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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-10

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Unsuccessful Trial of a New A1rship at
Paris

Paris. September 5.-A diriSible bal
o invented by a F,-enchman named
Roze was tried today. The balloon,
which was built at Colombo, a suburb Of
Paris. consists of two cigar shaped bal
looms, from which is suspended a big
basket a having two floors. The up
per floor is a sort of u salon, elegantly
furnished, for the captain. who con-
trolls the five rudders. The lower floor
is for the engineer working the pro-
pellers, of which there are four. The
balloon has been filled and waiting
since Monday for a fine day. IT emerged
from it's shed at 10 O'Clock this morn
ing and was rolled along a wooden rail
track into a field. A crowd of specta-
tors cheered the inventor who entered
the salon, the engineer taking his. place
in the lower cabin.
A whistle was hen sounded as a sig
nal to let go.
The ascensional screws began to re-
volve and the balloon rose Slightly but
with an evident effort. The Dropelling
screws were then started and the bal
loon slowly moved forward. The spec
tators. thinking it vas a SUCCESS again
cheered; but the balloon dropped heaV-
lily to the ground and Roze descended
from the salon and explained: "It is
too heavy. 1t wont ascend"
Roze then gave ordCrs to Rouse the
balloon. His friends insisted on another
trial and RoZe only consented'to expert
ment with the ascensional screws. The
spectators hung onto the ropes and the
screws were started. The dlloo be-
gan 20 rise, the spectators released their
hold slightly and a man who did not let
go was lifted with 1t; but the balloon
lost all equilibrium owing to the abb
sence of the captain in the front part
of the basket, which caused the rear
of the machine to tilt. The balloon was
then hauled down II housed in its
SHOP.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-10

MI. John L. Callihan Severely Injured
Yesterday Afternoon-Three Pieces
of Lumber Fell from a Building and
. Drove His Ratchet into His Head.

Yesterday afternoon about 1 o'clock
Mr.. John L. Callihan, formerly engi-
neer at the p~ostoffice building, met I'D
with a singular accident and sustained
very serious injuries. He is a carpen-
ter by trade and is engaged with a force
of men rebuilding the Atlantic Coast
Lines brick building. on the west side
of Water street between Chestnut
and Grace streets, DESTROYED by the
fire on the wharf last February. He
was on the outside Of the building m
having occasion 10 go on the inside. he
picked up a box OF tools and with a
Matched and other tools in one hand
he stepped inside just in time to be
struck down by three pieces of lumber
which one Of the men threw down
from h story overhead.
When Mr.. CaIlihan saw that the tim
Der was going to strike his head he
threw up his hand with the Ratchet to
ward off the blow. The lumber, how
ever, struck the Ratchet n drove it
into the top OF his head cutting a deep
cash through the scalp into the skull.
He also received evere cuts or bruises
OF the back of the head, in the temple,
on the cheek and on his collar bone.
He was knocked senseless on a pile
of bricks and laid there until he was
picked up by the men who fastened to
his rescue.
The injured mans wounds, bled pro-
fusely, and as quick as possible a car
riage was summoned and he was sent
to his home on Fifth street between
Brunswick and Hanover streets, where
DR.. r. z. Zachery called and dressed
his wounds. He suffered greatly from
his injuries. but last night he had re-
covered from the stunning that he got.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-10
Howfson and Hackett

