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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-11-22
WEDDING CARDS ISSUED
For the Robinson-Furman Marriage.
County Treasurers Charging Too
LARGE Conmissions-Snow and Ice In
Western Section
Messenger Bureau,

Raleigh, n. c., November 10.
The supreme court today took up the
appeals from the Thirteenth district
the first Of the four new districts.
There are only seven cases on the dock
ct and it will be disposed of in two
days.
The engagement is OF
MISS carrie Furman,, daughter of Mr..
Robert Nj. Furman. editor of The Morn
ing Post, to MI. Robinson, formerly of
Baltimore, but now of Raleigh. The
wedding will take place December oath
at the home Of the bride.
The American Bar Association at its
recent meeting at Denver provided for
the appointment of a committee to ar
range for the holding OF an interna-
t1onal congress Of lawyers at ST. Louis
during the Louisiana Purchase EXPOSE
ton in 1903. This committee is COM
posed OF leading lawyers in every state.
r. II. Busbee, Esq, is the member for
North Carolina.
A number of t~reasurers OF the coun-
ties charged far too large commissions
on the school fund they have collected.
Ihey are called upon to correct this
and refund the excess. Thus far only
one county has lone so.
The Seaboard Air Line has had only
one detective, but has put on five, all of
whom report to ]. G.. Baldwin at Roam
oke, Va. 1t appears that all the five
are Norfolk and Western men, taken
over. The Norfolk and Western de-
tectives also report to Baldwin.
There is snow in northwestern North
Carolina, also ice two inches in thick
ness.
Francis H. Cameron, son Of the late
General F. H. Cameron, has been ap-
pointed a first lieutenant in the Fiji
teenth regiment, serving in the Phil
ippines.
Louis Williams, q Person county ne
gro aged II years is the latest arrival
at the penttentiary. He gets fifteen
years for entering the room of a white
woman at night and laying his hande
upon her. He confessed his crime.
Governor Aycock and General Toor
leave tomorrow on an educational tour
in Beaufort, Hyde and Camden coun-
ties.
Two negro prisoners are in Jail here
for safe keeping. They broke out Of
Jail at Louisburg, with three others
but were recaptured.
An insane negro sent from here to The
eastern hospital at Goldsboro was
brought back today. The hospital il
full.
Attorney General Gilmer's condition
is improved today, but is yet very crit
| ical.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-11-22
GoLDsBoRo GOSSIP.
Correspondence of the Messenger,

Goldsboro. November 10.
The following were chosen delegates
to the Baptist state convention which
meets In Winston December 9Th, from
b First Baptist church OF h city:
Rev. Charles A Jenkins. Gov
eronr Charles B. Aycock. George A.
Norwood. Jr.. H P. Parker Jr., II. E.
Pipkin, E. W. Cox, n. 7. Jones. J. ].
Robinson and c. c. Teasue. of Fremont.
MT. and Mrs. J. 3. Whitaker, OF
Winston, returned yesterday after a
pleasant visit to relatives here.
Rev: Mr.. Jackson, pastor Of the Sec
ond Baptist church OF this city. will
preach at Fremont regularly every
fourth Sunday, beginning in the month
Of December. Through TIE efforts and
influence OF Mr.. c. c. league. a promi-
nent Baptist there. arrangements are
made.
Kate Floyd, a colored woman former
ly or Goldsboro, but for the past few
years has been a resident of Norfolk,
was brought here d corpse asst night,
having been stabbed TO death at Nor
folk saturday night by a negro named
Turner. Her assaikant was caught and
Is now in Jail there.
Miss Stella Jenkins has accepted q
position with the postmaster here As
stamp clerk.
Miss Stella is courteous and pleasant
and will fill the place creditably.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-11-22
h Had q Bet

.For a. week or two before the late
election" said a Detroiter the other
day. my wife seemed to pay more thai
surprised me by asking questions
touching on the situation, and when 1
tried to find out what h was driving
at she simply put on a look
and had nothing to say. The morning
after election I got up fully an hour
ahead of time to see the paper, as L
had a little wager on the result I was
too late. My wife had the sheet, and
her face was fairly beaming as she
looked at the returns. I expressed my
establishment at her interest, and she
replied:
Il didn't want to say anything to you
till I saw how things came out, I had a
bet on election"
You don't mean it?" / gasped in as
constituent.
but I do. 1 had a IS bet with Mrs.
Baker. and, oh. I'm so tickled 1 don't
know what to do. It's my first bet, you
you know"
"And was your candidate elected?"
asked as soon as I could get my breath
II guess not"
WAS he defeated?"
II think So"
''Then what tickles you?"
why, he came within 5000 Of being
elected. Just think of it, Richard. II
he could have got 5000 more votes he'd
have gone in flying and I'd had money
to burn. and none of the women around
here would have dared to bet with me
again. I'll bet you hat the very mex
time I make a wager my candidate
won't be beaten by over 4,000!"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-11-22
Wilson News Notes
Correspondence Of the Messeng
Wilcnn NJ ~ Nnram no

