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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-08-09

The small industries of a state puts
it ahead often. Look at little Connec-
ticut, with it's barren soil. and behold
its riches. We heard a journalist of
that state declare fifteen years 6 or
more that it was done by it's small in
dustries-by multiplying them, by man
ufacturing of course. The Charlotte
Observer rightly insists that cit is in
the building of small mills for a diver
sified product; in the big textile supply
houses and mill building companies; in
w~aterpower. electrical and mining de-
velopments and their train of smaller
industries that the Observer bases it's
claim hat North Carolina continues
to lead the SOUTH" Look at Thomas
vile, in the woods a few years ago,
but now with much increased popula-
ton, and with forty manufacturing es-
Establishments, perhaps all in wood.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-08-09

North Carolina is the native home of
the grape. the best of all-the Scupper-
nong, the Catawba, the Isabella and
the Concord. Mr.. A. D. Hart, of Dare
county, tells of a grape vine In eastern
North Carolina that is very old, very
productive, and unrivalled. He writes.
but we do not know where his article
first appeared:
"North Carolina can boast of the
largest grape vine in the world. 1t is
on the farm of B. F. Meekins, Roanoke
Island, not far from the site of Fort
Raleigh and near the birthplace of Vir
GINA Dare. 1t is claimed tina the vine
was planted by Sir Walter Raleigh's
Inflated colony in 1887. It is the Soup
pernong variety. covers an acre of
ground and yields about a ton of grapes
annually"
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MUSTERED OUT.
Ihity.Third and ThIrty.fOrth VOLUNTEER RssI.
ments Get Their Discharge.

San Francisco, April 22. - The
Thirty-third and Thirty-fourth volun-
teer regiments, recently returned from
Manila, have been mustered out. The
Twenty-eighth and Thirty-fifth in
tAntry, now in camp at the Presidio,
expect to be mustered out of the ser
vice April 30. Although there are
very few troops here now under orders
for the Philippines, transports will be
rushed there as fast as possible, to be
in Manila in time to bring home all
the volunteers to be mustered out by
July |. In accordance with this
programme, the Thomas sailed from
here Saturday and the Warren will
sail on the 25th. The assignments
to the Thomas consisted OF l27 re-
cruits and 20 casuals under the COM
mand of Lieutenant W. A. Liebler.
The Twenty-fourth infantry and $50
marines have been assigned to the
Warren.
The transport Rosecrans, which has
Just arrived from Manila, has been
released from quarantine. The Rose
Grams brought 218 men of the Thirty
seventh infantry and 260 casuals.
The transport Lawton on which there
were three cases of smallpox, has also
been released from quarantine after
having been thoroughly fumigated.
Seventeen days had elapsed since the
last case appeared and it was perfectly
safe to land the passengers.
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DAM GAVE WAY.
Greater Part Of Town Submerged, But Ma
Lives Lost

Chester, Mass, April %. - The
Flood Hollow dam, in Middlefield,
gave way about O'Clock last night,
letting loose the water in the big
reservoir, which rushed with terrific
force into the west branch of the
Westfield river, sweeping everything
before it and submerging the greater
part of this town. No lives were lost
but great damage has been done, the
extent OF which it is impossible now
to estimate. The dam was built in
1874, to take the place of the one
which was destroyed by the flood Of
the year before 1t was poorly con-
structed of stone and timber, and
had been a constant menace to the
town of Chester. The heavy rains
overfowed the reservoir and the dam
showed signs of weakening early in
the morning. Orders were given to
inspect the dam The result was
that word was sent to the people be-
low that the dam was almost certain
to go out, and the families in the low
lands got what things they could to-
gether and made for places of safety.
They were none too soon, for the dam
broke, and with a deafening roar,
torrent of water was let loose into
Flood Hollow, which empties into
Westfeld river. The huge timbers OF
the dam were hurled into the foaming
current, and went in one great crash
ing mass toward Chester Two quartz
mills at Flood Hollow, barns and out
buildings were swept along in the tor
rent. At Bancroft the Boston & AL
bany stone bridge was carried awav,
together with 600 feet of track. -
will probably be two days before
trains are running.
Chester presents a desolate sight.
The electric light station is sub
merged, and the town is in total dark
ness
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WITHDRAWAL OF FRENCH.
Ten Thousand Troops viii Leave China Next
Month.

