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The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-19

Havana. Jan. 1s.-No further news has
been received from the Ward Line steam
er Vigilancia, aground Off the banks Of
Los Colorado, about eighty miles west Of
Havana, ana It Is believed that she 10
going to pieces,
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-19

DC cfsiOn Arrived at by British Cabi-
net Not Given Out.

London, Jan. 1S.-The amended Hay
Pauncefote treaty was discussed at a
protracted cabinet conference to-day. The
Secretary of State for foreign affairs,
the Marquis of Lansdowne, has taken
no action, so far. He will probably EN-,
body the result of the deliberations in a
dispatch, or in an interview with the
United States ambassador, Mr.. Joseph II.
Choate, Monday, or later. The exact de-
csion arrived at is guarded with secrecy.
An impression exists that the cabinet con-
fined Itself to authorizing Lord Lans-
downe to have further conferences with
Mr.. Choate. the lines of which naturally
are not given out.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-19
DADY's SEWER CONTRACTS.
Havana Council Decides That He
Has Rights In Equity.

Havana, Jan. 1s.-The administrative
council has decided that Mr.. Mike j.
Dady. the contractor. has no "tanteo
rights" or legal rights to the contract for
the sewering and paving of Havana, but
that he has rights in equity, which the
council recommends the military govern
ment TO consider.
The sanitary department is taking
measures to destroy mosquitoes as pre-
ventive against yellow fever.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-19
MILITIA IN CONTROL.
Armed Peace Now Prevails Mt Cor
bin, Ky.

Corbin, KY, Jan. ESTATE militia took
control here to-day and steps were at
once taken by Col. r. D. Williams, com
manding, to check the disorders grow
ing out of the killing. Wednesday even
ing of James Shotwell. by Raleigh
White. White was arrested yesterday
and taken to Williamsburg Jail. Sheriff
Sutton and his deputies, in charge of the
prisoner, were attacked en- route by
friends OF the Sbotwells, it is alleged,
but no one was hurt
Troops were ordered out and to-day
three sons of James Shotwell were placed
under arrest and put In the Williams
burg Jail. where White is confined. They
will be charged with intimidation.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-19
4 BLUFF EXAMINATION.
MIS- Of Russian Regiment Searched
for Chinese Loot.

81 Petersburg, Jan. 1S.-By official or
usrs from the Minister of War, Gen. Ku-
'opatkin, the kits of the detachments of
we thirteenth Rifles, which have just re-
'uihed from China, have been examined.
~ tn W- knapsacks examined were found
tU Cninese toys, five lacquered boxes,
s", o knives, one fan and two pieces of
.t Is considered that this result refutes
so. e accusations of plundering brought by
,,elsh newspapers against the Russian
roopS inasmuch as the Thirteenth Rifles
pp'1s''elpated in the occupation of Mukden,
No. ~,re re the temptation to pillage was by
uo means small
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-19

New York, Jan. 1S.-It was announced
to-day that the government of Venezuela,
on Dec. g. established a censorship over
all dispatches TO and from the United
States, and it has been strictly in force
ever since.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-19
Maj. Gen. CoIvIIIe retired.

inS 'aoon, o, Jan. ls.-The Gazette this even
award - colvine, who recently command
rlc. no Ninth Division Of the South Az
rr,sra neid force, and later was In COM
he. OF an Infantry brigade az Gibraltar.
nay. 'seh placed on the retired list with
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-19

Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 1s.--The vote on Uni
ted States Senator to-day was without
decisive result, as follows: Alien, 30;
Hitchcock. So; Thompson, S2; Crounse. 10.
Currie. 10; Hainer, 8; Kincaid. 4; Hinshaw.
16; Meiklejohn. 2s; Rosewater. Is; scatter
ing Is.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-19
JAMAICA DISSATISFIED.

LeEIHTnture UppONeU 10 ADSOIuIt
Crown Government.
Kingston, Jamaica, Jan. 1s-The gem
eral elections here have concluded OF
fourteen members of the legislature re-
turned thirteen are pledged to resist Mr..
Joseph Chamberlain's attempt to restore
absolute crown government. The feel
ing against the British colonial policy is
growing stronger, and II Mr.. Chamber
lain refuses to yield delegates will be sent
TO England soon.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-19
ORDERED TO POnT ARTHUR.
RussIa's Punishment of students for
Political Agitation.

st. Petersburg, Jan. ls.-One hundred
and fifty students, recently arrested at
Kieff, for engaging in political agitation,
have been ordered expatriated to Port
Arthur, where they will do military SER
vice. The same fate awaits scores of
students arrested at the capital on a Sim
liar charge. Disturbances are anticipated.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-19
THE ABsCONDTNG CLERK.
The sum of f35o Found ON Hertz But
no Bonds.

