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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-18
CRESCEUS LOWERS THE RECORD
He lakes a Mile on a Half-MiIe Track
In 1903 1-2

Toledo. O., October 11.-Cresceus this
afternoon lowered the worlds trotting
record on a half mile track one quarter
of a second. The record was previous
ly held by himself, having been made
on the Toledo track one year ago. 1t
was 2:O9A.
He trotted this afternoon for the ben
eft of the charitable institutions of the
city and more thar 10000 people gath
cred to see him. This is the home of
George Ketcham, the owner trainer
and driver, and last spring before
starting OF the circuit, Mr.. Ketcham
in a letter to Mayor Jones announced
that he would give an exhibition trot
on the Toledo track for the benefit Of
all of Toledo's charitable institutions.
The offer was at once accepted. The
result is that they will now receive
about SIS, 900.
CreScuS got a very slow start and
Mike The Tramp, the running mate,
led Cresceus to the first turn. With the
runner at the wheel Cresceus buckled
down to the work in hand On they
went in the same relative positions and
they passed the quarter in 32E. AS he
made the turn into the home stretch
for the first half mile there was a
deafening applause from the throng,
but Cresceus only increased his speed.
They flashed under the wire at the half
just one minute, four and a half Sec
onds after the word a been given.
The three-quarter pole was reached in
1861.
The horses went under the wire in
2.0912, which is the fastest mile ever
trotted on a half mile track.
Later in the afternoon Cresceus was
given a mile to a wagon and he covec-
ed if i'm 212 fiat.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-18
Police stop a Prize Fight

Buffalo. N. Y. October 14-Kid Broad
and Dave Sullivan fought a twenty
round draw in the arena OF the Inter-
national Athletic Club at Fort Erie to-
night. 1t was their fifth encounter in
the ring and though opening slowly.
il finished as asst as could be desired
In the last half dozen rounds Broad
began to rock S~ullivan's head with hard
drives and in the eighteenth and nine
teenth rounds had his man groggy and
in a very bad way In the closing
round Sullivan picked up wonderfully
and in a give and take finish perhaps
more than held his own. The Buys
were mixed lar and fast IN the center
Of the ring with ten seconds to 60
when Chief Griffin stepped into the ring
and stopped the bout. saying that &c
va degenerating from a boxing match
into a fight. The referee declared IL a
draw.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-18
pUBLICs SCHOOL LIBRARIES
The Full Appropriation to be Drawn.
Work for Gins and Cotton Seed OIL
M1lls-To Sue Bondsmen OF w. III.
Martin.
Messenger Bureau.

RalelSn, n. u, oClopeI IL
To date the state has paid out money
for 1873 free libraries for rural public
schools. More than twice as many have
been established, but the applications
for the appropriation have not come In.
1t is now known that all the states
appropriation will be taken UP, this
being S. 5000 a rear. 1t is Of interest
to know that this is the first appropri-
alton ever made by the state for books
for the schools.
The governor made requisition today
on the governor of Virginia for Angus
tus Carter. who is in custody at Peters,
burg and who is wanted in Moore coun-
ty on the charge of murder. Sherln
S. M. Jones has gone with the requisi-
ton papers.
The plumbago mines near here are
again being operated, in a small way.
A negro miner is taking out fifteen TONS
a week. The plumbago is used for
making paints at Philadelphia. The
vein is twenty miles long and passes in
two miles of Raleigh.
Hal w. Aver, who during the Rus
sell administration was state auditor
and who in the proceeding campaign
was populist state chairman, has gone
to New York and will engage in the
cotton business with DR.. J.. NJ. Aver,
his brother.
The superintendent of the cotton Gil
company here says that while the mill
crushed II, 900 tons of seed last season
it will handle much less this season. It
is not expected that the quality of the
oil will be as good as it was last sea-
son owing to the rains. The cotton
gin which the company operates is
getting SO little business that it is
barely able to run two days in the
week.
The state superintendent of public in
instruction went to Rocky Mount to-
day to speak this evening at the dadi-
cation of a public school building. A
national flag will be presented and he
will make the speech accepting it.
State Auditor Dixon says he is grea--
" impressed by G~reensboro'S progress
| and development; and says it is re-
markable. He expects that the nex1
state convention will be held there
| The state board of embalmers is call
ed to meet here again October 22nd Z
| oath, to examine applicants for license
| This will be the last examination thi:
| year. The new law as to embalmer:
| goes into effect January 1st.
| The cadets of the Agricultural and
| Mechanical college were in high spirit.
l To-Day ecauSe OF the Victory Oh tneI
| foot ball team over thai Of Oak Ridge
in the opening game of the season. Til.
team was given a reception this after
noon on it's arrival.
AS was stated last week, in on inter
\ view with ex-State Treasurer w. u
Worth. he brings sui at this month
term of Wake superior agains
the Baltimore Surety Company and n
other sureties of w. H Martin. HI
clerk. who stole over 5000. W s-S
a the other day, and repeats In
statement. hat the Baltimore Suret,
Company has never paid the slightes
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-18
Exnlosion I'm q Coal Mine

