me not; one thing is plain;
Today 1 see the sun.
But on my tomb will beat the rain
When men count Twenty-one!
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-26
COST OF THE SPANISH WAR

Washington, January 9--Represen-
tative Levy. of New York, a intro
duced a resolution directing the secre-
arr of the treasury to report to the
house the cost of the war with Spain.
Mr.. Richardson, of Tennessee, a reso-
luton directing the secretary OF the
treasury to report h receipts d
the war tariff act. under the various
schedules, and Mr.. Lloyd, OF Missouri.
one to place on the free list manufac-
tured articles controlled by trusts.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-26

Mckinley and gang are noWo very
warm for free trade with Porto Rico,
which is not a part Of the United
States. This, too, by a party that piles
up a fifty per cent. tax upon home
folks. Little Mac is studying a new
system of government and new books
on taxation and tariffs. The plot thick
ems. Cuba must be annexed, and Porto
Rico must be kept secure under a mill
tary government for years to come
That expansion organ, The Philadel-
phia Record, has this, n it favors
free trade with that people as so many
pseudo democratic papers may favor:
when congress shall undertake to
deal with the recommendation of the
president that the people Of Porto Rico
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-26

be given free access I'd our markets
the question of constbtut pnal construc-
ton will take on a chi racter of ur-
gency. The peopleIof 4orto Rico. cut
IL from Spain andu nd etached TO the
United States, stand sAtted upon the
points of tariff exaction. If they are to
Iiv e they must be permitted to enter
their natural market If they are to
prosper they must be privileged, as are
the people of the United States. to en-
joy the inestimable boon of unrestrict-
ed trade within the geographical limits
of the country of which their island
has become a part"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-26

To accommodate those who are par
tial to the use Of atomizers In apply
ing LIQUIDS into the nasal passages for
catarrhal troubles, the proprietors pre-
pare EIy,s Liquid Cream Balm. Price
Including the spraying tube ID Is cents.
Druggists or by mail. The liquid em-
bodies the medicinal properties OF the
solid preparation. Cream Balm Il
quickly absorbed by the membrane and
does not dry up the secretions but
changes them to a natural and healthy
character. Ely Brothers,, IS Warren
Street. New York.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-26
AN ELECTIVE JUDICIARY.

Jackson, Miss, January 19-The SEN
ate voted today to insert the Noel
amendment, providing for an elective
judiciary int the state constitution.
The amendment was voted on at the
polls last November. The general be-
lief is that the house will adopt IL Mon
day.
A bill was introduced in the upper
house this morning providing that the
family of any person lynched shall re-
ceive $1,000 damages from the county
in which the lynching occurred
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-26
yaIIrE OF PLAIN TALKING

Advertisements are written for the
masses to read. and should. therefore.
be clear. concise. exact and convinc-
ing. What the people wanx 20 know
should be told them in unmistakable
language: for the more Information
they obtain without undue effort in
the reading the better they are pleas
ed. Plain talking. like plain dealing,
wins patrons-Philadelphia Record.
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Anti-British Feeling More Intense.

Berling. January 20.-The tone of the
british comments on Count Won Bue-
lows speech in the reichstag yesterday
tgives offense here and is causing a
fresh outbreak Of bitter feeling the
government is understood 10 be dis
pleased with the reception OF the ior-
leigh minister's speech in England and
the news that another German ship has
been captured adds fresh fuel to the
flame. The papers ask how the seiz-
ure of a ship of flour can be
with Lord Salisbury'S promises
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ANXIOUS TO HELP THE BoERs.

brussels. January 20.-Dr. Leyds. the
representative in Europe OF the Trans
vaal government has issued through
! the press, a statement saying that he
is in receipt of so many offers from
men who wish to volunteer for service
with the Beers that he is compelled
20 announce that he is nowise author
lied 70 enroll n body in Europe and
that every one wishing TO serve In the
war must go to South Africa at his
own risk and expense.
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ANXIOUS TO BECOME AMERICANS

Washington January 19-The delega-
ton of Porto Ricans who are here to
set forth the needs of the island were
heard today by the house committee on
insular AFFAIR." DIR. Julio Henna and
George +. FiIEy made statements -
the committee similar to their prcsen-
tatien TO the secretary OF war. In par
ticuIar, they urged the speedy adoption
of a stable system and said the people
were a~nxiously awaiting b time when
thew could become in fact Americans.
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OFF FOR SOUTH AFRICA.

Southampton, January 2eIThe trans
port Kifanys Castle, with the Duke Of
Marlborough. Rudyard Kipling. Baro-
ness Burdett-C outts, Admiral Freder-
lex A. Maxsee and many army officers
on board bound for South Africa, sail
ed today. She was enthusiastically
cheered on ner way out.
Halifax, January 20-The first SEC
ton of the second contingent which
the government of Canada is sending
TO South Africa, embarked today on
the steamer L~aurentoan-
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CHINA AROUSED.

Yokohama, January ia lively In
terest has beer aroused by the publ
cation of a secret decree from the en-
press dowager of China. in which she
shows a becoming sense Of the danger
which threatens the empire from for
eign aggression and holds the provfn-
cial governors to tie strict responsible
ity for the immediate defense Of their
respective provinces, should any attack
be made upon Inem-