W. III hC <1CSSCL6Cl-I
Wilson. N. c., November -.
The dance given last night by Miss
Z. B. Graves complimentary to Miss
Mamie Moore. of Washington, D. G.,
was h most successful social event
Of the season. Miss Moore has made
a host Of friends since coming to Will
son, and all are delighted with h sue
cess OF her entertainment. The dance
was led Mr.. T. D. Martin.
Among those dancing were:
Mr.. E. B. Graves with Miss Mamie
Moore.
Mr.. T. D. Martin with Miss Kate
Conner.
Mr.. w. B.. Whitehead with Miss Julia
Herring.
Mr.. J. c.. Eagles with Miss Woodland.
Mr.. Graham Woodland with Miss Sal
lie Graves.
Mr.. Jno. A. Moore with Miss Mary
Farmer.
Mr.. CT. T. Stronach with Miss Matte
Farmer.
DIR. c. A Thompson with Miss Bessie
Harriss.
Mr.. w. B. Moore with Miss Fannie
Brodie.
MI. Will Graves with Miss Envy
Green
Mr. C. T. Harriss with Miss Minnie
Foote.
Mr.. Robert Barnes with Miss Daisy
Weaver.
Chaperons-Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Ma
daL. Mr.. and Mrs. A p. Weaver and
| Mrs. Paul Slocomb. of Fayetteville
An alarm Of IRE was turned In yester.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-11-22
A White Partridge

MIR. Henry NJ. Pemberton killed a
white partridge Saturday afternoon.
1t is one OF the prettiest birds We ever
saw, and is almost pure white. He
sent it to a taxidermIst at Baltimere
to be
There is an interesting incident I'm
connection with the killing OF thi.
bird.
one day last week two Of our SPORT
men were hunting across the river.
and, In one covey rise. the saw the
white bird. They made strenuous efforts
to secure il. but failed. When they re-
turned home they told Mr.. Pemberton.
who is probably the best shot I'm the
state. of the white bird. and, on Satur-
day, he went TO find IL.
during the first two hours three
coveys rose. but the coveted bird was
not among them.
Just before shutdown. and when Mr..
Pemoerton had about abandoned hope
OF finding the bird he sought, the dogs
pointed, and when the covey whirred
OFF in its flight, there. outlined against
the clear blue sky, and conspicuous
amoung its companions. was the white
partridge The sportsman took dead
aim at Ii and fired. But just at this
another partridge fiew into the
line or hre and received a mortal
wound intended for its rarer kind.
Not daunted by the great distance the
white winged creature had gained in
the meantime. MI. Pemberton sent the
second charge OF lead after IL and ft
fell to h ground shot just under the
wing and not disfigured in the least.
The white partridge IL said to be the
sign OF a severe winter. It has been @
great number OF years since one was
seen in this section. The Baltimore
Sun OF yesterday has an OF
the killing Of one OF these rare birds in
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Observer IS.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-11-22
Jnar for a Smile

Rivers just saw a white man run
ming on with your wife.
Brooks-He'd better run. She chnnges
her mind every tea minutes.-The
Smart Set
II guess there is something the mat
ter with u rubber tree" aid little
Johnny.
Why do you think sog" asked his
mother.
Cause we've had II over two years
and IL hasn't sprouted n overshoea
yet"-Chicago News.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-11-22

