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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-27

could IL be carried out? The first step
would be to ascertain how many per
sone are d-isfranchised by law. and that
could not be lone without taking an ac-
tual census. But IL the real object In
view by Moody and Crumpacker could
be attained. would it be . good thing
for the country They nave
every iIliterate negro armed with a ball
lot and marched up to the polls. In
several OF the states the negroes are In
the majority and the effect would be 10
turn over these states to n NEGROES
and their rallies. In n word. to bring
back the evils OF the reconstruction
days. Post clearly sees what
would follow II avs:
THAT IL the illiterate and shiftless ne
groes were allowed to rule the south.
as In reconstruction times. these states
would drift to barbaFtsm. bankruptcy
and Reputation The white people
would largely leave them. and In that
event they would sink still lower. The
south would be made n waste. The
north would feel the disaster. The
whole country would suffer. h In
jures a part affects the whole
That would be turning back the clock
OF time and taking n backward step
hat would be ruinous to the south and
disastrous TO the union Moody and
Crumpacker are belated statesmen
They ought to have lived thtrty-ive
years ago when the passions and AMI
mosities OF the civil war had not COOL
ed and they would ~ been surround
ed by a more c~ongenial atmostpherc
Happily for the country. that period
has passed and a new era has dawned-
The business interests Of the country
imperauvely demand a cessation Of sec
tionai agitation n the adoption OF
measures that make for a n uni
~. has on hand much inn
portant work and 10 Is not to be ex-
pected that the members will turn aside
from the task before them to follow
Moody and Crumpacker in III new
crusade they would organize against
the southern states. This matter does
not affect the south alone. Millions OF
northern capital are now invested in
the south and the investors are as much
concerned in the stability n prosper
ity of this section as the southern peo-
pie themselves. The agitators In con-
gress may make a good deal OF noise.
but that will be about the extent OF
their power for mischief. Sound com
mon sense will In the end prevail over
untimely and ill-judged agitation.-Sa-
vannah News
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GeneraI Gilmcr Taken to
n HoteI-General Toon Making Good
Progress-P1umber. Reaping a Har-
vest.
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh, N. c. December ..

Raleigh, n. c. December 3.
Attorney General Gilmer was yester-
day taken from Rex hospital here to a
hotel. He was very anxious to make
the change. His family resides at the
eleven weeks. His c~onvalencence is
slow.
State superintendent Toon had been
making good progress towards recovery
for some days uatil 3 o'clock this morn
ing. when he had a rigor
Governor Avcock at the request OF
Mayor Brown. OF Charlotte names Wed
nesday. April 9Th, as Charlotte Day"
at the Charleston exposition. Charlotte
lis the only place in the state which has
asked for a day..
The supreme court met this evening
lat 2 o'clock and filed h last opinion
for this term
John w. THOMPSON. for two years
state immigration commissioner here,
but who since last spring has lived at
Philadelphia, Is here for the HOLIDAYS.
Senator Pritchard will not make any
recommendations as to United States
district attorney for his district. 1t is
declared that he will recommend ex-
Congressman Harry Skinner Claude
Bernard says he has no doubt of his
own disappointment and excellent au-
Ithority confirms this
The plumbers are reaping a harvest
mere. The hard freeze Of some days has
Iplayed havoc with plumbing. 1t is
hardly probable that there is more bad
u nm. TX n the count thai. u Ra-
llelgI 1.tTa is no iusD .ctcr -r.r nc Ic-
.istraint.
The state charters the Adams Grain
and Provision Company, Of Charlotte
capital $50. 900.
George +. Winston, OF Biltmore, ex-
Iaminer of the state board of agriculture.
who is in charge of the live stock ex-
hlblt at Charleston, says there are al
READY 300 entries on the beef and milk
cattle department.. and that a good show
lis assured.
Arrivals: Charles A. Webb. Ashe-
vile; z. w. Thompson, Mebane: VIII
liam w. Clark. New Bern.
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Mr.. Croker in Indiana.

