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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-15

guished son Of North Carolina. He adj
dressed the Chicago Bryan League. We
make an extract and it Is interesting
and "tust him."
It am now a private citizen. with ex-
celfent prospects OF remaining such.
The &C ocratic party was never in
better fighting condition than ft- is to-
day n i rejoice hat I have MANI
years in which to participate II the
struggle between human rights and
the usurpations of greed. Our party
stands for well defined and r ositive pol
itics n ) prepared to wag an ag-
gressive warfare against the plutocratic
tendencies of the evils against which
Jefferson contended a century ago., and
against which Jackson fought thirty
years later.
Reorganization is an internal RENE
dy n 1t I'M be applied externally.
Those who lave lost their party stand
ing because of their desertion Of the
party candidates and unfaithfuIness to
democratic doctrines, as Fin by le-
Ultimate authority, must reunite with
the party before any will be
paid to their pretentions of in
terest. Those within the party lines
have a right to a voice in the making
of the platform, and change in the or
ganization of machinery, but any desir-
ed change shall be openly proposed and
fairly presented"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-15
@NEW GOODS@
Big Racket Store

10 pieces OF Duck for Skirts Heavy
ard good quality-worth ioc-we VIII
sell at &c.
Stacking Flannels Cor Undershirts In
gray and pink at 1Sc j yard. 5 pieces
Fine Red Plaid Ginghams-regular 1ec
qualifying price SC a yard
Best Apron Checks at sc a yard.
One Yard Wide Sea Island Shifting
at sc a yard.
We have a beautiful line of Dress
Trimmings from 1oc to 25c q yard. All
h new things.
Ladies' Cloaks and Furs-1n our
Cloak Department we have cut prices
25 per cent. which is more than the
profit. We have a gooo many New
Cloaks to sell at 500. $3.50. $500 and
$500 and $50.
Our $500 Cloak Is regularly worth
$50. Our $50 n a been our $40
Cloak. We have just received lots OF
new things in our millinery department
New Ribbons, Laces. Veilings. Chf-
fons and Mouselaines n Velvets.
Buckles ard lots Of new hats. Our mill
linery trade has been very good n we
are making special efforts to close out
all our winter goods
We are still giving away presents
with cash purchases.
We nave Lounges. Tables. Writing
Desks. Cradles. Rugs and China and
Glassware.
Come to see US and have ycur pur-
chases punched on a Card and get a
present free.
WE ARE CLOSING OUT OUR Ell
KIN MILLS ALL-woOL BLANKETS
CHEAP.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-15
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Senator Daniel, of Virginia, is sought
after for the lecture platform. A Louis
Vile man is in Washington seeking to
make arrangements with him for a lee
ture o for next summer.
The death report in Baltimore in 1900
show that 61S died of Bright's disease,
SO of appendicitis, 279 of diphtheria and
Group, 31S, typhoid fever 1S9,
diarrhoea 1,030, consumption LOSS,
pneumonia 1,013, 81 from drink. A
great many other diseases reported.
After reforming Mckinley and the
republican party, and the shipping OF
the country, the great and many-sided
Mark Hanna is giving his mighty brain
to uplifting the stage. If he "a inject
into it more morality he will be for the
only time in his life a b%enefactor.
AT Tacoma, Washington, an impu-
dent youth kissed once too much.
Frank Sloan in fun kissed Miss Ella
Boone, who was blindfolded. She re-
scented his action, and pulling a hat pin
from her hat stabbed him in the leg, of
which he died.
The outrages of negroes still con-
tinue in the south. At Uavonia, Ca, a
NEGRO attempted : a criminal assault
upon a young girl Of fifteen. Fifty
armed men are in pursuit.
TIE British have had many mishaps
at Lindley. The Beers are naughty
fellows, but what fighters.
1t is said young Harmworth made
$40, 900, 900 out of his journalistic ideas
in England. The World publishes let
tiers from correspondents preferring the
old way
The Philadelphia Medical Journal
sounds a note Of warning. 1t say there
are too many doctors-that the medical
profession is sadly overcrowded. 1t is
the case with the law and other call
Iings.
Secretary Hay declines to tell wheth-
ler missionaries advised revenge He
says: TT is not thought that, at the
Ipresent ju%ncture, any good result can
accrue from the publication of individ-
lual views, whether moderate or ex-
IRENE in either direction. as to the Chi
nese settlement"
The Beers on the eth INST. attacked
simultaneously posts at four places
british loss SO men-20 killed. They re-
port "a dead Beers.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-15