islanders had been delivered. n the
conQuerers a acclaimed. IL came to
pass that certain people held c~onciaye-
And they made rumor and talked
much.
And there was talk Of prize money
But IN various taprooms and clubs
and drawing rooms there were whisper
inss and insinuations. as they are cali
ed in these days
And they tended with envirous malice
against him called Schley. namely. him
who had knocked the stufing out OF
the enemy.
But this was so much brlited by
those who wot not OF war that he who
was maligned demanded thai an inquiry
be mad into these things
An IL came to pass that this was
done: and judges were appointed TO see
to the which.
And the were reputed to be men OF
rectitude.
But 1t was not denied that the chief
thereof had himself used language
which was strong when engaged IN bat
tie
Even as Schley had done.
And ~ was likewise appointed THAI
he might see that equal justice be in
voked in making inquiry regarding
those Thugs.
And he forthwith set about arranging
II SO .Gnat one side. videiicet the traduc-
ers- should at least have that which
IL called pull.
But he was OF egg-like build.
And his neck was neShy.
And the hair thereon stood on end.
even like unto a p~orcupine.
So much SO that he was constrained
to have IL shorn close lest tbs inoYen-
sive people in his vicinity should be In
convinced thereby.
And so vehemiently did he bend HIM
self 10 his purpose that his friends
feared them lest peradNcnture the veins.
OF his neck should burst. or mayhap
even the seams or buttons OF his gar
ments.
But nevertheless the which did not
happen.
Neither did the POTTS used In his
cooking boil to much purpose.
For tho many things were said, they
mostly went 10 show that he who had
beer slandered was indeed brave and
noble.
And likewise WAS he generous. even
to those who had cast stones at him.
For one who they called Raynor prov
ed these things.
And his eloquence rained in torrents
on those who heard.
And the multitude with great Joy.
For they believed in the truth OF his
words; and they said il was not meet
to prosecute him who had lone great
things.
Yet Notwithstanding this was so, for
did not all men wot of II?
But the judges heard al these charg-
es. and likewise what was Of credit.
And they listened with much pa
thence and attention.
And having heard all they hetook
themselves-no. friendsi not behind the
horizon, for they are not built that
Way-but into a quiet room.
Nharn fhnN a =. -
things they have heard.
And. behold, they shall one day
emerge therefrom. and then shall they
pass judgment.
And the nature OF which Is anxIousIy
| awaited by the multitde.
who. in the mean time. n passed
| Judgment.
And the same will not be changed.
NJ. DOwD.
In Washington Post.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-11-22
A Bark Abandoned at Sea

London. November 19.-The Norweg.
ian bark Ada, Captain Eriksen, from
Savanna. October 1st, for Hamburg,
was abandoned leaky and wrecked by
a gale on November 9Th in latitude A,
longitude 5S. The French steamer
Bordeaux, Captain Cazatis, which ar
rived at Havre November 18th from
New York, rescued the crew and
brought them to port.
New York, November LIT is posi-
bic that the bark d is the same yes.
sci as hat sighted on fire and blown
to pieces by an explosion as reported
by Captain Forlan, of the Austrian
steamer Wtelka, at Philadelphia. Tht
crew might have set the craft on fir,
before abandoning her so that the drift.
ing hulk would not endanger shipping
The locality given of the two vessel:
is very close and the dates correspond.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-11-22
NEW AMERICAN ERA.
Our. Government Now in the Family
of the Great Nations of
the World.

Its Policy and Aims Under the New
ride of Things Discussed by secre-
Laurfn at New York Chamber of
Commerce B~anquet-The N
Doctrine of the Nineteenth Century
supplemented by the Mckinley Doc
tine of the Twentfeth-Our Present
and Future Interests in the Pacific
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-11-22

day morning. The tobacco factory o,
Messrs. w. T. Clark & Co. was found
to be on fire in one of the automatic
machines. but IL was easily put out
The damage a. fully covered by In
The Herald Square Opera Company
rachel Wilson today and viii give two
performances. n tonight and one or
Wednesday night.
Mrs Paul Slocomb. nee Miss Nc
Daniel. is in Wilson. the guest Of her
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-11-22
American Delegates Touring I'm Mex,c.

Orizaba. Mexico. November 19.-The
party Of Pan-Americans arrived this
evening at Orizaba. state OF Vera Cruz
The American party Is now reduced &c
Nolney W. Foster, c. NJ. Pepper and
w. j. Buchanan and their families. To-
morrow the party VIII visit the facto-
ries in this vicinity and at night the
governor of Vera Cruz will banquet
them,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-11-22
IN THE SUPREME COURT
A Few Decisions Filed by the justices
Yesterday
1special to the Messenger,

