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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-01-14

LONDON, January 13.-Samuel Lewis
the notorious money lender and Insurer.
who has been called the greatest and
meanest Of the modern shyiocks-" is dead.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-01-14
WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, January 13.-Joseph
Yates Paige, for the past six years chief
clerk of the comptroller of the currency.
died this morning OF pneumonia. He was
well known TO the banking interests of
the country.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-01-14
JOINT NOTE Of POWERS
WAS FINALLY SIGNED BY THE CHI
NESE PEACE COMMISSIONERS
YESTERDAY.
Ii HUNG CHANG IS BETTER.
HIS MALADY IS SAID TO BE
DISEASE.

Prince Ching Has Protested Against
The Proposed Substitution OF Chang
Chin Tung for Lii Hung Chang, but
He May Be Made a Third PIenipo-
tentiary-He is Strongly Anti-For-
eign.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-01-14

A dispatch to the Associated Press from
Colon. dated January 18th, said the few
rebels who were outside the town of Pan.
anna, had been driven back to the bush by
government troops, and added that there
was no extensive revolutionary move
ment.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-01-14
OBITUARY.
Special TO the Register

Special to the Register.
EAST LIVERPOOL. Ohio, January 10.
Mrs. Louise Anderson, aged ~, died at
her home IN this city Saturday. She was
one of the oldest residents.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-01-14
4 BRUTAL ASSAULT
BY A NEGRO AMI A WHITE MAN
ON A FARMER AND HIS
AGED MOTHER,
WHICH ENDED IN MURDER.
THOMAS c. MOSHIER WAS THE VIC
TIM OF TWO ROBBERS,

Ransacked His Residence, After
killing Him and Maltreating the
Lady-TAe Details of an Outrageous
Crime-DastardIy Assault Upon a
Lady in Richmond, Va, Last Even
ing-The Assailant a Negro.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-15
Death of Mrs. E. E. Van Ordell.

The Messenger regrets to chronicle
the death of Mrs. E. E. VanOrsdell,
widow Of the late c.. M.VanOrsdell, who
during mis- life time conducted a pho
tograph gallery in Wilmington. After
several days illness she passed away
yesterday at $50 a. m. at the residence
of her s~on-in-law, Mr.. r. B. Lewis, 112
Ann street.
Mrs. VanOrsdell was aged seventy
years, and leaves four children-Mr. c.
NJ. VanOrsdell, of Orangeburg. S. c.,
Mrs. A. J. Perry, of Southwood, N. c.;
Mrs. Sewell Trezevant. Of Fort Motto,
S. c., and Mrs. r. b. Lewis, of this
city. She is also survived by three sis
ters-Mrs. H. E. Shaw. of Greensboro;
Mrs. Fanny Hewett and Mrs. Jennie
Easter, OF Cumberland. Md.
The deceased lady was a good Chris
tian woman and was highly esteemed
by a large circle of friends who are
sorry to know hat she has gone from
their midst forever.
The funeral will take place this after
noon at 4 o'clock from the residence Of
MT. Lewis. The interment will be made
at Oakdale cemetery.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-15
Magazine Rifles for the Reserves.

Lieutenant A B. SHIELDING. of viii
mington Division, North Carolina Ma
val Brigade. on yesterday received
the bill OF lading for fifty Lee Maya
kline rifles and equipments. furnished
out OF the appropriation by the Unit
ed states government for arming and
equipping the Naval Reserves of the
seyeraI states. The arms were shipped
by the Remington Arms Company, IL
lion. N. Y, and they are expected here
IN a day or two.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-15
FORT CASWELL NOTES,
The Army Canteen Cloesd Yestedty
and Liquid Refreshments are Scarce
Four Thousand Feet of Sea Wall Com
pIeted-Other Gossip.
Correspondence of The Messenger.)