The navy department has given out
for publication certain correspondence
between Admiral Howison and Assis-
tant Secretary Hackett. Whether the
discovery OF these precious literary
gems will serve any useful purpose de-
ponds wholly Upon the taste and fancy
of h individual. For our part. we
are free to say that it illumines no dark
place whatever. We get another line
on HackeIt's ability as the complete
letter writer OF the incumbent admin
lstration, and a refreshing insight nto
the affectionate% relations subsisting be-
tween him and Admiral Howison; but
as for any touching the
the latterS declarations in the past or
his intellectual attitude in the present,
h correspondence now before us is as
barren Of suggestion as the peak OF
Or1Zaba is destitute Of foliage.
Hackett'S is q minor part, Of course,
for he is merely the agency through
which Howison's ~utterance is conveyed
to us. He invokes his Dear Admiral"
and 10, h fountain is unlocked, The
question remains, however: What pur-
pose will the gush promote? We know
nothing more about Howison's position
than we did before. He gives some
comments, more or less important, on
his experience of newspaper men; GER
tines 10 Inelr SOOQ manners IN Boston.
proclaimS his Willingness to impart in
formation at all times, within bounds
Of course, treats us to various divaga-
lions on professional jargon and the
navy point of view; doesn't remember
saying what The Boston reporter says
he said: is sure he couldn't have said
it, because he mas forgotten the cir
cumStance entirely-and closes with the
announcement ikat, while he is willing
to withdraw If. in Hackett's wisdom,
such a course seems proper, he feels
able to serve On the court without the
slightest prejudice. OF course, Hackett
assures his Dear Admiral that the de-
partment has found in him the very
man it wants, and that, under no cir
cumStaceS, will it even consider the eX-
pedient Of replacing him.
If there be any more than this in the
documents referred to, we confess our
inability to detect it. There nay be
more-much more-possibly there is.
We keep on the safe side, however, n
refrain from speculation. The publica-
ton will not convince any one who does
not know already. 1t utterly fails to
show hat HoWison is free from bias.
and while the admiral assures his Dear
Hackett that he feels able to bring an
impartial mi1d to the tribunal the
country will inevitably ask whether a
gentleman who is so uncertain as to
what he said or did in the past can be
trusted to OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES he
will say or do in the future.-WaShlng-
ton Post.
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SPARKS.

Levi Carroll, a negro who was con.
victed Of numbering his father and a
negro woman last February was hang
ed in the county Jail at Macon, Ga,
Thursday.
The royal yacht Ophir. with the duke
and duchess Of Cornwall and York on
board, escorted by the British cruisers
Diadem and Niobe, sails from st. VIM
cent for Quebeck.
The members Of the Resistencia who
were deported from Tampa, a few.
weeks ago arrived at Key West from
Honduras and are detained in Quarau-
tine awaiting orders.
General d. s. Stanley, president oe
the Society OF the Army Of the Cum-
berland. announces that the annual re-
union of hat society and OF b veter-
ans Of that army Will be held at Louis
willie. KY. on Perryville days, October
Sth and Sth.
Demania Rocco, an officer of the
steamer Fabita engaged In the cattle
trade between Miami and Cuba. who
was arrested or Tuesday last by In
spector WEIGH on the charge on snug
Cling has been bound over TO the Unit
ed States court.
William C. Whitney has purchased
John Z. Madden's interest in the flly
Blue Girl b viii carry the light blue
colors in the great FLY stakes which
are TO be run Saturday at Sheepshead
bay. The price paid by Mr. Whitney
was kept secret.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-10
FUR CUBAN MERCHANTS
Government Transportation to Expo
sitiou at Charleston Asked

Washington. September 81. c.
Hemphill and D. A. Tompkins today
submitted TO the war department. a re-
quest for government transportation for
Cuban merchants who might desire TO
visit the Charleston exposition. These
gentlemen stated that the managers of
the exposition believed that Cuban
merchants could be given an object
lesson in American commercial meth
DDS by a visit TO the exposition. and
that the exposition management would
agree to entertain the visitors IL trans
p~ortation could be furnished them I'm
the same way that IL was furnished to
he Cuban teachers who came to the
United States.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-10
THAT PENTTENTIARY REPORT
Still Another statement as to When 1T
VIII be Ready-State PENSION Board
at Work-A Spread of Smallpox Look
ed Tor This inter
Messenger Bureau,

