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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-28
COTTON MILLS TO CUT WAGES
Only Eight Fall River Corporations
Agree to the Proposed Reduction

Fall River, Mass, May 23.-Up to
noon today it was said that but six
agents representing eight corporations
had signed the paper put in circulation
yesterday for the signatures of the cot
ton mill managers, binding them to
an agreement to reduce wages 10 per
cent. on June 3rd, and so far as the
narrow goods mills were concerned to
make a further curtailment Of pro-
duction. Among the managers Of the
printcloth mills. it is stated today that
there are a humble of agents who are
not in sympathy with the proposed
agreement and are likely to withhold
their names from it. Should those
favoring a cut down be successful, it
is believed a general strike of opera
tiVeS will follow.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-28
THE ALABAMA CONVENTION
Chairman Knox Speaks Upon the Negro
Problem.

Montgomery, Ala, May 22.-The con-
stitutional convention today elected
Hon. John B. Knox of Admission, presi-
dent In accepting the honor, Mr..
Knox said the white men Of the north
would not submit to negro rule any
more tina would those of the south.
Negro domination When brought home,
he said, would provoke internal opposi-
ton in both sections.
This IS u problem" said Mr.. Knox,
and We should be left to deal with it
with our own sense Of responsibility
and recognized relations in the con-
C of government. We do not hear
of any threatened or real interference
with any northern state in efforts to
provide for purity Of government, and
there should be none with us. 1t has
not been so much the elevation of the
black nan as it has been the humilia-
ton of the White that has character
zed this conduct of the past, but much
of it has been nulliied by the states
manlike and wise, conservative course
of the present chief executive of the
United States who is the president of
the whole country and not merely of
one section. We may differ with him
politically, but we must confess that by
his policy he has been enabled to bring
about a reunited country.
THE southern man understands the
negro and the negro understands us
and the only conflict that has arisen or
that is likely tC arise has been brought
about by unwiSe and un~warranted in
reference from the pretended friends
from the north: but we must do what
we propose to do. not by force OF fraud,
but, with firmnesS and fairness to all, so
frame the law that the purity and
sanctity Of the ballot shall be preserved
in every section Of the state"
He objected to the Mississippi plan as
a ~perpetuation OF the evil sought to be
averted. He reviewed some Of the pro-
visions Of Mississippi, South Carolina
and North Carolina acts, all of which
provide a system Of registration and
payment of poll tax.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-28
How'S This

We offer One. Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any aSe of Catarrh that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
f. ]. CHENEY & CO., Props, Tole-
do. Ohio.
We, the undersigned, have known
F. ]. Cheney for the last fifteen years,
and believe him perfectly honorable in
all business transactions and hnan-
ciaIy able to cary out any obligations
made by their firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, 0.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internal
~, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces Of the system. Price,
75c. per bottle. DID by all Druggists.
Testimonials free
Haus Family Pills are the best
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-28
LOCOMOTIVE WORKS TRUST
Baldwin Company Joins the Combine
working Capital of 5000, 600

New York, May 23.-The Mail n
Express today says:
From sources usually reliable it was
acertained today that the Baldwin Lo-
connective Works will go into the Amer
lean Locomotive Company and there
is reason to believe that the approx
mate price at which it can be acquir-
ed is already known The principal
stakeholder OF the Baldwin Company is
abroad, and it is said that it vas due
to the fact that he is beyond reach of
negotiations that a deal has not been
closed.
1t is understood that h American
Locomotive Company will start OFF
with upward of $6, 900. 900 cash for work
ing capital. Some Of the plants taken
in accepted all stock in the new COM
pany as payment, while others receiv-
ed par cas- and part stock.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-28