Richard Croke has arrived In Indi-
ana, and is drinking the waters at ONE
OF the favorite local spas. The resort Is
referred to as the springs cut there.
but rustic terms are hardly IN order
now where the Tammany boss is con-
cerned. The man who takes mud baths
in Europe, and complains when in Eng
land OF the govt, is entitled when his
movements in search of health are de-
scriDed, even in America, to the nomen-
clature OF fashion. Hence everybody
gets a better idea OF Mr.. Cookers pres
ent surroundings. and his object In
seeking them, when ii is stated that he
is at a Hoosier spa.
But he is not there alone for his
health. The prominent democratic
leaders in the state are dropping in to
see him. and politics is the topic Of the
hour. Presumably they are telling Mr..
Croker about the Indiana situation and
he is telling them about how the land
lies in New York Neither story can be
n of great ch~eerfulness, but as all
hands are old campaigners and phiIoso-
piers the gloom need not be. and prob
ably is not, oppressive. Behind the
clouds is the SUI still shining" Mr..
Croker, if the Hoosiers are not, is in
game mood, and tells his visitors that
he has no idea Of retiring from active
political life, but expects to keep up
his interest in party matters until he
dies. Many democrats will welcome the
announcement, and surely no republi-
can can be cast down.
1t may be Of interest to note tina the
the spa where Mr.. Croker is drinking
the waters is not far from Louisville,
and is patronized all the year round by
Louisville people. Louisville is the
home of Henry Watterson, and Mr..
Croker is hunting for a candidate for
the presidency. Will the Tammany
boss meet any Of Mr.. Watterson's
friends? And If he does will he make
them a proposition? Mr.. Watterson, il
is true, has not always written in
eulogy of Mr.. Croker. He has on more
than one occasion said some severe
things about Tammany's methods and
Tammany's boss. But he Is not by ma
ture a hard-hearted a and Mr..
Croker cannot afford resentments.
The understanding is that come what
ma Mr.. Croker will never consent to
the nomination of David B. Hill for
first place. His play therefore is, natur-
ally. for some nan from the middle
states who is popular in Indiana. and
then to call upon. New York to fill the
second place on the ticket. Mr.. Hill
would hardly be a factor in any such
arrangement as that. He resisted Mr..
Croker'S effort to nominate him for vice
| president at Kansas City last year, and
he would be certain to resist a second
attempt three years hence.-Washing-
ton Star.
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Oysters for the King.

Somebody is sending a barrel of
Chesapeake Bay oysters to King Ed
ward. Let us hope they are Lynnhaven
Bays and large enough to cause him to
forget the e~leven-inch monster from
Celyon he tried to eat several years
ago. The native British oyster is
said to be small and tasteless, but
that is a joke. Those young oysters i'm
ported from France and Holland and
fattened on British culture-beds are
really fine. Still we think, n rightly.
that American oysters beat the world.
We are selling about $1,000, 900 worth a
year to England, but it is being kept as
quiet as possible by those in the trade,
because prices are very high, and If toe
many get in the game all may suffer.
Some years 6 London consumed 500,
600, 900 oysters a year, but today the
whole of England doesn't eat $50. 000, 00C
costing about $40. 900. 900. The consump-
ton in Paris is 100, 000. 900 a year. costing
about $500, 900. Fifty years g the
| same quantity cost $3.50, 900. The price
of the bivalve m London has increased
in a few years from / cent each to
cents. In Paris IN half a century 1t ha.
increased from 1-3 Of a cent to $40 Of g
cent.-New York Press.
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THREE DEATHS THE RESULT
OF q Fight Between a Convict in Hid
ing and His Brother.

