The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-11-05

ing a restaurant without license. Lott.
a negro, saw h posse coming from a
window of his store, and, opening fire,
he killed two Of the posse. His fire was
returned and he sank to the ground rid
died with bullets. A negro preacher
named Connolly rushed out with a
double barrel shotgun, but before he
could pull the trigger he vas killed"
The autopsy OF the assassin's brain
revealed no sign of mental degeneracy,
but it was normal. The time spent was
three hours. The brain was well de-
veloped and healthy, and every thing
normal. The skul was of normal
thickness, all the organs in a perfectly
healthy state. So we a cruel anarch-
list can tote around" a brain sound
and normal.
The Messenger gathered and publish
ed that early in the present foo ball
season, there were three deaths, and
and many have been hurt. The New
York Evening Post makes a remark
that is somewhat sarcastic. It says:
Football is recommended by it's cham
plOIlS dS al tACcllclIl pHy SlSdl CpdId
ton of young men for the work of life,
and as a fine school for training gentle
men in self-control and fair play" A
suitable illustration and comment is
one days incidents and results as pub
lished in the New York Sun. We copy
only a part taken here and there:
The Mountclare military academy
fanr M r-0c nrnftyr v-QlI mead I'M Hnln.4r
and Baird, two of their players, were
severely injured. The former had his
spine hurt. Baird had a rib broken. .
" AS the team left the grounds sticks
and mud were thrown at the st. Law
renee players, and a line had to be
formed about the referee to protect him
from bodily injury. Right end
Vogt of State College had his shoulder
~dislocated, and was delirious for an
hour after the game. Left end Kehoe
had his shoulder dislocated. Quarter
back Scholtz was retired from general
exhaustion, and became delirious after
being taken out. Other State College
men were forced out of the game by
minor injuries.
John c. Segrist, the center rush of the
Ohio State University football team,
and one of the best players in Ohio, lies
in q precariouS condition in the Grant
hospital as a result of injuries received
in the game with Western Reserves.
His spine is badly injured and his entire
nervous system has become paralyZed.
The physicians in attendance do not
hold out any hope of his recovery"
These are gathered results from four
different places by different teams. The
list was not exhausted.
The president of the Buffalo eXposi-
ton company reports that it was not
successful in a financial way because of
many adverse experiences. There vas
too much expended in construction, too
many storms and strikes, too many
high railroad rates and charges for
work and so on, and losses sustained
by the fearful tragedy that occurred.
But he thinks the deficit is %counterbal-
anced by the good don to Buffalo
otherwise by holding it and he puts the
estimate of benefit at $50, 900, 900.
The Georgia legislature is moving
against the dreadful, deadly, deceitful
cigarette. The house passed by an
overwhelming vote a bill prohibiting
the sale of cigarettes and cigarette pa
pers in that state. The minors who are
the chief victims are the ones who were
protected in the bill. The Messenger
for years has done what it could to
arouse public attention to the dangers
and evils coming from cigarette smok-
ing, and particularly by youth and boys
from eight to twenty years of age. The
great falling off in the sale of his vile
enemy of boyhood is most encouraging
and it was effected by the attacks of
an enlightened and earnest press. The
Savannah News has a timely editorial
on Boys n Cigarettes from which
we take the following:
1T is well known to all medical men
that smoking tobacco is injurious to
boys, when carried to excess. and o.
very moderate indulgence for a man is
excess in their case. The effect of the
practice is to weaken the heart and dis
turb its functions, and how very many
young constitutions in every commun-
ity are so impaired is sufficiently shown
whenever physical tests are required in
mlnati for competitive places.
Rule out for a tobacco heart has BE-
come a familiar story in the country.
The cigarette is responsible for most
OF the harm done, as it is the mode of
smoking most in favor with boys. Com
p~aratively few men indulge in it."