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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-17

Seven Found I'm the Pfttsburg Mine
Killed June 10th

Connellsville. Pa. September 1.-THE
loag continued efforts OF the daring
rescue party at Port Royal were crown
ed with success today. Seven of the
thirteen bodies that ave been entomb-
ed since June 10th. hen h explosion
in the Goa mine OF the Pittsburg Coal
Company took place. were recovered
n brought TO the bottom OF No. :
shaft. There is little doubt but that
the remaining six bodies Will be re-
covered tomorrow. The party proceed
ed down No. 20 entry. which they oun
free from gas except In one place where
a pocket had collected neal the arched
roof. Here the brave men crawled
on their hands and knees. Where the
tracks curve from No 20 entry 10 No.
5 a. the first OF the bodies was
sighted. The death chamber was at
last opened and the section kept clos
ed for three months brought TO light.
The spectacle was q most gruesome
one. Side by side were the first two
bodies. The white fungus OF mines,
dazzling in its brilliancy. which covers
any object that gives out moisture.
covered the exposed portions of the
dead. Their hands swollen by decom-
position. were coated TO a depth OF
two inches with this fungus, n they
seemed three times their natural size.
The rescue party proceeded about fir
~ feet further when another body was
found. This was near a partly finish
ished brattice. In one hand q hatchet
was grasped, while in the other was n
rusty saw. The miner had evidently
been surprised at his work by the sec
ond explosion.
More than a hundred feet beyond this
man the o others were found in a
group. They had evidently fallen at
the same time for their bodies were
quite close together. In the hand of
each was a safety lamp. Some lay
on their faces and some on their sides.
At the end of the room the gas was
encountered and the men returned.
Not n OF the bodies could be recog-
nized by the face or form, decomposi-
ton had destroyed all the features
The only hope is in the clothes and
contents of the pockets.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-17
THE CHARGES SUSTAINED
Court-Martial OF Colonel Meade of the
Marine Corps Recommended

Washington, September 1.-THE
longest court Of inquiry in the history
of the navy, that held at Brooklyn navy
yard to investigate trouble in the mar
inc corps. has come to a sensational
termination. bringing in a recommen-
dation which may result In very seri-
Gus consequences for an officer OF high
rank.
Major c. II. Lauchheimer and Colonel
Meade with drunkenness while on duty
while an inspection was in progress at
the navy yard.
Colonel Meade replied by charging
Major Lauchheimer with making a
false report n Colonel Denny with
reporting against him CMeaoe) n or
der to cover up irregularities with con-
tractors on Denny's part.
The court of inquiry acquitted Major
Lauchheimer and Colonel Denny, Of
Colonel Meade's charges. 1t sustained
the charges against Colonel Meade and
in addition charged HIM with violation
of the naval regulations in replying
with a ounte charge when asked for
a report and also of false swearing on
the witness stand. The court recon-
mended that the colonel be tried by
court-martial upon these charges.
The court lasted four weeks, break
ing all naval records for a court of in
quiry. In addition, 1t was marked by
an extraordinary event in the fact that
on the fifteenth day Of the trial Com
mander West, a member of the court,
was challenged by Major Lauchheimer
and required to withdraw from mem
bership by his colleagues. The reasons
for the challenge sent out by Major
Lauchheimer was that Commander
West was by reason of friendship for
Colonel Meade unable to act impair
TALLY.
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Admiral HiggingSon at Norfolk

Norfolk, Va, September 10.-The
usual routine at tthe navy yard was
varied today by the arrival of the ma
val tug Potomac, attached It the pres
ent time to the North Atlantic squad
ron, as a tender.
The fast tug was for the time the
flagship of the home station. She flew
the flag of Rear Admiral Higginson
commanding the squadron.
The battery at st. Helena fired a sa.
lutte of thirteen guns. Admiral Higgin.
son was received at the landing stag,
by Captain Watson captain Of the yard
in h absence of Admiral Cotton. Thu
visiting officer inspected the yard dur
ing his stay.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-17
French Revolurton1sts Active

London. September 10.-A special dis
patch from Paris says At Montceau-
Les-Mines, some hundreds of reser-
visits. who were returning in uniform
today from the army maneouvres. en-
tered h town singing the "Interna-
tionale" and other revolutionary songs
A force of gendarmes attempted tc
dispense the r~eservists, but the latter
liked bayonets and charged On the DO.
lice, with cheers for anarchy and q
social revolution. The gendarmes were
scattered. The soldiers then held a
mass meeting n passed a resolution
in favor Of a revolution.
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Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh, September II.