Knoxville. Tenn. December 23.-Three
deaths will be the result of the shoot
ing of Dave Payne near Ducktown,
Tenn. Payne was a fugitive from JUS
tiee. having broken Jail at Benton,
Tenn, while charged with murder.
Pavne's wife. who was seriously i'll,
Sent a messenger for her husband to
come in from his mountain hiding place
and see her. The messenger sent was
Payne's brother. When within two
miles of Ducktown thev had q dispute
over the possession of a gun n fell
TO fighting. William Flanagan while
Trying to separate the men was ShOt
in the abdomen by Dave Payne. who in
turn was killed by Flanagan. Payne's
sick wife died shortly after being told
IF her husbands death. Fiannigan can
net recover.
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London. December 23.-Lord Kitch-
ener in a dispatch from johannesburg,
dated Saturday, December list, sends
reports of sharp fighting in The Orange
River and T~ransvaal colonies. The
engagements occurred December 18th,
18th and Doth al points widely apart.
The casualties, so far as known, aggre-
gate about $50. equally divided, but
heavy British losses, the totals of which
h; We not yet been reported, have &C.
Cured in the TransvaGL.
In this last mentioned fighting zoo
mounted infantry, in the n~eighborhood
of Beginderyn. were divided into par
ties and were searching farms when
they were attacked by 300 Beers and
forty armed natives under Command
ant Britt. The Beers charged deter
minedly in overwhelming numbers. Be-
yond the fact that the British casual
ties were severe no detail have been
received.
Lord Kitchener also reports that dur
ing General deWet's attack on the COM
mands of General Dartnell and Camp
bell at Langberg December 18th the
Beers charged braVely and fought des-
~eerdtely for several hours. DeWet was
driven off with the loss of twenty men.
There were twelve casualties on the
side of the British.
On December Goth. NJ. Botha with 800
Beers, surprised Colonel Damant's adj
vance guard at Tafelkop. Orange River
Colony. The Beers rushed a kopje COM
manding the main body and the guns,
but Damant rallied his men and drove
the Beers from the kopje. The British
casualties were heavy. Damant was
dangerously wounded. two officers and
twenty men were killed and three Of
hcerS and seventeen men were wounded.
The Beers left six dead OF the field and
dispersed. The British pursued the
enemy and captured a number of pris-
Gners. including Commandant Keyter
Later, the Beers, under a fi2g of truce.
asked permission to remove their dead.
They admitted having buried twenty
seven men.
In the fight at Tafelkop. the Beers.
dressed as British eomen engaged in
a splendid race with the British in the
attempt to be first in gaining the crest
al the kopje. The Beers gained the
summit first and opened a heavy fire
on the single troop Of Damant's horse
which took part in the race for the
kopje. These troopers took advantage
ef all little cover available, Immediate
IL below the Beers, n fought until all
Dat four of them were killed or wound
Ell BY that time reinforcements of Da-
mant's horse came up and charged and
captured the kopje.
In the eastern part of the Transvaal
colony. Colonel Mackenzie attacked
Commandant SHIFTS force of Beers al
Lake Banagher, December Doth. killing
six and capturing sixteen of them
COmmandant Smit escaped.
a force of Beers during the night OF
I'ecember 18th. attacked the British
post at Eland Spruit, but they were
driven off. leaving eight men killed. in,
Guiding C~ommandant Krieze. Field
Ccrnet MahOn, who was wounded, anC
lhree other wounded men, were alsC
left on the field. Other wounded Boer:
were carried off in blankets. The Brit
ish casualties were seven men killed
u six officers and eighteen mel
rounded
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II MEN SHOT
IA an Effort of Texas Officers to Cap
ture two Criminal.

Dalhart. Texas. December 23.-Ona
man was killed and another mortally
wounded during a fight at a railroad
depot hotel TODAY in which Deputy
John L. Sullivan and " E.
|Cammack attempted to arrest Thomas
Myers and Al. Zimmerman on a charge
Iof murder. When Sullivan ordered
Myers and Zimmerman to surrender it
lis claimed one of them attempted to
draw a revolver and the shooting then
began. Gus Berk. a by-Stander, was
killed and Paul Hininger. another non
participant. was mortally ounde
while Myers. one of the men wanted,
was shot in the chin. At the coroner
Inquest Sullivan was exonerated from
lall blame.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-27
RUSSIA IN MANCHURIA.
~ptficatiOns that She is Willing to
Modify her Demands.

