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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-19
THE VIRGINIA CONVENTION
Introduction Of Resolutions About
Over With and Committees at Work

Richmond, Va, July 17.-Seventeen
minutes sufficed today for the delibera-
tions Of the constitutional. convention.
The day was fearfully warmsvnd the
members fingered very few mi-~,tea
after the adjournment.
Only two resolutions were presented,
both brief and of no specially signifi-
canoe. 1t appears that the members
have about exhausted the supply of or
dinances, and committeeman are un-
dertaking the feat Of digesting the mass
which has heretofore been presented.
Secretary Button laid before the con-
vention a statement of returns from
counties of the rate Of local taxation
for school purposes and the amount
realized from such scources. The re-
port was ordered printed for the use
Of the convention.
The following was offered by Mr..
Tarry, Of Mecklenburg. and sent to the
committee on government:
Resolved. That article VII, Section 2,
OF the constitution be sinended by add
ing the following at the end Of the last
line thereof:
but no board Of supervisors shall
appropriate or expend out OF the coun-
y FUNDS Tor any extraordinary or un-
usual purpose any amount exceeding
one thousand dollars without first post
ing notice OF their intention so to do
for thirty consecutive days at the front
door OF the court house Of the county.
nor for fifteen days thereafter and if
before the termination Of said term Of
hfteen days at least twenty citizens of
the county, who shall for the prior year
have been assessed for taxation with
real and personal property, or either,
aggregating in value not less than $10,-
600. shall in writing signed by them
and delivered to the chairman or any
member Of said board, object to said
appropriation or expenditure. then the
same shall not be made without first
having the approval. at an election to
be held, OF majority Of all the citi-
zens Of the county, otherwise duly
qualified to vote. who shall be assessed
with taxes upon real and personal
property, or either, for the prior year.
Such elections shall be duly ordered
and held after reasonable notice and
according to law"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-19
NORTHERN PACIFIC DIRECTORS
The Men Named Icy j. Z. Morgan TO
Fill Vacancies uu the Board

New York, July i7.-Mr. ]. Pierpont
Morgan. to whom the formerly warning
interests seeking control Of thelsorth-
ern Pacific railroad left the selection OF
directors to fill vacancies as a result
of the truce effected after the panic OF
May 9Th today made official announce
ment Of the directors he had made.
The announcement was made by Mr.
Morgan in formal letter addressed by
him TO j. p. Morgan & Co, Kuhn. Loeb
& Co, ]. II. Hartman and James J.
HILL The reference in the letter D.,
William X. Vanderbilt was aot explai,.-
ed. At the Offices of Kuhn, Loeb & Co.
and J. Z. Morgan & Co. Il was said IT,.
arrangement indicated il the letter
was mutually satisfactory. Mr.. Mo.-
gan's letter is as follows
Gentlemen:
In accordance with the memoran-
dunn signed by you under date OF May
81. 1901, under which the composition
of the board of directors OF the North
ern Pacific Railroad Company TO be
elected at the next annual meeting was
left in my hands, | beg to advise you
of my conclusions as follows:
Il nominate the following gentlemen
as the new members of the board to
fill the vacancies to be created: James
I J. HH, pieside2h ~ the Great North
| ern; e. r Hartman, clE0man of the
| executive committee or lon Pa
| cific Railway Company;~ liam
Rockefeller, director Of the l. 20
| Milwaukee and st. Paul railwa
II. NICK. Twombly. director of
| and Northwestern Railway Com
| Mr.. Samuel Rea, vice presidspj
| Pennsylvania Railroad CompanyN
| II would suggest that the atte
| Of the board be called to the advis.
ty Of arranging for these gentleTae n
| assume their duties as directors O. y
company as soon Is possible witaoS
| awaiting the annual election.
| 1T is my opinion that a board aus
! constituted will contain within !:seli
the elements best adapted for the
| formulation of plan referred to ir
! said memorandum in connection: with
| Mr.. William K. Vanderbilt Eamef
! therein as referee.
| Every important interest will h,ys
| its representative who will be broega n,
| into close touch with the situatioK az
! a whole, and there should be no din
| Guilty in reaching a conclusion that wifi
| be fair and just to all concerned and
| tend TO the establishment Of permanent
| harmony among the different liEes
To this end shall be glad to co-ope-
| rate in such manner as will seem de-
( sirable. sfksA
IT am ggentlemen,
Every truly yours.
I P1ERPQNT MORGAN"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-19
KILLED BIZ LIGHTNING
Several Fatalities During q Severe
Thunder Storm In Florida.