TIC Contest for the Cup Notwfthstand-
ing His Recent Misfortune

Southampton, May 23.-At a confer
ence Of his constructors and advisers.
held this evening on board the Erin.
Sir Thomas Upton told the gentlemen
that he was determined TO go ahead
with the Shamrock II, and left IL TO
them to decided how this could best be
done 1t was agreed to cable the New
York Yacht Club, asking that the date
Of the contest be postponed until the
first week in October in order TO allow
time for the necessary repairs. 1t was
decided to lose no time, but TO go ahead
under full pressure while awaiting a
reply from the New York Yacht Club
as to whether the postponement would
be granted.
Sir Thomas expressed himself as ex-
tremely sorry at being forced to make
any requests upsetting the arrange
ments made, but without this extension
of time, he would be totally unable to
bring his boat over in anything like
good form and he said he sincerely
hoped his request would be granted.
Speaking of the improvements in the
Shamrock /, Sir Thomas said he had
no doubt that this yacht a improved
much since she sailed in American wa
tiers and that he felt perfectly certain
h was far from being as good a boat
as the challenger. The latter, he said,
had been improving daily.
Thomas w. Lawson cabled to Sir
Thomas that if it were impossible to
bring the Shamrock over he was will
ing to take the independence over to
England and race either or both of the
ShamrockS in British waters. Sir
Thomas replied he was going over with
the new Shamrock and if an opportu-
nifty offered he would be delighted to
race the ~Independnc in American wa
tiers.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-28
THE MACHINISTS' STRIKE
Men at Raleigh Go Out T~oday-Satis.
factory Progress at All Points.

Especial to The Messenger.)
Raleigh, N. c., May 22.-Local Sea-
board Air Line machinists met here
today. They had been waiting for
news from Mr.. Bars conference at
Portsmouth, and tonight they received
orders to strike, by which they under
stand the conference failed. They will
therefore strike tomorrow; that is, will
not go to work.
Washington May 22.-President
O'Connell, of the International ASsoci-
alton of Machinists, estimates that the
number of m~achinistS engaged in the
strike today is 40, 200. He claims to be
satisfied with the situation and has
confidence in the result. by next
Monday morning." he said, probably
80 per cent. Of the men who went out
will be back at work, with their de-
mand granted. The other 10 per cent.
are mostly on the Pacific coast and in
several Ohio cities. San Francisco is
the only place where we look for a pro-
tracted strike. The situation there is
unchanged, and the strike may cover
several weeks. No important develop
ments are reported at Cincinnati,
though about fifteen small firms have
signed the agreements. The situation
also is unchanged at Hamilton, Day.
ton and Alliance, Ohio, and at Tacoma
and Seattle, Washington. Reports from
all other sections indicate hat negoti-
atoms are progressing and that agree
ments are in sight"
President Mullholland, Of the allied
metal traders association, comprising
the semi-killed men in machine shops,
has notified the machinists' head
quarters here that he is ready to order
out his men whenever the latter body
deems it necessary. The strike leaders,
however, do not care to involve any
more men in the movement than is
necessary and the indications are that
there will be no general augmentation
of the force Of the strikers by b allied
men.
Kansas City advices indicate that
nine firms there signed today, leaving
approximately 800 men still out. All
of the fourteen firms in Hoboken, N.
J., have signed. In Buffalo twenty-five
firms are reported as having made
agreements with the strikers. At Shar-
on, Pa, the Continental Iron Company
has signed and the Hazelton Iron
Works and the GAINESVILLE Iron Works
at Hazelton. Pa, have made the con-
cessions.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-28
Millinery Sale

We ave thousands OF Hats and thou
sands of Flowers-and thousands OF
yards Of Chiffon Mouslines, Mulls, Dot
ted Red Draping Silks, Draping Nets
Gold Cause and Gold and Silver
Spangle Net. at almost half.
Chiffons and Mouslines we sold at 75c
are now SOC. Mouslines we sold at soc
are now Csc.
Silk Null, all colors. at &c per yard.
Taffeta ribbons, all widths, for belts
and ties, No. 16, % and 40, all colors,
are 10, Is and zoe per yard.
1000 yards of Straw Braid from &c
to SOC per yard.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-28
Mrs. Mckinley Gaining strength

Sal Francisco, May 23--Mrs. Nc
Kinley was up today and was well
enough to appear at her window and
wave to the president as he departed
for the military review at the Presidio.
While the present intention Of the
presidential party is to start for the
east at 10 o'clock Saturday morning,
this will not be positively decided upon
until after a consultation Of the attend
ing physicians, which is to be held at
noon tomorrow.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-28
MEDALS FOR HEROIC CONDUCT
Presented Baptist Female University
Students for Nursing Smallpox Pa
tfentS.
Especial TO the Messenger.)

