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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-08-13
S365,405,707

The Iowa republican state convention
literally took the rag off h bush in
the way of ridiculous inconsistency. 1t
damns the democracy for disfranchis-
ing illiserate negroes in h south
while applauding Mckinley and indors-
ing the doings of their own corrupt
party. They defend the Mckinley gang
for recognizing slavery in the Sulu
Island, a part of the ~conquests in the
far away. and, as the Atlanta News
says, very pe~rtinently, they indorse
the position of the supreme court, which
suspends the operation of h consti-
tuition, including the 14th and 18th
amendments, in the Philippine islands
and Porto Rico.
When they have dealt with the race
problem in these islands a while longer
they will be a little less hypocritical
about the negro"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-08-13

The steel trust means business" and
it has its war paint on now thick.
Schwab commands in person. 1t is
making an aggressive movement on
the Amalgamated works. and in their
strong hold. They opened two steel mills
in Pittsburg, but failed in another.
The plan is to run enough mills to break
the strike. Both leaders say there will
be no more ov%ertures. The militia
the army-will be on hand ready for a
riot. Schwab is to lead in the field
and Morgan t o manage finances. That
is what Professor Ely said should be
don A quarrel between Morgan and
Schwab was reported.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-08-13
In Cripple Creek Mines

Colorado Springs. Col..- August g.
Vice President Roosevelt visited
the Portland mine at Cripple Greek
day. He descended 1000 feet into the
earth. He will lay the Young Mems
Christian Association building corner
stone tomorrow. and probably Will re-
main in this city one week.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-08-13

There is a fine spirit in the state in
county is the leader in the movement.
Many counties are considering the i'm
pOrtant matter of better roads.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-08-13
HOME FOLKS

II is announced that there will be q
curtailment Of over 20. 900 spindles IN
North Carolina In hosiery yarn for
twelve days. There Il too much pro-
duction.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-08-13

M. Santos-Dumont'S airship is a fail
ure thus far. 1t sails around and about
but it has not Yet reached perfection.
1t blew up the other day while he was
rounding the high Eiffel Tower in Paris
he losing control of it. 1t struck a
house and exploded and the brave in
ventor was left suspended in the air.
He finally escaped unhurt and was
showered with kisses by Paris ladies.
He will try again and the remembrance
of the kisses may cause another de-
scent.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-08-13
CLEANING AND COMMENT.

Last year was the best record that
cotton has ever made The total value
of its exported raw cotton was s313,-
673 ,44s. The total value of cotton, cot
ton goods. oil, etc. was 1856, 405, 707- II
fell behind the wheat, corn and apple
crop in value. put leads all crops I'm
the south. In ten years the exports OF
cotton aggregates more than s2,0O0,OO0,-
900. Here are some instructive figures:
Value of cotton and its products ex-
ported in 1901:
Evening star., 1901-12-21
JOHN T. RAYMOND'S JOKE
HOW THE ACTOR PLANNED FOR A
CHRISTMAS EVE PARTY.
Assisted by the Women I'm His Conn
pany-NO Wonder They Were
Surprised.

"One night, about a week before Christ
mas. In Chicago" said a veteran actress
who was recently In Washington. and who
for many years was a member Of the COM
pany of the late John T. Raymond. "Mr.
Raymond approached several ladies OF his
company after the performance. and, with
the evident reluctance Of a man of gener-
Gus parts betraying himself while about to
commit charitable action, he said to us:
Girls, wish you'd give me little lift
toward fixing up a Christmas tree for
couple OF young ones that I've picked up,
bless their curly little heads!'
"Of course we clapped our hands and ap-
plauded him and told him that he was the
best old thing that ever was-which. in
deed, was the simple truth. He was for
ever stopping on his way when taking his
walks to chuck children under the chin and
talk to them and buy them sweetmeats and
toys. and when he told us about this Christ
mas tree that he wanted US to help him
decorate we Immediately had the mental
picture Of couple Of tots that he had
found somewhere or other and, knowing
they had no Christmas in store, had de-
cided to give them a treat. We were all
enthusiasm over the project, for several OF
us in the company had children Of our own
at home whose Christmas trees would have
to be dressed that year by other hands than
our own.
"'Are they boys or girls, these waits that
you have such fun in store for?' we asked
him.
He shook his finger at us playfully, muir
INJURED something about the curiosity that
killed cat, and then his manner became
more serious.
oh, they're couple of poor little out
casts he said, shaking his head as If over
the sadness of their situation. Little Mil
dred and Algernon, l call them, although
the poor little things don't know their own
Evening star., 1901-12-21

