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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-19
Goldsboro, N. c., March IA.

Correspondence of The MeSsenger.)
Deputy Sheriff Tucker, of Pitt coun-
ty brought to the authorities here yes
terday, Marshall Lee. a young white
la charged with shooting Constable
Sam Roberts, of this county, about
two years ago. 1t seems that the Of
ficer, Sam Roberts, had a warrant
against Willis Lee, the father of Mar
shall Lee, and in attempting to make
the arrest was fired on by the young
man. Roberts returned the fire,
wounding both the father and son,
the elder Lee dying from the result of
his wounds, Marshall Lee making his
escape. Recently the young man was
located at G~reeHville, in Pitt county,
where he was at work and where by a
steady life he was building for himself
a good character. The young mans
version of the affair is in conflict with
the above account in hat he claims he
did not fire upon the officer till he
found his father was He
admits he was assisting his father to
escape and that in obedience to his
fathers request he was driving as fast
as possible while pursued by the officer.
He says in the buggy he had a % cali
bre rifle and when he found his father
wounded he vas very much excited
and he returned the fire, hitting the
officer in the hand. Young Lee was
wounded in the arm n yet carries
the bail.
DIR. Thomas Hill, examining surgeon,
and Captain Cusack, recruiting officer,
returned last evening from Fayette-
vile. There LAY been some sixty ap-
plicants examined, but thus far only
ten have been accepted. A very rigid
examination is required Is only BILE
bodied men are wanted.
Goldsboro people will be glad to
n that our New Bern folks will
continue their annual fair. Already
140 Of the 166 shares Of stock nave been
taken and the remaining shares, / am
told. will be taken at once.
Tom Hamilton the young negro who
drove the shaft of his road cart into
h horse Of Howell Kornegay, killing
h animal, has compromised the mat
ter by paying Kornegay $25 damages.
Goldsboro w-arehousemen sold dur
ing the past eason about $500, 600
pounds of leaf tobacco.
c. c. Covington, the Wilmington
molasses a is in the city today
comforting with our wholesale grocery
men.
The last issue of 1.-The Atlantic Mes
senger" published at New Bern by
High G. Moore, is a thing of typo
graphical beauty. The paper is gotten
out from the printing house of Nash
Bros, of this city.
Colonel /. F. Dortch went to Raleigh
this morning where he appears as a
witness before the court of impeach-
ment.
Colonel A. c.. Davis moved into his
new office on Walnut street today.
The interior finish Of this building is
in keeping with the progress of the
city.
The heat field of Mr.. Rufus Ham,
near Greenleaf, looks a. If swept by p
fire. The aus of this is not known,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-19
TILE PENITENTIARY
The New Management to Take Charge
Today-what the Old Board Claims to
Have Done-Representatfve Nc
NeiIl's nlness-To Investigate Fires
In Rural Districts.
Messenger Bureau,

Raleigh, March 13.
Mr.. w. c. NewIand, acting chairman
OF the p~enitentiary board, arrived here
today to turn over that institution to-
morrow to State Senator Travis, the
designated chairman OF the new direc-
torate. Captain Newland said to your
correspondent: Our board has been
SO fortunate in the management that
the penitentiary has mad money-at
least $4,000 last year. OF course We
put a lot of this in improvements. The
p~enitentiary will not call on the state
for a dollar this rear or next year. We
have practically abandoned the Arson
farm, for which we have paid s., 900 rert
a year. We are responsible for this
years rent. The lease has yet some
years OF life. Next year half the rent
will be taken of. We VIII keep ten
convicts there and cultivate 100 acres,
enough TO pay We will OPP
crate the Tillery farm this year and
next year, when the lease ends Then
we divide crops with the owner. We
gave up the Northampton farm De-
cember 31st. Long ago we abandoned
the LyTias rise farm and the Castle
Haynes farm. Neither of these paid,
nor has the Arson farm paid. We have
for nearly two years worked NO con-
victs in the phosphate mines. The
Caledonia farm belongs to the state.
There the great work will be done. We
are handicapped by the OF
cOnvicts. When we took charge there
were LOO; now there are only 500, the
counties taking them. We need at least
1900 convicts TO do AL III work and II
all convicts for terms Over two years
800 - ry@rrII hn M HnI1hl
to make us self-supporting. If the
counties would sentence misdemeanor
men to the roads as we'll as the felony
men under two years and give us the
others it would be all right. We have
found railways TO be by far the best
paying. We had last year, part of the
time. 600 convicts on that sort of work.
Now there are o 1Oo."
Dr.. Mcneil. member of the house
from Brunswick. has been very sick
ever since a fortnight after the Iegis-
lative session began. He had penu-
monia in both lungs. pleurisy and throat
trouble. He will be taken to MaXton
in a few days. One thing which has
greatly worried him is the change in
the system of government of his coun-
ty which the legislature has made
The legislature has this week char
tered three more r~ailways-the East
SdIOllild, Tile ISoiO4Sh dho NopN iOoi5
and the Durham and Raleigh (eectric).
1t has revoked the charter of the South
port. Wilmington and Western railroad.
An excellent amendment of the law
regarding the investigation of fires is
made, by which the insurance commits
sion can investigate fires in the rural
districts when called bv the sheriff or
other proper official. Heretofore he
could only investigate fires in cities
and towns.
The long discussion of the revenue act
has worried some OF the legislators no
little. One OF them said today that Il
it were kept up the legislature would be
here until the 4th of July.
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Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh, n. c., March IA

