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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-19
A NEGRO SOUTHERN COLONY
A Move to Establish . Negro Indus
trial Town Near Atlanta.

A Move to Establish . Negro Indus
trial Town Near Atlanta.
Atlanta, Ga, March 16.-A movement
is taking definite form to establish
near Atlanta a colony to be composed
Of and governed exclusively by men,
bers Of the negro race. The movement
was started by the Benevolent Enter
prise Of Atlanta, Of which Rev. Ed
mund Bibbs is president. This is an
organization composed of about 500
families, and a majority of these, it is
said, favor the project.
In speaking Of the matter, the presi-
dent Of the organization says:
I'VE desire to establish for ouselves
a colony about seven miles out Of the
city OF a tract of land large enough to
build g town, have it Incorporated and
governed by our own people and then
establish the enterprises for making a
livelihood. We hope to complete the
work of organization within seven
months"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-19

War Department Expects it to be Es-
tablished I'm Two Months.

Washington, March i6.-General Mac
Arthur will remain in command in the
Philippines until the civil government
is established. That the war depart
ment expects such a government to
be established within the next two
months Is evident. as 1t has been de-
termined that General Chafree will
succeed General Macarthur as COM
mander of the forces in the Philip
pines.
General Chaffee and his force in
China will sail from Taku about the
last of April. He ranks General Mac
Arthur and would naturally be in COM
mand, but If the civil government is
not established in that time General
Macarthur will continue to be mill
tary governor and commandant.
The war department feels confident
that civil government will be success
fully established and that the hard
fighting is practically at an end. The
dispatch from General Macarthur
received today is regarded as very en-
couragfng.
No information has been received al
the department either through military
or unofficial channels regarding Agui-
naldo. but the impression prevails that
he Is dead or has disappeared to some
of the very remote islands. seeking g
place Of safety.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-19
A ST. PATRICK'S DAY FIND.
An Old Irish Penny Unearuhed In Rev.
olutionary Battles Locality.
Especial to The MessengerD

Especial to The Messenger)
Eutawville, S. c., March 16.-An old
Irish penny was found at Ferguson,
near here, today by Mr.. A. Cameron
while experimenting the excavating
for water pipes at the Santee River
Cypress Lumber Company's plant.
The coin is Of the reign of George II
and is dated 1744.
On the diverse side is the head Of the
sovereign, with the inscription "Geor-
gius, the Second, Rex" and one the
reverse side is a harp with the word
"Hibernia," and the date 1744.
Singular to say, this coin was found
at, as near as can be ascertained, the
exact spot where General Marion swan
the Santee river when surprised at the
house Of his brother-in-law by the Eng
lish during the revolutionary war, and
in all probabilities was lost by some of
the soldiers.
The location Of the find is three miles
from where the battle Of Eutaw
Springs was fought and six miles from
General Marion's grave.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-19

A Betrothed Couple. while III with
Scarlet Fever. Married.

New York. March i6l-Eugene s.
Reynal and Miss Adlaide Fitzgerald
were married todaS al the residence
OF Howard willet. White Plains. ~. Y.
though the bride and groom both were
afflicted with scarlet fever and have
been In quarantine for days. The
bridegroom was IN a critical condition
early in the day and when be was told
OF this he asked Miss Fitzgerald to
consent TO an immediate znarriase. ana
this she did.
The couple have been engaged for
some time and We're 10 nave been mar
ried April 24th next. They returned
from Aiken, S. c.. a t.w days ago and
Were visiting Mr.. willet when they
were stricken with scarlet fever. A
physician and nurses were engaged and
everything possible done to make the
patients comfortable.
A turn for the worse came I'm Mr
Reynal's condition last night and early
this morning he determined on mar
riage il possible. believing death To- be
nsar. Rev. Father Francis ]. Meany,
assistant rector OF Sc. Johns Catholic
church, consented to perform the cere-
mony. He was taken 10 Mr.. Reynars
room Miss Fitzgerald. who was able
to be up, was assisted to his room and
the ceremony was performed. The wit
nesses were the five nurses employed
to wait on the two patients.
Tn bride left the room Immediately
Mr.. Reynal Seemed to brighten up con-
siderably after the marriage. A con-
sultation of physicians was held this
evening and II was decided that Mr..
Reynal had a chance of recovery. Both
Mr. and Mrs. Reynal are we'll known
society people.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-19
WILMINGTON, n. c., TUESDAY, MARCH 19. 1901.
REVENUE STAMP REDUCTION
Preparatfone Therefor Under the
War Tax Reduction Bill.