Raleigh, N. c., May 23.-At the Bap-
fist female university President Vann
presented to Misses Miriam Welch and
Bessie Love, of Waynesville, gold med
ais, inscribed: For Heroic Service,
February 1901" because they vodun-
teered to nurse a student who had
smallpox and two others who had va
rioloid. Miss Lottie Highsmith who
had smallpox pinned the medals on the
recipients. The medals are the gifts
of the faculty and students.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-28

Edenton Courier: The fish hatchery
will run only a few days longer owing
to the fact that all the seines having
"cut off" Nearly one hundred n fifty
millions of eggs have been Matched this
season, seventy millions having been
furnished by DR.. Capehart from his
fishery at Ayoca-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-28
BRWara of a COueh.

A cough is not a disease but a symp-
tom. Consumption and bronchitis,
which are the most dangerous and ia
tai diseases, have for their indication
a persistent cough, and if properly
treated as soon a. this cough appears
are easily cured. Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy has proven wonderfully sue
cessful, and gained its wide reputation
and extensive sale by its success in
curing the disease which cause cough
ing. If it is not beneficial it will not
cost you a cent Fo T sale by R. r.
Bellamy druggist.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-28

Skin affections will readily disappear
by using DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve.
Look out for counterfeits. If you get
DeWitt's you will get good results. 1t
is the quick and positive cure for piles.
r. R. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-28
The Governments Coa Observatorfes
Washington, May 23.-The treasury

Washington, May 2S.-The treasury
department has set aside a site on the
Absecon hight house grounds in Atlantic
City, n. J. for a meteorological station
and the weather bureau On June 10th,
will open bids for erecting a building
there. One of it's main purposes is 20
exhibit the workings of the weather
service to the summer colonists. A
substantial observatory station also is
to be erected at Cape Hatteras and the
station at Cape Henry, which reports
all commerce entering Chesapeake bay,
will be enlarged and considerably i'm
proved.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-28
Geo. Q. Gaylord's
Big Clothing Sale!
find that have about 1000 Suits of Clothes that |
want nv money out Of, and have put the knife into the
price and chopped off all the profit and part Of the cost
Dress Goods

! have something to say about my
Dress Goods Department and pretty
dress and white goods at the lowest
possible price.
New dotted Mulls at 4Sc per yard.
lace work goods at Is and sc.
New style crushed goods In white and
Blue at Is and a0c per yard. worth Sc
per yard.
27-inches wide finest China silk a,
4sc per yard.
Fine Demnity worth 1sc-my special
price 12tsc.
Mullhours Organdie at 12lzc. worth
% cents.
40-inch White avn at 10c.
15c quality in White Lawn for 1oc.
All colors in solid OrgandIe white
Cream. Light Blue. Navy Blue. Orange
and Lilac, at SC per yard.
Lawns in Black and Brown and as
sorted color dots. at SC. Goods were
sold at 15c now sc per yard.
Allover Laces and e~mbroideries are
all h go. and We a just received,
a big stock from 25c per yard to s1.oe.
Nice embroideries. 4 nch deep. lots
OF work on ii for &c yard.
We are after you and keep after you
We want to sell you some goods.
We have had a splendid trade this
spring, but We want TO fill your MEM
orandum.
We have almost everything you can
call for, and at the lowest Possible
price.
We have the goods to sell IL You want
them; they are yours with n very small
profit.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-28
Clothing

I will sell so Black Worsted Suits
/ sold at 1926, for 1925.
so Rowland Worsted. assorted colors,
warranted to wear well. we sold for
$3.50 and $500, now 1921.
About 100 All Wool Suits for men
that I sold from $500 to s11.0O-now
your choice at $3.50 Der suit.
so all wool Blue Serge Coats at $3.50,
we sold at s3.25.
25 Coats and Vests, we sell, all wool,
at $3.50.
40 Alpaca coats. at CSC. s1.4S, $500
and $500.
100 Mems odd Vests. to sell from soc
to $3.50 each.
A fine line of light Spring Suits as
low as $500, all wool, nicely made, up
to-date styles. We want to fit you up
to a nice stylish suit and would be
glad to have you look over my lines.
I have a big line of Boys Suits to
sell cheap.
I bought a few days ago a line Of
Boys Suits at a low ,rice to close
out. I will have suits as low as s1.0O,
s1.4S, s1.75, $500 and $500 in this line.
A big line Of nice Suits for Boys, up
to-date styles. and Pants, from 1Sc up.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-28
Straw Hats

Palmetto Hats at 10c each.
each.
Nice clean stiff white brim Hats at
Is cents.
Elegant style of Boys and Mems
Hats at soc.
a job in old Mems fine Panama Hats
all small sizes. from 62to Z. for soc.
Hats sold from $50 to $3.50 each.
A job sample for men. You can get
a nice hat cheap, stylish and new, up
to-date, at wholesale cost.
New-York tribune., 1901-05-05
THE GREAT ENGLISH DICTIONARY.
\ SPEECH BY ITS EDITOR.

