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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-20
MARRIED LAST EVENING.
Mr. L. w. Cooper, one of Whining
tons Well known Young Business
Men, Welded TO Miss Annie South
crland at KenansviIIe-Thcy Have
Gone to Charleston.

Mr.. l. w. Cooper, one of Whining
n we'll known young business men,
manager of the wholesale grocery es-
adjustment of Mr.. w. B. Cooper, was
married last evening at 6 o'clock at
k~enansville. to Miss Annie Souther-
land, a lovely young lady of that place,
laughter OF the late Mr.. John D. South
':rland. The marriage toe place at the
Presbyterian church, which was hand
somelv decorated for the occasion.
Messrs. Ed. F. Jones and John w.
freeman of this city. were anon Mr..
Cooner's attendants. and Misses Katie
ana Annie Kelly, of this city, were
among those who went up to the we'd
ding.
Mr. Cooper and his bride were driven
at once to Warsaw where they took
last nights train for Wilson whence
they left for Charleston to spend a few
days at the Interstate and West In
linn exposition. They will return to
Wilmington mex Monday and will
board at Mr.. Allison AldeTnan's. 213
North Second street.
The bride is q sister of Mrs. John J.
Kelly, of this city. Mr.. and Mrs.
Cooper have many trends here who
%ish them a long life full Of happiness.
rne couple were the recipients of many
handsome presents.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-20
THE FERN-wALCOTT FIGHT.
Stopped in Fifth Round to Preven,
Former Being Rocked Out.

Buffalo. New York December 49,
Rube Ferns. the weller weight cham
Eion. went down to defeat at the hands
of Joe Walcott. the Barbados black, in
five rounds in the arena of the Inter-
Club house at Fort Erie to-
night. Walcott battered down Ferns
with terrific body blows and right and
left swings to the head. To save Ferns
from being completely knocked out
referee E. H. Mcbride stopped the bout
and awarded the decision to Walcott.
In the fifth and last round Walcott
sent Ferns to the boards on two occa-
and Rube twice tool the count.
When he arose the second time he was
in weakened condition.
n fight while it lasted was the fast
est n %fiercest fought IN the new club
house. Ferns landed some terrific
blows on Walcott's stomach. but the
Poston fighter "a in the pink Of con
iltion and laughed at Ferns effort.
Ferns began to weaken in the third
round n his admirers saw the begin
ming Of the end. In the fourth round
|bo'h vent to h floor in a clinch and
IWslcott assisted Ferns to arise. Hardly
mad the two renewed hostilities before
Walcott almost sent RUDE through the
ropes. He crawled on his hands and
knees to the ropes and gained his feet
lie fought gamely and desperately
ltValcott went at him with vicious blows
t2nd a Ferns almost when referee
Mcbride interfered. The men met al
ll42 pounds n the bout was scheduled
FOR TWENTY rounds
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-20
TO REMOVE CONFEDERATE DEAD
To chmon Va, From Cemetery
at G~ermnntOwn.

WASHINGTON, December 1S.-The pres
ideDt received a call today from MIS-.
J. T. Halsey and Mrs. Ashby Blythe
president and secretary. respectively. OF
the General Dabney A. Maury chapter
Of the Daughters of the ~Confederacy Of
Philadelphia. They Came to Washing
roa to consult the president and sec
rotary of war regarding the removal to
RichmoI,d of the bodies of 124
confederate soldiers buried in the ceme-
terry at Germantown, Pa
The president and secretary OF war
10 not have authority to grant the re-
nluval, but nat Pritchard will in
t-oduce a Joint resolution IN congress
gran ing authority for the removal. The
bodies OF the unknown soldiers were
originally buried at Bristol. Tenn. but
were removed to Germantown.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-20
Especial TO the Messenrero

