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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-05-02
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if possible. The plan most likely to
be su omitted however, is bound to
encounter difficulties. Sheboygan
county has lost ore Assemblyman,
and as reparation for this loss, in
sist upon Senatorial district by
themselves. The plan of the COM
mittee is adverse to this scheme and
insists that the district shall remain
as it now is. Senator Jones's terri
tory if also being encroached upon,
and there is 20 telling how or when
the matter will be satisfactorily adj
justed. There again it is argued by
some that the hasty disposal of so
important a question might endan-
ger Republican interests in the state
two years hence, and that plenty of
time should be given matter which
SO much concerns future state
politics.
The railway taxation bill propos-
ing an increase in the rate of taxa
ton from 4 to 81 per cent on rail
way property in the state has been
killed. The roads now pay about
81 500, 900 year, while the measure
provided an increase of about 5000, 900
annually The principal arguments
in support of the measure we're adj
vanced by A. r. Hall, the father OF
the bill. Assemblyman Rossman,
of Ashland spoke against it.. The
bill was killed in the lower house by
"a vote of 40 to 80. There is talk OF
a compromise bill being introduced,
increasing the amount from to A
per cent, which would mean an in
crease of about 5000, 900 a year in
taxes to be paid by railroads. The
substitute comes up next week.
Senator O'Neil's bills providing
for the appointment of women on
the board of Normal school and Uni
versity regents have both passed
the Senate, the latter having been
concurred in by the Assembly.
[ made reference to the congress
sional reapportionment question as
not having been touched, that the
committee so far has been occupied
entirely with the Assembly and
Senatorial divisions. thas develop
ed during the last few days that
should the Senatorial matter prolong
the session. the congressional ques-
tion might be very easily adjusted,
by providing for the election of a
Congressman at large, to supply
the extra number allotted to Wiscon-
sin in the last congressional appor-
tionment. This idea has gained
some ground during the last few days
principally because the members do
not care to prolong the session be-
yond the date now fixed for final ad-
iournment May 18th. By some OF
the leaders the plan is not received
with favor, as many OF them have
congressional aspirations, and such
plan would mean the abandonment
of them. If a new division is at
tempted, however, the legislature
cannot complete it's work in the two
weeks that now remain. The con-
stitution provides for compression
al reapportionment after every
Uuited States census, and If the
question is not settled, it means an
extra session in the fall
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-05-02

It is reported that Will. Gardiner
the well-known base ball PLAYER,
who has been in charge of the Bay
field team for the past few years,
and who has made the team of that
place one of the best in the country,
will have charge Of the ball team at
Ashland this season. s.Kid" Fear
arrived in Ashland recently for the
purpose of taking the management
of the team, but it is said the Ash
land fans are Of the opinion that
Gardiner is about the proper man
for them.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-05-02

The Assembly has refused passage
to the Hagemeister compromise,
applying Primary Elections to
counties only, and has sent back to
the Senate measure including city,
legislative and congressional as we'll
as county elections, with a referen-
dunn clause attached. The matter
has been made special order for
| Wednesday evening of this week.
At present there is no reason for
believing the Senate will recede
from the stand they have taken,
which means the defeat of this second
substitute and the calling of a con-
ference, the result of which, as yet
it is impossible to predict.
That intense interest and feeling
which has been so manifest, and
has existed ever since the introduc
ton of the bill, was absent Thurs
day evening when the matter was
again taken up by the Assembly. 1t
had been agreed that no tactics
should be employed which would
cause delay: the time given to the
discussion was two hours, and should
a stranger, ignorant Of the sub
iect matter under discussion, have
CHANGED into the Assembly during
the course of the proceedings,
he would have thought it moth
ing more or less than the or
binary hum drum" routine of legis-
lative work. That little feeling and
factional spirit which has since the
opening of the session pervaded the
legislature whenever the topic was
being considered, was conspicuously
absent. For Primary Election
fight it was tame" in the extreme
| shall not attempt review of the
arguments presented by the various
speakers, for in the main, the sub
stance is the same as that presented
upon the original bills. The princi-
pal arguments in defense of the
measure, being the redemption of
the Republican party pledge and
popular demand; while opposed to
it the radical tendency and utter
impracticability of such law. The
substitute recommended by the As
sembly committee was adopted by a
vote of AZ to A.
While by far the greater portion
of the time of the legislature has
been taken UP with the considera-
ton of this question, it is barely
possible that an adjournment will be
taken without the enactment of d
Primary Election law. If law is
placed upon the statute books, it
will be one so radically different and
so much narrower in scope from the
one originally intended that it's
friends will scarcely be able to rec
ognize it,
The date for the final adjournment
of the legislature is still in doubt.
The Senate has passed resolution
setting May 18th as the time, but
action upon the matter by the AS
sembly has been deferred until Thurs
day of this week. Senator White
head informs me thatan adjournment
cannot be taken until May 18th at
the latest. The reapportionment
matters are still in the air; twenty
six of the Senatorial districts have
been agreed upon, while the con
gressional still remains untouched
Should Senatorial plan be sub
mitted this week, it is thought that
matters will so adjust themselves as
to make an adjournment on the 18th,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-05-02
Pan-American EXPOSITION.

