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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-21

On the Progress or Germany-Their
Naval and Maritime AfAfrs

Cuxhayen, June 1s.-At the conclusion
OF the regatta held yesterday on the
lower Elbe, a dinner was given on
board the neutrality-suspicious. yacht
sictorfa-Louise, at which Emperor
William made a speech. His majesty.
IN reply to the burgomaster's toast,
said:
Notwithstanding the fact that we
as YET, nave not a navy such as We
should have we have won for ourselves
a place In the sunshine and it will now
De my task To take care this place re-
mains In u ~undisputed possession so
ina M suns rays may shes fruitful
influence over cur trade and intercourse
abroad n industry and agriculture at
nome and also on the yachting on our
ma.ers' ior orr future lies on the
water. The more Germans go on the
water. whether in yacht races or on
N.-ases across the ocean, or in the
service or the German naval flag. the
peter 1t Is Cor us. for once the German
mas learned 70 keep an eye on the far
ii'riIon me p~ettiness surrounding him
In MS daily life disappears.
III a man wants to get this broad and
higher view. a Aanseatic tour is surely
the most suitable for him We have
drawn u conclusions from what EN-
peror William The Great and the great
man whose we have lust
unveiled left at their creation. Their
conclusions consist in this-that we
start at the point at which the old
Hansa had to leave of because it lack
ed the vivifying and protecting power
OF the empire. May it, therefore, now
be he ask of my house, in profound
peace. to promote and protect trade
and commerce for long years to come.
Il behold N the events of which
China has been the scene and of which
the present return of the troops marks
the close, a guarantee that European
peace is assured for long years to come,
for the services performed by the indi-
vidual contingentS have called forth an
appreciation. based On mutual esteem
and comradeship. which can only con-
tribute to the maintenance Of peace. 1
trust that profiting by this peace, our
Hansa towns will flourish and that our
new Hansa will mark out a path for
winning and retaining new trade out
lets.
LAS the supreme hea of the empire,
I can only rejoice over every HanSe-
attic man who goes forth with far seeing
gaZe, seeking new points where we can
knock in nails on which to hang our
armor."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-21

Bes,s thu The Kind You Have Always Bouqht
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SUICIDE OF A BANK PRESIDENT
No Apparent Cause for the Act-Bank
in Good Condition

Melbourne. Fla, June III. H. Phil
lips. president of the Melbourne state
bank of this city, committed suicide
late yesterday afternoon at Riverside
house where he boarded with his
family, by cutting his throat with a
razor.
He was in unusually good spirits
when he returned from the bank. His
wife left him reading in his to go
to a nearby store to do some shopping.
When she returned he was not in his
room and after waiting awhile the
family became alarmed and began a
search. He was found in an unoccu-
pied room on the third floor of the no.
tel, lying across a bed with the razor
in his hand.
Mr.. Phillips was one of the w~ealthiest
men in this section and the affairs Of
the bank are said to be in good and
satisfactory condition. He had been
suffering to some extent from melan-
cholia recently and it is supposed took
his life during a moment of temporary
insanity.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-21

The Wilmington Messenger notes
with qualification the progress Of h
University and the effectiveness Of its
work. During the last scholastic year
it had thirty-five teachers in its fac
.ulty; next year it will have forty-three.
1t had last a 527 regular students
and 698 in the summer schools. We
join The Messenger in its c~ongratula-
ton of the University n the state.
1t is to be doubted IL the institution
was ever so we'll manned as now or
ever did as useful work before. In this
connection it is a very great pleasure
to note that there has been a marked
of the feeling of the de-
nominational colleges and their imme-
diate friends toward the University.
There is, apparently, a greater friend
illness between all h higher educa-
tional institutions of the state now
than there has been for years past, and
this cannot but be to the advantage OF
them all.-Charlotte Observer.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-21

Bfffinger. and his assistant, Mr.. II. p.
Dugan, were very courteous and pains
taking in giving all the Information
desired
The Southern Pine Product Company
manufactures spirits of wood, paint oil.
tar. creosot oil, wood alcohol, acetate
Of lime. and pyroligneous acid No diff
ficulty is experienced in obtaining an
ample supply OF raw material, the long
leaf pine which has been boxed, and
all fat" VOC Or lightwood furnishing
the needed resin If the enterprise uses
up m quantities OF the North
Carolinian's dearly priced kindling wood
it gives back a great store OF fuel as
compensation, for on the premises are
vast plies of excellent charcoal the
residuum, to be bought very cheap, and
sufficient to supply all the CRATES and
90 in a large town.
MI. ]. Med. Jessup. aged 73 years,
died yesterday at his home on the east
side of Cape Fear river. He vas a
good citizen and a former m Of
the legislature. He leaves five children,
among them Mr.. Ralph Jessup, of this
city.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-21
THE TRAGEDY AT DOTHAN
Victim n Fayetteville Man Graded
School Trustees-Local News Bulle-
tin-Pine Product Company.

