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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-21
GENERAL CABLES, <URRENDEn
To be Accomplished this week-Sharr
Skirmishes with Insurgents

Manila, June I7.-General Summer
has returned here from Santa Cruz
province. where he had been negotiat-
ing for h surrender OF General Cables.
He confirms the dispatch Of the Asso-
ciated Press OF Sunday, June 10th, an
nouncing that the preliminaries Of the
surrender OF the insurgent leader have
been arranged. Cables is collecting his
scattered troops. OF these. 147 viii sur
render Wednesday and the rest will
give themselves up next Monday.
Colonies Guerrva, (Guirva?) and In
fante, h representatives of Cables.
assured General Sumner that Cables is
acting in good faith. Infante was pre-
viously an irreconcilable, and, though
he IA the las to adv Use surrender. he
told Genera Summer of his determina-
ton to bring in every gun.
There have been several sharp Skin
mishes in Bohol since the departure
of the Forty-fourth regiment. The
conditions in Ceb are still backward.
1t is officially reported that insurgent
bands with American deserters are go
ing to Mindoro.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-21
Shipyard Men Laid On

Newport News, Va, June 17.-Twelve
hundred men from the various depart
ments were laid off at the plant of the
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry
dock Company today and as many more
will be laid off tomorrow, If the strik-
ing machinists do not return to work.
The management will retain only
enough men to handle repair work, no
tably the North German Lloyd Liner
Main, which is being rebuilt. The ma
chinists show no disposition to return
to work, only two or three responding
this morning when the yard opened.
The departments chiefly affected today
are those OF the boilermakers, black
smiths. carpenters and joiners and ship
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-21
Show Down
ACe, King, Queen, Jack, Ten-SpoD
This Tobacco is
an Extra Good Chew

You will like its flavor. Tags are val
liable. (See premium list).
The following are a few OF the mer-
chants handling same. viz:
J. H. BOESCH, sol N. Fourth ST.
w. a. WALKER, cor. 4th & Harnett.
CHAS. SCHULKEN. 1902 y. 4th st.
GIESCHEN BROS, cor Front and
Red Cross SITS.
J. P. MONTGOMERY, 3rd and Castle.
F. A MONTGOMERY. End & Castle.
J. c. WALTON. 7th and Castle SITS.
j. D. SWITZERLAND & CO, corne
18th and Castle SITS.
l.. D. CAPPS & BRO, s02 Castle St
O.. w. GREEN. GA Castle st.
J. H. BORNEMANN, 7th & Ann SITS.
c. d. GORE. 9th and Orange SITS.
ELIJAH WALTON, 18th & Market.
b. H. ]. AHRENS. eth & Market SITS.
j. F. BENTON log y. 10th st.
HUMPHREY & AMAN. cor 9Th and
Chestnut SITS.
b. c. MOORE. s01 y. Fourth st.
GEO. SCHNIBBEN, 7th & Nixon SITS
MARTIN RATHJEN. cor 9Th and
Swami SITS.
B. j. KUHLKEN. 9Th and Brunswick
MARTIN SCHIBBEN, 9Th & Red
Cross SITS.
]. Q. HERRING. s14 y. Fourth st.
PAUL CAASE. Wrightsville.
MARTIN O'BRIEN.
c. p. 3. MAILER 4th &Red Cross.
THOMAS & CO. 225 n. Fourth st.
G. L. SPENCER. 4th and Bladen SITS.
GEO. H. HEYER. 4th and Brunswick
j. II. BRUNJES. 4th and Harnett SITS
(, ZOO free samples will be given u
Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday OF
next week.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-21
Deserted from the Army In Cuba

Among the passengers which were
brought % the city this morning at 12:45
O'Clock from the Carolina Centrars
~water-bound train at Cronly, was
Corporal James Hardman. of the gen.
eral service, United States army. He
was from Charlotte and was in charge
of a deserter-Luther A. Fink, of Com
pany E, Tenth U. s. Infantry. He car
ried his prisoner to the city hall where
he was locked in the station house for
the night.
Fink deserted from the army in Cuba
October Is, 1900, and Corporal Hard
man was under orders to deliver him to
the commanding officer at Fort Cas-
well. He will take the deserter down
on the steamer Wilmington this morn
ing.
BY the way. Corporal Hardman's or
ders were signed z. B. Vance, cap
tain, Eleventh Infantry, U. s. A" The
caytain is recruiting officer at Char
lotte, and is a son Of the lamented
Senotor Zebulon b. Vance
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Dividing up the Railway Interests