At Buffalo, May 1st to November
ls:t On May Z, IA, p and 18th, the
Omaha will sell tickets from Wash
burn to Buffalo and return for 1876 IS
good for one week; and will sell
tickets every day until September
3rd at the rate of $34.35 for the
round trip, good for sixteen days
from date of sale.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-05-02

There are three cases of smallpox
at the pest house and one case is re-
ported in the city One of the pest
house patients is said to be very
sick.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-05-02
For Sale.

A six year old horse and double
harness. Apply to Capt Fl. B
Elder.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-05-02

Frank Smith has accepted a posi-
ton in the office Of the Clerk of the
Court.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-04
THE MANILA ROPE COMPAN Y.
Senate Committee Investigating o
nectfon of Officials With 1t.

Washington. September 30.-The sen
ate subcommittee of the committee OH
military affairs, consisting of Senators
Hawley, chairman, Proctor, Burrows,
Cockrell and Harris, at II o'clock today
began the investigation Of charges
against Lieutenant Colonel H. o. 5.
Heistand. of the army in connection
with the alleged Manila hemp combina-
ton. The charges were preferred by
Major E. l.. Hawkes., formerly a vol
unteer officer, and were deemed of SUI
ficient seriousness to warrant an 1nVes-
tigation by the senate.
At the opening Of the inquiry, several
important documents from the war de-
partment were submitted to the COM
mittee, including a copy of the charges
made against Colonel Heistand and his
reply to them. In his reply Colonel
Heistand says he was identified with
the proposed company and considered
his connection with it legitimate and
honorable. Sometime prior to the max
ing of the charges Colonel Heistan'l
says he ceased all negotiations with
Major Hawkes., effecting a settlement
in full with him. Major Hawkes. de-
livered to him all papers in the case
and took a receipt for them. Subse-
QueTlIly, COlOuSl 11SlSldllC IeCSlNSu q
letter from Major Hawkes. in which the
latter said he had retained certified
copies of all the letters and papers ir
the case and had photographs of the
more important documents.
The most important development
during the day was Major Hawkes.
testimony regarding the first meeting
of some of those who were protector:
of the proposed Manila Rope Company
which was held in Dudley & Kitchener:
law office in this city in the summer
of 1899. Those present besides the at
torneys. were Colonel Heistand and w
E. Wharton. In answer to an inquir!
as to who were in the company, Colo
mel Heistand wrote the following list o
names: William w. Dudley, Lewis 7
Kitchener. E. l.. Hawkes., James z
Boyd, George D. Meiklejohn, Charlie
H. Allen. II. o. S. Heistand, H. c. Cor
bin and Lewis 3. Jackson.
Major Hawkes. produced a paper cor
tanning this list. saying he saw HE'S
tand write h names. Colonel Heis
tand inspected the paper and said n,
thought it was his writing, but wher'
or when he wrote the ame he had n
recollection.
Members of the committee brough
out the fact that Boyd, Meiklejohn
Allen, Corbin and Jackson were no
present at the meeting.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-04
STATE PRESS.