Raleigh, N. c.. September 5.
After the meeting of the p~enitentiary
directors it was stated that in about
two weeks the report Of conditions
January 1st, April 1st and August 1st
would be ready. 1t was stated that pos
sibly the penitentiary would pay out this
year; that is, support Itself, but that
probably it would lack s10,000 of doing
SO. The real assets when the new board
took charge were $40. 900 less than the
fusion management claimed and rer
ported them to be. 1t was stated yes
terday. 200 cOnvicts are next month to
be put at work grading on the moun-
tain division of the Three C's" road.
1t is now the purpose to put 400 there
by the end of January. Only the con-
victs on the Caledonia" state farm
near Weldon and those on contract near
AShebOrO will be retained. This week
Henry c. Bridgers, who is building a
railway eastward from Tarboro, gave
up 120 convicts. These are now employ
ed near there on a short contract for
timber-cutting, until October list,
they will be transferred to a camp about
u miles from Marion, on the Three
&C" At the Caledonia farm now a
large force of convicts is rebuilding the
dykes brok by the great freshet in
May. Inc dltcheS on that farm are also
to be reopened. Excellent progress is
being made in the rebuilding of the
great dykes and by the end Of this
month that work will probably be fin
ished.
The state pension board is at work.
Its task is far larger and more arduous
than ever before, owing to the greasin-
crease in the number of applications.
The burden of the work falls upon
State Auditor Dixon.
The state superintendent of public in
struction today received a copy Of
North Carolina History Stories.' writ
ten by w. C. Allen. superintendent of
the public schools at Waynesville. and
published very attractively by B. f.
Johnson & Co.
Inquiry was made as to the number
of Seaboard Air Lines engineers in Ra-
leigh. 1t is found that eighteen own
their houses; that thirty-one rent
homes and that ten others stop mere
who claim Richmond or Norfolk as their
homes.
DR.. r. H. Lewis, secretary OF the
state board of health, says that at pres
ent there are very few cases or small
pox in the state, but that or course
there will be numerous cases again
when the cold weather comes. The an
nual report is not yet made, but 1t Will
no doubt show a large gain for the sea-
son of 19OO-19O1 over that of 1S99-19OO.
During August the mean temperature
here was IS degrees, which is 1 degree
above he average. The rainfall was
11.21 inches. while the average is only
eli inches, the excess oelng therefore
5.0
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FAYETTEVILLE NEWS BUDGET
Buildings I'm Demand-School Openings
Serious uIness-Sad Death
Correspondents of The Messenger.)

Correspondence of The Messenger.)
Fayetteville. y. c., September 5.
The family which accident or mis-
fortune would make homeless in this
town would find 1t hard to obtain shell
ter. There is one vacant dwelling on
Haymount, and about one in the city
proper. And 1t is nearly the same with
places of business. Except a tenement
Dr. two on Person street. store build
ings are not TO be obtained; and, al
though Mr.. Herbert Lutterloh not long
since put up a row Of fine offices on
Donaldson street, the lawyer, physi-
clan or broker is put TO it to find desk
room.
The additions to the Donaldson acad-
envy buildings are rapidly nearing
completion; and it is much I be re-
GREETED that, after strenuous efforts in
obtaining subscriptions and establish
ing this high grade school for boys,
Fayetteville parents are every day
sending their children away from home
to other institutions.
MesSrs. a. McBuie, Isaac w. Clark
and John d. Williams, school commit
tee for Cross Creek township, yester-
day elected George Williams principal,
with five assistants. for the colored
graded school of Fayetteville.
The good news is current on the
streets that the Atlantic Coast Line
Railroad Company is about to move
it's scales further south of the freight
depot, which will diminish the shifting
of trains across Hay street both night
and day. This correspondent is on
record in files of The Messenger for
IL -o 4rro 49,
again protesting against this continu-
al menace to life and limb.
Tomorrow all the Sunday schools of
Flea Hill township meet at China
Grove church to form a union aSsocia-
ton. A picnic dinner n addresses
will be pleasant features of the day.
The freshets have been too much for
creek. and only the abuttments are left
standing. This temporarily cuts off a
large area of Cumberland county from
Fayetteville.
News has been received here of the
death of Mr.. Julius Switzerland in Mo-
bile. Ala; also, in the same city and
of the same family, Eugene, the son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Pearce.
The amateur dramatic company did
such excellent work in the perform
ance of kathleen Mavourneen" that
the public requested a repetition Of the
play.
Mrs. Graham, wife of Rev. H. 7.
Graham. pastor of the Presbyterian
church, is very i'll at Winchester, Va,
where she a been making a visit.
1t is gratifying to know that Mrs.
Z. l.. Pemberton, who has been very
i'll. is improving.
Mr.. Al. Cook, after his long illness,
is able TO sit up.
Miss Belle Williams, of a prominent
fo roilxr Of +hn little piy-ar oonIa~u
section. who has relatives in Whining
ton, vas reported to be dying yester-
day.
Rev. Dr.. John NJ. Rose, pastor of the
Presbyterian church of Laurinburg, has
been paying a visit to relatives in the
city
Mr.. J.. E. Williams has returned home
from q summer soiourn in the noun
tains.
Mr.. G. NJ. Rose, Jr., of Nashville,
Tenn, Is visiting his parents, Hon. and
Mrs. G.. N. Rose.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-10
Washington Post Brevftfes