Raleigh, September u.
In the course of an interview today
with Weather Observer Won Hermann
some astonishing facts were ascertain
ed regarding the August rainfall IN
North Carolina. The rainfall averaged
1918 inches for the state. This is the
highest eyer recorded for any MONTH
in any year since 1872 when the taking
of observations began. The nearest
approach to it was in September, 1877,
when 10 i2ches fell. In the mountain
district the August rainfall was phe-
nominal. At two stations, Flat Rock
in Henderson county, and Highlands,
Macon county, over 20 lnceS tell, ana
at seven stations over 20 inches. ram
fell at some places % out o fthe 81 days.
The total average rainfall for the state
during May, June. July and August
was no less than 80 inches. This also
was even more than a record-breaker.
The state auditors books show that
the treasury's receipts from the gene1al
fund during August were $11S,S32. Un-
der the new revenue act there Yves re-
ceived during the month from the
property tax en- domestic corporations
$4,452. The pCI tax for pensions this
year is IL cents. Last year it was IL
cents.
The w~eedirg-out of persons not entl-
tied to receive pensions continues. The
state board has nearly a third of the
applications out of the way. In Lemon
county 81 were approved, 40 rejected;
in Johnston &c accepted, II rejected; in
Hyde % accepted. "a rejected; Halifax
II accepted, 90 rejected.
Comparatively few revenue seizures
are now being made. 1t is claimed by
the officials hat m~OOnshining is de-
creaSing.
The council of state will meet tomor-
row and will take up the matter OF the
enforcement Ct h oyster tax law and
of the protection of state timber trees
in the eastern counties, on the swamp
lands. The attorney generals work
will be along the line decided on by the
governor and council of state.
The board of directors of the insane
asylum here met today and ordered
that half OF the herd of eighty cattle
be killed. About forty are infected
with tuberculosis. y new staDle lor
cattle will be built.
The answer Of the corporation com
mission to the application for manda-
mus to force it to this year assess Tor
taxation railway franchise will not be
made until the return OF the sum-
monses. Nobody save perhaps the two
men who sV=rted this proceeding take II
seriously. The attorney general smiled
today as he remarked hat the case
amounted to nothing. One Of the fore
most attorneys here says nobody here
has ever taken the matter seriously,
and that the legislature, the governor
and the corporation commission knew
perfectly we'll h they were oolns
about the Whole matter OF haslhs ~
asessment of railway property his
wear save OF course railway stock.
The sheriff OF this county says tnert
will he only a half a crop o fcotton ane
corn.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-17
Empress ~FrederfcE's MorRanatic

London, September 1.-THE late
Dowager Empress Frederick's relations
with Count ~Seckendorf, the grand
marshal of her court, had been the
subject Of International gossip long
before her death. It had been ire
quently said that she was married ia
the u
Truth today makes the following IN
qualified statement concerning her will:
THE fact has transpired that there liz
a legacy of 5000. 600 marks to Count
~Seckendorf, with whom her late males
ty is alleged to have contracted a NOR
g~anatic marriage.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-17
AN EDUCATIONAL RALLY.
A Tremendous Attendance Expected.
A Conyic Returned to P~enftentiary
Twenty-Three Years After his Es-
cape-To Promote the States Apple
Industry.
Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh, September II.