about their heads and white ones about
their loins, between which their black
skins show out. - N
Get out and take al walk along the
wharves and look at the ships. Here is one
from Europe via the Suez canal. Yellow
skinned Cinnamon are unloading 1t. They
hre carrying of American bicycles cotton
and flour. Further on issa vessel unloading
iron from Belgium. and below ais one un-
shipping boxes Of brandy and wines from
France. marked Bangkok, and probably
intended for the King of Siam.
There Is vessel which1has OH machinery
for the petroleum fields of Sumatra, while
further on a gang of black East Indians
Is carrying out galvanized iron plate for
roofs here in Singapore There are also
ships unloading coal. That ccal came from
England and 1t has travelled thousands of
miles, making the trip half way around
the world to reach Singapore. This is one
of the great coaling places of the far east
and the English keep vast supplies here on
hand to have them ready in case of war.
An American Electric Light Plant.
As we look the sun drops down quickly,
as it always does on the equator, and the
electric lights on the docks flash out of the
darkness. We walk short distance to see
the light plant for we are told it Is Ameri-
can. 1t was put up by couple of Yankees
who have such plants scattered throughout
the far east. They have lighted the Singa-
pore hotels and have so arranged them that
every guest can have an electric fan in his
room at so much per day. The dock elec-
trio plant is a fine one, but 1t is liable to
be affected by the lizards, of which there
are many on the island. The little animals
crawl everywhere and an electrical engineer
tells me that they sometimes connect the
positive and negative poles of the ma
chinery, the result being roast lizard and
for a time an extinction Of light.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
Evening star., 1901-12-21

OF HindOostan and Burmah. There are
Parsees from Bombay, Siamese from Bang
kok. well as hundreds of Armenians.
There are also thousands Of MaIays and
large population of Eurasians, who are
half European, half Asiatic.
II is this mass that the English govern
with a small garrison and police force of
less than 2.00o men. They keep them in
perfect order and make property and life
safer than they are in the heart of London
or New York.
How Singapore Is Governed.
The English understand how to govern
the Asiatics better than we do, although
doubt whether they are as great a success
IN this respect as the Dutch L have de-
scribed how Holland controls the Javanese
through the natives. Here the English rule
through their own people. The Straits Set
Elements are a crown colony under gov
ernor appointed by King Edward, aided by
an executive council. The governor is the
commander-in-chief of the little army and
he is practically supreme. His name Is Sir
Frederick Cardew and he is a x. G. NJ. G.
He gets salary half as large as the
President Of the United States, and has In
addition a good allowance for entertain
Evening star., 1901-12-21