The American naval officer who
thinks Admiral Cervera acted In a
cowardly at Santiago declines
to give his name for publication. In
this case it is an easy matter to locate
the cowardice without identifying the
oward.
Would a fair man care to sit upon
a jury when the question Of his parti-
atty is raised?
It is quite evident that General Gomez
aspires to become the Mark Hanna of
the Cuban situation, but he has a dead
one in the Hon. Straddler Palma.
The Hon. Nose Wetmore announces
that the Hon. Bill Joel Stone is a can
didate for the United States senate.
Nose had quite an experience in an
~nouncing unsuccessful candidates.
The Hon. John c. Sheenan has made
a fatal dent in the neck of the Bird S.
Coler mayoralty boom. Sheehan is out
for Coler.
The Roosevelt boom actually appears
to be fourishing in Kansas. Kansas
will be Kansas.
About the time the European powers
think they have theE Intervention
nerve sufficiently starched. one Of them
weakens and discovers that it has trou-
bles of it's own.
The transport Ingalls, appears to be
SNSEy III do iCdhy do OH 3d.
sion of the United States senat
With a well-greased wallet. the Hon.
Jim Stephen Hogg is preparing to re-
enter Texas politics. Hogg ought to
make quite a hole in the situation at
the place where he goes in.
The attitude of the Virginia republi-
cans on the race question is decidedly
of the Jim Crow variety.
| A Chicago woman who failed to land
a banker for whom she was angling has
instituted suit for $685. 600 for damages
said to have been inflicted upon her az
fections. It would seem that an entire
new set Of Chicago affections might
be had for much less.
It has been decided to hitch the Ne
braska democracy to the ox-cart Of pop
| ulism again. But in several other states
! the democrats are striving TO catch UT
to the automobile. times.
The republican statesmen are talking
quite glibly Of reciprocity. Perhaps they
believe that free trade can be made
quite popular IL it Is put up ic capsules.
It is said that the Industrial commits
sion will ask congress for permission
to review itself. The Industrial COM
mission will do its very best 10 dodg.
| dissolution.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-10
Mr.. Cannon Gets Second Prize

A special dispatch from Concord to
the Charlotte Observer says:
The New Orleans cotton exchange
offered this summer three prizes for
the three nearest guesses to the mum
Der Of cotton bales made this season.
Mr.. J. w. Cannon. being a good bust
ness man and in touch with the con-
ditions OF the cotton crop in every
state, has been notified that his esti-
is $50. This is not as good luck as Mr..
Cannon had last year, in winning the
first prize of 500 given by this ex-
change. The report of the cotton ex-
change is 10,3S3.422 bales; Mr.. Cannon
gave his estimate at 10, 399, 999 bales,
coming within 1851 Of the correct
number and second best.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-10
First Lynchine In North Carolina

The Raleigh News and Observer calls
attention to the fact that n Of first
lynchers of a negro for an assault
upon a white woman was by a regi-
men of soldiers Of Sherman's army.
The incident occurred in Johnson coun-
ty, North Carolina, in the spring of
1865. The soldiers found the woman
outraged wounded and suffering, and
she told a party of them her story.
The brute she described was only a
few hundred yards away, and the sol
diers, when they caught him. shot him
to death without trial or mercy. They
thought that either would have been
out of place. and it is h survival of
this feeling that is responsible for
lynchings today. 1t is remarkable,
however. that northern men should
have set the fashion for what northern
newspapers are wont to speak Of as a
~distinctively southern institution.-Sa-
vannah News.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-10
ObSeuufes of Mrs. Mebaue

The funeral of the lamented Mrs. C.
P. Mebane took place at 10 o'clock yes
terday morning at the residence of her
brother, Captain w. NJ. Stevenson, SIC
Market street. The services were con-
Quoted in al impressive manner by the
Rev. A. d. Mcclure, D. D., and many
riends were there on the sad occa-
sion. The interment was made at
Oakdale cemetery n beautiful floral
tributes were laid upon the CARVE. The
~pallbearers were as follows: Honor
airy, Messrs. P. Pearsall and S. w.
Sanders; active, Messrs. r. W. Price
G. w. Worth. S. P. Adams, w. NJ. Cum
ming, A. j. Howell, Jr., and James S,
HOODer.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-10
Refused TO Receive the Archbishop's
Message

