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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-22
THROUGH THE RECENT DISTURBANCES
IN CHINA.
THE IMMENSE AMERICAN TRADE
Ia Northern China, Which was the
Seat OF Boxer Tronble, Entirely De-
stroyed-This Section was Americans
Chief Field of Commerce-The Great
est Loss was to the Cotton Goods
%Business-Reports OF Our Con.uls on
the Subject.

Washington, March 19.-The state
department has received from United
States Consuls Fowler, at Chefoo, and
Ragsdale, at Tien Tsin. reports intend
ed to show the effect of the Boxer
troubles in north China upon United
States trade, with particular regard to
what Americans lost in America
through the outbreak, rather than in
hin
A resume of trade returns in north
mir entire, comparing the quarter
ended June Both last with that ended
September Goth, shows an almost COM
plete humiliation of the American i'm
port trade, and, in Consul Fowler's
language, gives a good idea of what a
mob in China can do in interfering
with trade"
The greatest loss vas felt in cotton
piece goods, and the cessation of this
class of imports, says the consul. must
have been most keenly felt in the
southern states. Probably no country
in the world, Consul Fowler states, suf-
fered as much as did the United States,
for the scene of strife covered practi-
cally the entire American field of trade.
In compiling n statistics, the
are indicated by gallons,
pieces, or set out in Chinese money, so
that an of the total actual
value of the losses sustained is not cas-
lily available, but the comparative ia
bleS indicating the greatest increase in
our trade with China ever known at
the beginning of 1900, and setting forth
the most serious losses to it at the end
Of the year, are sufficiently impressive
to serve the purpose.
At ChefOo, which, compared with the
Immediate northern ports, was peace
full, there were more riots and tumultS
than were ever known before, and the
various American mission losses prob
ably Will total $3.50, 900 in gold. after
une 18th the imports at ChefOO ceased,
all commercial transactions being abb
soIutely nil.
The effect of the Boxer movement is
shown to have been felt much earlier
and more seriously at Tien Tsin than
at ChefOO. Ships loaded with Oregon
lumber reached Taku and were unable
to land their cargOes, thus entailing an
enormous loss upon the American lum-
Der trade.
At Niu Chwang, where was less fight
ing than Tien Tsin, the trade was almost
completely wiped out. The only foreign
power that interferred there, it is stat
ed, was Russia, that government seiz-
ing the port as early as August 4th. On
August 18th it had control of the GUS
tom house.
The total collection of duties for all
China during the quarter ended Sep
tember 30th. showed a loss of p
1881 haikwan taels, as compared with
the same period of 1899. The figures
submitted. Consul Fowler points out,
do not fully show American losses. for
immense quantities of merchandise
were held up in the various ports, and
which must be worked off before impor-
tations can begin. The losses to the
cotton trade alone are estimated ct
over s.. GOO. 900.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-22
Discharged for Giving False News

Mobile, Ala. March 19.-The story Of
the burning of sixty negroes at a tur-
pentine camp in Baldwin county. sent
put from Mobile on March 15tn. being
wholly an invention and Of possible
damage to this part of the country, the
Mobile chamber Of m requested
the name of the inventor of the sensa-
ton of a newspaper in the north which
published the item The paper gave
the name of a Mobile newspaper nan
adding that he was not a regular cor
respondent and that he had been order
ed never to ser another line to the
northern paper. The information OBJ
tanned by the chamber of commerce
was today laid before the Mobile news
paper employing the man in question.
together with the chambers condem-
nation of reports Of such character
and the writer of the t~urpentine camp
fire story ~thereupon resigned from the
paper with which he was connected.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-22

scannel1 Anxious for the Race ON Al
most Any Terms.