nament the tree were so impatient TO see
the pair of waits that We could hardly re-
strain ourselves.
Where are they?' We demanded OF Mr..
Raymond.
Tut. tut, such impatience" said he.
cheerfully. The pair of curly-heads are I'm
the next room, and I've had all l could do
this last quarter Of an hour to keep them
from just gnawing their way in here. All
ready? Shall 1 fetch 'em in?
Il think that it was right at this point
that several OF us who had known Mr..
Raymond for a long while began 10 look at
him with more or less suspicion. That pair
of waits had surely been keeping almighty
quiet in the next room, We thought.
Not what They Expected.
Ready! Yes! Produce the dear little
things at once" was the cry, and then Mr..
Raymond solemnly opened the door Of his
sleeping room and quickly closed ii after
him. He was gone for about half a minute,
and then his bed room door opened again.
Mr.. Raymond was leading by heavy two
inch ropes the yellowest, homeliest, scraw-
niest, shaggiest pair Of mongrel pups that
l ever saw before or since.
Here are the curly, golden-haired dears"
he exclaimed, his eyes cleaning rapturous-
ly, as he led the poor little frisking NUTS
up to the Christmas tree Then a hurt eN-
preston crept into his eyes as he gaZed
around at us, stunned as We were Why
don't you hug 'em? he inquired in bitter
ly disappointed tone.
We'll. when We emerged from the daze
we pelted him with every sofa pillow and
slipper and book and loose article in the
room, while the purps barked merrily at the
Christmas tree and the men of the company
guyed us to the verge of distraction. Then
a delivery wagon man came up and took
the Christmas tree to the Newsboys' Home.
as Mr.. Raymond had previously arranged,
after which Mr.. Raymond thrust open the
doors of his parlor. revealing a beautifully
ornamented and Illuminated table with
plates set for all of the members of the
company. Santa Claus had long finished
making his rounds before We got up from
that table, and the fun that Mr.. Raymond
provided for US more than compensated for
the sell"
Evening star., 1901-12-21
Singapore is John Bulls Most Pros
porous Colony.
CITY DOES AN ENORMOUS BUSINESS
Population is Gathered From All
Over the Globe.
SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT
Copyright, 1901, by Frank C. Carpenter.)

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
SINGAPORE, Straits Settlements.
I came to Singapore to show you how
john Bull manages this one of his posses
sicns. He Is the prince of colonial proprie-
tors. He has a bigger empire than the
car, and he spots the globe with his colo
nial farms. He has been working for a
hundred years at. the problems which
Uncle Sam is trying to figure out in the
Philippines. and his work here has been
among the Malays, who are second cousins
TO our Filipinos. The climate and soil are
about the same as IN the Philippine
Islands, and the very air is full of object
lessons for US as to our own property and
people in the western Pacific.
The English colonies down here in Ma
laysia are called the Straits Settlements.
There are about half dozen of them, and
Singapore is the chief. 1t is the capital,
and it is ono of the most important financial
centers of King Edwards empire. 1t is an
island so near the ASiatic continent that
you can row TO it in a canoe in less than
an hour. and so small that you can walk
from one end of il to the other in a day.
1t contains only $4,000 acres, and of this
only one-seventh is under cultivation. Still,
the island does a business of 500, 900
year, it has millionaires by the score and
its BANKS and business houses are among
lNe greatest OF the orient. III mas nOtelS
which will accommodate hundreds of
guests, fifty great steamship lines connect
1t with the north west and SOUTH it has
miles of docks, and more than a thousand
vessels come in and out of it's harbor every
month.
Made the Jungle Blossom.
The growth of this island Is an example
Of what England can do with colony.
Eighty years ago Singapore was a jungle.
1t was inhabited by tigers and other wild.
beasts. and you could hardly take step
without putting your foot on a cobra. To-
day the island is cut up with roads. 1t
tatiOns- a great part of the jungle has been
cleared away and a big city has grown up
about the harbor. The city is the halfway
station of the voyage around the world. 1t
IS a port of call for the steamers to and
from India and China, and also for those
from China and Japan to and from Europe
by the SueZ canal. Some of the Australian
lines pass through the straits and there are
regular ships from here to Java, Borneo,
Siam and the Philippines.
Singapore now contains about 200, 900 peo-
pie of whom 5000 are Europeans and
Americans and the balance AsiaticS. The
population is perhaps the most cosmopon-
tan on the globe. There are about 100, 900
Chinese and 5000 Eas- Indians. There are
hundreds OF japanese, Siamese and Jews.
There are a thousand dark-skinned Arabs
and representatives Of almost every tribe
Evening star., 1901-12-21
half million dollars have been expended on
for:jfications