Queenstown. Jan. 1s.-Sigmund Hertz,
Of New York city, under arrest here.
charged with forgery at the instance OF
the United States authorities. was not
brought before the magistrate here to-
day. The sum of $3.50 was found on
Hertz. but no trace Of the missing bonds
were discovered. His wife is known 70
have a number Of bank drafts.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-19
TurI<I.h students Starving.

Berlin, Jan. 1s.-The Berliner Tageblatt
asserts that the Turkish students here.
who number more than a hundred, and
are wholly dependent upon the Sultan's
stipends, are starving. as they have been
without money for year.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-19
nnr. Mount,. Remninr in stnte.

Indianapolis. Jan. 1S.-The remains OF
ex-Gov Mount lay ia state to-day at the
Capitol They will be taken TO Crawfords-
YilIo tomorrow for kntermenta
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-19
COLONY Oaered Conce.-ion..

st. Johns, N. F., Jan. 1s.--The British
government agrees to give the colony I'm
portant concessions In return for the re-
newai Of the French shore modus vivsndi
for the current year
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-19
RUSSIA COMES TO TIME.
"oN'"us Conditions Expunged
from British Railroad Contract.

''Onpon jan 19.-The Pekin correspon-
e'"' OF the Daily Mail. writing Thursday,
Says:
,i,a ne British protest has proved effec-
to,,r ana Russia has expurged the obnox-
g. conditions from the contract to re-
Tho the shan Kai Kwan railroad. to
,ne British bondholders. Count Won wal
tetsee will sign the revised convention
tomorrow"
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-19

Paris. Jan. 1s.-The Council OF state
has rejected Count Esterhazys appeal
against the decree cashiering him from
the army
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-19

Lewes, Del. Jan. 1s.-The Pope's Island
CVa) life-savers report an unknown four
masted schooner stranded on Winter
Quarter Shoals.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-19
A MANDAMUs FOR COUNT BOW.
Court Orders One Served ON Him and
the Countess.

New York; Jan. 1S.-Justice Fitzgerald
signed an order to-day directing that
mandamus be issued in the suit brought
by Anton ]. Dittmar to recover 1917. 900
and be served on Count Boni de Castel-
lane and his wife, Annie Gould. by pub
Hcation.
This is the suit In which Dittmar asked
for an injunction 20 restrain the trustees
of the Gould estate from paying to Anna
Gould her share .of the income from the
estate.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-19

Paris, Jan. 19.-Arnold Boeckln. the
Swiss painter, died January IL. Ia EsAsols,
1talyA
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-19

RevOIutionists Very Active on the
Frontier.

Madrid, Jan. 1s.-The police continue 10
keep a strict watch over the Carlists. Ar
rivals from the frontier say Carlist agents
are overrunnng the contiguous French
territory, recruiting among the refugees
and Spanish deserters. Offering 2 francs
per day, arms and uniforms, with small
eucpesg
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-01
BREVITIES

Washington talk Is that the ipresi-
congress on 4th March.
The Georgia School Of Technology
excluded an entire class because its
members rebelled and took AN extend
ed holiday Christmas. They deserved
it. This seems ITO be am era of law
~Iessness.
James M. Smith, OF O~glethorpe. Ca.
sold his crop of cotton for 800. 900.
Roosevelt's recent hunting outfit
consisted of Is trained hounds, s horses.
l 1920 Winchester, 2 buffalo coats, 4
changes of clothing, 500 rounds OF am
nutrition.
Give the new king a chance. He
promises excellently.
Lii Hung Chang is able and crafty.
He is now pleading for peace.
Baron Wilhelm Rothschild, of Frank
fort, Germany, is dead. aged 10. He
WAS the head of the great banking
house of that name.
Professor Totten is shill prophetic.
He sends out from New Haven, the
following to the Baltimore Sun:
THE twentieth century will see the
reunion of Israel and Judah into one
house and the fraternity of hat house
with Assyria and Egypt, which triad
God hath blessed. These three are
England, Germany and America. Then
reunion with Judah settled ait the en-
tral land will assure h world of
throughout a. golden age"
England the most conservative of
kingdoms and devoted to the old en-
thrones a king with medieval cere-
monies while burying it's queen with
vast ceremonial, pomp and circum
stance.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-01
THE OUTLOOK FOR a BIBLE
DIVORCE LAW