Raleigh, September IL.
Governor Aycock and Treasurer
Lacy will tomorrow address an educa-
tional rally al Rogers Cross Roads, in
Nash county, fourteen miles from a rail-
people Will be present.
Secretary Bruner, of the agricultural
department., i, at Buffalo, attending
the annual meeting OF the National
Pomological Society. He is working
earnestly to promote apple-growing in
this state and to have the splendid
fruit in the mountain counties properly
gathered, packed and shipped. Photo
graphs of fruits, admirably colored,
have been made for use at the Charles
ton exposition and afterwards in the
state museum here. The photographs
were all taken in the museum.
The new dclmitory at the soldiers
home is to be heated with hot air. The
hospital is 70 be steam heated. If the
state does not put in the heating plant
at the hospital the North Carolina di-
vision of h Daughters of the Con-
federacy will do it.
Julian s. Carr has lent to the park
commission here a couple of deer,
which have been placed in specially
prepared quarters at Pullen park. The
deer are full grown and particularly
fine specimens.
George Allen is elected chairman of
the board Of directors of the BLIND in
Stitution here. succeeding T. 3. WO-
mack resigned. The new mess hall at
the institution is to be completed by
the end of September. The institution
opens September 18th and will have
more pupils than ever before.
Four ~conyicts were brought to the
p~enftentiary yesterday from Rowan
county. One of them escaped twenty
three years ago from a gang at work
at Round Knob, when the state was
building the Western North Carolina
railway. The arrivals of cOnvicts are
now considerably fewer than the dis
charges; hence the number in the
p~enitentiary is steadily declining.
There are now only 773 state convicts-
but little over half the number four
teen years ago. The greatest number
was 1,454.
Rev. John Huske is appointed arch
deacon of this Protestant Episcopal
diocese and will come here in october.
The largest excursion of the year
passed here today on the Southern rail-
way, from Charlotte to Norfolk. There
were twenty-five cars. OF these seven
started from Charlotte; six were adj
ded at Salisbury and nine at Green's
boro. On the train there were 1,5OO
people.
The negro female convict who made
her escape from the penitentlary IN
mems clothing has not been heard
from. She is from LenOir county ano
will probably make her way there.
She is a dangerous criminal and is used
to mans clothing, which she has worn
during much OF her life.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-17
New orleans Longshoremen Strike

New Orleans, September 12.-The pus,
mess of the port of New orleans Is ueu
Ion~gshorernen. The shipping agents
refused to accede to the demands TOT
higher wages and this morning ABOUT
1000 of the cargo handlers failed TO
return to work. The longshoremen de-
fnand an increase of from 40 cents ar
hour straight to go cents for night work
and so cents for Sunday work. In the
case of grain the demand was Tor ~
cents for ordinary work, 70 cents foI
night work and 800 for Sunday work.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-17
Atlanta Constitution Changes Hands

Atlanta, Ga, September IAN
nouncement was made today that Clark
Howell has acquired a majority Of the
stock of The Atlanta Constitution, hav-
ing purchased the full interest of Colo
mel w. A. Hemphill in the company.
Mr.. Howell has been in the editorial
control of the paper for ten years. sue
ceeding Henry w. Grady as managing
editor on the latter's death ard now
becomes also the president of the com.
pany.
Mr.. Roby Robinson, a we'll known At.
lanta business man, has purchased the
one-fourth interest in h paper owned
by the Banigan estate and he will sue.
coed Colonel Hemphill as business man
ager.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-17
Anti-Canteen Law for Hotels on Gov
m eH%eryafion

Washington, September 12.-Briga-
der General George B. Davis, Judge ad-
vocate general, has been ordered TO
Fort Monroe and Elizabeth City court
house. Virginia. for the purpose of eb-
tanning data to enable a report to be
completed on the application of the
a~nti-canteen act to the hotels other
hon-miiitary establishments situated
upon the military AT Fort
Monroe
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-17

Lady-wnat Is the matter with my
husband?
Doctor cannot be sure Yet. Have
you noticed him doins anything late
ly?
Let me see. Wen. iast evening. In
stead of lighting his cigar the moment
he left the table. he walked into the
library n put on his smoking jacket,
smoking cap and slippers before begin
ming TO smoke"
Hum, Ny, my."
And, later on. when he wrote a LETT
ter, he wiped the pen on a penwtper.r
Horrors! It's paresIsi'-New YORK
Weekly.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-17
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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-17
Florida Day at Buffalo Exposition