The editor Of the Chatham Citizen IS
evidently making a bid to get on The
staff of the New York Sun. AS a SLAM
derer of his own people and state, ne
leads anything that ever came dow
the pike.-Charlotte News.
We are told hat at Davidson college
the sentiment is SO strong against the
brutal practice of "hazing'' freshmen
that the students themselves eXpel the
hazerS from the classes without carry
ing h matter to the faculty at all. AN
honor to Davidson! 1t is not brave no,
manly to prosecute those unable to dc
fend themselves, and a gentleman will
do it.-Thomasviile Charity and
Children, Baptist.
The Wilkesboro Chronicle is the only
paper in America hat has called attan.
ton to the breadth Of democratic jour.
nails when contrasted with the bitter
craftsmanship of most republican jour.
nails. The political anarchist who killet
Governor Goebel was as vile a miscre.
ant as the miSehable anarchist whc
killed the lamented president. Botf
acts were the acts of anarchists, though
the Kentucky anarchist was backed b1
the republican governor of Kentuck,
n the governors Of other states. Will,
nobody of any party has had anythin:
u proper contempt for Mckinley
assassin. If the republican nationa
leaders had set their foot down on as
s~assination when Goebel wa the vic
tim, they would lave risen to a heigh
Of devotion of all ~law-abiding citizens
Raleigh News and Observer.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-04
By TROLLEY TO THE BEACH.
First Steps Towards Converting the
Wilmington Seacoast Railroad Into
An Electri Lfne-The Electrical Ex-
pert t be Here Friday.

Mr.. William w. Randolph, of New
York, consulting engineer of the syn
dictate which recently secured control of
the Wilmington Seacoast Railroad
through Messrs. Hugh MacRae & Co.,
bankerse, as promoters, arrived in
Wilmington on Sunday. He came to
look over the field in connection with
the scheme for converting the Seacoast
Railroad into a trolley inc from Will
mington to Wrightsville beach. He
conferred with Captain Walter G. Mac
Rae, civil engineer, who now has a
corps surveying the line of the Seacoast
Railroad with the view to it's CONVEX
sion. He ascertained the progress that
had been made and when the survey
is completed the data will be placed be-
fore the electrical expert who is COM
ing here to advise the company as to
the practicability and economy of
making the road an electric line instead
of a steam railway. He to
New York last night.
Captain MacRae ard his surveying
lcorps began at Wrightsville beach and
lare surveying towards h city. They
had surveyed eight miles or the roao
lup to yesterday and expect to complete
the whole line by next Friday wnen
the electrical expert is expected to ar
rive in Wilmington to begin his work
The electrical expert who viii reach
Iour city on Friday is DR.. w. L. ttopp,
Iof Hartford, Conn.,, n OF tue mos
leminent men and authorities on sucn
in the United States.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-04

Mrs. Mary E. Garland Of Greensboro,
state president Of the Woman's Chris
tan Temperance Union, who is on an
official visitation to Wilmington, met
the local union yesterday afternoon at
8 o'clock at the lecture room OF the
First Baptist church. There was a good
attendance Of the members and after
devotional exercises, Mrs. W. P. Old
ham, president of the Wilmington
union, introduced her to the meeting.
Mrs. Garland delivered a beautiful
and deeply interesting lecture to the
ladies on the subject Christian wo-
manhood" She based her remarks on
the 31st Chapter Of Proverbs which
is a beautiful description of a noble
una and draws a marvellous picture
OF the true type Of womanhood-the
mother, the wife, the neighbor, the
charitable woman n the business wo-
man. This chapter overs every prac-
teal phase of a woman's life, and the
lecturer made telling and pointed appli-
cations Of every portion Of it She be-
gan with the admonition Of the mother
TO her son, the king. warning him
against internperance and impurity.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-04
A WOMAN IN MANS ATTIRE.
Her Fatal Illness on transatlantic
Steamer Reveals the Secret.