1t is pleasant to see some of the best
state papers are considering the di-
vorce law and insisting upon a safe
and scriptural change. Divorces are
10Y about as common in North Caro-
lima as they are in any of the crazy
western states where divorce is as
easy as sin. The Raleigh News and
Observer says:
1.-The Monroe Journal says there are
seven divorce cases docketed for trial
at the approaching term of court And
divorce suits in North Carolina are
multiplying by reason of h states lax
laws"
1t goes on to say:
For the past few wears the divorce
mill has beer grinding out divorces at
a rapid rate. The people III all sections
of the state, alarmed at the evils n
f~oreseeing greater evils. cry out for a
repeal of the lax statutes. n a return
of the Bible standard If this is a
Christian people, as we proclaim, why
not return to the law as laid down by
Christ, the great law-gfver."
Tha is the position of the Messenger
now and it has been, s. through the
years. Gods law shouId not De set
aside or clipped away by mans law.
We are gratified but not surprised to
learn from the News and Observer that
that Christian jurist and politician,
Judge Connor, of Wilson. now on the
judiciary committee in the Legislature,
says tina there ought to be no di-
vorces in North Carolina save for the
cause named in the Bible" The News
and Observer commenting says:
oeThe outlook seems good for repeating
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-01
A Tongues

Could not express the rapture Of
Annie E. Springer. OF lbs. Howard St.
Philadelphia, Pa, when she found that
DIR. Kings New Discovery for con-
sumption had completely cured her of
a hacking cough that for many years
had made life a burden. All other
remedies n doctors could give hen
no help, but she says Of this Royal
Cure: ut oon removed the pain liz
my chest and I can now deep soundiy,
something / a scarcely remembes
DONG before. ! feel like sounding fts
praises throughout the universe" So
will everyone who tr1es Dr.. Kxng'e New
Discovery for any trouble Of the
Throat, Chest, or Lungs. Price soc and
$1-o0 Trial bottles free at r. r Bel
hmy's drug store; yer bottle guar
antead.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-01
AN OF GOLD
Magnificent STCard'' Presented to the
President

The Baltimore Suns Washington
correspondent says:
Captain O. j. Humphrey, of San
Francisco. visited the executive man
sion today Is the special envoy of Cali
fornia Commandery, No. 1, knights
Templar. Of San Francisco. to present
to President Mckinley an invitation
from the commandery to meet with it
upon his visit to the Pacinc coast this
spring. The card of invitation is a
solid gold plate 31s by 5h inches and
about one-eighth OF an inch In thick
ness. In the upper right hand corner
is an enameled Maltese cross. with the
usual insignia of the order. having in
the center a fine diamond of about one
carat in weight. The card is beauti-
fully engraved with the following in
scription:
Sir William McKinley-Dear Sir and
Frater: California Commandery, No.
1, Knights Templar. requests the hon.
or OF your presence at a stated assem-
bly, of our commandery Friday even
ing, May II. 1901. Yours fraternally,
w. II. FRANK TITUS,
Eminent Commander,
HIRAM T. GRAVES. Recorder.
The lard is enclosed in a handsome
case, bearing on its ove h super
scription in gold letters: "Sir William
Mckinley"
1t Is probable that he president will
accept the invitation. and he may hold
a reception in the commandery asylum
Another caller was John J.. McCook,
of New York who on behalf of the
National Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation invited h president to attend
the grand jubilee celebration commem-
Grating the hftieth anniversary OF the
founding of the organization, which
will be held in Boston June IL to IA,
1901. The president said that If he re-
turned from his California trip In time
he would be ery glad to attend the
celebration.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-01