the gifted Is q genuine African. Doug
las boosted that he I'D not have a
drop OF negro blood In his veins.
Booker washington IS one-third or one
half whistle. Il may be. the estimate
varying. Dunbar has ahe usual infu-
lsion Of blood from the superior race.
land he Is really not without merit. A
western critic says hat the crank
Walt Whitman said that Longfellow
was REMINISCENT. polished. elegans. with
1.-THE air Of finest conventional library.
ipicture-galieIy. or parlor. with ladies
land gentlemen in them. and plush and
rosewood. and ground-giass lamps. and
mahogany and ebony furniture, and a
silver inkstand. and scented satin pa
tper to write on" It would be interest
ling to have Longfeilow's estimate of
Walt with his unmeloddous screams
and vexing. theoric and puglistic as
lsaults upon all the rules Of rythm n
form that govern the great poets. But
lat present Walt holds the fort, and Is
lin danger OF being put above all the
poets yet born on this great continent.
We would like to know what John G.
Whittier thought of this pugislistic
lpounder of verse.
One of the foremost men OF letters in
England is 30 doubt Stopard Brooke.
For a long time he has enjoyed cele-
Ibrity as a man of letters and as a
lcritic Of judgment and integrity. He
has fine insight and incisiveness. In
la recent booE-made up of two recent
llectures-he has this judgment upon the
poetical output of the last few years.
He is o alone in his opinion. He
Writes:
w are left so far as poetical lie
ierature is concerned. as We We're after
the day of Keats, in a world almost des-
titute Of leading ideas-of ideas which
have growth ia them. Poetry has no cap
to give it a steady direction. No
master ideas. such as Tennyson and
browning had, to urge its course to-
wards a clear end or fill its sadls with
steadfaSt wind. It amuses
itself with difficult metres, n sur
prising rhymes. and elaborate paint
ing and Dhraslpg in words and cientif
tricks of versing. 1t has no great mat
ter, no fine thinking and no. profound
passion, and it is the reverse of SIM
pie"
Another literary Englishman says of
this dictum hat many share Mr..
Brooke's lament. and who search con-
temporary verse in vain for signs of
that genius which is shown to be lack
ling" Some recent poets-at least three
have been extremely lauded. The last,
Mr.. Phillips. is receiving praise equal
to that bestowed upon the greater
poets of the last sixty years.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-15

All shades OF Nice New Silk Sati5s
for soc a yard. Nice Black all Taffe-
IA Silk for soc a yard. 27-inch Heavy
Black and White China SILK at soc a
yard. extra quality. We have severai
colors in China Silk-red. blue. browa
and black-fun width. at &c a yard A
Mixed Changeable Silk at &c a yard
A Beautiful Appliqued Satin. very fine
quality, at $1.5 per yard, regular
Price $500 Black Satin. q inches
wide. at 75c and $1.0o per yard. In nice
Dress Goods we have nice Serges from
&c, 40c and Soc. The Scotch Serge, 81
inches wide. beautiful goods, s5c q
yard.
In Cashmeres. we have all the new
shades and black-good colors, at 25c
a yard.
4e-inch Wide Black Henrietta, spe-
cial at soc a yard.
We have a very fine line Of Crepons-
worth $500 a yard-our price is $1.15.
Our $50 quality in Black Crepons are
now S5c. Our Atwood Dress Plaids-
Sc and 80 inchre wide We sold for soc
a yard, are now 29c.
Very heavy Wool Suitings in F1an-
nels and Homespuns-50 nch wide-2
pieces gray and brown. We sold at 55c
nov selling for 40s a yard. Our Broad
Cloths-we have all colors at CSC d
yard.
We have the Atwood Venetian
Cloths at soc a yard.
1000 yards Peroale in remnants TO
close at sc a yard.
We ave 5 pieces Selicia Lining to
sell at Sc.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-15

The daughter OF a well known cier-
gyman In Washington had a severe at
TACK OF scarlet fever when she was
three years old. which resulted in deaf
ness. says the Detroit Free Press. Up
TO that time she had been "a regular
chatter-box. doing her infantile best to
carry out h proverbfal:
Being a woman she'll talk forever,
Upon her recover her parents were
nearly heartbroken to find that she
had not only lost her hearing. but the
power of speech as Nen. Whether n
had really forgotten how to talk or
whether IL was obstinacy or lack of
confidence, they could not determine.
but despite all efforts OF the best tutors
h child remained a mute.
One La e she was nearly IA
years Of age she was playing with a
cat, and with as much cruelty az
though she were Of the sterner sex. she
used lis tail as a handle with which
TO pick Ii UP. The poor animal. not
approaching the economic use of tt,s
aforesaid tail. inflicted a deep scrafoh
across the chubby little hama.
Damn that cat" she SAID. Aingine
Ii down
And her father. devoat clergyman az
ne was, casped his hands and raised
his eyes to heaven. exclaimed:
Thank God. that child has spoken at
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-15
A WESTERN GOVERNOR ON THE
CIGARETTE