New York, September 3eThe strange
story Of a woman who preferred to pass
for a a was revealed by the death
today of Miss Carolina Hall, of Bos-
ton, a cabin passenger on the steamship
Citta de Terino, which arrived from
Naples and other Mediterranean ports
on Sunday. On the passenger list Miss
Hall appeared SIS Mr.. Charles Wind
low Hail. and with him" on the shin
former was stricken with a mortal ILL
ness h a the ships surgeons made the
discovery that the supposed man was a
oma Before that no one suspected
that Mr.. Hall was not a man and
ne" and his wife were received as
such. The woman addressed her COM
panion as Mrs. Hall" and spoke Of
her as my wife"
The woman was 80 years of age and
is said to have been the only daugh-
ter Of Colonel Hall, a well-to-do army
officer living in Boston. She was a
slender build, medium height and with
a short crop Of light hair cut pompa-
dour. She dressed we'll and carried
herself with the air Of a man. Her
voice and gestures were masculine.
After Mr.. Hall was taken ill, the
SLip , SUI SCOlS SdIlS III III lllSIl
the secret came out. The patient
begged that it be kept, but the sur
geons were forced to tell it to the cap
tain, who, however did not disclose il
to the seventy-ive cabinet passengers
The surgeons said the patient was suf-
fering with consumption.
The vessel locked at this port Sum
day n the young woman died at 2:30
o'clock a. m. today. During the day
the coroner's office was notified and a
%coroners physician visited the ship and
held an autopsy on the body. After
this the other woman telegraphed to
Colonel Hall in Boston.
All day long in the saloon Of the Te-
rino, Mrs" Hall remained near the
dead. She was there tonight waiting
for the dead woman's relatives to come
for the body. She is an Italian Of
about 80 years of g and rather good
looking. She cannot speak English and
did not seem willing TO tell all of the
strange story. 1t vas learned, how
ever, hat she had known Mr." Ha1
for some years and was well aware that
her compaion was q pima
This evening a telegram from Albert
J. Hall was received aboard the steam
ship for Miss Carolina Hall, saying the
sender would come to New York 1t
was dated Boston Highlands"
1t was learned tonight through the
Italian woman hat Miss Hall had re-
sided abroad about ten years and met
her companion, Guisseppina Poriana, in
Milan, about three years ago. Accord
ing to the story Miss Hall decided that
men get along better in the world than
women and SO adopted male costume
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-04
It Happened In a Drug Store.

"One day last winter a lady came to
my drug store and asked for a brand
of cough medicine that L did not have
in stock" say Mr.. c. r. Grandin, the
popular druggist of Ontario, n. Y.
She was disappointed and wanted to
know what cough preparation 1 could
recommend. I said t her that / could
freely recommend Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy and that she could take a bot
tie of the remedy n after giving it a
fair trial if she did not find it worth the
money to bring back the bottle and /
would refund the price paid. In the
course Of a day OF two the lady came
back in company with a friend in need
of a cough medicine and advised her
to buy a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy. 1 consider that a very good
Recommendation for the remedy" 1t is
for sale by r. r. Bellamy, druggist.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-04
R

Raleigh News and Observer: Mr.
William Barrow died Friday in b Sol
diers's home in the SEVENTEEN yea OF
his age. The remains were nj q
Winston for interment-
The southern railway has made q
contract with the Balfour quarry IT
Henderson county for stone to ballast
the Western North Carolina railroad
from Asheville to Salisbury.
Henderson Gold Leaf: Miss Mary
Huffman, the accomplished daughter Of
DR.. DR.. Hufham, returned to Converse
college. Sp~artanburg. s. c., to enter
upon her duties as teacher. Miss HUI
ham is a graduate of this splendid in
stitution Of learning and was elected
a member Of the faculty soon after ner
graduation.
At Lincolnton a robber entered the
residence Of Mrs. William Michael.
in the room of her daughter, Miss
Kate. threw a handkerchief saturated
with chloroform on her face, then beat
her severely with a stick. robbed the
room and disappeared. b was found
by her cousin unconscious. This we
get from an account in The Charlotte
Observer.
Charlotte Observer: In the case of
edward Lyle, charged with the murda r
of Newton Lanier, the grand jury fail
ed to find a true bill for murder. Mr..
Frank f.. McNinch. Lyle's counsel,
states that tomorraw morning the de-
PENDANT will submit to a charge of lar
ceny; it being alleged, or proven, that
he tricked or swindled Lanier out Ct
money.-Rev. DR.. R.. z. Caldwell re-
turned last night from Orange Presby-
terry. in session at Hillsboro. Rev. J.
II. Hammet was deposed as pastor OF
Little River church, in Orange county.
The charge against him was drunken
ness. The Presbytery took this action
for h purpose of keeping the church
pure.-Steve WEIGH, the young son Ct
Dr.. S. j. Welch, of Monroe, was brought
here yesterday to be treated for a mad
dog bite. On the day previous, while
he was standing in his fathers yard a,
Monroe. a strange hound sprang over
the fence and attacked the boy. He
was twice thrown to the ground by the
dog and his left shoulder was badly
lacerated. The stone stuck to the
wounds four hours and DR.. o Donohue
believes that the lad is safe from hydro.
phobia.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-04
Determined Attack by Beers.