London, September 5.-The ecumen-
zeal Methodist conference today unan-
imously declined TO hear the secretary
read the message of the archbishop Of
Canterbury in which he expressed a
hope hat some day the Methodists
would be united with the Episcopa-
lians. and. on similar import, the mes
sage of the bishop OF London, on the
ground hat they had been addressed
TO the editor Of a religious newspaper
and not to the conference.
Bishop Hartzell, missionary bishop OF
the Methodist Episcopal church in Az
RIGA, said the present time was the be-
ginning OF another empire Of Anglo
civilization. The war was mere
ly ar incident.
DR.. Leonard, Of New York, thanked
God for what Great Britain was doing
in South Africa and expressed the hope
that the war would soon end with the
Union Jack floating.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-10

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Extra Session of Texas Legislature

Extra Session of Texas Legislature
Austin, Texas, September 5.-The
second extra session of the Texas legis-
lature assembled today. The first ex-
ira session expired by constitutional
limitation last night. The principal
work of the new session is to pass an
appropriation bill for state expenses
for the next two years, involving from
five to six million dollars. State Treas
with the secretary of state for SIS, 900.
Among his sureties is former Govern
or James H. Hogg. The bond was ap-
proved by the governor. The old bonds
men were identified with the first Ma
tional bank of Austin which failed on
August 3rd and in which the state up
to date has lost upwards of $3.50, 900.
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Roosevelt In Vermont

Burlington, VT, September Vice
President Theodore Roosevelt, arrived
in this city this afternoon by special
train o Proctor. where he was the
guest Of United States Senator Proctor.
at luncheon after speaking al the state
fair at Rutland this morning.
This evening Colonel Roosevelt de-
livered an address at the pubic meet
ing Of the Vermont Officers Reunion
Society. held at the Howard opera
house. The building was crowded TO
the doors.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-10
walthour Given the Race

New York, September 5.-The motor
paced race between Bobby walthour Of
Atlanta, "a, and Harry Elk-z. OF Glens
Fails. N Y, was stopped tonight after
IL miles had been ridden. owing to an
accident 10 Elkes which prevented his
finishing.
Walthour broke the indoor record for
the first two miles. covering the first
mile in lbs As and the two miles in $40
Is. His time for IL miles $50 yaids was
1918 As.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-10
The Edicts Arrived

Pekin, September 5.-Li Hung Chang
tonight notified the foreign ministers
that the imperial edicis providing for
he signing Of the peace protocol had
arrived. This announcement. made i'm
mediately after the settlement OF the
difficulties which Prince Chun expert
enced before going to Berlin. confirms
the impression here that the Chinese
used the protocol to induce Emperor
William 10 waive the Kow-tow cere-
mOny.
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Rev. Mr.. Gfbble to Go to Montana

The Rev. John B. Gibble, a native Of
Beaufort. n. c., formerly rector of the
Chapel of the Good Shepard in this
city and who went from here to st.
Luke's church, Denison, Texas, has &C
cepted a call to a large Episcopalian
mission district at Butte City, Mon
tana. Mrs. Gibble, formerly Miss Au-
gusta Moore, of Wilmington, now on a
visit to her family in this city, will
leave here in about ten days and she
and Mr.. Gibble will go to Butte about
the 30th instant
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-10

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Trouble at Kentucky Mines

Darlington, Ky, September 5.-The
tipple of the Carbonate Coal Company
was fired into at 1 o'clock this norm
ing, some thirty shots being fired. The
shooting was done with Winchesters.
Two railroad t~restles were burned last
night, destroying the connection of the
Crabtree n Carbonate mines with
the main line of the Illinois Central
railroad. These mines were closed for
want Of railroad connection today.
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Fayetteville Observer: We learn, on
excellent authority, that h Ashley
Bailey Company, of Paterson, New
Jersey, the great silk manufacturers,
who are now operating a large mill in
this city employing between three to
four hundred negroes, will shortly COM
mence the erection of another and
larger factory near the present mill.
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fScOuraQing News

The people of Wilmington were deep
ly saddended yesterday over discour-
aging reports from Asheville concern
ing the condition of Laurence Sprunt,
o of Mr.. and Mrs. James Sprunt, who
is desperately ill with scarlet fever at
the Battery Park hotel. kilograms re-
ceived last night. however, state that
while he is extremely i'll the physicians
still have hopes of his