uP Ch0 shA ""y
New York. June 1.-THE CONNER
cial Advertiser Jays:
"The acquisition by the Union Pacific
interests of a dominating influence in
the Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
railroad is incidental to a f~ar-reaching
arrangement between powerful finan-
cial interests by which the control of
all the important western railroads is
to be so concentrated as to insure per-
manent harmony in traffic and rate
matters.
~. Pierpont Morgan. E. H Harri-
man, George j. Gould. the Rockefellers
soon control the entire western railroad
situation. Each interest will take in
charge a group of railroads and a COM
munity of interest will embrace all Of
the roads"
Chicago, June 1.-THE Tribune will
say tomorrow:
"All the roads in the middle west and
northwest, in which E. H. Harrigan,
J. P. Morgan, the Vanderbilts and J. J.
Hill are interested. hereafter will be
practically under one management. ].
G. Stubs, now third vice president of
the Southern Pacific, will be the traffic
expert. or manager for the Hartman
group of roads. while Darius Miller,
second vice president of the Great
Northern will occupy a similar posi-
ton for the Hill roads. Both will have
offices in Chicago and will act in con-
junction.
Mr.. Stubs and Mr.. Miller will act
in unison on all tran~s-continental and
competitive traffic matters. The MAX
ing of rates will be in their hands and
it will be their duty to see to it that
rates are firmly maintained Their
headquarters, it is said. will be in
Chicago and the traffic affairs of this
vast railroad combine will be directed
from this city,
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BIG COAL MINE DEAL
All the Plants In Paramount, w. Va,
District Consolidated

All the Plants In Paramount, w. Va,
District Consolidated
Fairmont, w. Va, June 1.-THE larg-
est coal deal ever consummated in this
state was closed today, the Watson
coal operators having practically secur-
ed control of the entire Fairmont re-
gion. A new company with $12, 00O, 900
capital has been orgaized and is known
as the Fairmont Coal Company. The
Watsons have associated with them
several New York Capitalists, but they
will retain the controlling interest.
The mines absorbed in this deal COM
prise practically every mine in this
district. a total of thirty-seven plants.
The annual output will be owe $780,
600 net tons of coal. Over 1000 men
are on the monthly pay rool The new
company absorbs $500 individual cars
which were owned by the Fairmont
Coal Mining Company, which company
has been the selling agency for all the
operators in this region. The Fair
mont Coal Company will come into pos
session of the above July LIST.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-21
Porto Rfcan Politics

San Juan, June 17.-At a mass meet
ing Of the federal party held Sunday
Francisco Acuna was elected party
leader to succeed Munoz Rivera.
AS a first step toward establishing
harmonious relations between the fed
eral party and the American authori-
ties, a committee composed of Senores
Acuna, Santiago Palmer and Diaz Ma
varro paid their respects to Governor
Allen today and offered him their CO.
operation in whatever measure would
advance the best interests of Porto
Rico. Yesterdays mass meeting was
held in secret. 1t vas understood dur
ing its session that the federal party
had resolved to support the govern
ment.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-21
Mormons to Settle in Mexico

Mexico City, June IA Mormon
agent, James NJ. Cannon, is here for
the purpose Of securing from the gov
eminent a concession for settling 1000
Mormon families in Sonora on the lands
from which Yaqui Indians have been
driven. Mr.. Cannon says:
IF the concession is obtained a COM
mand will be sent at once into the
Yaqui territory by the Mormon church
for h purpose of ascertaining h at
titude of the Indians. and, if peaceful,
a contract will be made and lands pur-
chased from the Yaquis.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-21
wEYLERISM IN TR ANSVA Al
Forty Thousand Persons I'm C~oncentra-
ton Camps-women and Children
Diving.

London, June 17.-Replying TO ques-
tons in the house of commons today
MI. Brodrick, the war secretary, said
there were 40.229 persons in the concen-
tration camps of the Transvaal and
Orange river colony. The deaths in
these camps for the month of May
numbered SO men and women and SIS
children. The announcement of the
mortality was received with groans
from the Irish members and cries Of
"scandalous."
Mr.. Brodrick added that the author
tiles were arranging for the release Of
the women and children who had
friends to receive them. but the gov
eminent could not undertake to feed
them in isolated positions.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-21
JACKsoN,s LAST
Written TO General Lee Before Battle
of Chancellorsville, Found