From The London Times
The Authors Club gave a dinner last night at
the club premises in Whitehall Court. at which
llr j. A II. Murray. the editor of the
English Dictionary, was the guest of the even
ing Professor w. w. Skeat presided.
DR.. Murray said that the maker of a Giction-
author, for in addition to his own work he had
To edit the quotations which he got from other
sources The veriiication of the quotations was
no light task owing To the untrustworthy char
acter of some of those which were received. In
a leading article in one of the newspapers that
day he had been spoken of the begetter OF
the new English Dictionary. That was a very
serious error on the part of the author of the
leading article. however, because. far from
being the begetter of the dictionary he was not
even the conceiver of it, The institution of the
dictionary was to be attributed to the late Dean
Trench, who. in the course of his researches
into the history of words. found how little help
he could get from English dictionaries. Nothing
could he learned, for example as to how old a
word was. or. if a word had become obsolete
when il became obsolete. He considered that a
dictionary to he worthy of its ought to
give the history of a word: and in 1854 he called
upon the Pathological Society as being the only
body At that time which professedly occupied
itself with questions of language, prepare a
dictionary supplement which should give the
additional information. The society took the
matter up, and called upon it's friends to begin
reading. and to collect from the earliest au-
thors quotations which would show all kinds of
uses Ct words In 1879 he. by Il succession of
accidents more than anything else. got edged
into the position of undertaking To make the.
dictionary. He had IA great deal of preliminary
work. not the least important part of which
Was the tracing of different persons who had
undertaken the collection of quotations and who
were scattered all over the world 1t was about
five years before he found cut where mart of
the letter 'p" had gone. 1t had been intrlIsted
10 clergyman of the Irish church. who when
that church was disestablished. had gone off and
no one knew what had become OF him Ii was
found out afterwards that he was dead and
after "a good many researches the remains of
his material for the dictionary were found in a
stable in County Cavan.
AS the work progressed the material came to
him in tons and an iron room had be built for
its reception. Up to the present time they had
collected about 5ObOOO quotations. and he had
calculated that If the slips upon which they were
written were laid side by side they would extend
from Brighton to Inverness; that the lines of
writing. if pieced together in one continuous
line. would extend from London to Pekne and
that the reading of the quotations at the
rate of a minute each, and reading eight hours
a day and six days a week would occupy thir-
ty-two years. The whole of the quotations. each
New-York tribune., 1901-05-05
/ MESSAGE IN SrMBoL LANGUiGE.
From Notes and Queries.

rom Notes ana Queries.
This sort of language is common in time
our usual condition. that s-in South American
republics Messages. verbal written, cannot
be delivered, and wit and humor must go to
work to find another way of communication
The best instance | know was in MOSquer IA s
revolution in Colombia uSG0- 'Gl). the situation
being this: General MOSquera in prison in
BoSota: "El TuSo' Gutierrez with army on
the way to his relief had arrived in Cipacir;i. IL
few leagues distant. Mosquera'S daughter who
was in BOgota, wished To let her father know
the good news. Now the nickname Eel Tuso''
means the pockmarked' TuSo also means
husk of Indian corn. which rather looks like
smallpox marks when the seeds removed
Cipacir1 is famous salt town. Therefore
Amala MOSquera managed to have conveyed to
her father by the jaier green huSk of corn. of
which she said he was very fond, and out of
which. on the under side. she had removed the
grains. placing the corn in plate of salt. So
that MosqUera. on turning it over. perceived "a
husk in the salt and rightly read the riddle
III Tuso Gutierrez is in Cipacra."
New-York tribune., 1901-05-05

question. however. came up for discussion in
the Priyy Council. the latter decided in favor
of King William " This story was told by
the King himself to Miss Helen Lloyd. the gov
erness of his children. He added that the Privy
Council was moved to this choice partly by fear
of exciting the superstitious fears of the popu-
lace. who still bore in their memory prophecy
eating from the seventeenth century which
follows:
Henry the Eighth pulled down monks and their
cells.
Henry the Ninth shall pull down bishops and
BELLS
New-York tribune., 1901-05-05