Pekin, April 24.-General Voyron,
the commander of the French troops
in China has informed General Chat.
fee that 10000 French soldiers will
leave China in May.
Ii Hung Chang believes that the
Chinese troops under General Liu will
be withdrawn over the boundary
marking the territory defined by Field
Marshal Won Waldersee as the sphere
OF operations for the allies, as the
governor of Shan ST province received
telegraphic instructions nearly a
week ago ordering their withdrawal.
Hsi LANG, ex-governor of the pro-
vince Of Shan ST, has been appointed
governor of the province OF Hu Pei.
The foreign consuls at Hankow, capi-
tai OF the province OF Hu Pei, have
protested against this appointment to
Chang Chi Tung, viceroy of Hankow,
and have sent him a telegram advis-
ing him to delay proceeding in the
matter. The numerous appointments
of Cinnamon with pronounced anti
foreign tendencies is causing com.
ment in Pekin. Even the foreign
ministers admit that so many ap.
pointments of this character are i'll.
advised.
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Our Northern Boundary.

Ottawa, Ont, April 24.-Negotia-
tions have been concluded between the
Ottawa government and the Washing
ton authorities for the purpose of re-
newing and maintaining the boundary
line marks between Canada and the
United States. 1t is over 40 years
since the international boundary he
tween the United States and Canada
from Lake Superior to the Pacific
coast was definitely fixed, and it is
over so years or more since it was
marked out between Lake Superior
and the Atlantic coast. The neces-
sity for this work has arisen out Of
commercial claims in Southern Brit
ish Columbia Work will, therefore,
be commenced in that region early
this summer.
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BRITISH WAR LOAN.
People Dissatisfied Because They Can Only
Subscribe for Half Of II.

London, April 24.-Great curiosity is
manifested here to ascertain how half
the war loan has been already placed
as is asserted in the government in
vitation for subscriptions for the re-
naming half. 1t is supposed that a
portion of the $50, 600, 900 ALREADY
placed" may have been reserved for
the government department, but it is
rather believed that financial houses
with foreign connections have inte-
rested themselves in the flotation.
No explanation has been afforded,
and, considering that the final INSTALL
ment of the loan is payable in Decem-
Der, and that the first quarters inter-
est will be paid July 5, the issue is re-
garded as cheap, and not little re-
sentiment has been created by the fact
that only half the issue has been
offered to the public. This dissatis-
faction is voiced by the Daily Chron-
icle, which says:
"The public ought to have been in
formed by this time to whom the
chancellor of the exchequer has al
loted ESQ, 00O 600 of the issue" The
paper proceeds to comment severely
on the policy of the government
which has led to such "a disastrous
issue, in which the British taxpayers
drop the round sum of e3, 300, 600 in
the process of borrowing EGO, 600, 600. "
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A New Geyser.

Vancouver, B. c., April pa
new geyser has made its appearance
at Lake Echo, Romtomahana, New
Zealand. 1t is described as a mass OF
boiling water, half an acre in extent,
rising in a great dome from whichSa
column of water and stones rises 800
feet, while immense volumes of steam
rise to the clouds and hot stones are
thrown great distance.
Australian advises also report a re-
cord blast from the line of the New
South Wales Railway deviation works,
Tarana, when 10000 tons of solid
rock were moved at one blast. Ow.
ing to the peculiar hardness of the
rock, British gelignite was combined
with dynamite and powder, the total
weight of the explosives used in the
blast being four tons.
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.QObB[D Till EXPRESS
An Arkansas Train Held Up By
Masked Bandits.
EXPRESS MESSENGER AND PORTER SHOT
Train Carried Much Valuable Express Matter.
and Robbers M,ds a Rich Haul
BlOodhounds After Them.