Correspondence of The Messenger.)
Fort Caswell. n. c.. February Is.
The canteen was closed yesterday by
orders from Washington. or accoun Of
a recent act of congress prohibiting the
sale of malt and spirituous liquors at
army posts. The canteen steward, Mr..
w. H.. NJ. Koch. bids adieu to the boys
today and will return to his home in
Wilmington.
The new officers quarters and non
commissioned staff's quarters W.
been painted and greatly improves the
appearance of the post. The contract
ors, Messrs. Pullan & Weeks, have
been painted and it greatly improvs
They now lave until March 1st to COM
plete their contract with the govern
ment.
The engineers are making rapid prog
resS on the great sea wall. They AVE
!cimpleted over four thousand yards
of it.
Mr.. T. E.. l.. Lipsie, of the engineer
corps, says that his friends here were
a little premature in extending their
congratulations. He says the happy
day will not arrive until February 20,
1904.
Private John Mcclure. the battery
messenger. will be discharged from
Uncle Sans service the latter part of
this o. and will go to Baltimore.
Private Mcguire has the proud and
honored distinction Of being the only
private in the United States army WI
has ever been entrusted with the
money to pay off a battery or company.
Private Mcguire has on several occa-
sions brought the money from VIII
mington to pay off the soldiers. He
leaves a host of friends here who wish
him every success in life.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-15
Chance for a Phflanthrophist.

Mr.. James F. Post, chairman of the
trict No. L: speaking yesterday about
the suggestion of the Home Science
department of Sorosis to establish the
industrial branches in connection with
the public schools, said the committee
had long since desired to establish reg
ular chronological departments in con-
nection with both the white and col
ored schools, one for each, but the
money provided for public schools
would not admit it.
MIR. Post stated hat in the colored
schools the committee a already in
PRODUCED am industrial branch. The
girls are taught sewing and fancy needle
work, and they are now making ging-
ham and muslin aprons that are being
sold. This has been going on for the
past year. He said a central industrial
school for each race was what was
needed burt he did not thing it a good
idea to establish a cooking school at
the Union school.
AS there are no school funds that
can be devoted to chronological train
ing, we might say that here is a chance
for some good citizen, who wishes to
donate money to start up such schools
OF to start the work with a good sub
scriution.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-15
BURGLARY.
Mr.. George Hornets Jewelry Estab-
lishment Entered by a Fellow who
Evidently Has a Kit OF Tools

Following upon the burglary of the
Evans Company on Tuesday morning,
the jewelry establishment of Mr.. Geo.
Honnet. No. IL North Front street. was
the next place to be visited.
Yesterday morning when Mr.. Hon
nets store was opened the discovery
was made that a burglar had paid the
establishment a visit during the night.
He had climbed on top of the roo of
the low ]" which forms a part of the
Holmes Grocery Company's store, and
as the roof of the 81" is under one of
the windows Of the second story Of the
building occupied by Mr.. Honnet, the
burglar broke a pan of glass, put the
sash up and got into the back room of
the dental parlors of Drs. Baldwin and
Johnson. With an augur he then bored
two parallel rows of holes across the
floor, lifted out the flooring, and then
knocked a hole through the laths and
plastering. Across the opening of a
foot and a half square. the burglar laid
a dentists lathe and from it he swung
down into the store on a rope impro-
vised of curtains. towels and a piece of
manila rope.
After letting himself down into the
back rom of Mr.. Hornets store, the
burglar went out into the store and
robbed the show cases Oh twenty Wat
erbury watches. n or two watches
that had been left for repairs, and
some plated jewelry. Mr.. Honnet esti-
mates that the value Of the stolen
property will not exceed $50. Fortu-
nately the thief did not modest some
fine silverware in the cases right at his
elbow. AS is his custom. Mr.. Honnet
the night before had put all of his dia
monds and other jewels. gold woatches
and other valuables in his safe, or else
the loss would have been a heavy one.
The burglar tinkered with the salfes
but could not get into them.
The burglar tried to make his exit
through one of the back windows of the
store but the fastening was so secure
he could not do SO. He went out the
way he entered and escaped through
the Purcell house alley.
Their is no clue to the robber.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-15
WORK OF A BURGLAR.
THE MERCER & EVANS DEPARTMENT
STORE BROKEN INTO
Money Drawer Smashed and S5.O4 In
Money stoIen-The Other Booty Was
Some Stamps and a Few Cents and
Two Pairs of shoes.