Fairmont, w. Va. October 11.-At
o'clock this morning there was an ex-
plosion of gas in the Fairmont Coal
Company's New England mines, a mile
and a half south of this city. the gas
igniting from a shot fired by one of the
miners, the loose coal at once taking
fire, and a big blaze resulted and filled
the mine with smoke at a point where
it prevented the exit of the miners for
a time. The men We're thus penned In
for about four hours and it looked for
a while like there would be many IA
talities. The flames were finally shut
off by the putting up of brattices and
the men all came out unhurt.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-18
Miners Attacked by strikers

Darlington, KY. October 14.-Men en-
camped near Providence, in Webster
county, who recently moved from Madi-
sonville. attacked h Providence mines
today. Many shots were exchanged.
The men were driven off. No guards
were wounded. The sheriff has gone to
the camp with warrants. Manager Mes
bit. of the Providence Company was
fired upon yesterday. Sympathizers
with the strikers visited the employees
houses and warned them that they
must quit work. Unknown persons
fred into the house of an employee.
wounding two men,. Last night the
men made another attack and it is
thought some of them were wounded.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-18
Cecil Rhodes Purchase of the Liberal
Party

London. October 1.-THE Spectator
tomorrow prints a letter from Cecil
Rhodes and the late Francis schnad-
horst. the latter from 1889 to 1892 being
the chief organizer and adviser OF the
liberal party, sustaining the sensational
allegations made some months ago that
Mr.. Rhodes. in 1ss1s CAV $4,000 to the
liberal party on condition that Mr..
Gladstone would not bring about the
evacuation Of Egypt by the British
troops. Both Sir William Vernon Ear-
court and Sir Henry Camrbell-Banner-
man have publicly declared this To be
false.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-18
Germanv,s Demand on VeneZula

Berlin, October 11.-Germany has re-
pudiated the contention of Venezuela
that the territory of that republic was
violated during the ARRAY, October 9Th
at Porto Cabello, between sailors from
the German cruiser Vineta and the
populace of Porto Cabello. In COM
municating this decision to Caracas,
Germany has reserved the right of pre-
senting demands for the punishment
of the guilty parties and for satisfac-
ton.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-18

About a year age 7 wrote the Medical
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cure Cancer, as my wife had one on her
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Upon receipt ofyour letter, thought five
bottles and she commenced to take it,
and in less than eight months she was
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I feel as though your s.. s. 8. could not
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G.. E. BIMEGAR, Thayer, Iowa.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-18

That e an2
Foster the Germs
of Cancer
Plague Spots the
Outgrowth of Dis
eased Blood, and
a Constant Drain
p % the System.