Memphis, Tenn, April 24.-The
last express train of the Choctaw,
oklahoma & Gulf railroad, which left
Memphis at Ii .45 O'Clock last night,
was held up by three masked bandits
at Bridge Junction, Ark, about mid
night. 1t is not known what booty
the robbers secured, but dispatch
received at police headquarters states
that the express messenger and porter
Of the train we're injured after resist
ing the bandits. The Wells Fargo
Express Company usually makes its
heaviest shipments to the West on
this train. Police Sergeant Perry,
upon receipt of the telegram, imme-
diately posted officers along the river
front with instructions to keep
sharp lookout for the bandits, should
they attempt to cross to the city.
The train left Memphis with a
heavy passenger list The scene of
the holdup is lonely railroad cross
ing four miles from the river. The
Negro porter, named Gould, was shot
and seriously injured by one of the
bandits. The train was in charge of
Conductor Nelson, one of the oldest
employees OF the road, and Engineer
Johnson. The express messenger,
Meaders, is said to have been shot.
The train was delayed about 20
minutes. The engine, mail and ex-
press cars were cut off from the train
and run to point a mile west of the
place where the train was stopped.
The engine was then detached and
run a short distance up the track,
two men remaining to guard the
trainmen. The third used dyna-
mite on the express car and blew open
the door. 1t is reported that every
thing of value was taken and it is be-
lieved that the bandits haul is large,
as this was a heavy run. Blood
hounds from the convict camp at
Hubert, three miles from the scene
are now on the bandits trail.
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OREGON 5TATE nEW5
Items of Interest From All Parts
of the State.
COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL HAPPENINGS
A Brief Review Of the Growth and Improve
ments Of the Many Industries Through
out Our Thriving Commonwealth.

Elgin is to have two new planning
mills.
The Dalles will spend 81, $50. 40 for
water pipe.
A bath house witha swimming tank
30x80 feet will be constructed at Ash
land.
A cougar, measuring six feet six
inches, was killed ON Sweet creek last
week.
What is known as the Kite place,
near Cove, containing GAO acres OF
land, was recently sold for Sl5, 600.
The Grant county court has ordered
that the date on which taxes become
delinquent be extended to June 70,
1901.
The Ashland Meat Company receiv-
ed a car load of cattle from Gazelle
last week, eight head of which weighed
l, 800 pounds each.
A human skull and bones OF a man g
body were found last week about hall
a mile up Butte creek from Fossil.
The remains, which were only few
inches under ground, on the creek
bank, were exposed by the recent high
water. As the oldest settlers do not
remember of anyone having ever mys-
teriously disappeared, the general ac-
cepted theory is that 40 or 80 years
ago a white wanderer may have been
killed by Indians.
A telephone line is to be erected
from Gold Hill to Crescent City.
The council of Mitchell has decided
to put in a system of waterworks.
The Lane county court is advertis-
ing for bids for the construction of a
bridge at Lorane.
s. L. Bennett, farmer living north
of Medford has ordered 2, 900 gallon
tank for his windmill.
A salmon was caught near the Main
street bridge, Pendleton, recently,
that weighed nearly ii pounds.
The construction of a creamery at
Summerville has begun. The bridge
will be !, 600 feet long and l2feet wide.
A new steam saw mill is being
built on Stukel mountain about half
way between Klamath Falls and Mer-
rill. 1t will have capacity of 10, 600
to 25, 900 feet.
Some young miscreants piled empty
boxes at the crossing of two of Rose
burg's principal streets and set fire to
them about 80 in the morning. A
big blaze resulted. Firemen and citi-
zens turned out, believing one of the
main business blocks to be on fire.
The Deschutes Reclamation & Irri-
cation Company has 100 rods of flume
built. The flume is seven feet wide
and % inches deep, and there is now
running 10, 900 inches of water. The
company expects to have water on a
number of the homesteads before next
fall. The ditchis surveyed seven and
a half miles.
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DANGER HAS PASSED.
Ohio Valley Towns Are Slowly Emerging
From the Flood.

Pittsburg, Pa, April A.-The most
widespread and destructive storm,
from material point of view, has
passed. 1t has left zone of ruin 200
miles in diameter. 1t was unusual in
that it possessed so many different
features. Cities 20 miles from Pitts
burg were tied up by one of the worst
snow storms ever known. While the
snow fall was from Is inches to three
feet deep, which is not extraordinary,
the snow was so wet that it clung in
weighty masses to shade and fruit
trees and electric wires and poles,
bearing them to the earth II even
settled on steam and street railways
like wet sand, stopping all traffic and
making pedestrianism almost inpos-
sible. The fall was so easy and spon
taneous in some places that the resi-
dents declare it seemed like the burst
ing OF a snow cloud.
A few miles from these unfortunate
towns were municipalities in just as
dire straits from rain, but speedier
prospect for relief as the rain will
run off faster than the snow can
melt. Still in these places traffic was
practically suspended. Water over
flowed and washed out railroad tracks
and hillsides came down and buried
the rails. In addition nearly every
town on the Ohio river between Pitts
burg and Wheeling is in darkness.
Electric light plants, or their wires,
are damaged and the gas in the mains
is generally turned off to prevent ex-
plosions. So half million or more
people are cropping about in the dark.
A remarkable feature of the storm is
that but few fatalities directly attrib-
utable to this cause have been re-
ported. A railroader, caught in II
wreck causedby landslide, and the
death of an old woman from shock,
are the only ones known SO far.
There may be others, but as commu-
nication is cut off from many populous
places it will be the end of the week
before the total can be given out,
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FIRE IN BUTTE SHELTER.
Employees Contribute Weeks Time to CleaI
Up the Wreckage.