washington, March 1s.-The treasury
officials are actively making prepara-
tions to carry iEto effect the war reve-
nue. reduction act which becomes op-
erative on july 1. 1901. and with view
to giving public all information on the
subject possible at this time the in
ternal revenue bureau today issued the
following statement:
''All documentary and proprietary
revenue stamps in the hands of pur-
chasers on and after July 1. 1901. will
be redeemed by the government under
the provisions of the act of May II.
1900.
Such stamps should be presented for
redemption by the owners thereof to
the collector of internal revenue from
whom they were purchased, who Will
supply the applicant With necessary
forms and instructions for the prepara-
tions OF his claim. 1t is probable that
regulations will be prepared and issued
providing for the redemption of i'm
printed documentary stamps without
requiring the destruction of the checks
or drafts on which they are imprinted. -
The amount of stamps which will be
offered for redemption .on and after
July 1st, cannot be calculated with any
degree of accuracy, but the officials
most familiar with the subject esti-
mate that of the classes of stamps for
documents. checks. etc. from which
the tax was entirely removed the re-
demptions may aggregate 81, 500, 900 and
possibly a little less. This estimate is
based upon the assumption that the
public will have on hand July l. one
months supply.
The articles upon which the tax was
| reduced represent a very much large
| sum, but in those cases the redemp-
tion will be in the nature of an ex-
change. although these stamps, like the
others, probably will be redeemed in
cash, but other stamps made to con-
form to the reduction in the rate OF
tax will be Immediately issued, so that
the net loss 70 the government will not
| be very large.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-19

Certain Death II He Falls Into the
Hands of the British.

London. March 16.-A special dis
Boer commanders are holding a meet
ing at Petersburg in northern Trans
vaal. to discuss the position, and the
advisability Of continuation Of the
negotiations between General Kitchen
er and General Botha, it is tolerably
certain that the rumors Of the inclu-
sion Of General deWet in any form Of
amnesty are not based on fact. Gener-
al Kitcheners personal views of the
Boer leader are not known in Pail Mail.
but il the war office is consulted the
officials there would rather see deWet
killed in action than taken alive.
One OF the officials responsible for
the direction Of the affairs Of the army
said to a representative of the Asso-
ciated Press:
II cannot see how Kitchener can pos
sibly accept deWet's surrender. If he
ever gets him he will be obliged to try
him for his recent alleged murders OF
prisoners. I have no doubt that the
verdict Of either military or a civil
court would be death, and il such a
verdict was carried out there would be
a horrible howl on>the continent and n
America; and. indeed, one would be
sorry to see such a brave fighter meet
such an end. Therefore. we can only
hope dewet will either be let out Of the
country or shot in hattie"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-19
GIRLS BURNED To DEATH
Several Lose their Lives I'm Burning
Factories.

st. Joseph. Mo-. Aarch IS-The
Noyes-Norman shoe factory and the
Richardson, Roberts G. Byrnes overall
and shirt factory were destroyed by
fire this afternoon. causing the death
probably, OF several persons. All the
victims are girls and were employed In
the shirt factory. Miss Louise Eslon-
dau. aged 20 years. rs known to be
dead. Florence Terry and Miss Mamie
Berry leaped from the third story Of
the Noyes Norman building and were
caught by firemen In a net. They are
badly burned John Fried. a fireman,
was severely injured. The fire ID sup
posed to have started In the engine
room where a fireman had been using
gasoline to clean machinery. Many
people saw several girls at the fourth
story window OF the shirt factory just
a moment before the walls collapsed,
and are confident that none escaped.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-19
A Big Coal Strike Imminent