A burglar operated a few doors
from The Messenger Office yesterday
morning shortly after midnight. The
department store Of The Mercer &
Evans Company, lis and III Princess
street, was entered.
Yesterday morning when Messrs.
Julian Taylor and b. 3. Jackson, two
Of the statesmen, opened the store,
they discovered that the back window
Of the shoe department was open.
They observed at a glance that a bur-
glar had entered the store. The win
dow shutters, sheathed with iron, were
shut the night before and the iron "a
that goes across them on the outside
had been secured as usual on the in
side. The burglar had drilled out the
bricks into which the hinges of the
iron shutters were driven and with a
piece of scantling had priced the shut
tiers Off. Both hinges had been thus
drilled out and when the shutters were
removed the burglar took off a stay
thai acid in the sash and in this way
got the sash up.
It rained till nearly midnight and it
is thought the devilmenr was o
about 1 o'clock a. m. or later, as the
pieces of brick and brick dust that had
been drilled from around the hinges
were dry. showing that no rain had
fallen after the burglar had done his
work. The muddy tracks Of the bur
glar were found on the floor inside,
and he was tracked through the alley
at the real of the store to a place
or stable, from which he emerged into
the space between the rear of Messen-
ger office and Evans Dc undertaker's
shop On Second street. In going out
he passed by the rear windows of The
Messenger office and could ook in n
see the typesetting machines at work.
After the burglar gained his en-
trance to the store he broke open a
combination money a W in he
counter of the cashiers stand, securing
1904 in change, which had been left in
there over night. Usually no change
at all is left in the drawer, but there
were a few sales just before the store
closed n the change was lett In the
drawer. From a desk in Mr.. j. B.
MERGERS private office the burglar Sc
cured fifty cents worth of stamps and
a few cents that had been kept in a
small tin %
The burglar tried the big safe and
also a small one, but his efforts were
unavailing. He unscrewed the plated
ornaments from the hinges of both
safes, but after they were removed
the hinges were intact, so he could not
get into either safe.
Judging from the tracks inside,
there was only one burglar. Beside the
Sc he got in one and stamps he
carried off two pairs of shoes, pos
sibly more, but that was all that were
missed. If he took any other goods the
discovery was not made.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-15
Obsequies Of Mrs. Van Orsdell

The services for the burial of the
dead were said over the remains Of Mrs.
E. E. vanOrsdell yesterday afternoon
at the residence of her s~on-in-law. Mr..
r. B. Lewis. 112 Ann street. The Rev.
Mr.. Horsffeld. of St. James Episcopal
church. conducted the solemn service.
and there was a goodly attendance of
sympathizing friends. The services
were concluded at Oakdale cemetery.
and the grave was a~fectionately COW
cred with beautiful floral tributes. The
Colonel John L. Cantwell and Mr.. c. II.
Robinson; active. Captain T. c. Lewis.
Messrs. T. h. Johnson. j. c. Munds, w.
A. Williams. Samuel Northrop and R.
w. Price.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-15
Wilson News Notes.
of The Messenger.)

Correspondence of The MesSenger.)
Wilson,, N. c., February II.
The Wilson German Club gave a
dance last night in Herring's hall
complimentary to the visiting young
ladies. The german was led by Mr.. T.
D. Martin, with Miss Pagie Morton,
of Virginia. The couples dancing
were:
Miss Eliza Hodges with Mr. G. T.
Stronach.
Miss May Broadfoot, of Fayetteville,
with Mr.. Dave Woodland.
Miss Jennie Tyson with Mr.. w. B.
Whitehead.
Miss Julia Herring with Mr.. Ed.
Graves.
Miss Annie Taylor, of Oxford, with
Mr.. John A. Moore.
Miss Sue Selby with DR.. c. A.
Thompson.
Miss Chalk, Of Rocky Mount, with
Mr.. Buie Gray.
Mrs. Campbell Dance with Mr.Dance.
The c~haperOnes were Mr.. and Mrs.
S. w. Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. Howell
Whitehead.
DR.. Josh Tayloe, of Washington, N.
c., who is making a tour of h state
examining smallpox cases.. is in Will
son. There have been some cases near
Wilson and at one time it was report
ed that there were some cases in the
city. limits. DR.. Tayloe is now max
ing a thorough examination, both in
town and out, and he hopes in a few
days to be able to make a public re-
port. Wilson people do not believe
that there is any smallpox in town,
but If it is found hat there are any
suspicious in or around Wilson a rigid
quarantine will be established.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-15
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh, n. c.. February II.