Raleigh, N. c., March IA
The house democrats caucused last
night after l o'clock. All present were
pledged to absolute secrecy N not
allowed to say a word to any outsider.
The speaker of the house last night
determined to stop the departure OF
members and to keep a quorum here.
He issued orders to the sergeant-at-
arms to permit no member to leave
Raleigh. Men were on duty at the
railway station to prevent departures.
The public business was in a critical
state yesterday and today. Members
are serving ithou pay. Up to yester-
day afternoon the republicans N pop
uist members, save three had gone and
so had twenty democrats. All the
senators are here. They are on a as
a court of impeachment.
This morning at 9 o'clock the senate
and house confereeS on the revenue
bill met-Senators London n Aycock
n Representatives GattiS, Willard
and Page. The revenue bill has given
a great deal of trouble. 1t is greatly
pruned and it's worst eatureS stricken
out. Senator Glenn, who voted against
it, said to me 1T will not injure any
man to vote against that revenue bill"
The appropriation for new buildings
at the Western hospital for the insane
is fixed at $110, 600 and for maintenance
500, 600. This will stand.
AT Shaw University (cOlOred) here
the graduating exercises of the classes
in medicine, law and pharmacy were
held. Governor Aycock made an adj
dress and presented the diplomas to
the seventeen graduates in medicine,
two In law and one in pharmacy. The
annual address was by DR.. Shaler
Matthews, of the University of Chica-
go. There are over 400 students at
Shaw.
1t was quite a surprise when the bill
for a code commission passed The
house (after midnight last mighty The
bill had been regarded as dead
Adjutant General Register today re-
-ceived applications for permission to
form companies at Newton n Hope
Mills. He also received IN invitation
from the town of Southport for the
state guard to encamp there next sum-
mer.
Last year there was a notably large
falling off in h number of crop liens
and mortgages This year there is a
still further decrease. h is a sure
sign of prosperity among the farmers.
The latter hold considerable cotton
and are in easier circumstances gen.
orally tha in twenty-five years past.
The farmers express pleasure at the
striking out of the proposed tax or ~
cents per ton on cotton seed meal.
There will be fifty or more witnesses
in the impeachment trial of Judges
Furches and Douglas, which began to-
day. Nearly half of them are lawyer
and ex-judges who are expert witness
es for the defence.
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e the greatest diversity of swear
ing imaginable is heard from witnesses
and some times a lawyer will use sharp
and bold language towards the men
on the other side. IF | wanted to find
the greatest Internal scoundrel in Co
lumbus county. 1 would not have to &C
more than ten steps to find him." said
a lawyer. pointing at the man. Then
added: Thief. purjurer and wife
beaten" etc. These were about the
words used. So you see. after all, the
courts are interesting and instructive
places. / will stop.
Respectfully yours,
J. A. CREWS.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-19
Satisfactory Trial of the Illinois.

Washington, March 13.-Judge Advo-
cate Genera Lemly has received the
following telegram from Captain Con-
verse, the future commander Of the
b%attleship Illinois, touching the build
ers' trial of that ship of the Virginia
Capes yesterday:
Newport News, March IL.
The Illinois has returned from her
builders trial. The weather conditions
were favorable. The behavior o. the
ship and performance Of the engines,
machinery and boilers, under natural
and forced draft, were most satisfac-
tory. The condition of the vessels
bottom prevented a record for speed.
CONVERSE"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-19
Directors of state Normal School
Especial to The Messenger.)