The Messenger is disposed to agree
with the Raleigh News and Observer
in the opinion that the Raleigh insane
asylum should fare equally with the
western hospital at Morganton. At
present the latter can accommodate
LOO inmates while h old Raleigh
Asylum is limited to ouO. Why is the
western so favored while the central is
limited and neglected? We believe our
contemporary is within the equities
when it says that the state ought to
be liberal and generous towards both
these hospitals, but it ought not to
make one too large and dwarf the
other" Neither should be crippled in
it's capability for blessing the unfortun-
ate ones, but all unjust determination
should be avoided.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-01

crept into our statues. No divorce
ought to be granted except for Bible
causes and the North Carolina laws
ought to be made to conform to the
Bible"
The heather or pagans may spit upon
Bible authority. but no LEGISLATOR ought
to presume to 50 far disregard the su-
preme law or to show contempt for
Christian doctrine. and conviction as TO
create a divorce law so low and invit-
ing that immortality shall be favored.
Christian people should watch the con-
duct OF their legislators. and see how
they bear themselves in such an i'm
portant matter-important for protec-
ton and purity.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-01
BOERs' SUCCESSES
Train With Troops and Stores Cap
tured-Cape Police Surrender.

Kimberly, Friday. January 25.-A
train with troops n military stores on
board was waylaid and captured by
the Boers at Slijpklip. near Fourteen
Streams. north of Kimberley, this
morning. The republicans captured a
small post of Dublin fusiliers, then
blew up a culvert and waited for the
train. An armored train has gone In
pursuit of the Beers.
Cape Town, January 26.-Twenty
Cape police surrendered at Deyondale,
north OF Vryburg, January 21st, with
out firing a shot.
1t is reported that General Prinsloo
was wounded in the. fighting of jan
uary 18th.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-01
HOME FOLKS.

1t appears that there was a rather
unusual case before the supreme
The case was Taylor against
Vann, but the cause Of action was dead
but this did not deter the three repub-
lican wise men. so they rendered a de-
cision- Judges Clark and Montgomery
dissented. and the former showed that
the doctrine sin the case versus Hen
derson has been exploded by the high
est court" And so we drift and judges
are not judges. are empowered to
hold the scales"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-01

Rev. J. A. Stradley. of Oxford, writes
a communication for the News and OBJ
server on Good Roads" He gives this
view of that towns setback:
Granville county and the town of
Oxford are suffering much on account
of bad roads. All around the border
of the country, h trade is going to
other towns; not because of better pric-
es, but because roads IN other counties
are better. Good roads will pay in
every way. They are an absolute ne
cessity. For one.-I am in favor of a
good road tax. To me. it seems the
cheapest n only way to get good
roads"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-01

1t lis to be sincerely desired that a
fair. humane, and wise arrangement or
understanding between mill men and
legislators may be secured that will
result in a safe. benignant. and health
full law. A law is probably necessary,
because it is hardly possible that all
of the mill owners will enter into a vol
untary agreement thai will meet public
and be satisfactory to
parents and merciful to the children
A law will do NO harm and cannot
prove offensive ito those who are WIKI
ing to do what is right and proper and
wise.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-01

The necessity of having a judicious.
economical, fair book law lis more n
more apparent. 1t was a tremendous
blunder to give the purchase of books
to the counties. No committee not
thoroughly informed and educated we'll
is qualified ITO select books. The result
of-the blunder were high prices and
corruption in all probability in some
instances. The boar dof education is
essential. Do not allow the purchase
of school books to be greater than
justice and safe economy will permit.
Do mot pay publishers 20, 40 or so Der
cent above what other states pay.
We believe that some counties paid
greatly in excess of what was paid in
other states for the same books.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-01
LEGISLATIVE.

Will the antitrust bill pass? VIII
1t answer the end ought If 1t should
pass? The press is speaking out earn
estly for a needed law-one that shall
reach the guilty oppresSors of the peo-
ME? Can st be GONE? What about Mr..
Rountree's dea-to fix prices? VINO
can suggest a better way?
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-01

We like the following from the
Baptist Charity and Children:
I'VE see it stated that two ladies ap-
peared before a legislative committee
the other day and made addresses in
favor of a reformatory. We had some
hope Of the thing until now"
But the perfervid sentirnentality of
that measure to the extremists is about
as amazing as those addresses if
not a little more So"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-01
FIRE AT
Several Business Houes Burned-Loss
Twenty Thousand Dollars
Especial to The Messenger.)