Buffalo. y. z. September 1L.-Gov-
ernor Jennings of Florida, escorted by
the Tampa Light Infantry, his stan
M fhirty-five members Of the Flori-
da Press Association. arrived in Buff
falo today to take part in the Florida
day exercises tomorrow. The Illinois
commission has given the Florida dele
cation h use OF the Illinois building.
as Governor Jennings is an ulinoisan
by birth. Fully 400 people came from
Florida or other trains to take part in
tomorrow's exercises.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-17

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Correspondence of The Messenger.)
GoldSboro. September II.

Goldsboro. September II.
The Odd Fellows Of this city will on
Tuesday evening next at the orphans
home, entertain the inmates in a sump-
tuous way. The lodges Of Fremont and
Mount Olive have been invited to par
ticipate in the festivities and will, no
doubt, be. present. All Odd Fellows in
this city. their wives and families. are
expected to be present.
Mr.. j.. S. Westbrook's splendid home
at FaisOn has been purchased, the snug
sum of $1,000 being the purchase price.
Mr.. Westbrook will remove to his farm
at Wallace, where he IS having erected
a modern home. This Faison property
originally cost, perhaps. not exceeding
$1,000. This was just a bit more tina
twenty years ago. Since then, Mr..
WestbrOok has raised a large family,
giving them splendid educational ad-
vantages, improved the property to it's
present value and from the proceeds of
the property during the Years interven-
ing, purchased several other desirable
tracts. All the while the liberality of
Mr.. Westbrook and his excellent wife
to the church and to charity have been
remarkable; yet, they so gave as if
their right hand knew not what the
left hand had done. Faison will lose
much when the WestbTook family de-
parts.
lNS 1 . = Lie llOIl VI dlSOIl
a natural park of great beauty, the
property of Colonel I. +. Faison, which,
it is hoped. will some day be given the
artistic touch of the landscape gar
dener.
Professor H. V. Wilson, of the uni
versity, who has been at Beaufort all
summer passed through. returning to-
day. Professor Wilson says while great
discoveries nave been made this season
in Histology" that "all the missing
links" were not chained together.
In the ase in the superior court Of
State VS.. Edward Applewhite, the
young negro who was found some
five months ago in the nome of Mr.. Ed.
Sauls, of neal Eureka. a somewhat SEN
sational report being sent out at the
time, an agreement was reached by at
torneys and the negro given a Swear
term in the p~enitentiary.
Information just received from Kins-
ton is that the negro porter, Dave
Mitchell, who was shot at Kinston on
Sunday night, is worse and can not re-
cover.
Maggie Thompson. the negro woman
who escaped from the penitentiary il
male attire. is none other than Colds
boro's ALICE Cogdell. who is wanted here
on several charges, among them for
burglarizing the home Of Mr.. Henry Lee
the night after she escaped from the
county Jail here diked IN male attire.
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soLDsBoRo 5
A Lady as Foreman Of a Newspaper
OMEGA Lantern Carnival Large
Tobacco Breaks-Cotton Coming in
Slowly.
Correspondence of The Messenger.)