Pekin. December 23.-Paul Lessar. the
Russian minister to China. has request
ed the Chinese plenipotentiaries. Prince
Ching and Wang Wen Shao. to present
their objections to the Manchurian
treaty (Which was discussed here
between NJ. Lessar and the Chinese
representatives la Saturday, in writ
ing for transmission to this government
The ministers of the foreign powers
here, who pos this treaty consider
this request to be a sign that Russia
is willing to modify her demands
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-27
SIX PERSONS KILLED.
By a Electric Car on an
Icc-Covered Track.

Allentown. Pa. December 2S.-Six per-
s;.ns were killed and a number injured
tonight by reason OF an electric car
.umjing the track at a sharp curve at
the foot Of the Lehigh mountain be-
'ween here and Coopersburg. The &C.
cident was due to the wet rails and
snow.
Motorman Stocker tried hard to stop
me car when it slipped on the steep
Grade, but the car flew around the
curve, and swung against a guy pole
which tore off one side of the car and
the roof. Those killed sat along the
broken side of the car and were crush
ed by the post. The new Coopersburs
lire. on which the accident occurred
opened only last Wednesday,.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-27

The Pittsburg Post Is a northerb
sectional agitation by the Moody
Crumpacker plan. That Journal Iooks
upon ii as the first step towards
bringing back the horrors Of the recon
struction period from which the south
has scarcely yet recovered. According
to the constitution of the United States.
representation Is based on population
and not upon the vote cast In some
states and at some elections nearly the
whole vote is cast. Again e happens
that there is general apathy and thou
sands of voters stay at home on cleo
ton day. II win not do to assume thai
when a small vote Is cast in a southern
state the shortage is due to WHOLESALE
disfranchisement- II the Moody-Crum
packer plan for reducing southern rep
resentation should be adopted, how
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500 Reward 500.

The readers Of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all it's stages, and
that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being a
constitutional disease. requires a consti-
Itutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood M mucous surfaces of
the system, thereby destroying the
of the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature in do
ling it's work. The proprietors I've so
much faith in it's curative powers. that
They offer One Hundred Dollars for any
case that it fails to cure. Send for list
lof testimonials.
Address. F. j. CENEY & CO.,
Toledo, o.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-27

1t is now reported that the govern
ments of Argentine and Chile have
signed a protocol by which they agree
to submit the questions pending be-
tween them to the arbitration Of Great
Britain
A revolutionary demonstration
against Turkey took place at Sofia, Bal
garia. Sunday night. The police expert
enced difficulty in preventing the riot
ers from wrecking the residence Of the
Turkish commissioner. Thousands 81
sympathizers shouted for a revolution
in Macedonia.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-27
DISASTROUS OIL EXPLOSION.
A Tank on n Car Explodes, One Man
Killed and Houses IGnited.

Richmond, Va, December ga tank
OF oil on a car in h lower part Of the
city took fire and exploded at 2:3o
o'clock this afternoon, killing Buck
Wakefield. a machinist and slightly in
Turing several others. The flaming oil
get fire to a trestle on which the car
was standing and several shanties in
the neighborhood. Both trestle and
ssea were destroyed. The total
noney loss is estimated at from fifteer
30 twenty thousand dollars
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Antf-German Demonstrations.

London, December 2S.-The Vienna
correspondent of The Daily Chronicle
says there were sedious anti-German
demonstrations at Moscow last week
during which the e%scutcheon over the
German consulate there was shattered.
The correspondent adds that the Rus
sian censor stopped the transmission OF
his news.
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The Marietta Leaves Colon.

Washington. December 23.-The navy
department has been informed hat the
gunboat Marie Ia left Colon yesterday
for San Juan. Porto Rico. after visit
ing Nombre de Dios Colombo. where
she was sent to protect American inter
ests. Her short stay there seems TO In
dictate tina affairs In that quarter were
not in serious shape.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-27
slight Damage by the Cold.