Correspondence OF the Messenger.)
Fayetteville, June IS.
DR.. George Rockwell Mcneil. princi-
pal OF the Dothan. (Ala.) graded
school. who was killed by Professor
Rankin yesterday morning, as given in
today press dispatches, was a native
of Fayetteville, son Of the late Rev.
George Mcneil. a Presbyterian minis
ter. the first editor Of The North Caro-
lima Presbyterian, and for a time prin-
cipal Of the Donaldson academy on
HaymOunt. DR.. George r. Mcneil was
a brother of Captain j. D. Mcneil, of
this city. He removed to Alabama
from Reidsville n. c.. and was a man
of culture and ability.
At the meeting yesterday afternoon
of the graded school board the follow
ing were elected trustees to succeed
those whose terms expire by imitation:
Messrs. J. NJ. Lamb. J. D. Brown, D. A.
Mclean, Ralph Jessup. Walter Watson,
w. L. Hawley, Q. K. Nimmocks, w. A.
Tillinghast. a. Oates. Jr. On Monday
afternoon, oath inst. teachers for the
different grades will be elected, choice
of a superintendent being deferred to q
later day
Mr.. J. E. DuVall, OF Charlotte, an eN-
pert in electrical engineering, arrived
in the city this morning, for the pur-
pose OF making estimates, submitting
plans. etc, for the establishment OF an
electric light plant.
At 7:40 O'Clock on the morning of
Thursday, June 9th. Mr.. Robert D.
Prior, a leading merchant Of this town,
and an elder OF the Fayetteville Pres
byterian church, will be married to
Miss Mary Myers. daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. T. H. B. Myers, in st. Peters
Episcopal church, Washington, \. c
Mr.. John 4. Mclean, assistant pr1n-
cipal Of the city graded schools, is at
tending the university summer school
for teachers at Chapel Hill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nash E. Bunting are In
Wilmington to attend the marriage OF
Mr.. J. Hicks Bunting and Miss Grace
SmallboneS.
The Messenger correspondent spent
an hour this morning at the plant Of
the Southern Pine Product Company,
situated on the southern outskirts of
town. Both the superintendent, DR..
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-21
STATE PRESS.

The gas company may not furnish
cheaper lights but there is much cOnSo-
lation in having some one else to go to
when you get your back up at the cleo
tric light concern.-Durham Herald.
The Journal has read no more elo-
quent speech for some time than that
of Justice Walter Clark at WrightSville
beach to the Teachers there assembled,
II day last week.-Winston Journal.
There is not a friend who will not
regreat-chiefiy for his Sake-the re-
cent utterances of Mr.. Walter H. Page
which do injustice to the noblest men
in North Carolina. Raleigh News and
Observer.
In 80 and 81 Marion Butler, profess
ing to be a democrat, eternally criti-
cised the democrtic state adminiStra-
ton and preached independence in pol
itics. In 80 he led his followers out Of
the democratic party and in "a fused
with them with the republicans and
negroes. The four years of misrule
which that coalition gave the state are
fresh in the minds Of the people. Now
there are certain newspapers and indi-
viduals in North Carolina, processing
allegiance to the democratic party,
whose chief stock in trade seems to be
criticism n abuse Of the democratic
state administration and party organf-
zation, n their shibboleth is Marion
Buffers old cry of independence in pol
itics. Their chief desire appears to be
weaken the faith of democrats in their
party and prepare them to bolt when
ever there is a prospect of success
Statesville Macot.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-21
THE NEW POLITICAL PARTY
Formed of the Dissatisfied Politicians
of the Other Parties.