,The Great Masters in Painting and Sculpture
TGited by O. { WiamsonD Illustrated.
octave. PIP. tx. 10. The Macmillan Company.
Miss Phillips begins by saying of Pinturiccho
that 1t would lie idle to claim for him place
in the first rank: may question his right to
stand in the second Class lists. as matter of
fact. are misleading. if not absolutely worthless.
Whether Finturicchio stands in the first rank or
in tie second is. to any one who knows and cares
for his work. a point Of no importance whatever.
The thnl, that counts is his individual and last
ing charm. which makes him simply one of the
nos, interesting painters of the Renaissance
that Italy possesses 1t is pleasant to find Miss
Phillipps as she warns to her task in the
volume she has written for Mr.. WilliamsOn's
sterling series. attaching nc great weight TO
questions as TO Pinturicchos place. but
fankly iestifyinE to a thorough appreciation OF
the masters work
II is fascinating work-there is none more
fascina ting in the peninsula. He executed some
small pictures among which the Portrait OF n
Boy" at Dresden. which We reproduce shows
very well the quality of his workmanship and
something If the accent of his style. But it was
as a mural painter that he excelled and Miss
Phillips rightly gives most attention TO schemes
ike those of the Borgia apartments in the Nati-
can and the library of the cathedral at Siena.
The suavity of the Umbrian landscape amid
which he labored so much crept into the art Of
Pinturiccho. Still more keenly did he feel the
appeal of such mundane pomp he witnessed
about the Iapal court and elsewhere in Rome
Working for the church, he expressed in de-
gree the spirit of religion; hut he was at his
best in representing its outward forms in the
portrayal of great dignitaries engaged in great
ceremonies. His genius (fOr matter what
rank he is put in, he unquestonably had
genius) partly constructive. He filled an
architectural space with the instinct of painter
to whom the sister art is an open book The
decorative Cift was in his blood and so in Rome.
in Siena and in Speo he left monuments of
painting which despite the hard usage OF time.
remain of profound beauty and interest. II he
true servant of the church he also
a friend of mankind: the vitality of human life,
apprehended with sincere emotion and devotedly
celebrated, is in his paintings. Miss Phillips
has written with understanding and taste about
the man and his art, and welcome her book
To the valuable series in which IL appears We
may add to her brief photography the monu-
mental work Pinturicchio by Boyer d'Agen.
which is now in course of publication, and TO
which she does not anywhere refer.
New-York tribune., 1901-05-05

upon separate slips of paper. had been collected
by readers who responded to the call made
by the Pathological Society. In the course of the
work about 10000 books had been read. After
alluding to some of the attacks to which they
We're subjected. when the dictionary was young
he spoke of the difficulty which had been ex-
perienced in getting explanations of terms
and said that he had been obliged "a make the
dictionary his work and to stick to ii even
to the exclusion almost of reading One result
of that that he stood before them almost
ignorant of modern literature.
New-York tribune., 1901-05-05
"HEN RY IY."
From The Literary Era.

From The Literary Era
1t is interesting to recall that just the pres
cnt Edward VII chose his second baptismai
name as the one ny which he wished to be desig-
mated when he mounted the throne likewise
his great uncle. William Henry, would have pre-
ferrcd to be known Henry IN. One of the
reasons for this preference the desire to
establish lawful right to a title which had al
ready been arrogated by the Cardinal of York
the last of the Stuart pretenders. When the
New-York tribune., 1901-05-05
4 DANTE SOCIETY.
From The Boston Transcript.

From The Boston Transcript.
n branch of the Society Dante Alighieri the
first in this country, will soon be organized in
Boston. This society at present has hfty-eight
branches in Italy and twenty in foreign coun-
tries. The different branches promote and hold
lectures. theatricals. conventions and concerts
The branch of Boston. besides it's educational
aim will have also that of looking after the wei
fare of the Italians in Boston, and protecting
the interests of the Italian immigrants who in
their ignorance exposed to all sorts OF evil