An old sore or uler is note only a source of gat bodily discomfort and pain, but the
constant car, worry an anxiety over one of these malignant fostering places produces an
unhealthy state Of the nervous system and thep patient becomes morbinv sensitive miserable
and gloomy No me could be otherwise when haunted by the pesence of IN infamed angry.
sore, with a contnuald discharge, carrying with 1t the life fluids thus pbhnp the BODY
Of strength and vitality. An eating lingering ulcer naturally fill. the sufeerw uhf fear
while noting thee daily growth of the sore, from which here a swb but perpetual discharge
Of yellow or greenIh whey matter and feeling the dull, throbbng or sharp shooting pans
as the poison peneuatst the tendertI tissues and breaches. the bone.
All Iowheaing, stubborn sores are dangerous. The same germ-prduing cancer
tainted blood is back of every sore or u1G, large or small, that does not promptly and perma-
nny heal; the little blister uo the iportongue the Wmty gOwthor mole upon thu check
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-18
Sentences IN the Havana Postofice
Frauds

Havana, October 1.-THE indictments
in the postoffice fraud cases have been
sent by the fiscal to the audiencia, but
have not yet been made public. 1t is
known, however. hat the fiscal has
asked hat c.. F. w. Nealy, Estes G..
Rathbone and w. H. Reeves, the in
dicted officials, be sentenced to impris-
onment for terms ranging from twenty
two to twenty-six years. Each Of the
accused men is charged with from ff-
teen to eighteen offences. The counsel
for the defence I'VE twenty days in
which to file answers to he indict-
mentS.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-18
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta. c..

attention to any Of his requests for a
settlement. 1t is quite evident that it
will fight the suit. If it loses and does
not settle, it is quite clear that it will
be barred from the state. For two
years Martin had personal bondsmen,
there being six of these. Worth also
sues them, or rather his trustee does
so. Worth has, as above stated, made
full settlement with State Treasurer
Lacy for Martins s~tealings.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-18

may mean a mere cold or a
chronic incurable inhamma-
ton Of wind-pipes.
The quickest relief, for a
cold, is also the most effectual
balm for the worst condition
of wind-pipes and lungs.
It takes the edge off a cold
in a night, and relieves it pro-
gressively-one forgets it after
a little.
An old bronchitis, however,
is obstinate. Nothing re-
stores the tissues, when once
destroyed; and an old bronch-
it's has gradually impaired and
partly destroyed the lining OF
those small pipes between
throat and lungs.
SCOTS emulsion of cod-liver
oil is the balm; it sooths if ii
cannot restore.
WeIlsend you 4 little to Try, ifyou Eka
SCOTT & BOVINE, 400 Pearl street, New York
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-18
Charged With Numbering Four Hus-
bands and Her Children

Dayton. o., October 1.-THE formal
charge OF murder in the first deree was
today preferred against Mary Belle Wit
wer, suspected OF having caused the
deaths Of her four husbands and her
own children, by poison. It is charged
that the death OF her sister vas due To
the administration OF arsenic wfllfuIly
and purposely by Mrs. Witwer. Mrs.
Witwer was arranged in police court.
She pleaded not guilty and the case
was continued until Friday.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-18
To Bring Crescus to Two Minutes

Toledo. o., October 12.-George H.
Ketchum owner trainer, and driver Of
Cresceus. made the following statement
today:
Il have taken off thirty pounds since
the first of May and if l could only get
to 135 pounds 1 would drive Cresceus in
two minutes. / will take the horse to
Columbus Monday and he will try to
reduce his record mex week On that
track"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-18
Chance for Vengeance

Simson (angrily)-I nave sent the edi-
tor Of the Hightone Magazine forty-twc
OF my poems, and he has returned every
one OF them.
Friend-Don't ser him any more. He
might get mad.
Suppose ne should? What could he
dor"
He might publish one Of them under
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-18
Burned I'm a Mine Explosion

Tunnelton, W. Va, October 14.-By an
explosion in a mine here today thirteen
miners were burned, five fatally. The
accident was caused by a miner loading
a hole with too much power, causing
the dust from the electric machine to
ignite and explode.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-18
Mothers
Friend

will do for every woman what It did for the
Minnesota mother who writes the above let
ter. Not to Use It during pregnancy Is a
mistake to Be paid for IN pain and suffering.
Mothers Friend eauips the patient with a
strong body and clear intellect, which IN
turn are impaired to the child. 1t re1axes
the muscles and allows them to expand. Il
relieves morning sickness and
Il puts al the organs concerned IN perfect
condition for the final hour, SO that the actual
labor IS short and practically painless. Dan
ger Of rising or hard breasts Is altogethe,
avoided, and recovery Is merely a matter 81
afcw days.
Druggists sell Mothers Friend for 81 q bottle.
The Bradfleld Regulator Co., Atlanta, Ga.
Send for our free illustrated book.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-18