Raleigh, n. c.. January 26.-What
was known as the A c. Miller block,
at Shelby, was burned last night. in
Guiding Black & Cos. general store,
Ebiltoft's grocery, the express office,
KendalI's clothing store. office Of the
Piedmont cotton mills. the Cleveland
commercial college and several law Of
fees. The loss approximates $50, 900.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-01

London, January 23.-Strong evil
n exists" says the Shanghai cor
respondent Of The Morning Post wir-
ing yesterday. that NEGOTIATIONS are
on foot between China and Russia
with regard to the cession of the tfcse
eastern p~royfnces."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-01
storm on Britain Coast

London, January 2S.-The storm con-
tinues along the coasts and inland. ac-
by heavy SHOWS. Wide
spread damage has been done. The
telegraph mes are down. and the roads
are blocked with snow. A number az
minor wrecks have been reported.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-01

to be paid That must be done is the
cry to educate. He - q wise legisla-
tor who will consider long before he
takes the leap.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-01

The dog law is not perhaps impossi-
BILE. We note with pleasure hat Mr..
Rountree is favorable to such a law.
The benefit that would come ito the
people from n fair law cannot well be
anticipated o. properly estimated.
Tie impulse that would be given to
shseep growing and wool gathering
would bring a great many thousands
of dollars to the people N the tax
would help to educate some poor boys
and girls.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-01

Not all of the newspapers are nrg-
ing and hurrahing for a bond issue,
the Messenger is gratiied to see. The
moderate. intelligently edited Monroe
Enquirer says:
"a bond sSue a been suggested as
a way out of the financial wilderness,
but we are of the opinion that a bond
issue or an increase In taxation would
be the quickest wav possible for h
legislators to seal their political DOOM"
Let us see The state owes $4,000, 900
in bonds now after r~epudiaEing some
twenty-odd millions or bonds. That
requires $50. 600 a year ito meet inter-
est. It is proposed to increase that
s*trifiing sum- of Indebtedness by an
other bond issue, Of a $500, 900. de-
manding some $4,000 yearly interest
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-01

The Messenger has been quiet as to
the reformatory plan for young 'criml-
nails. 1t has had no faith in such q
plan or eas if applied TO any but
young white rascals. ut Is stated by
Senator Travis that in five years but
FIVE white boys have been sent to the
penitentiary-an average of but one a
year. But what a hue and cry for a
noble reformation! Well may the able
editor of the Morganton Herald,
noting this beggarly showing, say:
Five. mark you, in five years! Oh.
the ineffable rot that can be poured
out on any subject that promises a job.
The reformatory is a striking home il
l~ustration of this truth. Let it wait
till its betters are cared for. the honest
children of the state sane and insane"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-01

The criminal court a beeen as a
whole a great blessing to Wilmington.
During the time Judge o. p. Meares
sat on the bench that court was an
unmingled benefit to both Wilmington
and Charlotte. We are sure that any
change that Will not give Wilmington
six courts a year VIII be a great mis-
take. We apprehend that Charlotte
would be better on with this number
than with but one in six months. We
do not go into the question of an in
crease of the judges for the superior
court and an increase. Of districts.
But we insist that 1t will be an in
justice, great and unmistakabFe, To-
deprive Wilmington OF its criminal
court, and as a poor. insufficient sub
stftute give TO it but two annual courts.
That would lie greatly inferior TO the
court system oil before the wal, when
every county had six :courts every
year. We hope the members from
this section viii protest against such
an unfortunate change-a positive de-
cline rather than enlightened progress.
That our readers may have the e
eft of an able lawyers opinion who
has visited Raleigh and had a weeks
opportunity for looking in upon the
Solons in the legislature. We o what
the Charlotte Observer reported as
coming rom Mr.. F. /. Osborne. He is
of the opinion that the most import
amt matters that Will come before the
legislature are: a. the school book bill:
% a bin to abolish the criminal court
and increase the superior courts from
IL to 16; CD the bill to create the code
commission; () the continuation of
the s1OO,O0 appropriation for schools,
and 90 a bill to increase the subjects
of taxation without increasing the
general rate of axes"
The amending, radically changing of
the present abominable. lustful divorce
law is more important than any named
unless it be numbers 4 and 5.