Raiefgh, N. e., February L.
+ The joint legislative committee on
education is at work on the public
school law. One of the questions IN
der special consideration is whether
there shall be one school committee
man or three. or whether there shall
be a township COMMITTEES.
Marshall L. Mott. solicitor OF the
Ninth district. is here n makes a
denial of all charges against him. He
avs he will make a published state
ment. He is a son OF DR.. ). j. Mott,
who was the chairman OF the national
free silver party during the latter's
brief existence.
The supreme court today began the
call of the Second district appeal
docket. The following attorneys are
present: Daniel L. Russell, Thomas n.
Hill, B. G.. Green, George Cowper.
John L. Bridgers. Donnell Gillian.
Henry A. Gillian. G.. n. T. Fountain.
The Biblical Recorder has occupied
by a stock company. J.. William
Bailey continues to be editor.
There is great and general s~atisfac-
ton at the passage of the bill increas-
ing the superior court districts from
twelve to sixteen and aboiishing the
TWO criminal courts; also at the pass
age of the bill taking away ali COM
pensation to judges for holding special
terms-save alone their actual neces-
sary expenses, which the county ask
ing for the special term must bear.
Governor Aycock commissions E. l..
Price captain and c.. c. Hinton and H.
w. Palmer l~ieutenants of the company
of the Third regiment at Warrenton.
Judge Purnell, of the United States
circuit court refers to Thoma w.
Davis, of Wilmington, the case of the
Martin Traction Company, of New
York, against the Wilmington electric
railway.
The State Bar Association is to ~~on+
at Wrightsville, June 26th.
1t is calculated that the pension tax,
which the joint finance committee of
the legislature agrees shall be 4 cents
on property and II cents on the poll,
will raise something like $3.50, 900.
1t is estimated that The proposed
trackage tax of railways on a gross
earning basis will yield SIS, 600 of addi-
tional revenue.
Thus far about 81, 900 has been sub
scribed by business men here towards
the base ball associations und The
latter will fence and complete the new
grounds in the city park, or rather
in the part of it which is under con-
troll of the Agricultural and Meehani-
cal college.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-15
STATE BAR ASSOCIATION.
The Annual Meeting to Be Held at
wrightsvflle Beach, June 26th-The
Onicial Programme soon to Be Pub
fshed

J. Crawford Biggs. Esq. Of Durham.
secretary Of the North Carolina Bar
Association, informs The Messenger
hat at a meeting Of the executive COM
mittee Of h North Carolina Bar As
ISOLATION, held a few days ago,
WrightsvilIe Beach was selected as
the place at which the next annual
meeting Of the association will be heid
and June 26th was the time selected.
A rate at the Seashore Hotel Of $3.50
per day for members of h associa--
ton and their families has been Sc
cured. also reduced rates on the rail-
roads. The official programme of the
meeting will be published soon.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-15

The claim of other cough medicines
to be as good as Chamberlain'S are
effectually set at rest in the following
testimonial of MIR. G. d. Glass, an en-
ploye of Bartlett & Dennis Co, Gardi-
ner, Me. He a. Il had kept adding
to a cold n cough in the winter OF
1897, trying every cough medicine ]
heard of without permanent help, until
one day / was in the drug store Of Mr..
Houlehan and he advised me to try
Chamberlain'S Cough Remedy and of
fered to pay back my money if l was
not cured. My lungs and bronchial
tubes were very sore at this time, but
I was completely cured bv this remedy.
and have since always turned to 1t
when I got a cold. and Don find relief.
I also recommend it to my friends and
am glad to say it is the best Of all
cough medicines" For sale by r. r.
Bellamy, druggist.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-15
Heavy Movement of Fertilizers.

Captain D. 7. Cronly. who travels for
the virginia-Carolina Chemical Com
pany, came in yesterday from an ex-
tensive trip through South Carolina
This Is the season when fertilizers go
out to the agricultural districts. and
Captain Cronly tells US that h bust
ness is now at its height. The move
ment is very heavy now and the rail-
roads are lined with train loads OF fer
tilizers going out from the factories
here at Wilmington. Captain Cronly
says the business will exceed h great
movement last year by ten per cent.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-15