Raleigh, n. c., December 1S.-There
was a sensational move here today by
attorneys l. A Gilmore. of Chicago.
Bynum & Bynum and James II. Pou.
OF this state. in the case OF the noted
gold brick ~swindlers, Howard, Hawley
and Daley. Of Illinois. now in the peni-
tertiary here. The swindlers through
them applied to Judge Purnell, of the
federal court for a writ of habeas cor
pus, the petition alleging that they are
deprived of liberty n denied u
rights with other citizens of the United
states; that they were convicted of an
offence not covered by North Carolina
statutes or the common law, and also
in violation of the Fourteenth amend
ment to the United States constitution.
Judge Purnell, being satisfied from
prlma facie evidence hat he ought to
issue the writ, did so, making it re-
turnable before himself here December
18th. Whether he will release the
sWindlers is another thing. So good a
lawyer as he will hardly overrule a
state supreme court as TO the statutory
and common law not covering this case.
Attorneys for the swindlers made a
verbal application to Chief Justice
Furches. of the state supreme court for
a writ of error and a s~persedeas, but
While he was willing to grant the writ
he woul not grant the supersedeas.
SO the application was withdrawn.
The petition for habeas corpus is very
like that for a writ of error, but Of
course the state supreme court had
nothing to do with the federal question
raised as to the violation of the Four
teen amendment.
Judge Purnell in the United States
circuit court heard conclusion of the
argument in the case of Harvey Terry
against Thomas G.. skinner and his
agents, Moses r. White and j. c. Bag
ley, involving title to some 5000 acres
of land in Pasquotank. The case was
tried before a jury. The judge intimat-
ed an opinion in his charge and a pur-
pose to find all issues for Skinner. Terry
excepted and took a non-suit.
There was also argument by James
E. Shepherd and E. F. Aydlett in the
important East Coast Cedar Company
case, involving large tracts of timber,
motion being made to suppress deposit
tons taken before United States COM
missioner, on the ground hat the COM
missioner ruled upon questions of evil
dence to sustain exceptions n ruled
out testimony. The judge held that a
commissioner has no power in taking
dispositions to rule upon admiSSability
Of testimony, but must take down ques-
ions and answers and note exceptions
thereto. The motion to suppress was.
therefore allowed, but the parties are
allowed to proceed with the dispositions
and the commissioner is directed to fol-
low the rule.
The following executive rewards are
offered; fifty dollars each for the arrest
of Van Williams and Mitchell Monroe.
alleged murderers of Ed Andrews in
Baden county; 500 for the unknown
person or persons who waylaid and shot
r. D. Russell in Lenoir county; $3.50 for
the person or persons who broke into
the house of Mrs. James Flowe in Meek
lenburg county, robbed and assaulted
her.
News tonight is that the crisis in the
condition Of State superintendent loon
has passed.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-20

Ten Thousand Dollars BEING Added
to the Factory of the Fish
cries Company and u New OOO
Steamer is being Buiit-Schooner
Picke up by the Beatrice.

Captain j. F. Bussells, general mana
ager of the Atlantic Fisheries Compa-
ny, who returned on Monday from Bal
timore. came up yesterday from the
company's factory at Old Brunswick.
The work at the factory has closed for
the season and be tells US that the
season. though closing a month earlier
than usual on account of the unusually
severe and stormy fall, has been ex-
ceedingly satisfactory.
The company's steamer Beatrice,
which left here to go to Baltimore to
a a new boiler put in, made a val
liable pick up 80 miles off Hatteras. She
picked UP the abandoned two masted
schooner c. G. Cranmer, 400 tons. OF
Philadelphia. managed by n. Matthews.
She was bound from New York to Nor
folk and was caught in a gale and
blown east of the Gulf Stream. All
her sails were blown away and while
she was leaking badly and drifting, a
passing vessel took off her master.
Captain Peter Hansen, and his crew.
The Beatrice picked her up On Satur-
day. December the 7th, and towed her
into Ocracoke. The salvage for the
Beatrice is so per cent of the value of
the vessel but owing to some other
claims on the vessel her owners will
very likely allow the Atlantic Fisheries
Company to take the schooner and say
nothing, as the owners would get moth
ing out of her.
Captain Bussells tells us that while
the fishing season is over the
is charging its plant by the addition
of buildings n machinery to cost &c.
600. This will give the plant q total
value OF $50. 900. The company is also
having a new $40, 900 steamer built at
Baltimore. She will be Of 200 tons net
displacement and will hold 1000, 900 fish.
This will give the company a fleet OF
three steamers. and all together the out
fit here will stand the company in $685.
900.
The new steamer is to be called the
Atlantic. h is being built by the
Baltimore Railway Company, and her
machinery will be put in by Neffy &
Levy, of Philadelphia. The company's
other steamers, the Beatrice and
Clara Ellen will be thoroughly over
hauled for the next season, which
opens in February.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-20
HORRIBLE
A Child not Three Years Old Fell in
the Eire Face Downward and Burn
ed 70 Death Yestcrday-Its Mother
had Stepped out for a Few Minutes.