The new Governor Of Michigan,
Bliss, has been making a close study of
the cigarette. He is so much impress
ed that he devotes much a in his
inaugural address to the trust product.
He is so much in earnest that he
upon the legislature to prohibit it's sale
within the borders of their state The
Washington Post noting the position of
the new Governor, says this of the man
and his convictions:
Having no doubt that the increasing
use Of cigarettes is q serious menace
ito the youth, he advises tine most
stringent legislation possible In order
to discourage, if not prohibit, their
sale. Governor Bliss is mo- an ascetic,
but a man of liberal views and cheer
full life He is a moker of the fra
grant weed. He does not believe that
true goodness a be legislated into
the hearts of men or boys But he does
hold that it Is the duty Of the state tc
protect its youth, as far as is practica-
BILE, from influences that tend TO their
sdebasement.
What candid, upright man will say
that it is absurd to think in this way
or to oppose the deadly cigarette by
speech and law? The governor is
quite emphatic in his conclusions
which are arrived at after patient in
curry and observation. He has secur-
ed many facts and he is confident that
cigarette smoking not only Injuries pu'
opens the way for other harmful indr
sgences. He holds that it impairs r
.and intellect and morals. To au
the Post again:
HE thinks it can be
many victims Of the
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-15
THREATENED WITH LYNCHING
"A Moore County Man Taken to Raleigh
tor Safe-Keeping Rapid Growth OF
Factories at Roanoke Rapids
Messenger Bureau.

messenger bureau.
Raleigh, N. c., January L..
At 2 o'clock this morning Silas Mar
tindale. aged Is, white, was jailed here,
having been brought from Moore coun-
ty, where yesterday afternoon he out
ragged Mrs. Brewer, a school teacher,
she was on her way home from
school. A party was promptly organ
lied to lynch Martindale. The sheriff
brought him here to save him. He had
no commitment for his prisoner, but
obtained one from Judge Starbuck who
is holding court here.
Major James w. Wilson tells me that
h growth Of Roanoke Rapids is
wonderful. There are three cotton
mills in operation. also a silk mill. The
latter is owned by the Paterson Tex
tile Company, which is constructing two
cotton mills. To operate these Mr.. Will
son has contracted to furnish loo horse
power. electrically. He says the Ro-
Navigation and Water Power
Company has q ,000 horsepower avail
able.
Notice is given thu far that the fol-
lowing military organizations will at
tend the -inaugurative next Tuesday:
Fayetteville forty men; Goldsboro, two
companies, band and Zig; Clinton 20
Franklington 56, Mt. Airy So, Whining.
ton IS, New Bern, 36. There will, O.
course, be others. The estimate is tina
there will be LOCO soldiers in the parade
The troops will pass in review befors
Governor Aycock-
DIR. Murphy, superintendent of TN,
insane asylum at Morganton, say.
there are Is. patients, and room il need
ed for 500 more, $50, 900 bein1 necessa
y. He says there are 40e insane I'm tn,
district, 10 In tails and many in 10,
huts.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-15

Washington, January 1.-THE spe-
ciai naval board appointed to examine
candidates for admission to the corps
of civil engineers has reported to the
navy department that Lyle F. BeIlin-
ger made the highest percentage In the
examination and recommend his ap-
polntment 70 the vacancy in the corps
caused by the retirement of civil engi-
neer Peter c. Asserson. Mr.. BeTlfnger
was born at Mohawk. N. Y. but Is now
a resident Of Atlanta. Ga.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-15

Mr.. Cephas Hay, son Of Mr.. Jno. G.
Hay, was shot and dangerously wound
ed last night by Mr.. Rhem Taylor, son
Iof Mr.. J.. w. Taylor. The shooting
was accidental. 1t was another case
of didn't know it was loaded" The
ball entered near the mouth and
lploughed it's way to a point just below
1.-THE left eye The young man fell for
ward as soon as the pistol fired. and
it was thought he had been instantly
killed.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-15

Mr. ryan speaks often, but he al
= ks with directness, with
of conviction. Others may
: with a multiplicity Of
issues, or put wool in
or soft, honied utterance,
oble and able Nebraskan
ut bravely and openly always.
IS in Chicago on the Sth, General
rev Jackson's day-that distin-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-15

{. THE DAILY MESS NIGER by mat.
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months, sl7s; month, 50 cents
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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-21
Flying Cinders.