Sep -. >. +. 1.1l1 T-seL 1.iIn 1.9ek
Cash quotations were as foilows:
72hc: No. : red 7iha7sAc: No. : cora
sshc; No. . yellow Sskc: No. . oats
2sh9e5&c: Nc. . white 5%GeShc:
No. 3 white s1Gsshc: No. rye Sic:
mess pork per barrel Si3-sS6I4ao: Lard
per 100 pounds $5.4enI1.t5: short ribs
sides Coose) s7.eoGf.eo: dry saite1
shoulders (boxedl ss-ssGs.5o: shor
$1..7.
New York. February i3-FLOuR-
Ffrmer and a trine more active on the
rise in wheat.
wHEAT-Spot firm: No. . red Sic
Z o b afioat. Options opened steady and
at once expanded into positive strength
wh.zA lasted with few exceptions all
day. Besides continental buying OF
July wheat there was active covering
by shorts. strong French markets.
small Duluth receipts and presumably
influential buying at Chicago. Closed
strong at sc net advance. March
closed 1880; May Sole: July soc.
CORN-Spot firm; No. . 4sSc eleva-
tor and 47hc ( O b afoat. OPTIONS were
strong and more active all day, Infiu-
enced by a bullish cash outlook and
scarcity OF March shorts. big clear
ances. firm English cables and pros
poets for smaller receipts. Closed
obo 1A Sly
March closed 4Sc: May i5i[c: July 44%c.
~OATS-Spot dull: No. . 30ac: options
slow but firmly held in sympathy with
corn.
LARD-Steady: western steamed
$3.50: refined steady: continent s7.s5:
South American $3.50: compound $500
s5.621k.
PORK-Steady: family sI5.ooRis.5o:
short clear l4.75G16.50; mess s13.750
1850.
BUTTER-F1rm: fresh creamery 100
pc: factory 11G14hc.
EGGS-Unsettled: state and Penn
%sylvania at mark 20G20hc: southern at
mark 19G19hc.
POTATOES-Quiet: Jersey sI.256
LIS, New York s1.50d1.15: Long Island
81 .506 STU: Jersey sweets $1.75a250.
RICE-Steady.
SUGAR-kaw steady: fair refining
SIC; centrifugal 96 test 4kc: molasses
sugar SIC; refined quiet.
COTTON SEED OIL~There was a
moderate trade in prompt and nearby
oil today at practically unchanged
prices, the market closing steady.
Prime crude barrels 27ikc. nominal.
Prime summer yellow 30630kc: of
summer yellow 30630bc: prime white
34G35c; prime winter yellow 35kG36c:
prime meal sos.
NAVAL STORES.
Charleston-Spirits turpentine steady
at 36kc. Rosin firm and unchanged.
Savannah-Spirits tuTDentine quiet at
SIC; receipts 425 casks. sales 374 casks:
exports 1929 casks. Rosin firm and
Unchanged: receipts S.eA barrels;
sales 4S7 barrels; exports I.42o barrels.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-15
Correction.
Fayetteville, N. c., February

FayetteVlIIe, N. G, FEBRUARY Is.
Mr.. Editor:-Your correspondent, Of
course unintentionally, misquoted me in
yesterdays Messenger. While 1 am
opposed to the impeachment, 1 did not
and would not apply the term foolish"
to a matter of so much Importance. /
did say, however, that 1 could not un-
derStand how any man could support
the Connor resolution of 1t
seems to me a s%elfevident proposition,
that the judges either deserve impeach-
ment or they are entitled to complete
vindication. Respectfully,
N. A. SINCLAIR.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-15
Not the scotland Times

Correspondence of the Messenger.)
L~aurinburg, N. c., Feb, Is, 1901.
Your correspondent in sending a few
notes to the Messenger recently made
a mistake in saying that the Laurin-
burg Exchange had changed it's name
to that of the Scotland Times. The
Exchange is still publised by Mr.. Frank
T. Bizzell, it's editor and proprietor. 1t
was a change in the names of the ed
itorS of the Exchange and not in that
of the paper.
The Scotland Times" is a paper
published by a colored man..
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-15
Wireless Telegraphy.

London, February IL. - Professor
John A. Fleming, lecturing at Liver
pool yesterday. said he had Signor
Marconi's permission to that
on the first day of the reign of King
Edward VII. Marconi sent wireless
messages between st. GATHERINGS, Isle
of Wight. and The Lizard. 200 miles.
Perfect communication between the
two points has since been established.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-15
Awarded on Conditions.

Washington, February 13.-The navy
department decided today to award to
the Bath Iron Works n to the New
port News S~hipbuilding Company, the
contract for building each a protected
cruiser, provided they will do so upon
the same terms and conditions as were
included in the award already made to
Neafie & Levy for a similar ship.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-15

The greatest danger from colds and
la grippe is their resulting in pneumo-
mia. If reasonable care Is used, how
ever, and Chamberlain's Cough Rene
dy taken, all danger Will be avoided. 1t
will cure a cold or an attack of la
grippe in less time han any other
treatment. It is pleasant and safe to
take. For sale by r. r. Belamy, drug
giSt.