Tallahassee. Fla. July 17.-Advices
received here stats that in the country
near this city, during q heavy electric
storm late yesterday afternoon. heavy
loss Of life and property resulted.
lightning struck the house OF Cap
taih A. G. ShiIler and did considerable
datnage. John Henderson. coloreds VINO
wae near, was knocked senseleASs his
shke being torn from his feet. He
win probably recover. a house occu-
piedspy a colored family near this place
was 1ompletely wrecked. One OF the
girl Children was instantly killed while
lowering the window. and one OF the
male inmates was 50 badly shocked
that he died during the night.
On the plantation Of General Pat
rick Houston two colored women were
instantly killed. The storm lasted for
two hours and a number OF houses
were badly damaged.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-19
Courts Nullify Fellow-servant. Law

Courts Nullify Fellow-Servants Law
Richmond, Va. july 16.-Delegate
1eomas L Moore. republican, in res
olution, introduced in the constitution
al convention today, arraigned the de-
cisions of the supreme court of appeals
of Virginia in their Interpretation OF
the fellow servant law of the state. He
ssks in his resolution, the abolition
OF dhe law. alleging that its present ad-
ministration too greatly favors the en-
ployers of labor as against the work
ing class. He urges that his resolution
be made a constitutional provision.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-19

By a recent governmental decree all
exports from Colombia ports will be
subject to taxation. This ruling chiefly
affects the Isthmus in its expectation
Of bananas. cocoanuts. ivory nuts and
timber.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-04-11
no nupsoN cay.
xailroad Line from sault St.. Marie
Through the wilderness. v

RAILROAD Line from sault Ct. Marie
Through the Wilderness. v
For years there has been much talk
If building a railroad between Mani
:oba and Hudson Bay as a new outlet
lor the wheat of the Canadian North
west. 1t seems likely that this project
will never be carried out, but the new
scheme, announced only a few months
ago, of connecting the foot of Lake SUI
perior at Sault Ste. Marie with the
southwestern shores Of Hudson Bay
is now advancing at the rate OF half
a mile day. This is the Algoma Cen
trail railroad, building mostly with
United States capital, but assisted by
the Canadian government, which has
made Invaluable concessions to the
company. About seventy miles of the
road are now completed. Some years
ago Mr.. r. Bell and other Canadian
explorers first revealed the region TO
the southeast of Hudson Bay. They
declared that it contained a great
abundance of spruce and other yalu-
able timbers and also much fine, arabie
land. 1t was thought that the cores
pending region to the southwest OF
the bay must be equally valuable, but
very little was known of it until early
last ummer when a number OF min
eral and timber experts were sent
out on the proposed route to ascertain
the possibilities of the country. There
was reason to believe that spruce
abounded and the main purpose OF
building the road was to secure large
supplies of wood pulp for the paper
mills at Sault Ste. Marie. But it was
thought that investigation would re-
veal other important and
this belief is justified by the reports
now coming in. The prospectors say
that vast forests of spruce, pine, hard
woods and other cedar lie all along the
route. There are also great beds OF
pottery clay, iron ore, copper, gypsum
and other minerals besides millions oil
acres timbered with maple, beach and
oak that will make fine, farming lands
when once cleared. The Ontario gov.
eminent has made a contract with tn
company to locate on these lands sew
eral hundred families a year for thu
next ten years. An emigration offic,
has been established in England and i
is expected to send out the first part!
in the coming spring. 1t is said Their
is spruce enough along the line of tn
road to supply pulp for large pape
interests for many years. Consul Har
Ian w. Brush has reported from Nj
agara Falls, Ontario, that it is the in
tention to establish a seaside hotel
at the terminus of the railroad on Hud
son bay. Game is plentiful there
scores of lakes and rivers teeming witt
fish may be easily reached, and tn
scenery, the bracing climate and tn
hunting and fishing are expected to at
tract thousands of tourists.-New Yorl
Sun.
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afoo Reward L O

The readers of this paper will be pleased to
Rearn that there Is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure in all its
stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
is the only positive cure now known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being o constttu-
tional disease, requires a constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally
acting directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation OF the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution ana
assisting nature in doing it's work. The pro-
prietors have so much faith in its curative
powers that they offer One Hundred DollarSfor
Address r. j. CHENEY s. CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by druggists 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-04-11