Hagerstown, Nd, June 17.-Mrs.
Jacob Dellinger found among some old
papers in a run at her home. near
Williamsport this county a copy of the
last dispatched written by Stonewall
Jaskson to General Lee before the bat
tie of Charlottesville. The dispatch is
dated May End, 1863, at 3 o'clock p. m.
and states that h enemy "a made a
stand at Charlottesville and express
es the belief that a kind Providence
will bless us with success" The dis
patch is signed ct. j. Jackson"
1t is supposed that the paper was left
at Mr.. Dellinger's house, which was oc-
cupied as a hospital during the war, by
a confederate soldier.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-21
Odell for President

New York, June 1.-THE Journal and
Advertiser will say tomorrow:
1T seem to me that Governor O'Dell
will be reelected and that he will later
be president"
This was Senator Thomas G. Platt's
reply to a question put to him yester-
day by a Journal reported as to wheth-
er Governor O'dell is likely to succeed
him in the senate two years hence.
ut las been reported that you may
resign from the senate ere your term
expires?"
Il have no such intention. The only
fact is that I propose to retire when
my term ends in 1903. The reports that
/ as in ill-health are unfounded."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-21

The Fulton county (Ga.) grand jury
has returned three presentments
against w. A. Matthews, former pres
ident Of the Piedmont Loan and Bank
ing Company, a small concern which
e into the hands Of a receiver June
LIST.
The ways and means committee Of
the Richmond (Va-) lodge, No. 45. 3. P.
o. Elks. has determined to withdraw
the invitation extended to the Grand
Lodge, to meet there in 1902. and an
nounce hat Richmond would be in the
field for 1903.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-21
Railway Trackmen to Strike

Montreal. June 17.-Offcials of the
Trackmen's Union announce thai be-
tween 5000 and $500 of the Canadian
Pacific Railway Company's trackmen
struck today for an increase of wages.
S1.15 a day n want an increase of
from 10 to 20 cents a day. according to
locality. They claim that while the
Canadian Pacific pretended to increase
their wages 5 cents a day. they really
had decreased them through cutting
down track walking, so that the COM
pany, with the apparent increase, still
had the better of the trackmen by 271a
cents a week. The company claims
that the men are as we'll paid as on any
other road.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-21

Mr.. w. s wheden, Cashier Of the
First National Bank of Winterset,
Iowa., in a recent letter gives some eX-
p%erience with a carpenter in his en-
ploy, that will be Of value to other me-
chanics. He says: 81 had a carpenter
working for me who was obliged to stop
work for several days on account OF
being troubled with diarrhoea. 1 men
toned to him that I had been similar
~ troubled and that Chamberlaln's
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
had cured be. He bought a bottle OF 1t
from h druggist here and Informed
me that one dose cured him, and he is
again at his work" For sale by r. r.
Bellamy druggist.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-21
Cotton Mill to Close

Kearney. Neb., June lit has been
decided by the owners to close the
Kearney cotton mill. Fol some time
past the market has been dull, and the
nil has been operated at a loss. h
Kearney mill was a direct shipper Of
special grades of cotton goods to China.
Eastern investors hoi1 mortgage bonds
for $50, 900 borrowed to use as a work.
ing capital. The mortgage is in the
progress of foreclosure n a decree IS
expected within thirty days.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-21
c.mn, Of Courr I'm the Pulpit

Denver, Col, June 17.-Judge z; Il
palmer of the distict court today clteo
pew w. H. TaImage, state superlnten-
dent of the a~nti-saloon league; Rev. Nj.
A Rador. pastor OF Grace NJ. E. cnurch,
and ". D. Wynkoor. secretary OF tne
local Christian Endeavor Soclety, 70 apr
Soor in his court tomorrow to answer
- tbe charge of contempt The clta-
ION is based on certain tatements
snoda in Ta1yer pulrits and elsewhere
na~ardinp The action of the court In
cesas involving the rights OF saloon
Eeeners to sell liquor to Women anu
restaurants to serve hquor gu
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-21
plant system Machinists to Strike

savannah, Ga, June IA commlt.se
of union machinists waited on e9pea+
intendent of Motive Power syniua "a
n 1ne him that they had been in
nU1eee by the union to demand a
nlnn rnder the present schedule. There
nre about $50 men employed in tne
Plant system shops here: Inc men nine
working nine hours and getting IntiI
hours pay. They give the foau 4ha
noon tomorrow to make ansMe. s.tis-
1actorv all the union men in the snop
mill 90 out.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-21
From Seat of War In South Africa