Neither Mr.. Baird nor Mr.. Haskell,
the missionaries, has yet been able to
get news from the brigands in order to
arrange as to the amount Of ransom for
Miss Stone.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-18

and other parts of the body,
and the almost imperceptible
tumor or lump upon the breast,
as often result Ill Cancer as the
deeper and more frightful-look-
ing ulcers. They feed upon
the same morbid and destruc-
tive materials that are gener-
ated within the blood, and
inflammation and destruction
of tissue will continue just so
long as this impure matter is
carried through the circulation
to these old sores and ulcers.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-18

Six n ego my leg from .he knee
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very offensive. ! spent over $1,000
on two trips TO Hot Springs. Local
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] q about come 10 tho conclusion
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began to take your medicine, and
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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-11-22
Ayers
Cherry PeCtoraI

1t often cures n fresh cold in single
night, and IL masters chronic coughs
and bronchitis in short time. Con-
sumption is certainly prevented, and
cured, too, if taken in time.
If anybody tells you that consump-
tion cannot he cured, they are certainly
mistaken, for We hayo thousands of
these cases reported to It's, absolutely
cured, and no mistake aboutit.
Put up in largo and small bottles.
Ayers Cherry Pcctoral Plaster placed
directly over the tender, aching lung
is great aid to the Cherry PectoraL
Prepared BY DR.. j. C. Aver Co.. Lowell. Mass. u \
WV ...-
HOLLISTER DRUG CO.. Agents.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-11-22
READY FOR SERVICE
ON KALIHI LINE

The trial ear on the Rapid Transit
kalihi line will be run today If the
track Is reauy. The work had pro-
crossed so rapidly yesterday that 1t
seemed likely that everything would
be in readiness TO the kamchameha
Schools by today noon, and the decis-
ion to make the trial was reached.
The trenchng for the new track is
now at the arch bridge over the Ka-
lihi river, and the tracklayers are close
behind. The electrical installation IL
completed as far as the Tramways
barns. This will be complete this
morning to the schools. and the only
possible drawback will be- the readiness
of the switch at the rice fields. One
end of the switch Is done, but the other
Is delayed.
Upon the acceptance Of the work.
service ON the line will be inaugurated
Mt once. The cars will be run to the
kamehamcha Schools on the same
schedule which obtains over the rest
of the line. Cars will then make round
trips from Alexander street to Kalihi.
The Liliha street service win be car
ried on by two cars which will connect
with each trip made by the main line
cars.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-11-22

{ coast and the Philippine Islands. Mans
have been carried between San Francis
co and Manila by government transports,
and Philippine mails have also been car
ried by steamers between San Francisco,
| Tacoma or Seattle, and Hongkong, CHI
! ma, but for transportation between
| Hongkong and Manila these mails have
to depend upon the steamers OF other
countries. an
In view of our importatn interests in
the Philippine and Hawaiian Islands, and
Of the fact that the government trans.
port service may be withdrawn at any
| time. am impressed with the imp0r-
| lance OF making some arrangement,s,n
| the near future which shall insure the
| direct transportation of the mails with
regularity between these possessions and
our Pacific coast.
THE compensation applicable to con-
tract-mail service between the Pacific
coat and the Orient, under the act of
1891. has not been sufficient in past years
to induce proposals for mail service In
response to the advertisement of the de-
partmont. 1t now seems probable that
If this government should withdraw it's
transport service, with the understanding
that Its passenger and fast-freight traf-
fic, together with the increasing volume
of Its mails. might go to the steamship
company that would submit the most
satisfactory proposal for quick and reg
ular service, favorable contract could
be secured. II it were known that fast
mail steamers. adherng strictly to sched.
ule time between the Pacific coast and
Manila and calling at other ports at reg
ular intervals, were under contract with
this government, the mail service as well
as the commercial interests of this coun-
try, would be greatly advanced"
ERNEST G.. WALKER
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-11-22