Special to the A~essenEer.)
Raleigh, y. c.. November 19.-In the
supreme court opinions were filed a.
follows: Clinard VS.. White. from For
syth. appeal dismissed: Parlier VS. Rail-
road. from Cabarrus. affirmed: Myers
vs. Lumber Company, from Cabarrus
new trial; Bank VS.. Hodgin. from For
syth. affirmed; Bank VS.. Swink. from
Rowan, reversed.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-17
TRADE WITH
= NEW POSSESSIONS
Steps to Get Commercial Data
on Our New Pos
sessions. -

u WASHINGTON, Jan. 3-eCongress-
man Kahn will offer a bill in. day or
so providing for the gathering of sta
tistics of the commerce. between San
Francisco and Alaska and Hawaii
Since the annexation of Hawaii no
record has been kept of the exports or
imports between San Francisco and the
Islands and the great business done be-
tween Pacific Coast points and Alaska
is a total blank so far as the Treas
ury statistics are concerned. The con-
sequence has been that San Francisco
has not received the credit for the
whole volume Of her commerce but only
that carried on with foreign ports.
Representative Kahn interviewed
Chief Austin of the Bureau of Statis-
tics on the matter and Austin cordially
approved the suggestion, Offering to
draw up bill to carry it into effect.
The bill will be so drawn as to show
the commerce between the ports of the
United States and ports in non-contig-
uous territory of the United States,
thus including Porto Rico, Cuba, Alas
ka, Hawaii and the Philippines. Mas
ters of vessels will be required to mani
fest cargoes going and coming, thus
giving the data to the customs officials.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-17
THE POLICE FORCE.

One of the journals of the push is
convinced that the police force needs
recognizing, first on the score of econ
my in numbers and second SO that the
smaller organization may be better
paid. The real motive is, of course, one
of political patronage and the ultimate
control of the Grand Jury drawings;
but leaving that aside we propose to
address ourselves to the issue of wheth-
er a city of this size and character
should try to get along with fewer po-
lice officers than it now has.
Honolulu contains about 10000 inhabi-
tants, but that is not a true basis of
comparison with Eastern places of SIM
liar or even greater size. Being place
of spacious dooryards and magnificent
distances it takes up about as much
room as the mainland interior city of
100, 900. This must be considered when
it comes to apportioning the police to
beats. Moreover it is seaport where,
in the busy season, five hundred sail
sorS are sometimes ashore at night.
These men need close watching. Final
ly the resident population is made up
of widely separated raceS-Americans,
Europeans, natives, Chinese, Japanese,
Azores Portuguese, negroes and South
Sea islanders, and there is a floating
Oriental population coming and going
from the plantations. ALI these people
call upon the police, some for protec
ton, others for surveillance.
Again, the activities of the police are
more extensive here than is usual in
mainland cities We have an opium
problem which does not cut much of
figure with the law in other parts of
the United States; and the execution
of the laws here against gambling re-
quires, amidst the Oriental population,
the special detail of a large number of
policemen. Elsewhere gambling is let
alone except in times of public excite
ment or when it is used as a source
of blackmail. Here it is the goal of an
active and continuous crusade.
For all these purposes about 100 po-
licemen are hired; that is to say, fifty
on shift At no time, it seems to us,
should less than fifty policemen be
available. True, one white man may
be worth two of any other kind for
police duty-speaking generally and not
of the exceptions that prove the rule
but here in Honolulu it costs as much
for one white man to live as two Of
any other color and he must be paid
accordingly. We do not doubt that
fifty white policemen would cost even
more than 100 native Hawaiian police
men, so the plea of economy behind the
reorganization of the force really
amounts to nothing.
OF course, from the point of view of
those who have been unable to control
High Sheriff Brown and use the police
and the Grand Jury for political ends,
reorganization at any cost is desirable,
and the sooner the better. But the
masses Of the people and all Of the tax
payers who are not afflicted by the
thirst of office, are content to let the
police force stay as it is. We have an
orderly and peaceful city and no more
policemen than we need to keep 1t so;
and as for the expense, it comes out of
revenues provided by one Of the lowest
tax rates in the Union and those who
pay the bills make no complaint.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-17
ORPHANS MET A
DREADFUL FATE
Scores Burned or Hurt in a
Rochester Asylum
Fire.