Hazelton, Pa, March 16.-By unani-
nous vote the delegates to the United
Mine Workers convention, which has
been in session in this city for nearly
a week, today decided to suspend work
at all anthracite mines unless the oper-
ators agreed to meet the miners exec
utive board in joint conference before
April 1st. A strike seems inevitable.
The operators have steadfastly re-
refused to recognize the miners as a
dication that the operators will pay
any attention to the demands. made
by President Mitchell and other MEN,
berts of the executive board, that they
meet the miners in joint conference to
adjust grievances.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-19
CASTELLANE- -RODAYS DUEL.
THE PARTIES MEET AND EXCHANGE
PISTOL SHOTS.
Rodays Wounded I'm the Thfgh-Castel-
lane not Touched-Each Party Fires
Only Once-The Wounded Man not
Seriously yInjured-The Prelfminarfes
OF the Duel-Castellane Inquiries Az
ter His Opponent, Then Leaves the
Ground.

Paris, March 16.-In the duel fought
today between Count Bondi de Castel-
lane and M. de Rodays, the latter was
wounded in the thigh. The meeting oc-
Cured at o'clock this afternoon IN
the Pare des Princes, where many
events occurred last summer. The
Count de Dion directed the duel.
M. de Rodays, whose wound was in
the lower f1eshy part of the thigh, bled
abundantly, but is not seriously in
iured.
The determination to exclude the
curious from witnessing the duel was
we'll kept. Only the witnesses and the
necessary attendants were spectators
of the meeting, SO zealously was secre-
cy maintained in regard to the meeting
place. De Rodays and his seconds
were the first to reach the Pare de
Princes, though they were almost i'm
mediately followed by the adversaries'
carriages, which were two in number.
One contained Count Boni de Castellane
and the duke de Dion, and in the other
We're the marquis of Castellane, the
counts father, and M. Jollivet.
Count de Dion. as director of the
duel carried the pistols, which were care
fully examined.
On each side the other preliminaries
were soon completed.
Count de Dion having measured off
| twenty-five PAGES. requested M. dc
Rodays and Count Boni to take their
| allotted places. Both principals were
! dressed in black frock coats.
The usual words of warning and ex-
PLANTATION were given, the Count de
! Dion counted three and then said fire -
Scarcely had the word been uttered
| than M. de Rodays was seen to totter
and he exclaimed: II am wounded in
the thigh
The witnesses hastened to his side
and were obliged to carry him to one
of the dressing rooms. where the doctor
gave him immediate care.
| Count Boni, after inquiring into the
| character of the wound left the spot,
| accompanied by his witnesses.
| Shortly afterwards M de Rodays was
taken to his residence in a carriage.
| The doctor said M. de Rodays' wound
was not of a disquieting nature, and
that though the bullet has not yet been
extracted. NJ. de Rodays will be we'll in
| ten days.
| Count Boni was not touched.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-19
ENGLAND's CROWN PRINCE
And His Consort Start on q Trip
Around the World.

Portsmouth. Eng, March 1s.-Amidst
the firing Of royal salute oy the as
semble- fleet and hearty cheers from
the concourse Of people gathered at all
points Of vantage. the steamer Ophir.
wall and York on board. started at
about 4 o'clock this afternoon. on the
voyage which Is not to terminate until
their royal highnesses have made tour
OF the world. including the British en-
pire- Troops and bands OF music play
ing the ational anthem lined the quay
and all the ships were manned and
dressed.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-19
Pigeon Shooting by Ladies'

Columbia, s. c., March IA special
to The State from Aiken, s. c., says:
At the gun club this afternoon the
ladies had an exciting contest for a cup
offered by Mr.. w. C. Whitney. Among
the ladies who contested were Mrs.
John Jacob Astor, Mrs. E. L. Smith and
Mrs. T. Hickcock, Jr.
The latter made a most difficult shot
that won a round OF applause. 1t was
a very fast right quarter and the bird
was dropped at the boundary line with
the second barrel. Mrs. Aster Is q most
graceful shot. The cup was won by
Mrs. E. L. Smith.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-19
HONORS TO THE DEAD.
Indiana'S Tribute of Respect to the
Memory of Late Ex-PreSident
Benjamin Harrison.