IKE A TERRIBLE CYCLONE grip
bacillus has passed over our
try, from the Atlantic to the Pa
cifc, leaving behind 1t a dark cloud
of anguish and despair.
Catarrh follows grip as effect follows
cause.
A multitude of catarrh victims will
spring up in the trail of the awful cpl
demic of grip that has just passed over
our fair country.
The hope 70 these people is Peruna.
Most people know this already.
Everyone who has had the least
touch of grip, should not fail to take
a course of treatment with Peruna.
Peruna eradicates every vestige of
the disease and leaves the system in
a normal condition.
Hon. Joseph B. Crowley, Congress
man from Illinois, writes from the Ma
tional Hotel, Washington, D. c., as
follows:
"After giving Peruna a fair trial I
can cheerfully recommend your remedy
to anyone suffering with coughs, colds,
la grippe and all catarrhal COM
plaints."-J. B. Crowley.
Hon. George H. White, Congressman
from North Carolina, writes:
81 am more than satisfied with Pc
runa, and find it to be an excellent
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-04-11
Howell,a cure for Insomnia.

Capt. Evan Howell of Georgia was
talking to senator Plat of Connecticut
about insomnia.
Now, suh," he said, I have a sure
cure for insomnia, and it is as simple
as it is sure. When you go to bed and
can't sleep, get up and take a drink.
Go back to bed and wait half an hour.
If you do not go to sleep, get up and
take another drink. Repeat this, subj,
at intervals of half an hour. If you do
not go to sleep for four times, making
four drinks, then, sub, if you are not
asleep. you will not care. whether you
sleep or not"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-04-11
SOME QUEER M
sOdOm, New Mexico and Virtue, Ten
ness, Extreme Examples.

SOdOm, New Mexico and Virtue, Ten
ness, Extreme Examples.
To any one who frequently consults
the United States official postal guide,
which is a dictionary of post offices,
the number of peculiar and mirth-pro-
.voking names used to designate places
where mail is handled is IN unending
urc of establishment. Many of these
names are plainly suggestive of their
origin. Mud Texas; Mule" Ore
gon; "Sodom,'' New Mexico; yellow
Jacket" Idaho, and "Loyalsock," Penn
sylvania, are among them, but the de-
STABILITY of their selection is a matter
of serious doubt. Panther is enough
to depopulate most any town, but six
fees. Iowa has made a post office OF
Wax" Florida of "Sawdust," Ken
lucky of Seven Guns" Texas of Twin
Sisters" Tennessee Of Virtue" North
Carolina of wit" Mississippi of "Ze-
TO-" Colorado of Love" Pennsylvania
of Mountain Sunset" South Carolina
of Goats" Virginia of PLUCK" Mis-
SOu1l u l ulo All anu 4hai y loho VI
"~Sassafras." Mail is left at Option"
in Pennsylvania. The only "Pious''
post Office is in Ohio. If Quality is
what you want, go to Butler county,
Kentucky, for it. Rolling Stone" is
in Minnesota. "Rockycomfort' is the
contradictory name of a Missouri vii
lage. If Uncle Sans employees catch
the spirit of the place, mail is handled
with more than ordinary promptness
at "Rushmore," Florida to Alabama:
Yours is not the supposed to be a hot
place. Says Minnesota. "Peppertown,'
Indiana, is only pebble" on the
beach,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-04-11

remedy for the grip and catarrh. I
have used it in my family, and they
all join me in recommending it as an
excellent remedy."-George H. White.
Hon. ]. p. Megrew, Superintendent
u. S. Capital Police Force, of Wash
ington, d. c., says:
Having suffered from the grip, /
was advised by a friend to use your
Peruna. / also used 1t for my catarrh,
and I can now cheerfully recommend
your remedy to anyone who is suffer-
ing from the grip and catarrh."-J P.
Megrew.
Miss Anna Russell, Past Worthy
| Counselor, Loyal Mystic Legion, 293
Endicott Bldg, st. Paul, Mimi, writes:
For years l have unfortunately
found my system in a peculiarly recep-
tive condition for catarrh when 1 was
exposed in any way to inclement
weather. At those times I would be
severely afflicted with la grippe and its
unpleasant consequences.
Nov for the past year and a half
/ have used Peruna in such cases and
have found that it not only cures me
quickly, but it also cleanses my blood
and renders me less liable to catch
cold. 1t is the finest preventative of
colds that I know of and a very SUI
perior tonic."-Anna Russell.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-04-11
A Memorial Church CIT.