A horrible incident happened yester-
day morning to David Harper, the two
years and four months old son of Mr..
and Mrs. David Jamison, who reside at
SIG South Eighth street.
Mrs. JamisOn and the baby were the
only mes at home and about 1925 a. m.
she left the little boy in the room and
vent to a neighbOr'S house next door to
get q bucket of water. She returned
in a few minutes and a heart-rending
sight met her eyes. Her child had
fallen into the fire place and was lying
on it's face in a hot bed of Goals. Fran
tic with agony she rushed to the child
and dragged it out and raised it up in
her arms only to see it gasping in death.
The Mortified mother rushed to a neigh
Dor for assistance and some one was
sent to telephone for a doctor but it
was all to no purpose, as the little boy
only lived a few minutes. Its face.
neck, shoulders. arms and hands were
frightfulIy burned, and it's eyes were Ce-
strOyed by the red hot Goals. 1t is
presumed that the child tried to warn
itself n fell face forward into the
are
The unfortunate little one was buried
yesterday afternoon. The parents are
overwhelmed with grief and the mothe:
Is almost PROSTATE. There is the deep
est sympathy for them owe this terri
BILE loss of their child. Mr.. Jamison is
= hard working man and is employed
by the Wilmington Sewerage Company.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-20
INTERVENTION IN SOUTH AFRICA.
A German Newspapers Reasons Why
1T Should Come From America

Berlin. December ia curious ar
has appeared in the Kreuz Zietung.
which, although it cannot be called
a semi-official newspaper. some
times reflects government views
The article dwells OF the alleged prob
South Africa and remarks that Pres
|iIent Roosevelt is not In harmony with
tho bulk of public sentiment, n adds:
Americans must remember that in
l1ic3 the union would not have been pos
sible except through foreign interven-
ton. II there are far-seeing statesmen
I'm America it must be hoped that they
Isuon will see that they are under a high
moral obligation to intervene in South
E.frica and that they are strong enough
to do SO effectively"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-20

army. numbering owe rocco men en-
gaFCd In conquering q people struggling
for independence. We have seen our
highest court, apperetsly for setful that
this nation was established as n protest
againss the power Of one people to tax
permanently another people. declaring
congress exempt from the constitutional
limitation upon the great central power
OF taxation and thus opening the way
for autoCratic government and for the
exploitation OF subject peoples. We
have seen our permanent standing army
multiplied more than three fold and the
expenses OF our military establishments
approach that OF the most army ridden
nstions CT Europe. We have seen our
selves a a position. highly inconSist-
ent in point Of Justice with the Monroe
doctrine. when, demanding that the
governments o; the o~vercrowded east
ern continent snail keep their hands OF
from this hemisphere. we ourselves
with hundreds OF millions OF untitled
acres and vast untouched forests seize
at one stroke Il thousand islands In the
other hemisphere II four years ago a
writer OF bu-le<que opera had put these
NaiuSs in q play he would have stood
apart and alone In his profession as the
rcnsuminate creator OF impossible sltu-
atoms And vet these fantastic things
have within .i1tIe more than three yeats
been written III our history"
The debate was closed by Mr.. Daixell.
OF EenfsylvanIa. In n speech OF au hour.
He drew a parallel between the govern
nent OF the Louisiana territory Immedi-
ately after its acquisition and the gov
etnaient OF the Philippines TO show that
the latter was much less arbitrary ana
more desmetic than the former. He
commended to those on the other side
who are so jealous of the right of tho
little brown men, in the Philippines.
the protection Of the rights OF the black
men in the south. Those on the other
side detained about the'consent OF the
governed. while In some southern states
their friend were writing into organic
law methods for relieving themselves OF
the consent Of the governed.
Mr.. Dalzell tainted ths-ether side
with their utter inability ID present
anything as a substitute for the pend
ing bill. He said they desired TO make
their protest az Intellectual as possible.
Upon the conclusion OF Mr.. Dalzeli's
remarks Mr.. Richardson. the minority
leader. moved to recommit the bill with
the following Instructions.
ITO report a bill reducing the tariff
laws and internal revenue laws Dow In
force In other portions OF the United
States TO a revenue basis and to apply
the same TO all portions OF the United
States, including the Philippine Islands.
to be IN effect until order has been re-
stored there and the Filipinos per
mitted, with the aid OF the United
States, to establish a stable and irffe-
pendent government"
The motion To recommit was lost-lE
to IL. and the bill passed-l63 to LES
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-20
MURDERED AND ROBBED.
A Mysterious Disappearance Solved
by Finding the Dead Bay.