Butte, Mont, April 22.-Friction
in hot box over the generators near
the engine house roof at the Mon
tana Ore Purchasing Company's
smelter, started a fire about s o'clock
this morning which caused damage
of SIS, 900 to the plant and will delay
operations for few weeks. The
sampling works are a total loss, the
stacks ruined and the engine operat-
inc the smelter almost total wreck.
The new machinery is uninjured and
the blast furnaces and converters are
not materially damaged. The efforts
of the city fire department and the
fire brigade of the Butte & Boston
Company saved the plant, which is
valued at over 81 900, 600. from total
destruction. AS soon as the flames
were under control the men employed
signed paper passed around by one
of their number agreeing to contrib.
ute weeks work free to clear up the
wreckage caused by the fire and get
things in shape for rebuilding. The
company expects the plant to be in
full operation again within 30 days
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ACTIVITY IN MANCHURIA.
Russians viii Renew Operations Against the
Chinese.

London, April 24-According to
dispatch from st. Petersburg to the
Daily Mail, official information has
been received that renewed military
activity is beginning in Manchuria.
Chinese troops are strongly en-
trenched at three points around
Mukden. They are armed with good
Mauser rifles and have 30 Krupp guns.
To the eastward Of Mukden, near Tar
chausen, there are 1000 men under
the Boxer chief, General Lutanz. To
the northwest, near Kulu, there are
5000 Chinese under the ex-governor
of Mukden. To the eastward, in
Mongolia, and near the In Shan
mountains, there are 5000 more un-
der the Chinese General Shu. Ad-
miral Aliezoff has accordingly organ
lied an expedition under General
Zerpenski, consisting of two regi-
mentsand five sotnias of Cossacks, l6
guns and body of volunteers, to
operate against the three points
named. The first movement was
successfully carried out in the begin
ming of April. Kulu, which is $50
kilometers from Mukden, was stormed
and the ex-governor of Mukden was
taken prisoner In this action the
Russians had l3 men killed and four
officers and 1S men wounded. The
advance toward the Tarchausen posi-
tion was then begun. Owing to the
departure of most of the Russian
troops from Mukden, the latter city
has become very unsafe. Almost
nightly Russian sentinels are found
shot in the back. The situation in
Southern Manchuria is disquieting
and another advance of Russian
troops will be made early in the
spring.
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Old soldiers who wish to take up
homesteads upon the opening of the
Indian reservation in Oklahoma will
do we'll, in the opinion of the land
Office officials, to file their own claims
and attend to all the business them
selves rather than trust their interests
to agents. 1t is reported in Wash
ington that agents are going about
making contracts with veterans to
represent them and file their claims,
and are charging fee in advance and
a second to be paid after filing the
claim; but an agent can serve only
one client properly, unless he calls
into service large force of assistants,
which they cannot afford to do for
the small fees charged. 1t will be
seen, therefore, that it will be much
better for everybody to look out for
himself.
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Gomez Coming to America.

Havana, April 22.-General Max.
imo Gomez is making arrangements
to go to the United States. He will
be accompanied by his son Urbona,
and will probably remain in the
United States until the return to
Cuba of the special committee on re.
lations. He desires to wait definite
action in reference to the Platt
amendment, in order to avoid the
accusation that the trip is made for
POLITICAL purposes He has always
expressed a desire to meet the 2eo-
pie of the United States and to thank
them for the assistance they rendered
Cuba in the war with Spain. Senior
Palma is the choice of General Gomez
for the presidency of Cuba.
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Reported by Kitchnsr.

London, April %. - A dispatch
from General Kitchener, dated Pre-
toria, April 20, says: "Plumer has
occupied Bathfont, capturing 13 pris-
oners and number Of rifles and am
munition Douglas column has oc-
cupied Dulistroom. Six Beers were
killed. On General Kitchener's ad-
vance, from Leydeburg the Beers blew
up Long Tom. Thirteen prisoners
were captured. Elliott's division has
brought in large number of cattle. +"
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Alaska Government Supplies.