ROCHESTER,, N. Y, Jan. S.-The
Rochester Orphan Asylum burned
shortly after midnight. Over twenty
inmates We're killed, and over fifty
injured.
ROCHESTER,, N. Y, Jan. Sat
noon the identified dead by the Orphan
Asylum fire had reached thirty-six
children, one nurse and a cook.
The scenes about the building while
the fire was at its height were heart
rending in the extreme Crazed women
Were running about trying TO find out
whether certain little ones had been
taken from the building in safety,
while others were looking for their
friends. All who We're rescued had
nothing on but their nightciothes. Po-
Hcemen, citizens and firemen united
in the work of rescue. Four little
children had been forgotten on the
fourth floor until a woman screamed
out that they had been left behind.
Instantly dozen volunteers started
for the stairway. Two were allowed
to go to the rescue, and IN a moment,
it seemed ages, they returned with the
babies in their arms. A cheer went
up from the crowd which was hushed
as the children were seen to be un-
conscious. They We're removed TO the
house of a neighbor across the street
About thirty children were carried
into the house of Herman Behn, a shoe
merchant across the street on Hubeil
Park, and -as=fast as the ambulances
arrived the children were removed.
Every few minutes a victim would be
reported dead.
Miss Comelieux, one OF the attend
ants, was rescued from a third story
window by fireman. When part way
down the ladder the fireman slipped
and fell to the ground. Both were ter
ribly injured, though they Will re-
cover.
There We're 100 children in the asy-
lum at the time, and corps of about
thirty nurses and attendants. Sixteen
of the dead are at the city morgue,
several are at the hospitals, and some
were left at the home of Mr. Behn.
The injured consist mostly of children
who We're more or less overcome by
smoke. 1t is impossible TO get the
names of the injured at this time
The hospital building was entirely de-
stroyed, and the main building damag-
ed, entailing a total loss of about
s30, 900.
The buildings were heated by steam,
and the fire was caused by an ex-
plosion of the engine boiler.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-17

Delegate Wilcox could not expose his
receptive mind very long to the inf1u-
ences of Congressional life without
learning a thing or two which his fol-
lowers need to know. He now sees
that this journal was right when it
said that if the native Legislature be-
gan a saturnalia of spoils, Congress
would be likely to vest the local fran
chise with a property qualification.
Delegate Wilcox has been plainly told
in Congress that Hawaiian capacity
for self government is now on trial
and as a result he has concluded to
advise his friends in Legislative au-
thority to keep in the middle of the
road. He is anxious that they should
confirm Gov. Dole's appointees with
the possible exception of one. If the
Hawaiians are wise enough to accept
such good advice they will do thou
sand times,emore for themselves than
they possibly could by following. the
tortuous path they marked out during
the campaign.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-17

Some weeks ago this journal an
nounced that Pearl Harbor would be
improved. The next day another morn
ing paper denied the story and quoted
a local Federal official to the effect
that F, arl Harbor, owing to the hlgh
price of land along it's shores, had No
attrac ions for the Federal Govern
ment AS this issue of the Advertiser
contains a Government advertisement
asking for bids for the opening of Pearl
Harbor, the questions raised may now
be regarded as settled.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-17

1t is useless to say that if the Philip
pines come in as Territories there is
no danger of their being erected into
States When a party in power Is IN
dire need of more Senators and more
electoral votes, it will admit any Ter
ritory it knows it can carry. Nevada,
a mere rotten borough, came in that
way, and the Philippines might. The
only safe way to deal with those Ash
attic Islands is to give them a colonial
status with a reasonable amount of
home rule AS potential Statesy they
woulc be an element of Neakness In the
Union.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-17
Quarter of a Million Sick.

NEW YORK, Jan. SIT is estimated
that there are 100000 cases Of grip,
bronchitis and pneumonia in the city.
Not only the city hospitals but private
institutions are full to overfiowing and
in many instances are ind
ing it difficult to make their rounds.
1t has been remarked that while the
characteristics of the nalady are the
same as in former years, the disease
has assumed a catarrhal tendency
which is new
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-17

Judge Humphreys proposes mis-
sionary'' as his successor on the bencn.
At least he makes that play mere.
What suggestions if any have peen
sent to Washington the pubic Will
soon be in the way of finding out.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-17

Now is the time to bury them, if you
are thinking of raising some choice
flowers yourself.
We have just received a lot of the
choicest Garden Seeds, such as
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-17

TOT a paper Which denounces the
Government for not opening a white
mans immigration bureau the Bulle-
tin sets an example which is calculat-
ed to make the official blood run cold.
FANCY how quickly that paper would
demand the removal of the whole Terri
torial civil list If Mr.. Dole and his adj
v1sers should send out such statements
as the Bulletin issues weekly to its
Chamber Of Commerce correspondents.