New York. March 1s.-John J.. Scan
nell, the owner Of The Abbott. said to-
day that he had authorised his nan
ager to make ARRANGEMENTS with
Thomas W. Lawson. of Boston. to
match Lawson's horse Boralma with
The Abbott. Mr.. ScanneIi sale that his
manager had been authorized TO make
terms satisfactory to both parties
far as he could. but & make the race.
Mr.. Scannen said he still thought the
receipts paid By tie public to see the
race should go to some charity or char
tiles. that one-haif at least should go
to New York and not all to anyone city.
AIR. Lawson said that he would guar
entee ther receipts to be t25.oo0 and Mr..
camel said he would raise hat $s5.-
vo more II Mr.. Lawson would acceis
10 ms terms about the charity requests.
Mr.. anne said that the race could
either De for $4,000 or SO. 600 a side.
Boston, Mass, March is.-Boraima
and The Abbott have been matched 20
race for a purse OF $50. eoe. :he race TO
take place at Rsadviile next September.
The owners OF both horses will each
post $1,000 tomorrow at IL O'Clock at a
meeting to be held in New York. Tn.
papers binding the match will be
drawn up at that meeting.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-22
A DRAMA IN REAL LIFE
Meeting of an Aged Couple After years
desperation and the Supposed Death
of the Husband, at the wffe's Death
bed.

Detroit, Mich, March IA special
to The Free Press from Grand Rapids
says:
Within the past ten days in the beau
tiful country home of Charles P. Linn
bert, a prominent member of society
and business circles, a drama has been
enacted, that in a novel would be dis
credited as bordering on the impossi-
BILE.
1t has been generally accepted for the
past quarter of a century that Mrs.
Limbert, the aged mother of Charles
Limbert, was a widow. Recently the
aged lady was stricken with paralysis
and about two weeks ago., while very
low she began to call for her husband,
asking to see him but a few minutes.
All attempts to SOOth her were in vain.
One week ago., an aged stranger
drove up to the house n asked Miss
Limbert, who is the constant compan-
ion of her invalid mother, if he might
see Mrs. Limbert. Miss Limbert re-
fused on account of her mothers ILL
ness.
Are you Clara" asked the old gen.
tleman.
Yes" was the answer
Il am your father" he said, with a
Sob. and he was ushered in when Miss
Limbert had from the first
shock.
The old man was greatly agitated
and sank in a faint into a chair, but
revived, and, after consultation with
the doctors, was permitted to see his
wife. The recognition was instantane-
Gus and as the two embraced, the
household hdr
The door was shortly showed open,
and, ashy white, the father staggered
into the hall and sought the arms of
h nurse as props He rallied during
the afternoon, but in the evening when
he witnessed his wife'S suffering again
he collapsed and was carried to a bed
in a Semi-uncOnSciOuS condition. Lat
er he became totally unconscious and
never revived.
Friday he died and Saturday, with
the greatest secrecy, he was buried in
a country cemetery nearly ten miles
out of own There was no coffin used,
but the children insisted on reviving an
old Indian idea of wrapping the body
in rich linen and rolling it in a beauti-
full shawl and then resting it upon a
frame with handles.
Before he was gone the venerable
man said he was a ranch owner with
property in Colorado, and on his per-
son was found a large amount of cur
cency and some valuable papers.
The funeral was conducted so quiet
Iy hat the mother still believes the
father lives and is in the room opposite
her own, i'll. 1t is feared that she will
not survive if the news of the death is
communicated to her.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-22
wALDERSEE'S MEDIATION
Between the British and Russians at
Tien TSip.

Berlin, March 19.-As bearing upon
the nature of Count o Waldersee's
relations to the mutually hostile atti-
Jude of the Russian and British troops
at Tien Tsin, the semi-official Berliner
Post published the following inspired
article:
1.-The expression intervene might
cause a misunderstanding; but as a
possibility of serious collision existed,
which would have inspired the Chinese
with an undesirable idea as to the
unity of the powers, Count von Valdez
see mediated. He insisted in the first
place, that the litigiouS parties should
withdraw their troops from the con-
tested ground.
Count Won Waldersee's action, howev-
er, was merely dictated by military
reasons and undertaken in a military
sense to prevent an exhibition of dis
creditable discord; and it has nothing
whatever to do with the settlement Of
the disputed questions. which lies out
side of Count Won Waldersee's sphere
Of competence"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-22
A SERIOUS OBSTACLE IN REACHING A
SETTLEMENT.
NATIONS ENORMOUS DEMANDS.
The Claim OF Each One to Settle It's
Own Indemnity Demands and Each
Nation Trying to Secure as Much as
she Others Likely to Prevent Any
Settlement-Mr. RockhfIl's Gloomy
Element OF AnRlo-Russian Dispute.