Kansas City, Mo-, jun 19.-The allied
third party movement, which its pro-
motors say will result before 1904 in a
national organization strong enough to
name a presidential nominee, was
launched here this afternoon 1t was
the outcome of a conference of reform
ers from the ranks of the old parties,
and it's principals are said by some to
have been adopted with a view 10 ft-
ting the views of William ]. Bryan.
The conference was called by Lee
Meriwether, of ST. Louis. who with
twenty-five other st. Louis leaders in
the public ownership party Of that city
came to Kansas City. yesterday from a
visit with Mr.. Bryan at Lincoln, where
the intentions of the delegation had
beer. laid before the Nebraska states
mar. Mr.. Bryan, it was stated, had
expressed sympathy with the move
movement. if he had not gone g. far
as to support il.
At the conference there were repre-
sented populists of all p~ersuasions.
ownership was advocated, and
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-21
THE BLIND OF THE STATE c
Not Half OF Them Attend the Institu-
ton for Their Instruction-New Rail-
way M~achinfsts Join the Str1ke-The
Insurance Fraud Case.
Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh, n. c., June 19

RdIelSn, n. -, June ~.
There are 225 blind in the state insti-
tuition here. The principal had a list
with the names of 100 others not pupils.
Today he received from the census bu-
reau a list of 1S9 whose names We're
not on his list. Unfortunately there
is no law to compel the attendance of
these blind at the institute. The leg
islatures lack the moral courage to en-
act a law to enforce attendance, just
as they lack it to enforce a dog tax
law So there are not half the blind
children in the state at school,.
The soil survey work by the govern
ment and the state jointly was begun
at Burlington today and is to cover all
of Alamance county.
The Mines arithmetics which were
yesterday adopted for the entire state
in the public schools by the text book
commission, have for some time been
in use in nearly all of the city public
schools.
Yesterday three of the men brought
here to take the place of Seaboard Air
Line strikers called on Governor Ay-
cock a striker vas with them. The
men told the governor they had quit
work and had no money and that for
I" -AONA AAONLS Lie 1Aiu lou III
rood. The governor raised $500 for
them and ave it to the striker, tell
ing him to buy food for them.
The return of sunshine is hailed with
joy by the wheat growers. cutting be-
gar today. There is considerable dam
age by the rain. and there is also a
good deal of rust.
The state will be represented by a
large delegation at the EpwOrth League
convention at San Francisco. Over
twenty we'll known Methodist ministers
will go.
The report of the status OF the pen
itentiary's finances will appear in
thirty days or less. Governor Aycock
has called for it. The report will show
the status December 81. 1900, and March
Is, 1901.
Friday there will be hearing here Of
the case of 4. NJ. addill. who wa:
brought here from Fayetteville. charged
with aiding T.R. Tyson. formerly of Fay
~etteville, now in Jail here in the scheme
by which a Virginia life insurance com
pany was defrauded out of the insur-
ance on Mrs. Tyson's life Mrs. Tysor
is his sister. She is at Fayetteville
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-21
NORTH

Durham Herald: The docket that
greeted Mayor McCown yesterday
morning was the largest in months.
Twenty-one cases were disposed Of
Rocky Mount Motor: In addition to
educating and caring for two sisters,
it is said young Brown, who was kill
ed last week by the explosion of his en-
CINE near Nashville carried several
thousand dollars insurance for their
benefit. Such is Christian religion and
a long way ahead of the amen cor
ner' man whose dollars rarely see day
light.
Winston Journal: Sheriff Alspaugh
returned this morning from his home
at Crater near Winston. He reports
the floods in his reighborhood the worst
that occurred in years. The wheat and
other crops have been very much dam
aged n yesterday Vests saw mill and
the dam or Little Creek were washed
away The water was twelve inches
deep in h store on Silas Creek.
Asheville goes forward, 24O houses
nave been built within the past two
years. and Al are in process of con-
struction. The Gazette says: This
speaks we'll for Asheville, and with the
contemplated new court house, the Y.
NJ. c. A. building. the Asheville club,
LIN liC lIc" NhclilOdlSl CIiuICH, dilu lIc
auditorium. the city will be materially
added to in the way Of new buildings"
Oxford. N. c.. June live are pain
er to h critical illness of
Mr.. John w. Hays, n of Oxford's old
est n most distinguished lawyers. Mr..
Hays had an attack of grip in February
from the effects of which he never fully
recoyered. A few days ago he was on
the streets, but he had a relapse. His
sons, Mr. j. w. Hays. of Petersburg,
and Mr.. F. B. Hays, editor of the Drug
gist Circular. in New York, have been
summoned to his bedside.-The Gran
Vile warehouse. one of the first ware
houses yer built in North Carolina for
the sale of leaf tobacco. is being torn
down. On h site a handsome resi-
dence will be built.
Raleigh News and Observer: The saw
mill Of r.. G.. Dennis at Corapeake was
totally destroyed by fire on Friday
morning. Loss 1900, insurance 81, 100.
THE Atlanta Constitution contains a
picture of the new president of the
board of trustees of Emory college. He
i sa very handsome man-Mr. Jesse P.
Williams, a native of Wayne county,
North Carolina. now the w~ealthiest
business in Savannah, Ga. He was
educated at the university of Virginia,
and left that institution to become a
confederate soldier, volunteering in the
End North Carolina regiment.-Mr.
Josephus Daniels. editor of the News
and Observer. who has been sick sever
al days, is still confined at his home
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-21
GoLDsBoRo GOSSIP.
The Pythian Band MinstreIs go to New
Bern and Kfnston-City Officers to
Enforce the Liquor Law.
Correspondence of the Messenger.)