half million dollars have been expended on
for;ifications.
A Free Port, but Out of Debt.
We charge customs duties on about
everything that comes to the Philippines,
and our policy there is protection Of the
highest order. Here everything is free
trade. There are no customs duties what
ever and. notwithstanding this, the colony
has revenue of s2,500,0O0 a year, one-third
of which is paid out in salaries. The rev.
enue comes from land taxes, stamps, IL
censes, postage and port and harbor dues
1t is collected by the English officials with
out trouble and the government always
comes out ahead at the eEd Of the year.
am surprised at the business done down
here on the edge of the equator. Singapore
has exports and imports to the amount OF
500, ,OO0. COO 1t has post Office which
handles 100000 pieces Of mail annually
1t has ships from every part of the world
going in and out of its harbor, and the
scenes upon its streets are as lively as
those Of New York. The town In some re-
spects makes me think of Havana. for its
buildings are Of the brightest colors, with
the exception of the great stone structures
of the banks and government Offices.
Singapore is the business center Of this
Evening star., 1901-12-21
Plea of the Young Evergreens.


Eliza Woodwork in Birds ana Nature.
We hide the stony mountain side with green
And grow in beauty where the plain was bare;
And through faint valleys watt strengthening
air.
On coastings gray we stay the creeping sand;
We lift spears and halt the shifting dunes;
Our bounteous youth makes glad the scanty land,
While it transforms rank ferns, and salt iagunes.
We veil the prairies from the heat, while slow
Across their farmsteads breathes summer
balm,
And shield them when the winds Of winter blow,
Through charming days spread branches
And live through drouths, and foods, and whirl-
ing storms,
Till comes to man his merry Christmas tide.
That lays in myriad deaths our fairest forms.
Men drag us from our fragrant winding wales.
They fell us on the mountain sopss, and bare
The prairies unto heat, and freezing gales,
And thinned, the chaparral plains fail unaware.
They tear us from the wallchinks of the glens,
And hew the marsh We helped to drain,
And where beauty graced. the ,awny fms
Shall lapse to weeds and sworded tags again.
While inland move the dunes We bravely stayed,
When borne away by wasteful hands,
To tower in rooms, with lights and gifts arra! ed.
Spare us!-oh! spare youth. with veriure
crowned
Our groves return to deserts when We pass
Bare slopes but yield their stones and bitter
grass
Spare us. We bring you beauty. shelter, wealth.
Oh. waste us not. Oh! keep with guiltless show
The holy time: and life, and joy, and health,
Be gifts to you. while winds Of winter blow.
Evening star., 1901-12-21
working on Their sympathies.

II am not sure but that several Of us
were more or less inclined to give vent to
a tear or so by this time so touching was
the picture we conjured up of the sor-
rowful state of the tiny pair of orphans
of course, although he hadn't said so, we
were certain that they were orphans.
They've been SO miserably neglected
all their lives went on Mr.. Raymond,
seeming to have to make an effort to con-
troll himself, that they are necessarily
rough little creatures, but ones sympathy
for them Is none the less on that account
why, certainly not" we all said. in
chorus, and then we asked him just what
he wanted us to do. He explained that he
wanted to have fine Christmas tree rugged
up for the little ones in the sitting room
of his suite at the hotel so that after the
show on Christmas eve he and we could
enjoy the delight of the pair of waits over
the wonderful show of goodies and toys
prepared for them. He would have them
in waiting at the hotel, he said, and when
the tree was all ready and lighted up he
would fetch them in in the presence of all
OF us and let them be hugged, and so on.
Now, girls, do the thing up right"
concluded Mr.. Raymond, handing us money
wherewith to undertake the pleasurable
task. Don't spare any expense. I wouldn't
have the pair Of curly heads disappointed
for anything
1--WE tried to cajole him into letting us
see the youngsters before the arrival of the
eventful Christmas eve, offering as a pre-
text the fact that We ought to have a
chance to give the children a good scrub
bing and dressing up before having them
presented to company, but Mr.. Raymond
only shook his head mysteriously over the
suggestion, and remarked that he guessed
they'd be clean and dressed up enough.
The Great Event.
We'll, we pitched in and began to shop
for that Christmas tree. First, we got the
tree and set 1t up in Mr.. Raymond's hotel
sitting room, and then we traipsed half
over Chicago to get toys and candies and
other things for the tree. We didn't ne
glect to buy many useful things for young
ones, and We worked on this project as If
our own children were to be the surprised
ones. We were arranging the candles and
putting the finishing touches to that tree
right up to the moment that we were due
to go to the theater on Christmas eve, and
l dare say We slurred our parts dreadfully
during the performance, SO intent were we
In thinking Of the joy of the pair Of waits
Evening star., 1901-12-21