London, June 17.-Lord Kitchner has
not yet cabled the details of the re-
verse of The $50 Victorian mounted
rifles of General Beaton's column at
SteinkoltZpruit. Jun 18th.
Small affairs continue to be reported
from South Africa, Scheepers comman-
do are locked in at Murraysburg in
Cape Colony.
Lord Kitchener has moved to Bloem-
fontein.
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Anarchists Brand a Traitor

New York, June 1.-THE Herald will
say tomorrow:
All through life one of the men who
have composed the Paterson group of
anarchists will carry upon the back of
his right hand a Iivid IT. burned in
the flesh. and marking him as a traitor
t. the cause to which he swore devo-
ton. The branding was done at a pic
mic in Liberty park, R~idgewood, L. /.
The incident may be made h subject
Of an official investigation, based upon
a complaint made by the Italian consul.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-21
Sedftious

Jacksonville. Fla, June 17.-At a ne
gro political meeting in the Sixth ward
tonight, a mob of a hundred or more
negroes swore vengeance against the
whites declaring, it is said, hat they
would kill any white man who came in
the district. They seized two street
cars that were passing and drove the
rotormen and conductors from their
cars. The mob was dispersed on the
arrival Of the police in force. In the
melee preceding the arrival of the DO
lice Willie Cook, & young negro, was
seriously wounded by a pistol ball.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-21
Prince Edwards Still at Large

Shreveport, La. Tune 17.-Prince Ed
wards. the murderer of John G. Foster,
is still at liberty. The posse has not
abandoned it's efforts to locate him and
the search in northeast Texas is still
in progress but there does not seem to
be any hope for immediate results. The
rumor that the negro was captured be-
tween Jonesville and Scottsville is an
error as we'll as the statement circu-
lated this afternoon that Edwards was
caught at Monroe No further efforts
has been made to lynch the negroes at
Benton.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-21
The Brake-Beam Combine

st. Louis, June 1.-THE Globe-Demo-
crat says it is POSSIBLE the coming
week may see the consolidation with a
capital of So. 0e0, 900 of the four great
cor pani-s interested in the manufac-
ture of b~rake-beams. The companies
TO he taken into combine are the Chi
cago Railway Equipment Company,
which is practically owned by ST. Lou
isans; the Monarch Brake Beam Com
Iany, Detroit. Michigan; the Inter
cksngeable Brake Beam Company, of
ST. Louis, and the Sterling Worth
Brake Beam Company, of Easton, Pa.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-21
A Good Cough Medicine

1t speaks we'll for Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy when druggists use it in
their own families in preference to any
other. Il have sold Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy for the past five years
with complete satisfaction to myself
and customers" says Druggist ]. Gold
smith, Van Etten, n. Y. 81 have always
used it in my own family both for or
binary coughs and colds and for the
cough following Ia grippe, and find it
very e~ficacious." For sale by r. r.
Bellamy, druggist.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-21
Nc Liquors Purchased for Army Sub
~SfStenca

Washington, June 18th secretary
of war directs the publication Of the
following order for the information of
the army:
mo malt, vinous or spirituous liquors
will be purchased by the subsistence
department for any purpose. Supplies
thereof needed in medical or hospital
practice for use in the diet of soldiers
too sick to use the army ration bill
will be provided by the medical depart
mo0t
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-21

You may as we'll expect to u q
steam engine without water as " iniS
an active. energetic mar Win Up pa-
liver n you may know ina me his
tooS or feels dull and languid after eat
ing. often has headache and sometina
disziness. A few doses of yer,
lain's Stomach and Liver Taolets WI
restore his liver to its normal iunc1io
renew his vitality, improve MS uIse
ton and make him feel IKE d new d
pallamv's drug store.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-21
hostility TO Negro Laborers

Nashville, Tenn. June IA special
from Darlington. KY, says a boarding
house at the Monarch lines was riddled
with bullets last night and Secretary
Hall. of the OaEhill Coal Company, was
shot through the head. The colored
Methodist parsonage at jacksonville,
was dynamited last evening, but no one
was injured. Two negroes looking for
work arrived in M~adisonville yesterday
and put UP at the parsonage and the
demonstration was intended for them.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-21
Bishop Galloway Starts for Brazil