San Francisco April "a - Major
Ruhlen, in charge of the shipment OF
government supplies to Alaska points,
says $1,000 tons of freight will be
sent to st. Michael, Nome and the
various stations established by the
war department on the Yukon this
season. The first shipment will be
made by the steamer Elihu Thompson
scheduled to sail from Puget sound
April %, and the cargo will consist of
consignment for Captain Aber-
crombie S command and the detach-
ment of signal service men.
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Deported From Luzon.

San Francisco, April %. - The
transport Rosecrans brought from
Manila five men who had been de-
ported by the military authorities.
Among them was Santiago Maceo, a
son of the late Cuban leader. Young
Maceo came into prominence on the
Pacific coast two years ago, while
travelling with Katherine Tingley,
the theosophical leader. He fell out
with Mrs. Tingley, claiming that he
was treated as servant. While in
the Philippines Maceo became a first
sergeant in the Macabebe scouts.
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Honolulu, April II, via San Fran
cisco, April 24.-The army transport
Buford arrived yesterday afternoon
from San Francisco on her way to
Manila. She has several Ceases Of
measles on board and is consequently.
kept in partial quarantine. Measles
have been found to be highly danger
GUS to the Hawaiian race in the past.
The Buford will probably leave iors
Manila Anril IA
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iistel and Bath Houses Burned.

Reno, New, April 23,-The hotel
and bath houses at historic Steamboat
Springs, which, in the palmy days OF
the Comstock mines,a was a watering
place where more money was squan-
dered in a night than at most any
other resort on the coast, are no more.
A fire, which started in the hotel,
crossed the road to the two story bath
house, where the main baths we're sit
uated, and entirely destroyed both
buildings.
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independent Cereal Combins.

Akron, o., April 22.-The con-
summation of the project to consoli-
date all the Independent cereal plants
of the country is now assured. The
various properties, 10 in number, will
be turned over to the Great Western
Cereal Company, at Chicago The
new company will compete with the
Ameraicn Cereal Company, better
known as the oatmeal trust.
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PORTLAND MARKETS.

Wheat-Walla Walla, 56h@57c.
valley, nominal; bluestem, SOC. per
bushel.
Flour-Best rgades, 81 1908. 40 per
barrel graham, $3.50.
Oats = White, $125 per Genital
gray, 81. .20@l, 221a per GENITAL.
Barley-Feed, $l6. 50@l7; brewing,
SIG. 50@l7 per ton.
Millstuffs-Bran, SIG per ton midd-
lings, $2l. so; shorts, $3.50; chop,
$16.
Hay-Timothy, $12@12.50; clover,
$50; Oregon wild hay, $6@7
per ton.
Hops-l2@l4c. per lb. 1899 crop,
5@7c.
Wool - Valley, 13@l4c Eastern
Oregon, 9@12c; mohair, 2O@2lc.
per pound.
Butter - Fancy creamery, 2G@
2216c. dairy, 15@l8c. store, 100
121ac. per pound.
Eggs - Oregon ranch, 13@l319c.
per dozen.
Poultry-Chickens, mixed, $3.50;
hens, $3.50; dressed, Hole. per
pound; springs, $3@5 per dozen /;
ducks, $5@6 geese, $6@7; turkeys,
live, 10@12c; dressed, l3@15c. per
pound.
Cheese-Full cream, twins, 800
13kc. Young America, 19h@14c.
per pound.
Potatoes-Old, 5O@6Oc. per sack i;
new, 21a@2Ac. per pound.
MutUtn - Lambs 10@l1c. per
pound gross; best sheep, So; wethers,
SIS; ewes, $3.50; dressed, 71a@74c.
per pound.
Hogs - Gross, heavy, $5.75@6;
light, $4.75@5; dressed, 7c. per
pound.
Veal-Large, 7c. per pound; small,
8@S16c. per pound.
Beef-Gross, top steers, $5@5 %; /;
COWS and heifer5, $4 50@4.75; dressed
beef. 7@S1lc. per pound.
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Oreson Postal Orders.

Washington, April 24-After May
l star service from Huntington tc
Malheur Or, will be reduced to
three times a week, and the service
from Baker City to Bridgeport ex.
tended to supply Malheur, increasing
the route Ga miles. A postofice has
been established at Kilbride, Grand
county, Oregon, to be supplied by
special service from Susanville. Mar.
garet Hamilton has been appointed
postmistess.