part Of the Pacific. having connections with
Slam, Sumatra, Borneo, Australia, India
and China, and doing business with all OF
part of the world you come to Singapore to
start. Two days and $50 will take you to
Java; four days and about the same money
to Siam; $105 will carry you to Calcutta
$40 to Hongkong and 500 to London
There are ships almost daily to Europe,
via the Suez canal, and every week or SO
there is a boat direct for the Philippines.
which are lighted by American electric
lights, and the dock company is one Of the
best paying institutions of the place.
Rich Chinese.
The most of the business, however. is
managed by the Chinese. They are the
shrewdest merchants and best financiers Of
the far east. They own stock In nearly
everything, and the English tell me that
they can beat an European in almost every
business deal.
These Chinese are far different from our
laundrymen in the United States They are
better dressed and more airy than the ma
bobs of Pekin They spend money as We'll
make 1t. L see them driving about in
carriages with coachmen and footmen In
livery. They wear silk gowns and felt hats
and lie back on the cushions smoking their
cigars as their servants of other nations
drive them. Some have their wives, who
are resplendent in diamonds and pearls and
bracelets OF SOld Inc enlneSe Hete nave
their cricket clubs. Some of them are
yacht men. / see them in the billiard rooms
and pass them flying over the roads on
American bicycles, their gorgeous silks
flirting in the breeze. They are the cashiers
and accountants of this region. If you
go into one of the big banks it is a Chinese
who figures out the exchange and hands
over your money. Some of the best stores
are owned by Chinese, and in most business
houses the credit of Chinese merchant is
good as that of an English one. The
large estates outside Singapore, and on the
whole they are an important element of the
community.
/ have spoken of Chinaman being in the
governors council This is so, but, never
theless, the Chinese are not the easiest gov
erned of the Asiatcs. They have secret So
cieties, which take the law into their own
Evening star., 1901-12-21
DIVORCE IN THE DISTRICT.
Wherein the New Law Differs From
the Old One.

Attention was recently called by promi-
nent out-of-town newspaper to the novel
spectacle offered to observers by the
rush for divorces in this city. 1t was as
serted that the specialist lawyers of WASH
ington have advertised lower rates for the
remainder of the year, the chief cause for
the rush, however, being ascribed to the
prospect of divorce law much less lib
eral than the present one going into effect
the I'd of January. Under the provisions OF
the existing statute as interpreted by
sympathetic courts, so the writer referred
to declares, cold feet, chronic dyspepsia or
a habit of bringing friends home to dinner
on wash days are sufficient grounds for
decree with liberal alimony at the pres
ent time here at the capital Of the nation.
In view Of the foregoing it may be OF
interest to specify just what the law now
in force provides. A divorce from the bond
of marriage may be granted in any of the
following cases:
Where such marriage was contracted
while either of the parties thereto had
former wife or husband living, unless the
former marriage had been lawfully dis
solved and no restraint imposed on the
party contracting such second marriage
Where such marriage was contracted
during the lunacy of either party.
Where either party was matrimonially
incapa citated at the time of the marriage.
Where either party has committed adul-
terry during the marriage.
For habitual drunkenness for period
of three years of the party complained
against.
For cruelty of treatment, endangering
the life or health of the party complain
ing
= For willful desertion and abandonment
by the party complained of against the
party complaining for the full unnter-
rupted space Of two years
A divorce from bed and board may be
granted for either of the following causes:
Cruelty of treatment, endangering the
life or health of one of the parties.
Reasonable apprehension, to the satfs-
faction of the court, Of bodily harm.
Under the provisions of the new code OF
law a divorce from the bond of marriage
may be granted only where one of the
parties has committed adultery during the
marriage. In such case the innocent party
only may remarry. Nothing is contained
in the law to prevent the remarriage Of
the divorced parties to each other.
Legal separation from bed and board,
under the code, may be granted for drunk
enness, cruelty and desertion.