Salt Lake. Utah. December 1s.-The
body Of James B.. Hay. secretary of the
Pacific Lumber Company. was today
found buried in a shallow trench along
tie Rio Grande tracks near Sixth and
Thirteenth streets. Monday night Hay
called al the home Of Peter Mortensen
a contractor living at No 22lo Walnut
avenue and collected 3. sao which Mar-
lrnsen owed the Pacific Lumber COM
p:tny. n which late in the afternoon
Hav had refused to accept. not caring
to leave that o in the Office safe
1T night He gave q receipt to Aortsn-
sen for the money and left the latter'e
hoase with the remark that ne was GO
Eng 10 take the money TO Manage q.
f. Rompey Of the Lumber Co.ngany.
Since that time nothing had been beard
.: Hay until today when his BODY was
found The none was gore anG In the
back OF Hays hsad was a great Jagged
wound. -
Peter hcrtenser vas arrested this az
tcrnoon on suspicion OF being connected
NTH the murder. MOI enseE. e Il stat
ed. gave the police 1heir nrI Informa-
tim in regard TO the location of the
bofv- he denies all knoYtedge OF the
Crime
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-20

d urvey of Green Swamp not Half
Ffnished-The Swamp In Twenty
Miles Long and Nearly That Wide.
Panthers, Bears, Wild Cats, Coonx,
Possums and Aligafors.

Under an order of the superior court.
in the action brought by the New Jer-
sey and North Carolina Land Compa-
ny against Mr.. r.. W. Gibson, Of his
city. Captain L. D. Cherry, of Fender
county, and Mr.. p. II. Kornegay, OK
Duplin county, civil engineers, are
making a survey Of Green Swamp in
Brunswick county. They came in from
the survey and went up yesterday to
Burgaw as witnesses in the case OF
John w. Rowe against the Hilton Lum~
Der Company, of this city. The defen-
dant is suing 20 Gov damages in the
amount Of 5000 for cutting timber
by the plaintiff.
Captain Cherry and Mr.. Kornegay
Started the survey of the big swamp on
18th November more han a month ago,
and Captain Cherry says they nave
not half finished the job yet. He says
nearly that wide. The largest portion
Of it is IN unknow, almost impenetra-
BILE land. yet there are fertile islands
or highlands in it hat contain many
Inhabitants and fine farms where rice.
corn, potatoes n other products are
raised in ineXhauStible quantity. The
people on these swamp islands are
hardy woodsmen but they live off the
fiat of the land. One of the largest is
lands in the swamp is Robinson Crue-
soe," named for the a~dventurer in that
famous story. He says the people who
have settled and set up claims to large
lnnrfinnc Of tho 4 n 1s - Inyvn how'd
working men.
The larger portion of the great
Swamp is practically an unknown land
and no one can go into it without a
guide n then it might be worth a
mans life to make the attempt as there
is danger of getting lost or drowned.
Several large streams. among them
Juniper, Alligator and other creeks, have
their source in the swamp n flow into
lWaccamaw river. All the streams and
numerous lagoons are very deep and
some of them quite wide. They TEEN
with fish. There are thousands upon
thousands of acres of timber lands,
growing fine juniper, cypress, maple,
oak. pine, etc.
swamp it is ~uninhabitable and it Is the
undisputed home of panthers, bears,
wild cats. ra~ttlesnakes, coons 'possums,
Ialigators. deer, wild turkeys, etc.
The suit of the New Jersey and North
ICarolina Land Company involves the
Ownership of many thousands Of acres
lnf land. Captain Gibson claims by
purchase. 955 acres Of the timber lands
and is operating a big shing.e mill in the
iswamp. He is, however, one of the
few people interested, as the plaintiff
lay claim to all the possessions in sew
eral grants dating back to 1895. Among
these are the Benjamin Rowell grant OF
30 900 acres. the Stephen William grant
iof Al 040 acres the william Col ms grant
of 100, 900 acres. and others. All alto
Igether III, 900 acres or probably more
are involved in this suit.
The lawyers for the plaintiff in this
faction are Messrs. Meares and Ruark,
lof the Wilmington bar, and the defen-
ldants are represented by Messrs. Rus
sell & Gore. Bellamy G. Peschau, of this
city. and Major John D.. Kerr, of Clin-
ton.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-20
A LIGHT SNOWFALL
AZ Raleigh Yexterday-State Eate-
m~ologist TO ami Smiths Is
Iand-Funds for State Guard Com
ganics sent Out
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh, n. c.. December Is.