Mrs. Augustus J. Smith Weeks, of
Patchogue, N. Y, recently made a not
able gift to the Congregational church
of that town. She presented it with
the property known as the Ocean Ave
nue. Chapel, valued at $4,000. The
chapel was built by her sister, Char
lotte G. Smith Keech, in 1876, in mem
DRY of her father and mother, Micah
and Betsey Newey-Smith. She died in
1887 and left it to Mrs. Weeks as Q
sacred trust. and the latter has now
given it in the same way. 1t can nevel
be sold or mortgaged, and is to be al.
ways used as a house of prayer, kept
insured, and, in case of fire, to be re-
built. Mrs. Weeks great-grandfather
was one Of the charter members and
helped to build the first Congregational
church of Patchogue in 1898.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-04-11

! The colony of Victoria, the smallest
division of the continent of Australia,
has produced, during the last half cen-
tury, more gold than any other country
in the world, with the exception Of Cal
ifornia, Mr.. James Stirling recently in
formed an audience at the Imperial In
stitute in London that there is q gold
mine at Bendigo, in Victoria, which
has reached a depth of 3,4S4 feet, and
that deep leads of gold exist over an
area of about 400 miles. Victoria also
possesses extensives coal fields-Youth's
COMPANION.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-04-11

Miss Alice DressIer, 1913 North Brya
ant Ave-, Minneapolis, Mimi, writeSI
Last spring l suffered from u
grippe and was partially cured, but
the bad after-effects remained through
the summer, and somehow / did not
get strong as ] was before. In the IAN
| caught a cold after getting nay fceg
wet and attending a lecture in q o
hall, and ! suffered a relapse. An unr
pleasant catarrh Of the head ana
throat followed, and as I was IN Q
weak condition physically previous 70
this, it took but little to break ms
down completely.
zone of my college friends who was
visiting me, asked me to try Perunes
and / did so and found 1t all and more
than / had expected. 1t not only cured
me of the catarrh, but restored nae to
perfect health, built up the entire syss
tenn, and brought a happy feeling OF
buoyancy which I had not known fo1
i years."-Miss Alice Dressler. =
If you do not derive prompt and sat-
~isfactory results from the use Of Pes
runa, write at once to DR.. Hartman
giving a full statement Of your caaR
and he will be pleased to give you his
valuable advice gratis. =
Address DR.. Hartman, President Of
The Hartman S~anitarfum, Columbus. q
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-04-11
Not Too MANY sBurfdays.o

When we lived in Virginia, my wife
one day said to our old black cook:
Rose, 1 want you to have an unusu-
ally nice dinner tomorrow; it is Mr..
Vance's birthday"
To which the darkey, with an air of
wisdom that Solomon might have en-
We'd, and, perhaps, as a mild protest
against the too frequent recurrence OF
such festal events, replied:
Pears to me MI. Vance had a burf-
day bout dis time las yeah, didn't
he ?"-Christian Endeavor World.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-04-11
PATENTS.
List of Patents Issued Last Week to
Northwestern Inventors.

Frederick B. Blanchard, Lewiston,
Mimi, sack holder; Paul L. Grove,
Duluth, Mimi, oscillating engine;
Paul l.. Grove, Duluth, Mimi, furnace
wall; Anton S.. FrosliG, Minneapolis,
Mimi, grain separator; Thomas I'll.
Kavanagh, Holland, Mimi, hub fast
ener; Hugh G. Macmillan, st. Paul,
Mimi, ~suspenders; Charles Rock, st.
Paul, Mimi, target; Michael w. Wal
dorf, ST. Paul, Mimi, folding box.
Lothrop & Johnson. patent attorneys, Oil
& 912 Pioneer Press Bldg. st. Paul. Mimi
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-04-11

70 CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take BRoMo QUINTNE TABLETS. All
druggists refund the money if it fails to cure.
e. w. Groves signature is on the box 25c.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-04-11
His Method.