Washington. March I9.-It is feared
specting indemnities may fail, owing to
the greed of individual nations. Mr..
Rockhill, our special commissioner,
who has been in close communication
by cable with the state department,
has nothing but discouraging reports to
make of this important branch of the
negotiations. 1t appears that the min
listers cannot agree upon any uniform
basis of indemnity. some of the pow
ers demanding enormous sums.
In o cases the powers contend
for the right of fixing their own in
IDENTITIES. The result is tina each
power, in order not to be outdone,
fixes the total of its claims at an enor-
nous figure, far beyond anything
known to the history of indemnity
collections. When the point is made
that the sum total of these national
claims is far beyond the ability OF
China to pay, some of the nations re-
ply by protesting a Willingness to scale
down their claims as 10 as h fact
of China's inability is manifested.
However, as anOther precautlon, the
same nations promptly adjust their
claims so hat the scaling down pro-
cess if applied. ould still leave them
with a total indemnity claim at least
equal to that of any other nations.
The difficulty encountered in passing
this point in the negotiations is at
tracing much more of the attention OF
the officials here than the threatened
collision between the allies at Tien Tsin
--hS1b Nv tho ~ hoe Al for NOT haQn
the subject of a report to the state de-
partment from Mr.. Rockhill, though
there is reason to believe that some Of
the ambassadors here have made it the
basis of unofficial conferences with the
secretary Of state.
London. March 19.-Some of h AFT
ternoon papers say the Tien Tsin diff
Guilty has been arranged. The misun-
Outstanding was due 10 the Chinese
granting the same concession to two
nations.
The arrangement enables Great Brit
ain to proceed with the construction OF
the railroad siding, but if Russia's con-
cession proves to be earlier than that
of Great Britain the latter is to ack-
nowledge the claims of Russia. The
foreign office, however. has no infor-
nation tending to confirm the an
nouncementS of an arrangement haV-
ing been made, and h officials are
rather inclined to doubt that such an
arrangement has been arrived at. They
say the original concession was given
up by Russia.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-22
DUB CoNsULsIN SOUTH AFRICA
Their Attitude Toward the New
Rulers of the Republics.

Washington, March 19.-The status
of the T~ransvaaI and Orange Free
State in the eye of the government of
the United States probably will be for
the first time fixed when a consul gen.
eraI IS sent out to Pretoria to succeed
AdeIbert Hay. who has just returned
to Washington. on leave of absence,
but without the purpose to so back to
Pretoria. 1t is aid that, so far, there
has been absolutely no official declara-
ton on that point.
It is further stated that when the
United states annexed Porto Rico, the
state department sent no notices to any
of the powers; they were supposed 20
take note themselves of the president $
proclamation and the acts of congress.
The old consuls retained their Original
exequaturs issued by the Spanish gov
eminent, these being recognized by the
United States military authorities as
sufficient for the purpose The status
of our ~consuls in South Africa is pre-
ciseIy the same; they hold their old
exequaturS and these are by
the British military authorities as Suf-
fcient; but in the case of Porto Rico.
a consul r~etires, his govern
ment makes application for an eXeQua-
tur directly To the United States au-
thoTities. il being the rule to recognize
the facto administration in this man
ner. and it is presumed that when Z
change is made in our consulaT repre-
sertations in South Africa the appii-
cation for an exequatur will be made
to whatever authority happens for the
moment to be in de facto possession Cl
the place to which the consul is accreu-
rod
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-22
D~ESERTIONS
OF Sailors o American Warships
stationed at Norfolk.

Norfolk, Va, March 19.-More whole
sale desertions from the ships at the
navy yard are reported. The men VINO
deserted from the Topeka have been
apprehended and will be tried by sum-
mary court-martial. Meantime, many
of the apprentices and seamen aboard
the cruiser Dixie have ESCAPED from the
shin. An interesting fact in connec-
ton with these assertions is that the
men are all of the class or inland lads
and lake sailors. The report that a
heavy draft of the men from n DIXIE
were to be sent to the Asiatic station Is
the probable cause of the assertions
that have taken place of late. 1t Is
stated that the total number OF de-
serters from ship will not exceed
~eighty-one. OF these siXty-une are
1andsmep under instruction and the
rest are sailors of the ships crew. Ihey
are all expected to return ito the DIXIE.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-22
GENERAL HARRIsoN's WILL
Filed for Probate-Most OF the Estate
Goes to His Widow