CCorrespondence OF The Messenger.)
Goldsboro, n. c., September IL
The Headlight begins an innovation
in the type setting business that may
wake up the boys. firing of some
things in the general make up cs the
man printer Editor Roscowe employs
a young lady who now makes up the
sticks.
The ladies of the First Baptist
church will hold a lantern carnival on
the court yard green tomorrow even
ing. Refreshments will be served and
prizes awarded.
Tobacco breaks have beer quite large
at u several warehouses this week.
Prices obtained seem to be very salts
factory to nan Of whom
speak in praise of the Goldsboro mar
ket. It is now thought this seasons
sales will exceed any previous by
quite a good bit. The tobacco crop is
one that is quickly converted into cash.
The cotton crop is also a cash pro-
ducing one when guano does not en-
ter into the transaction too thoroughly.
The crop is both light and late. Only
ten or twelve bales of the new
crop of cotton has been mar
keted here thus far. A couple of bales
of the new crop were offered today. In
this product the price is not out of sight
and yet, buyers swarmed around each
bale like bees. Goldsboro buyers are
ever ready and these have assisted
largely in establishing a market here
the equal of any neighboring town.
There being quite al export business
in cotton from this point, when not
enough of the staple comes in, u buy
er reach out to neighboring towns.
This of itself would suggest ours as a
good market to ship to.
Considerable improvements are IN
derway at the Carolina rice mills
where a new building is being erected
and new machinery placed for the man.
ufacture also of lake rice. The pro-
duct of this Goldsboro's enterprise no;
only goes to the principal ,jobbing
points in the nation, but crosses III
ocean into several foreign countries
as well.
1t was thought the base ball season
a closed but visitors here report an
interesting game yesterday at Vance
boro between a picked nine of Grifton
and Vanceboro, the honors being car
ried off by the Grifton team by a score
of Z to 6. Williams, Bryan and Gettig
of the New Bern team, attended the
contest. En- route home, when within
ten miles of the city their trusty road.
ster lay down in the roadway and give
up the ghost. and the trio were forced
to tramp the distance.
Miss Mamie Burns, of Norfolk, JOINED
her friend Miss Addie Evans here to-
day in a visit to their mutual friend
Miss Mamie BiZzell.
Professor Harry Howell, superinten
dent of the Washington On. c. grad
ed schools, returned to Washington
his evening. Goldsboro folks are de
lighted with Professor Howell's sue
cess at Washington.
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To Make Anarchy a Capital Felony

Richmond, Va, September lO..In
he Virginia constitutional conVenllon
today Delegate r. Walton Moore o.
Fairfax, introduced by request a me
noor;a1 from the people of Falls Church,
We nraying the convention to insert
in the new organic law a provision
making anarchy a capital crime in
the state.
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me TO pain or incouven-
eince. and I should have
forgotten about it had It
not begun TO iuhame aad
itch; it would bleed a
little, then scab over, but
would not heal. This
continued for some time,
when my jaw began to
swell. N ing very
painful. The Cancer be-
gan to eat and spread,
until il was as large as q
half dollar. when heard
of S. s. S. aad determiu-
ed to give it a fair trial,
and IL was remarkable
what a wonderful effect
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Steamer Linwood In Distress

Bermuda, September 1.-THE Nor
wegian steamer Linwood, Captain
Stubbs, from Pomaron, August 25th
bound to Wilmington, n. c., put in here
today in distress. The mate of the
vessel is injured.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-17
Pittsburg Anarchists Discharged

Pittsburg. September 1.-THE hear
ing OF Carl Mold and Harry Gordon, the
local anarchists arrested on Monday
was held today. As there was no evil
u against them they were discharg-
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C. HAnn ~

Sufferers from this horrible maiady
nearly always irhe-itit-Eo necessarily
from the parents, but may be from PM
remote a1cca;or, Cor Cancer often runs
through sever, generations. This deadly
poison may Icy dormant &c the blood for
years, or Until yoa reach middle lie, tIcl
the first little sore OF ulcer makes its cq-
pearance-c- . swollen gland ii the
breast, CT Some other part OF the body,
gives the e-,t ing.
70 cure C.Iccr Thoroughly and Pern:a.
rently al Is ~--isonous virus must DC
eliminated fro - b:ood-eveTy vestage
of it dive: r.; This 6. s. S. does, I'D
is tie OK IL. tnEt cG1 reac,: Ce-S-
seated, oJs;..., i..s-t t-ouc.cs Ike This.
When Al, -. ....11 has been forced out
&c tie sys."- t. Ca-ce- Eeal3, ard tie
disease nevc- -cturns
Cancer begins teninas small way, asth
following letter from Mrs. Shirer shows:
email MIN ME csr-e on my law about an inch