Raleigh, N. c.. December Is.
There was a light snowfall early this
mcrning. but net sufficient 10 whiten h e
ground. The cold weather continues.
Farmers are killing hogs. 1t Ia said the
number Of hogs in this section of the
state is not so large as usual
The paymaster general has sent out
the checks to all the companies OF the
state guard which passed the Inspection.
have made annual reports and have
properly insured the property In their
possession. There are some companies
which a not complied with these re-
quirements.
State entomologist Franklin Sherman
left today for Smiths island. at the
mouth of the Cape Fear river. partly
on business and partly on pleasure. He
wishes to examine tina strange spot,
one of the strangest In this county.
Curator Brimley, Z the It {. m scum.
left today for Charleston to aid secre-
tary Bruner in installing the agricul-
tural departments notably fne exhibit
at the exposition.
AS yet Governor Aycock has had no
reply from the exposition aUthoTities to
his request to De allowed to change
North Carolina week. from January
goth to April 7th.
The Interstate Association will have
Its next annual trap shoot at clay pig
Aons here next year.
There are four aspirants fer the ap-
pointment as solicitor to succeed wiley
Rush. Of Asheboro. who died Sunday.
This afternoon IN the First Presby-
terrain church here. Miss Josephine
Nitchall. Of this oity. and Claude c.
Barbee. or High Point. were married.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-20
MRS. ADA G.. DENNIS DYING.
No statement as to Her AnsaiIant
Obtained From Her.

Washington. December 1s.-Mrs. Ada
Gilbert Dennis. the modesto who was
assaulted in her apartments early on
Tuesday morning OF last week. is dying
four hours. She has been aroused sev-
'eral times in an effort to secure a state
|ment as to who her assailant was. but
she could give no rational response and
BIT is extremely unlikely that n salts
statement can be obtained. The
police are still without a clue as to the
identity of the person who committed
the crime
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-20

When thieves fall out, honest men
get their due" is an old adage that
Is verified in the second highway rob-
berry committed last week by the three
negroes who robbed Walter Gregg,
colored, on Saturday night and who
were no doubt the same PARTIES who
held up and robbed Mr.. p. II. Sears on
Friday night. When the robbers
t~ckled Gregg and got his ten dollars,
they had no idea thai he was a thief
AND knew them. Gregg caused the ar
rCsC Of two of the robbers, Clarence
Sanders n Willie Williams. and as
stated in The Messenger yesterday, he
Informed Chief of Police Furlong that
Saunders was a fugitive from justice
In South Carolina. Chief of Police Fur
long telegraphed to the chief of police
OF Florence. and sure enough. Saunders
was wanted in South Carolina
The Florence chief sent Deputy
Sheriff E. c. HarreIl to Wilmington
Monday night for Saunders, and yes
ttrday at the city hail when Gregg
came up to see that the robbers go
"Jestice," Deputy Harrell identified
MIN tGregg) as also a fugitive from
Justice in the Palmetto state. 1t was
ather hard luck for Gregg. but as there
MAS such q fine opportunity to return
10 our neighboring state her three un-
desirable "citizens." Mayor WaddeI
made the South Carolina officer a pres
ent of the two negroes-Saunder5 and
uregg. Saunders is wanted for several
crimes. running all the way from at
tempt to murder, to larceny and house
breaking, and Gregg vas wanted for
Stealing. Deputy Harrell, without get
ting a requisition, took his prisoners
back with hin to Florence on asst af-
ternoon's train.
AS it would have been hard to con-
vict Williams on the testimony of
Gregg, he was discharged. He will
Erobably take this opportunity of hunt
ing other fields, so the gang of high
oyTne have come to grief early.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-20
IRISH OFFICIALS SENTENCED
To imprisonment for Making Intimf-
dating Speeches.

Castelar,. Ireland. December 1S.-The
hearing Of the charges of holding meet
ings and delivering intimidating speech
es in defiance of the police. brought
against Conor O'Kelly, NJ. P. chairman
of the Mayo county, council and several
other officials of Mayo county. was con-
cluded today. MI. O'Kelly was SEN
fenced to two months imprisonment.
end four OTTER def n7ants were s%entenc-
ed to terms Of imprisonment, ranging
from a fortnight to a month. All the
sentences imposed were without hard
labor.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-20

The Kentuck court OF appeals rules
that a telegraph company az a COM
mon carrier cannot be indicted for or
re~t-ained from furnishing Information
concerning races to pool rooms.
On the night OF December 10th. on
Cape Lockout. Lecaard Grenr. q sailor
cn the sehooner Francis c.. Tunnel. var
Washed overheard and crowned. The
wind was blowing q hurricane.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-20
ES!

Highest cash price paid for butt
measure JUNIPER POLES, for imme-
date shipment.
write, stating price loaded on cars.
and give quantity available of follow
ing sizes:
25 TT. 81 in. circumference 6 IT from
butt.
80 It. 81 inches circumference s It
from butt.
MONEY TALKS. NO NOTES. NO
DELAY.
Address
M. b. EGGLESTON,
Care Messenger Office.
de IL sd s. s-w