The Lake Shore read has appointed a
detective to each two cars on its trains
between Cleveland and Buffalo to catch
ticket brokers who have been buying
Up the train on the tickets originally
sold at l cent mile. The brokers have
bCsied themselves with the cheap rate
transportation Which has been issued On
account of the Pan-American exposition,
and in order to protect itself the Lake
Shore has given it's conductors detectives
as assistants.
Rumor is again busy with the Sante Fe
and the Rock Island It is asserted that
the Sante Fe is acquiring a large hold
ing in the Rock Island, and that eVentu-
ally the Pennsylvania interests will dom
mate both the Rock Island and the
Sente Fe. Information comes from New
York that there win soon be a change
in the Sante Fe board to make a place
for the financial interests which have
recently bought into the company. THIS
may mean the Pennsylvania.
The Northern Pacific directory will
meet next week for the purpose of elect
ing the new members of the directory
proposal by Mr.. Morgan.
President James j. Hill. of the Great
Northern read, left yesterday on a spe-
cial train for the Pacific coast. He was
accompanied by M. Farrar, the Wen
known London banker, who has been
visiting him in this city.
Castor Stengier the globe trotter OF the
Paris Matin, was a passenger on the
Great Northern flyer which arrived in
St. Paul at 2:30 yesterday afternoon. He
left over the Wisconsin Central fer Chi
cago last evening, and will leave there
for New York via the Lake Shore to-
night.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-21
HOT TINE IN A CONVENTION.
Former Gov. Jones, of Alabama,
Threatened to Cut Somebody.

MONTGOMERY, Ala, July 21-An ex-
citing scene occurred at noon today in the
constitutional convention over the intro
duction. discussion and disposal of a
resolution protesting against free passes
being accepted by any state officer.
Former Gov. Jones protested against the
tablipg Of the resolution and appealed
from the decision of the chair. President
Knox ordered Mr.. Jones to take his seat
until the Question could be stated. The
former governor refused and askedrR his
appeal was going to be put. ~
The president then directed the SER
geant-at-armS to seat the ex-governor, Or
remove him from the hall.
Mr.. Jones passienately exclaimed: IF
any one attempts it, it will be done over
my dead body"
The disorder in the hall became general.
Il have a right to know whether the
chair will put my appeal"
Chairman Knox stated: THE chair will
put your appeal"
Mr.. Jones sat down and the chair be-
gan to state the question. He was in
once more requested him to be seated.
He further directed the ergeant-at-arms
to execute the order.
As the sergeant-at-arms approached,
Mr.. Jones drew a small pocket knife but
did not open it and soon returned it to
his pocket and resumed his seat.
The chair then put the appeal and was
overwhelmingly sustained.
Mutual explanations followed and good
feeling was restored
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-21
AGGlE AS PRISONER
DOES NOT ENJOY CONSTANT
WATCHING BY AMERICAN AU-
THoRITIEs AT MANILA
STATUS OF ARMY OFFICERS
Their Position With Reference to
Civil Authorities Under the Phil
ipDine Commission Defined
by Gen. ChafYee.

MANILA, July 02.-Aguinaldo is con-
slderably irritated at his continued sur
Yeillance by the American authorities.
whenever he signs mis- name he adds
the word prisoner" He has refused the
request Of his friends to write the in
surgent general Malvar, still at large
IN Southern Luzon, advising him to sur
render. He consented to sign a copy OF
his oath Of allegiance, with the under
standing that 1t be forwarded to Nalvar
with the purpose Of influencing MS sur
render, but under his signature to this
oath ne wrote, prisoner in Malacanan
prison"
Gen. Davis has been ordered to the
command of the American troops on the
Island OF Mindanao and In the Jolo archi-
pelago. Gen. Kobbe. formerly command
er OF this district, will return to the
United States.
Gen. Chanee has issued a circular In
which he explicitly defines the status and
DUTY OF army officers with respect to
their relations with the provincial and
other civil governments. 1t Is expected
this circular will settle minor understand
lngs between the two departments and
prevent possible conflicts OF authority.
AS last as the insular cOnstabulary is or
ganlzed, the American troops win be
conferred in fewer garrisons, and their
number will be decreased
The transport Sheridan, with the Four
teenth infantry and Adjt Gen Barry on
board sailed from here today Gen. Mac
Arthur who left here on the Meade July
a. VIII embark on the Sheridan at Maya
saki for San Francisco.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-21
CUT RATES IN FORCE
GREAT WESTERN SET THE PACE
AND OTHER ROADS NET
THEM
TICKETS SOLD ON THREE DAYS
EIISs Convention ut Milwaukee Pro-
Vol1es tl,e Disturbance Among
ST. PauI-ChicaGO Lines
Yesterday.