Correspondence Of the Messenger.)
Goldsboro, n. c., June IS.
At a meeting of the Knights of
Pythias band minstrels last night they
decided to repeat the show in New
Bern Wednesday night. June 2sth and
at Kinston June 27th.
The "Beggar King a comic onera
will be presented here tomorrow night
in the opera house.
Rev. J. j. Barker, of St. Johns N =
church left today for Greensboro tn
assist Rev. Mr.. Elliott in a p~rotracted
meeting.
Miss Dora McCullen. of Grantbam
township IS visiting friends in the CITY.
Misses Lula E. Sugg and Virginia
B1zzell, n have been visiting Miss
Kate Blzzeil, returned TO their home at
Kinston this evening.
BEFORE Justice Jas. E. Peterson this
morning, quite an interesting trial
came up, an ejectment proceeding be-
tween Jno. r Register and r. ". Bow
oen- Register claimed that Bowden
was living on his farm without permits
sion and he had cultivated the lane
all around his house: hat he was rent
ing by the month. Bowden denied this
and claimed to be there for a year.
JuoSe Allen represented n plaintiff
and Mayor Hood the defendant The
magistrate reserved his decision.
Mayor Hoo issued a statement in
regard to the compromise ~dispensary
law enacted by the last legislature re-
quiring liquor dealers to close at $3.50
o'clock p. M. M prohibiting the sell
ing OF liquor to periodical and habitual
drunkards. He says the law must be
obeyed. Instructions to policemen are
to watch the bar keepers and see that
the law is enforced.
Mr.. Frank NJ Swami, of Passaic, n.
J.. is in the city on a visit to his broth
er, Captain ThoS. w. Swami.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-21
A SCHEME
Railway Magnates TO Transfer All
Railways to the Government

Denver, Colo, June 19.-The Times
says:
A gigantic scheme is under way to
transfer the railroads Of the nit
ed States to the government. A
western %financier declares that within
a few years the Rockefeller, Hartman,
Vanderbilt. Gould and Morgan inter-
ests will turn over to the government
every line of the railroads in the coun-
try. the government to pay the total
value of about SO, 600, 000, 900, a string
of banks to be controlled by the same
interests to nance the deal.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-21
An Unknown Suicide Identified

New Orleans, June 19.-The unknown
imam who committed suicide. last Thurs
day night, in Jackson square,, in this
city, turns out to be Jacob Miner, a re-
tired sugar manufacturer and dealer
of New York city.
Jacob Miner, a son of the suicide,
land Albert Gosler, his ~son-in-law, came
here from New York in search of Miner
and identified the effects in the coro-
ner's office.
Miner disappeared from his home on
June 9th. On Thursday last the son
received a letter. ~postmarked New Or.
leans in which the writer indicated tat
his mind was unbalanced and that he
contemplated self-deStruction.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-21
Government Distribution of Seed

Washington, June 19.-Under the or
|ganization of the plant industry work
|of the department of agriculture in
|one bureau, under DR.. Galloway, as di-
rector. more comprehensive plan for
the distribution of seeds and plants is
being arranged for. Especial attention
will be given comparatively few prom
Using interests until they are entirely
established. These include rice,
wheat suitable for making macaroni
the date palm, cotton, tobacco, pis-
|tachio nuts, Dutch bulbs and forage
plants. Forty thousand pounds of Sc
|lected cotton seed will be distributed
next year, and a quantity of these seed
of especial variety will be imported
from Egypt.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-21
Railway Receiver Appointed