Indianapolis. March ls.-The will Of
General Harrison was filed for probate
today. He bequeaths to the Union
Trust Company. as trustees. sl25. 900 TO
be invested. the interest to be paid to
his wife during the term OF her life.
To his wife he also leaves $50 600: to his
daughter Eliztbeth $10,o 900. to be paid
To his wife as trustee. He leaves &c.
600 to be invested for his grandson,
Benjamin Harrison Mckee To each
of his grand children. May Lodge Nc
kee, Martthena Harrison and William
Henry Harrison, he leaves the sum of
81. 500.
Item sixteen OF the will reads as fol-
lows:
If another child should be born to
me of my present marriage / give and
bequeath 10 such child the sum OF &c.
600. If a boy shall be born TO me he
shaH bear my name. and my sword and
sash shall be given to him instead Of
to my son Russell"
Russell Harrison's debts 10 his father
are RENTED. The residuary estate is
equally divided among the children Of
Russell Harrison and General Harri-
sons two
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-22
The Kings Anti-Popery Oath.

London. March I9.-In the house OF
lords today Lord Salisbury, referring
TO the question raised by the mo pop
cry OATH" taken by the king. said he
must regret very much that language
Of such indecent violence had ever been
placed in the Kings anti-Roman Cath
Ollie oath. but IL IL were modified or re-
pealed. a great many people. perfectly
sincere, though not very wise, would
say hat such action meant supporting
transubstantiation. He proposed in be-
half of the government that a commit
tee be appointed to consider the declar-
alton required Of the sovereign on his
accession and whether it's language
could be modified advantageously with
out diminishing its efficiency as securi-
ty for the maintenance Of the Protes-
tant succession The matter viii be
considered Thursday.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-22
PEACE TERMS REJECTED
General Botha efuse to Surrender on
General Kitchener'S Terms.

London. March 19.-Joseph Chamber
lain. the colonial secretary, today in
formed the house of commons that
General Botha las rejected the peace
terms offered him.
General Botha. Mr.. Chamberlain said,
had conveyed the formation in a !et-
ter to General Kitchener, in which he
announced that he was not disposed to
recommend the terms of peace General
Kitchener was instructed to offer him
to the earnest consideration of his gov
eminent. General Botha added that his
government and its chief officer entire
ly agreed with his view.
Mr.. Chamberlain added: Il propose
to lay the papers connected with the
negotiations on the table tonight
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-22
The CIoakmakers to Strike.

New York, March 19.-The Times will
say tomorrow:
Notwithstanding the fact that the
Brotherhood of Cloakmakers passed a
resolution last spring to the effect that
there will be no strikes for a year. IL
was said Yesterday that a general
strike, involving from 10000 to LOCO
cloakmakers is pending. Tint executive
committee of the union stated yester-
day that the manufacturers 0 ad-
vantage of the anti-strike resolution
and, believing the cloakmakers would
not strike. have been cutting down
prices. Several small strikes took place
without the authority of the union and
more cutting of prices followed Final
" the executive committee decided 10
ignore the anti-strike resolution IL the
schedules OF wages which are now be-
ing prepared for the late spring n
summer trade is refused by the en-
ployers and the scale Will be enforced
by the first general strike Of cloak
makers in case. as is expected. it Is
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-22
GREAT ALARM IN ST. PETERSBURG
Gear Removes from the City-Riots OF
Unusually Alarming Character.