The fiat rate of Sl1.50 to Chicago and
return. as announced yesterday by the
Chicago Great Western road, and Which
will be in effect during the Elks' con-
vention this week at Milwaukee. was
promptly met by the other lines, but it
IS not thought that any further reduc-
ton win be attempted.
Up to yesterday the roads had agreed
upon a round-trip rate of $780, but the
action Of the Great Western set the
agents of the other roads to hustling,
VIZ the result stated. AS it now stands
the delegates to the convention, and the
public, have the benefit of a 81 reduction
from the rate formerly agreed upon.
The reduced rate viii be in effect to-
day, Monday and Tuesday, and tickets
viii be good to return until July n, but
on depositing 30 cents with the joint
agent in Chicago the return limit may
be extended to Aug TO-
The unexpected cut in rates Is ascribed
to Traffic Manager Stohr, of the Great
Western road, but this official states that
the one-fare arrangement is only intend
ed for particular events, and, in this
case, the cut is made 20 meet the low
rates which will be made by the boats
that ply between Chicago and Milwau-
kee.
This shaking up Of The st. Paul Chi
cago 1a:e5 during the time If the Elks'
convention in Milwaukee was predicted
by the G e in a recent issue Tho
bulk Of the Chicago t,aysl wonli natural
~ go to the roads rum ng via Milwau-
kee on account Of the reduced rates In
effect during the Elks' convention, July q
to @ The Milwaukee lines did ret take
favorably to the idea OF the other Chi
cage lines reducing their Chicago rates
during the three days ref erred TO.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-21
GRAND LODGE OF ELKS
FIFTEEN THOUSAND HORNED
BROTHERS EXPECTED TO REG
IsTER AT MILWAUKEE,.

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, July 0.-The
grand lodge of the Benevolent Protective
Order of Ells viii meet in this city
next Tuesday morning and. from present
Indications it VIII be one of the largest
reunions of the order.
AT least 1900 Elks are expected to
register. Kansas alone will have 800 del
egates, and word was received today
that Gov. Van SAINT of Minnesota,
would accompany the MineapolIs-St Paul
delegation, which will number 1000, in
Guiding representatives from St. Cloud,
Fargo and Grand Forks Illinois dele
gates will number about 1,200; Indiana,
500; Salt Lake and San Francisco, about
100; Seattle, Portland. Tacoma and
Anaconda, about 200; Ohio, 500, and
Kentucky SEQ. Wisconsin, 1t is expected,
viii have about 1900, including the local
lodge
the buildings and with the expected ar
rival tonight and tomorrow Of many or
the grand lodge ofIiceS<. and two candi-
dates for grand exalted ruler, the city
already has begun to assume a carnival
aspect. Work on the decoration of build
lngS was ebeSun this morning.
All ARRANGEMENTS for the military and
civic parade On Tuesday afternoon. for
the Ellls' parade on Wednesday after
noon and for the Carnival parade Thurs
day afternoon have been completed, and
the executive committee has announced
that the parades will be an unuuali-
fled success.
The carnival will close on Thursday
night with grand ball at the EXposi-
ton building
The advance guard of the Elks arrived
In this city today. 1t consists mainly CT
the grand ledge officers, members of the
auditing committee and Of the board of
grand trustees
Judge j. c. Nethaway, Of Saltwater,
Mimi, and c. E. Pickett, of Waterloo,
Iowa. the candidates for the Office Of
grand exalted ruler, have opened head
quarters at the Pfister hotel. Both claim
victory in sight, and each will make a
ha!d fight. Judge Pickett said: 'I am
not claiming any states, but every grand
past exalted ruler Of the order has prom
ised me support. and that is nearly
enough to elect me-"
Judge Nethaway says he has Northern
Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, New York
and several either states, and expacts a
split in Indiana and Ohio.
There will be a lively fight for the po-
sitions of grand trustees. It Is said Jo
seph II. Tanning, of Indianapolis, end
II. B. Mears, of Baltimore, will be re-
elected.
Salt Lake City Elks want the next
gathering in that city. They have Sc
cured from President Lorenzo Snow the
use of the Tabernacle and assembly hall
in Salt Lake City for convention rur-
poses. The committee expects Ihis makes
certain their securing the convention.