Chicago packers fear beef famine
and want government aid to prevent a
decrease in cattle.
Lieutenant Crawford a South Caro-.
lima man, who lifted his fiance on tn,
wedding day has been refused a com
mission by Roosevelt
Brazirs chamber OF deputies has
passed a bill increasing the duty on
flour In bags instead OF barrels, a con-
cession TO America as against Argen-
tina.
Emil S. Fisher. of the Deutsche Bank
OF Shanghai. in addressing the School
OF Commerce, y. Y, said the dragon
was not dead. but fun OF vigor, vital
ity and resource.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-11-22
FAST TIME FOR
THE BRITISH MAILS

/ NEW YORK, November S.-When the
Cunard liner Umbria sails this morning
she Will carry n batch of mail matter
that arrived In san Francisco last Mon
day on the steamship Ventura from
sydney and Auckland. 1t Will be the
| speediest delivery ever accomplished.
more than half way around the globe,
/ by steam at sea and steam on land, and
steam at sea again In less than thirty
days.
The New York Central Railroad viii
deliver the mail bags on board the Gu
harder within five minutes of her sailing
time this morning, and the steamship
Will have the letters in the London post
office on the morning of November 10th.
The extreme distance from Melbourne to
London, by way of San Francisco and
New York. IL 1895 miles.
NEW YORK, Nov. ll-word was re-
ceived today ut the New York Central
Railway offices from Spreckels q Co. of
San Francisco, who own and operate the
Oceanic Steamship Company, that the
British government had ordered II to
carry the Australian London mail from
now on. Later in the day a dispatch
was received from the same company
stating it had also got from the French
government contract for transporting
mail from Tahiti, which Is the chief port
of all the French possessions among the
Pacific islands.
Both of these new contracts are the re-
suit Of the record breaking trip made by
the mali In two trials made over the
American route. Up to last August 1t
has been taken by way of the Suez canal
To Brndisi and from there to London
by rail, the trip taking thirty-fivc days.
George II. Daniels, general passenger
agent of the New York Central Railroad,
was elatcd over the dispatches from San
Francisco. He Is of the opinion that his
mail trial will be the cause of much pas
sengcr traffic by this route.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-11-22
OLYMPIC TEAM
WILL BE STRONG

! SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 4.--Olympic Is
! to play the Nevada State University IN
Reno next Wednesday, the Reliance
Cub at Sixteenth and Folsom streets
grounds in this city Thanksgiving. and
| the Oahu College eleven In Honolulu
Christmas day. This busy prospect has
| terminated the players and, opened conf
petition for places on the big club team.
Olympic and Reliance resumed hard
practice last night. and Will keen UP
! their training with the Thanksgiving day
game as the climax of their athletic ef-
! forts for this season.
In preparation for the THANKSGIVING
game between Olympic and Reliance
both clubs are recruiting for varsity ma
terial. Reliance expects to have Shaker
the Stanford and old Chicago fullback
and Tommy Code. the old Stanford var
sity quarter for four years, to supplant
such men as Pete Smith. Bert oliver.
Collins, Weirs. Varney. Dinsmore. VIII
son, and Parker and Nourse, the latter
two old Stanford ends.
olympic. with the expectation of IN.
Reno trip and the fine voyage to Homo
lulu. has In prospect the addition to its
squad of Duden. the California varsity
fullback, Pringle, California's varsity
tackle and captain of last year and tn.
greatest tackle Berkeley has ever had:
Womble, this years California varsity
captain and the best end rush the coast
has ever produced; Clay, last years
California varsity guard, and Masters,
an end. These men will go TO strengthen
a team already having Cadwalader. the
S25-pound old Yale guard; Plunkett. the
2Oo-pound old California guard: Koran.
the ls5-pound last years Lafayette Col
legc guard; Cannon, last years Califor-
MIA varsity half formerly OF Iowa, and
Paterson. Ambrick, Kerfoot. Rithet and
Romayne. With such material to make
team from. olympic Is jubilan,