ST. Petersburg, March 1s.-Alarm
pervades high circles here. The police
have notified house owners to have
their dvorniks. OF house police, report
for duty, and hold themselves in CON-
slant readiness. A sotnia or
or Cossacks passed the Moscow gate
this morning on the way to Tsarskoe-
Selo, seventeen miles south of St. Pc
tersburg, where the car has lust re-
moved to- The police said they would
escort the car back to the. winter pal
ace and that he would retA n by car
rage instead Of by rail. Z appears
more probable, however, that the Cos
SACKS were merely sent to Tsarsckoe-
Selo as a precaution, since his majesty
here.
1t IS apparently confirmed thai three
student were killed yesterday. The
Cossacks rode into the crowds on the
sidewalk and many faces were cut
open oy their knctted whips. Students
and workingmen threw rubber shoes.
canes n snow balls at the Cossacks.
IL is reported hat one Cossack was
killed.
An official Of the political police said
i'ooO prisoners were taken, among them
ooN oiiiC SluocUlS. 1HG pres
ence or w~orkingmen among the rioters
rendered this demonstration more dan
gerous than any known in a genera
ton.
After reading the manifesto the stu
dents threw their crumpled copies into
the crowd and raised a flag inscribed
For Liberty" The students also shout
ed Help us get our rights and the
mob responded with cheers.
Serious riots occurred in St. Peters
burg today on the occasion of a solemn
mass in the cathedral of our lady of
kasan for the repose of the soul of NJ.
Bogollepof, the minister of public in
struction, who vas shot and fatally
by Karpovich. The police
hred their revolvers and it is rumored
that five students were killed and
eighty others either seriously or slight
ly injured. Wholesale arrests includ-
ing many women followed the rioting.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-22
AKentucky Election Fight

Lexington, KY, March 19.-The de-
tails Of the election fight at Caney pre-
cinct in Morgan county on last Satur-
day in which ten men We're wounded,
three of them fatally. reached here to-
night via West Liberty. where some of
the men appeared for examining trial
today. The trial was postponed on &C
count of the danger of renewing the
battle. The fight was between h fac
lions of Logan Elan and Bud Allen.
The Aliens were hacked by h Lyk-
ings brothers and the Elams by John
Sebastian and Jim SimnSon. There
were nearly $50 shots fired. John Elam
win die and Will Allen and John Sc
bastian are believed to be beyond re-
covery.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-22
Slavery In German Colonies.

Berlin, March 19.-After u long de-
bate. the house rejected the proposal
of Herr BebeI. the Socialist leader. for
a dill whereby children born OF house
slaves in German colonial territory
should be free.
The house accepted a proposal "f
Herr Groeber, centrist. and Count Won
Oriela, national liberal. that the reich
stag should consider the relations be-
tween masters and slaves. with the
view of preparing for the liberation OF
the latter.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-22
Delay in Appointing Army Omcers

Washington, March 19.-ft was stated
at the war department today that the
appointments to be made to fill the va
cancies in the new army, both STAFF and
line. except in the case of general Of
fcers and colonies OF the line. will not
be published before the end of May.
This course has been decided upon as
the one best calculated to leave the
president free UP 10 the last moment 70
exercise his discretion in -rearranging
the list. 1t is known that the staff Sc
lectfons rave nearly all been made, but
they are held back with the others
from publication
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-22
The Dividend Passed

Chicago. March I9.-The directors of
the American Strawboard Company to-
day passed the regular quarterly divi-
dend of / per cent. President B. +.
Newcombe said hat the necessary
money had been earned, but. owing to
the almost total failure OF the straw
crop in Ohio and Indiana, about $500
900 had been used in getting a supply
Of straw from a distance at greatly in
creased cost. In addition TO this extra
outlay s75, 900 had been paid since Jan
uary 1st, on the bonded debt.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-22
ASI5O.OOo Fire I'm baltimore

Baltimore, March 19.-Fire which was
discovered shortly before s o'clock to-
night in the leather and harness fac
tory Of the StratZman Milliken Com
pany, Nos. 215 and 2l7 west Pratt street.
n which spread TO the adjoining
building, No. 219. occupied by Ferris
Noeth-Stern Company, bakers Sup
plies and Steppacher & Stern, shirt
manufacturers, caused a total damage
estimated at between $50, 600 and s175.-
900. The origin of the fire is unknown.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-22
Engineer and Fireman Killed

Columbus. Ca, March ia freight
train on the Columbus and Rome
branch of the Central railroad was
wrecked on a trestle today nea Chip
ley. Ga. Engineer w. A. Wright and
Fireman Joseph Key. both Of this place.
were killed Three brakemen were in
jured.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-22
More Bubonic Plague at Cape Town

More Bubon1c Plague at Cape IoWH
Cape Town. March 19.-Fivr fresh
cases of bubonic plague, three Euro
pean and two colored were ohlc1ally
reported in Cape Town today.
A steamer from Cape Town has ar
rived at Durham. Natal. with a case OF
the plague on board.