The Remains Conveyed to the Capitol
Where They Lie I'm State for Hours.
Fully Fifty Thousand Persons Pass
the BIer-Thousands, With Barred
Heads, Line the Streets While the
Funeral Procession Passes to the
State House-The Deepest Sorrow
PerceptibIe Amongst the Immense
Throng-A Pathetic Scene In the
Death Room at the Harrison Mansion
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-19

The six-day go-as-you-piease race
which began In Industrial hall. Phil
adelphfa. at midnight last sunday,
was ended tonight. Click won by ak
miles. with Barnes. the e0-year~oId
Grand Army Of the Republic pedes-
trian second. Click made As miles And
Barnes 40.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-19
No Change In the AngIo-Russ1an Dis

putc.
Tfen Tsin. March 16.-The Anglo
Russian dispute shows no change and
the disputanfs are exercising the Ut
most caution to prevent a collision be-
tween the guards during the negotia-
tons. The Russians continue to pur-
chase land In the new concession.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-06-20
BY CHARLES M. SHELDON,

q In Bis Steps" 'Macom Kirk" ~he Crucon q Philip SdOn
'Robert Hardys Seven Days"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-05-31
Had Spent the $1,000.

A New York lawyer, speaking of the
recent death of William NJ. Evarts,
tells how, in order to insure success, it
was thought best to secure the serv-
ices of the distinguished lawyer as as
sociate counsel. On securing the con-
sent of Mr.. Evarts, the question of q
retainer was mentioned. "Oh," said
Mr.. Evarts, Il guess $1,000 will suf-
fice," and the amount was paid over.
The suit was settled satisfactorily in
a short time, and the lawyer called on
Mr. Evarts to make the final payment
for the latter's services in the case.
How much do we owe your" was
asked. Call it $5,00O," he responded,
without moments hesitation. This
caused a mild protest. You know,
Mr.. Evarts, that you've had $1,000"
YES" he said, with dry smile, but
I've spent that" The $4,000 was paid.
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On Lost Mountain.
BY ENFIELD JOINER.


.(Copyright. 1901, by Daily Story Pub Coz
Lost Mountain is the most treacher-
ous hill in the West. l have never
seen elsewhere on a single mountain
peak so many ravines, so many
!gulches, so many boulders of almost
the same shape and size, as there are
there; and besides all these, there Is
the great Canon of Lost Souls, six
hundred feet deep, winding its sinu-
GUS way on the southern side or the
mountain. AS to the trail, it never
knows itself where it means to go
in summer it hides under rauls, grasses
and tangling vines, and. in winter II
disappears in the first snow, like foam
in the wake of the vessel.
The boys at camp-we were three
had plead with me not to go to Cam
den. But how could l settle down for
the long months, shut away from the
world and letters by the great white
hills, without the one letter had been
so eagerly awaiting? l went to Cam
den and waited until the letter came
and the very morning on which l set
out for our camp the SHOWS, which
had held off so long, were upon me.
In spite of the indistinctness OF the
trail and the snareS which Nature has
set for the unwary on Lost Mountain,
] don't see how it happened. The boys
said that 1 was asleep. Heaven knows!
/ only know that l was dreaming OF
what the letter said which lay close
to my heart when
Haitian sprang back so violently
that he almost threw me from the sad
die and my heart stood still within
me, for we were hanging on the very
brink Of the great Canon OF Lost Souls.
For one moment we looked into the
dizzying whiteness, then some instinct
told me to dismount. My hand was
out to catch the rein, when Haitian,
mad with terror, began to rear. Sud
denly in a frantic backward plunge, he
slipped and
udder to think of it. The
though of even a horse-a horse of
the camp for whom one cares nothing.
going down into that abyss, is sick
ening; and, the Indians say that the
bottom of the canon is strewn with
the bones of men who have persisted so
and that the manufactured winds
which sweep through the canon are the
'death-cries of the lost.
l shivered with dread as l stood
there and realized that l was lost on
the mountain, without horse, food or
drink and night coming on.
But my heart grew lighter as 1 saw,
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-05-31