Savannah, Ga, JUNE 19.-At Sanders
vile yesterday William n. Hobbiek, Of
Sylvania, was appointed temporary
receiver for the Sylvania railroad, upon
the application of the Central of Geor-
gia railroad. 1t is alleged hat the
Sylvania railroad has defaulted upon
the interest on a $685. 90 mortgage, held
by the Central of Georgia. The applt-
cation for a permanent receiver will
be made at Tennille, June 18th.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-21
The Alabama Convention

Montgomery, Ala, June 19.-Consid-
|%eration of the executive department of
the proposed new constitution was re-
sumed in the constitutional convention
this morning. A section making the
governor ineligible to the United States
senate was adopted. as was also the
l~section forbidding the governor ap-
pointing members Of the legislature to
lofice.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-21

At the Teachers Assembly at VII.
mington Judge Walter Clark delivered
q remarkable address on the subject
How to Encourage the Study Of His
tory In North Carolina It II filed
with illustrations Of North Cardinals
wealth OF historic material. strikingly
and most e~loquentiy told. We wish We
had the space TO publish 1t in fuli-Fay-
etteville Observer.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-21

DR.. J. G.. Jessup. OF Berkeley. Cal.
who was shot by Rev. Charles G.
Adams has died from his injuries.
Adams II in the county Jail at Oakland.
The Marshall republican., 1901-11-29

gers 70 kill time so that Athena would
not be out Of the cssket before 2
o'clock Il was allow work 10 dig
around the box where the electric
light wire ran down Over his face and
around the large square tube through
which people looked At him To have
broken either would have stripped
what little air circulation there Was.
A few minutes before . o'clock tho
last Of the dirt vas removed. The
cover was taken on the outside box
and the CONN was uncovered. An q.
tendsnt jumped down quickly and
reached for Atheno's hand. The pulse
was there. the attendant said. but II
was very feeble. The coffin Was lifted
out Of the excavation and up on the
platform. The glass cover had been
slid downward instantly. but the mao
Icy In the box with his eyes closed
and making no sound Of breathing.
For . moment Il looked ~ though the
nan were dead. but there was some
heat In his body. The attendants
picked him up and lifted him out of
the coffin. They took hold ~ his
shoulders and feet. He was - stin
~ u log. II was like lifting u heavy
piece ~ wood out Of = box.
WHEN THE ALARM CLOCK WENT OFF.
a bath robe was thrown over Athe.
M and e began ~ rub his limbs.
He had gone into the CONN with bis
shoes on and laced. They and his
clothes were covered with dust.
While the men were rubbing him hur.
riedly the alarm clock was wound and
placed close N his ear. Il did not
work right ut first and q nail wss us.
ed to pound the hell. Instantly the
man. muscles began to jerk convul.
sively. Then the breath came In u
wheeze. His mouth was open and his
breath made = whi-tling sound. II
csme fast and ierky " first. Finally
after W. ar three minutes the alarm
clock began to ring I'D half o dozen
men piled down on his arms aud limbs.
The man was IN commissions. He
turned and twisted. His arms jerked
and his legs that had been stlf drew
up Till his knees we're bent almost
double.
After probably q minute Of these
convulsive jerks Athena lay Hat on
the floor. apparently limp. but con.
sciOus. He ~ raised To his feet aud
held up by the attendants. A. first he
Rsxed about vacsntly then hogan to
smile. When the crowd cheered he
tried Ia speak. but he did not make
himself heard ut first. He was turned
around So that everybody might see
him and bowed u the crowd laughing
The Marshall republican., 1901-11-29
Notice Of Final {. Settlement.

Notice IL hereby given tO all creditors nnd
Others tnterrsted IN u estate Of Robert
Campbell, Jr.. Deceased. that I. MINT. \. y.
Campbell, ndmtnist ratrix Of said estate. IN
tend to make final settlement thereof ut the
next term Of the Probate Court ~ Saline
County. tn nv holden ut the Court House In
said county ON the first Monday Of nrcem-
her. 1901. MINNIE H.. u. CAMPBEIL.
ADMINISTRATIVE III Robert Campbell. de-
ceased. x-5w
The Marshall republican., 1901-11-29
Great Luck Of au Lditor.

FOR two years all efforts to cure
Eczema In the palms Of my hands
failed" writes Editor II. N. Lester of
Syracuse, Kss., then l Wal wholly
cured by Bucklin's Arnica Salve."
It's the worlds hest for eruptiOns,
sores and all skin diseases. Only Pc
At p. II. Frunklin's.