1.-THE jokes of that humorist are poor
stuff"
Eyes; he makes his jokes without
points, because so many people can't
see the points he makes."-Chicago
Record.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-04-11

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infallible
medicine for coughs and colds.-N. W. SAMUEL,
Ocean Grove. N. j.. Feb. IL. 1900
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-04-11

The great public schools OF the large cities
use Carter's ink exclusively. 1t is the best ana
costs no more than the poorest. Get 1t.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-04-11

His satanic majesty promises his la
borers much and gives them little.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-04-11

Indigestion is a bad companion. Get rid
Of it by chewing a bar Of Adams Tutt'
Fruit after each meal.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-04-11

Married men have many cares, but
old bachelors have few pleasures.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-04-11

lame joints, stiffness of muscles, try
Wizard Oil. 1t won't disappoint you.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-04-11

The man who is but a fgure-hea,
will not cut much of a figure.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-04-11

The successful blacksmith can either
shoe q horse or make a horseshoe.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-04-11

Mrs. WInsiovV's soothing Syrup.
For children ~teething, softens the gums, reduces tr
Gsmmation. allays pair. cures wind collie. Csc q bottle
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-04-11

All goods are alike to PUTNAM
FADELESS DYES. as they color all
fbers at one boiling.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-04-11

NHRnE all bowel troubles. appendicitis, bill:
EaHADEu tousness, bad breathe bad Blood wind
EEhInT ON the stomach. bioated bowels. foai
pains after eating, liver trouble, saloy completion
and dizziness. When your bowels DON'T move reSU"
larry, You are getting sick: Constipatlon kills more
starter for the chronic ailments and long years OF
ais you, start taking OASCAHETS to.days for you
Will never get well and be well all the time until
you put your bowels right. Take our advice; start
with CASOARETS to-day. under an absolute guar
Antee to cure or money refunded AA
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-01-14
Foreign.

At ST. Petersburg Count Lansdorf
las been definitely appointed minister
# foreign affairs
Ambassador Choate presented the
,mended Hay-Pauncefote treaty at the
london foreign office.
The Bishop admiralty decided to
build two battleships that will be the
argest in the world.
Relations between Colombia and
Venezuela restained because latter
helped Colombian revolutionists.
1t is believed that an offensive and
defensive alliance has been arranged
between Nicaragua and Venezuela.
The French government is said to
possess evidence of a clerical plot of
gigantic proportions against the state.
The Berlin government has no con-
firmation of the report that Field Mar
shall Count Won Waldersee has died in
China.
The statement of the London
board of trade for December shows
increases of e5,7O7. 800 in imports and
&1,573,500 in exports.
The situation in Venezuela growing
out of the conflict between the govern
ment and an American asphalt COM
pany is growing more serious.
The states general of the Neither
of prince consort on Duke Henry of
Mecklenburg- Schwerin, who is to mar
ny Queen Wilhelmina.
The Grand Duke of .Saxe-Weimar's
death may lead to the postponement
of the Holland queens marriage,
contrary.
Leopold Cert, head of a well-known
Paris publishing house, has committed
suicide because, it is supposed, he did
not receive the decoration of the Lee
gion of Honor.
The government, as soon as the
Prussian diet meets, will introduce
a new canal bill and force it through
in a most energetic manner. The gov
eminent hopes that in view of the
customs tariff the agrarians will give
up their opposition to the canal pro-
ject
A cold snap is appearing throughout
Europe. There have been severe
snow-storms in eastern Galicia and
southern Russia, accompanied by
gales. Considerable property has been
destroyed near Odessa, where the
trains are delayed by deep snowdrifts.
Black sea vessels are overdue. The
Danube is from over at Bucharest and
Their is skating in north Holland
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-01-14
UNDERGROUND Urban Life.

The Railway World contends that
New York is entering upon a transit
epoch in which a new city devoted to
transportation will be created beneath
the old city. The tall buildings in the
lower part Of the city have so longest
ed population there in business hours
that the present means of going to and
from on the surface or above it are in
adequate, and travel must burrOw in the
earth. All the main thoroughfares
now running north and south have
been taken for railway purposes. The
cars have been made as large as pos
sible and have been made to run so
close together as to take possession of
the street space covered by the tracks.
AS traffic doubles every 10 years, the
streets will soon be blocked. Tunnels
solve the problem, and they are
destined to honeycomb the island from
end to end. Tunnels under the rivers
are also destined to become numerous,
it is thought, despite the expense and
risks of such constructions When
space is as valuable as it is in New
York underground life will naturally
take many forms besides transpor-
tation.