miles below and wondered who would
work It; l thought of the woman
loved and of how the sun shone bright
ly on her in my old Kentucky home.
The day passed and night came
again. The storm had ceased, the wind
had lulled. slept hoping that would
not wake to the horrors OF another day.
l dreamed such a dream as might have
come to me in my bunk at camp-of
blasting rocks in the mine with the
powder in my pocket.
Morning dawned and dazzling sun
with it. A fierce determination to live
came to me-to get back to camp, to
work again at that rich lode of silver.
Certainly it was in obedience to the
laws of association that my dream or
last night came back to me and with
it, a thought which made my weak
heart throb.
If people blew away rocks with dyna-
mite, why not blow away snow? The
risk of it would be great-but-
With poor stiff hands l dug into the
blockade and finally by dint of press
ing and moulding, / made an excava-
ton of about an arms length, tunnel
shaped and with an arched roof. l
folded my handkerchief and placed one
stick OF dynamite on it, so that the
fuse might not touch the snow.
opened my matchbox to find
l clutched my hands In misery at
finding myself so balked-not match
was there! l, poor fool, had wasted
them on cigars yesterday! Then de-
cided, in my desperation, to do one OF
two things. l could risk death from
the explosion without a tremor, but
felt that l could not die that slow
death of starvation-it must be either
a leap into the canon or bullet
through my brain.
But again something put saving
thought into my head. Why not fire
my mine with a pistol shot; certainly
a shell tearing into the magazine OF
vessel had such an effect as l desired.
For the sweetness of living, for the
woman / loved, for all of work and
achievement that might lie before me,
l steadied myself and took aim care
fully at the long gray stick.
Heavensl the shock of it! l fell
prone on the rock, my head wounded
by a fragment of stone, but when l
looked up, there where the white snow
had been, was the blessed blue sky
shining through my peep-hole.
Some five hours later l fell on the
Threshold of our rough house at the
foot of the mountain. How good the
food was How warm the fire! How
soft the bed!
Lost Mountain is now, and always
will be, my happy hunting ground; but,
though I've spent many night OF late
years on it's bosom, l have never had
the desire to sleep again in that queer,
stone bunk on the edge of the canon.
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hours struggle in the storm and before
l knew it, was drifting into dreams.
The wind came from the northeast.
the exposure from the canon side was
from the south, the exposure from the
large peep-hole was from the west,
therefore l was we'll protected. NV
berth was more than ten feet wide
and sloped inward, away from the
canon, so that there was comparatively
little danger of rolling off in the night.
l slept as soundly in that queer rock
bunk as 1 had ever slept in all my life
before.
When at last woke it was morning
and the world had changed and | had
changed with it. All the universe was
made of snow-my head was heavy
with snow, my limbs, my clothes. the
rocks on which l lay, were all changed
10 snow-there was nothing left but
whiteness and stiffness and coldness-
snow! snow! snowl
My soul came back to me with n
throb Of terror, for l suddenly realized
that the peep-hole, my egress into the
world, was filled up by this maddening
snow.
My first feeling was one os perplexity
ON that side of the rock last might
there had been but twelve inches of
snow; now there must be over six feet
of it. On the northeast sides of the
rock the wind had banked up great
drifts but here-it was preposterous,
Six feet in one night in so sheltered a
place!
Like flash 1t came to me that the
wind had changed in the night-it had
swept around from northeast TO north
west, sending vagrant flakes to cover
me in my stone bed and shutting my
little door with an immense drift.
My next feeling came quickly-de-
spair! had no pick, no shovel. only
half-frozen hands. / took my pistol
and fired but the ball made not the
slightest impression on the round.
white target-it was merely lost in its
soft depths. 1 emptied my pockets in
a kind of senseless hope that might
find something there which might help
me-a matchsafe with four matches.
three cigars, some quinine capsules
and, most useless and exasperating OF
all, l thought number of small
sticks of dynamite. Dynamitel Why.
/ held in my hand the power to blow
the great rock into atoms and was
Gagged by a snow-driftl
l sat down to smoke and to think
1 thought Of the boys in camp, with
books, food and fuel all ready for win
ter; l thought of my claim some three
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and great ledge hangs above the lit
tie cavern. as if it would protect the
space which it once held So insidious
has been the work of wind and rain
and frost, that on one side there is
no entrance to the cavern, but on the
other a small round hole has been
worn in the rock shell about three feet
above the ground, SO that man may
aasily climb through. On one side was
the awful canon, everywhere else save
where the round peep-hole looked out
on the sloping mountaln-side. was the
unyielding, solid rock, but l climbed
into the nest-like cavern and laid
myself down with an at-home kind
of feeling. / did not mean to fall
asleep. but l was worn with my seven