Durham, Natal, September 30--A
force of 1900 Beers, commanded by
General Botha made an attack which
lasted all day long September Goth on
Portitala, or the border of Zululand.
The burghers were finally repulsed, but
at a heavy cost to the garrison, whose
losses We're an officer and eleven men
killed and five officers and thirty-eight
men wounded. In addition, sixty-three
men are missing, of which number
many are believed to have been killed
or wounded. The Boer Commandant
Opperman and nineteen burghers are
known to have been killed.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-04
G~oLDsBoRo GOSSIP.
Correspondence OF The Messenger.)
GoIdsboro. September 20.


GoIdsboro. September 90.
The death of George T. Yelyerton.
aged % years.. son cur townsman, Mr..
w. T. Yelverton, occurred yesterday in
this city. He a been a sufferer all
his life being afflicted with rheumatic
troubles, and deformed from his child
hood. He had a wide circle OF admir-
ing friends, endearing them to him by
his amiable disposition and warm
hearted cleverness. The bereayed pa
rents and his three brothers, Ed Paul,
and Leslie and little sister Glennie
have the loving sympathy Of I'D u
people. Paul, who is attending scnooi
at Chapel Hill, and Leslie at Oakr1dge,
arrived yesterday a few minutes AFTER
the death. The funeral took place
from the home this afternoon, a large
crowd being present
Reddick Bowen, the little white boy
who while attempting to mount 3 NOV
ing train in the eastern surbu-bs OF
this city last week, died at the Emer-
gency hospital yesterday mi
Until the end, he exhibited an IRON
nerve and seemed determined that
death would not be the result OF his
sad accident.
DR.. B. F. Dixon, of Raleigh, delivered
an address before the district sunday
School conference that has been IN
session since Thursday, and adjourned
sine die after a most profitable session
last night.
Rev. Mr.. WEIGH, Of LAGRANGE, c
pied the pulpit Of st. Paul's NJ. T..
church yesterday, preaching an able
and helpful sermon. -,
The board of aldermen met in speclal
session this morning and decided at tlls
time it would not be wise to submit TO
the people the question Of issuing more
bonds for improvements.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-04
Confederate Soldiers, Home Burned

Atlanta, Ga, September 3O.-Ih con-
Ifederate soldiers home just east II this
city was destroyed by fire today. There
were no lives lost, but several narrow
escapes. About seventy veterans We're
Inmates of the building. some or them
being invalids who were rescued VIII
difficulty. The loss is estimated AT
s25. 900, covered by $4,000 Insurance.
THE home was opened Tor the a.
lfederate veterans of the state June 30th
and was built by popular subscription
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-04

For three days and nights I suffered
agony untold from an attack of cholsrd
morbus brought on by eating cucum-
bers." says NJ. E. Lowther, clerk OF the
district court, Centerville, Iowa. /
thought 1 should surely die, and tried
a dozen different medicines but all to
no purpose. I sent for a bottle or
Chamberlain's Collie Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy and three doses relieved
me entirely This remedy is for sale
by z. z. Bellamy. druggist.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-04

A new remedy for b%iliousness is now
on sale at r. r. Bellamy's drug store.
1t is called Chamberlain's Stomach end
Liver Tablets. 1t gives quick relief
and will prevent the attack if given as
soon as the first indication of the dis
ease appears. Price, 25 cents per box.
Samples free. r. r. Bellamy, druggist
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-04

Bears the The Kind You Have Always Bought
THE CAUSE.

Garland, STATE President OF the
w. c. T. o., Delivered Two Ad-
dresses Here Yesterday Afternoon
and Last Nioht-Twenty-one New
Members Joined the Wilmington
Union.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-04

relish your foo and feel dull after eat
ing you may know that you need a
dose of Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets. Price 25 cents. Sam
Piles free at R. r. Bellamy's drug store.