Jackson, Miss. June 17.-Bishop Chas.
B. Galloway left today for Rio de
Janeiro to preside over the Brazil mis-
sion conference, of the most -four
fishing mission fields In the Methodist
church. The conference will meet July
18th, and the bishop will sail from New
York Thursday. From Brazil he will
take a ship for London. TO deliver the
opening address at the great ecumenial
conference on September 4th. He will
return to this country in October.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-21
The Alabama Convention

Montgomery, Ala, June 1.-THE o n
s~titutional convention today held a ses-
sion of only one hour. Governor Oates
INTRODUCED an ordinance under which
ten grand jurors al find a true bill.
The committee on suffrage will have a
full meeting tomorrow afternoon at
which it is expected the subcommittee
charged with drafting a suffrage article
will be ready to report.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-21
The Offices Parcelled Out

Washington, June 1.-THE contest
over the West Virginia judgeship wa:
settled today when Senators Elkins ant
Scott, of that state, presented to the
president a slate for the officers Of the
new southern judicial district. The
president agreed to the names and the
appointments will be announced with.
in a day or two.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-21

can AZ Bellamy's drug store and get
fraa sample of Chamberlain's Stom.
sch and Liver Tablets: They are az q
elegant physic. They also npt; and
ap9,1ate the liver and bowels. They
are easy to take and pleasant in erect
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-21
Archbishop 'ChappeIIe to be Made a
Cardinal

Washington, June 1.-THE mann of
Archbishop Chappelle, of New Orleans,
has been brought to the attention of
the Vatican authorities and to the pope
in prison for elevation to the rank of
cardinal because of his services as
papal legate for the Philippines and
West Indies. Archbishop Chappelle is
of French origin and it is thought that
this elevation will be ooked upon with
favor by the French authorities.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-21

So Governor Aycock Says-A Penften-
tfary Statement to be Made
Especial to the Messenger.)

Especial 10 the Messenger.1
Raleigh, ". c., June 17.-Governor
Aycock aid tonight: Lewis Council
will be hanged unless 1 get more infor-
nation. / can't see it otherwise thar
that he is a guilty The council
Of state net this afternoon and con-
sidered the matter"
Your correspondent has the highest
official authority for the statement that
a full statement Of all n affairs of the
penitentiary will soon be given to the
public.
Governor Aycock leaves for Wilkes
boro tomorrow afternoon and speaks
there Wednesday.
The Washington times., 1901-10-21
THE RACING CALENDAR.
Morris Park Entries

MORRIS PARK. Oct 2O.-Entrles 70,
'omorrow's races:
First Steeplechase handicap; fol
three-year-olds and upward; Steeplechase
course; about two and one-half miles
Baby Bill. 100; Boisterous, 152; Jessie s.
147; Walter Cleary, 147; Sitter, 40; Miss
Mitchell. 40; Owaissa, 13s; Eophone. l32;
Clasher, 122; Lightning, 100; Curfew Bell
$50.
Second race-Monday Handicap; for
two-year-olds and upward; last seven and
half furlOngs of the Withers mile-Andy
Williams, 30; Redpath. Smoke, lis; Caugh-
nawaga, 103. and Chucta nunda l24 ((See-
ley entry; Peninsula, 100; Clearwater 9S:
Chiffon, no; Himself. 80.
Third race-The Goldsmith; selling; for
two-year-olds; the Eclipse course.~Man-
o'-War. 10i: Rightaway. So; Sister Juliet
l03; Femesole, 1l3; Ohhasen, Andy VIII
liams. 90; Blanket, 106; Namter, 40, and
Anak, 106 belmont entry; Lady Godiva
and Rose of May, SO (Whitney entry) ;
Lady Sterling. l07; Cryptogram, 106;
Blanche Herman. Bijou, SO; City Bank.
Grand Opera, 1O6; Flora Pomona, 1O7;
April Shower 104: Carroll D., 81
Fourth race-For two-year-olds; last
six and one-half furlongs of the Withers
mile.-Tribes Hill. Namter Rightaway
Peninsula, 112: Keynote, Brunswick, 100;
Calgary. Bessie Mccarthy, 1O9: Longlove
102; Lux Casta, Josepha. Lady Sterling,
l0s City Bank. Northern Star. 112.
Fifth race-For maiden three-year- -olds;
Withers mile.-Plumed Knight. Miss AL
my, Anna Darling, Elegy, 107; HeathvilIe
10: Rivenoak, Hardshell, Phelma Pax
ton. 1G7.
Sixth race-The watercolor; for two
year-olds and upward; two miles; With
ers course.-Carbuncle, 123; The Rhymer
Ill; William H, 81