Fort Worth. Texas. December 23.-Rc
ports received here from the panhandle
of Texas and western Oklahoma By
stock men indicate hat the recent cold
snap has had no material damaging eff
feet on the cattle interests in those sec
tons. In the panhandle the season
has been so dry that the cold weather
will do little damage to the cattle inter-
eSfS.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-27

The treasury department draws q
warrant in favor of Rear Admiral
Schley for 1884. his share of the prize
money due him for the destruction Of
the Spanish fleet at Santiago July 8.
1909
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Washington. December "a feature
Of the winter cruise of the North At
squadron in West Indian and
gulf waters will be drills in landing and
boats crews of sailors and
ether In which conditions
Of actual warfare will be simulated.
II is stated that the training ship
|lralrie is to be utilized TO assist / n this
programme.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-27
GnneceSsarY.

He-Of course dear I'll be back from
the club in time for the opera, but in
ease it should turn out to be impossible.
I'll send o a note by a messenger.
SheIThats not necessary; it Just
Brooklyn Life.
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DESPERATE FIGHTING
LORD KITCHENER SENDS REPORTS OF
SEVERAL BATTLES.
THE BRITISH LOSS VERY HEAVY

The Fighting on Three Days at
Points Widely Separated-A British
Raiding Party outnumbered and
Defeated-British Advance Guard
Su~rprised-A Race for a Position of
Advantage, Which the Beers Win.
Beers Make Night Attack on a Brit
ish POst-CasuaIties Not yet all Re-
Orted
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Cruise of North Atlantic Squadron

Sold by Druggists. 75c-
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The colored American., 1901-12-07

should belong to at least two clubs and
gives the following broad gauged reason
young women should belong to the
clubs because club life brcadens 8 wOm.
an mentally and morally, widens her
sympaihies. improves her seIf-controI,
and develops her fine sense OF justice,
The women who are now most helpful
in al organized effort are those who
have derived most benefit trom club
life."
Mrs. Lowell White, president of a
California club, in spes king of the posi-
bility Of color discussion at Los Ang
eles is credited with saying: "The ad
mission of colored clubs to the state
and'general federation will bring great
er evils to the federation than good to
the black women, and 1t seems to me
II would be expedient TO dismiss the
sui jsct from club discussion '"-And go
the war goes merrily on "in divers
tones "
Conversation classes or clubs are both
interesting and profitable to the mem
bers. II any of our readers have expert
ence in conducting such classes, we
shall be pleased to have them give ex-
preston to their methods for the pub
lie benefit through these cC Clumns.
Kansas City principals, and perhaps
they are not the cniy ones, are bewsil-
ing the fact that Biblical teachings are
The colored American., 1901-12-07

prohibited IN the schools; signing be-
cause Young America Is growing up to
be bad, and because tbe Sunday-schoois
are not what they ought to be, and the
children are ruling the parents. are II
reverent. disrespectful, and so FAR Ss
either teacher Oh parent is concerned,
incorrigible. In ali Of which Iamenta-
tion there is food for much reflection.
Two wrongs do not make right but
disUatches TO the effect that the reason
for the disin clination OF the French gov
eminent 20 make public the reports OF
General VoyrOp, who commanded the
French expeditionary force IN China Is
tn be found in the fact that after the
,a0stfons were removed, european VIC
mon went through the best shops IN
Pekip. lootIng ard pillaging loads OF
the most precious articles, brings forcl
blv to mind the many disagreeaOie
tbinos written of. the IoOting said 20
have been done(?) by another race
after the Galveston horror.
Mothers cannot be too careful In see-
inc to Il that the boy does not contract
the s.cjgarette hsbit." A habit that
blunts the sensibilities, and is destruc'
t1,e of nerve force. Every one admlres
a.msnlv boy, but neither parent nor boy
should mistake vit iousness for MANI
hess, The ideas are not at all sypony'
The colored American., 1901-12-07

One Mothers Union solves the prob
''I Of what to do with the little one
su's mother is at the club. by conduct
- q kindergarten during the meeting
~ - which members are invited to bring
@F young children. The kindergart
y carried on in an adjoining room
~ = mas proven q great help to the
'uefs as we'll as to- the children
a, ~ " nose who may doubt the benef1t
..S S.oO life to women, Mrs. Adlai Ste
'U'On states that ever y young woman