Special to The M~eSSenger.)
Raleigh, N. c.. March Ex-Governor
Aycock today sent the following to the
senate:
AT a meeting Of the state board Of
edEcation on March 9Th the following
%ere nominated as directors of the
North Carolina State Normal and In
dustrial college. and in accordance
with SAID nomination 1 communicate
their names for action:
"A. ]. Connor. of Northampton; b.
F. Aycock. of Wayne: for six years,
beginning March /. 1902.
"R. T. Gray, of Wake: for the term
ending March /, 1902. and then for six
years.
&C. II. Mebane. of Catawba; for four
years beginning from date of confirma-
ton"
The senate confirmed these nomina-
tons.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-19
A Thousand Tongues

Could not express the rapture OF
Annie E Springer. Of lbs. Howard ST,
Philadelphia, Pa, when h found that
DIR. Kings New Discovery for con-
sumption had completely cured her OF
q hacking cough that for many years
had made life a burden All other
remedies and doctors could give her
no help, but she says Of this Royal
Cure: sit soon removed the pain Ia
my chest and I a now sleep soundly,
something / can scarcely remember
doing before. / feel like sounding its
praises throughout the universe" So
will everyone who tries DIR. Kings New
Discovery for any trouble OF the
Throat. Chest, or Lungs. Price SOC and
$1.00. Trial bottles free ait R. r. Bel-
Tamy's drug store; every bottle guar
ante6d.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-19
Long-Distance for Conviction Of
L~ynchers.

Atlanta. CIR, March Ex-Governor
Gambler today received a letter from
the ~so-called international Council of
the World" with offices at No. 423 New
York block, Seattle. Washington, in
forming him that the attorney of that
organization has been authorized TO Of
fer a reward Of $500 for the apprehen-
sion and conviction Of each person i'm
plicated in the lynching Of John Moody,
at Bryan, Ga Governor Gambler SAID
he had never heard of that ~organiza-
ton n was not inclined to AXE the
letter seriously.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-19
To Stop Chinese Civil Services ExanIn
atoms.

Pekin. March 13.-The foreign minis
ters today sent to the Chinese plenipo-
tentiaries a list OF the towns and cities
in China where examinations for the
civil service would not be permitted for
a period Of five years.
they also requested the Chimes au-
thorities TO appoint a commission to
act with a man appointed by the min
listers, to assess the value OF the prf-
vate property taken for legation pur-
poses.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-19
Carne9fe's Third Gift to Atlanta


Atlanta, Ga. March 13.-T. j. Kelly,
president of the Carnegie Library, was
advised this morning from New York
that Mr.. Carnegie had given an addi-
tfonal $50. 700 to the Atlanta library
bearing his name. Mr.. Carnegie's orig
inal gift was 800. 900. This he supple
mented a year ago with $500 ana
with today's donation makes the total
appropriation S145. 900. The library Is
nearing completion and will be dedi-
Gated early In May.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-19

Vineyard Haven, Mass, March a.
The bark AbieI Abbott, Of New York,
from Savannah for New York, with a
cargo Of sugar, has arrived here, over
due, having been blown OF her ourse
by a succession OF gales. The bark
was forty days I'm making the passage.
She did o sustain material damage
and probably will be towed to her des-
tfnaffon
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-19

Washington. March 13.-wiiiam +.
Bryan, who arrived here last night.
left today for his home in Nebraska
Mr.. Bryan during his short stay In
this city was the guest of c. T. Bride
a personal friend. He had a long con-
ference with Judge William NJ. Spring.
er and was called upon by a number
OF local democrats.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-19
APaymaster Attacked by FrIip,nos

Manila, March 13.-Paymaster Major
Pickett. with $4,000 gold. and an es-
cort Of ten mounted men from Compa-
ny D., Of the Sixteenth infantry, was
attacked by a party Of thirty bandits
on the road between Bayombong and
Echague, in the province Of Nueva Wis
caya- A hard fight ensued and the
robbers were routed. The funds were
saved. Corporal Hooker was killed
and a private was wounded
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-19
The OLDEST Man IN AMERICA

kasc Rruck, q CITIZEN of McLannan
county, Texas has lived m years.
He now lives with his s~on-in-lsw at
Valley Minis, Texas
Ia speaking q his good health and
extreme old nc. Mr.. Brock says:
"After q MIN has lived IN the
world rs long as I have, he ought
to have found out q great many
things by experience.
zone Of the things I hsve found
ouf to my entire satisfaction Is the
proper remedy for ailments that
are due directly to the effects OF
the climate.
"During my long life I have
known q great many remedies for
coughs, colds, cstarrh and diarr-
hoa. I had always supposed
these affections to be different dis
eases, but In reading Dr. Hart
mans books I have found out that
these affections are the same ant
that they are properly called CO.
karrh.
81 had several long sieges with
the grip. At first I did NOT know
that Reruna was q remedy for this
disease. When I heard that Ia
grippe was epidemic cafarrh, !
tried Peruna for Ia grippe and
found 1t to be Just the thing.
GAS for DR.. Harman,s remedy.
Pe-ru-na, I have found it to be the
best, If not the only, reliable REM
edy for these affections. 1t has
been my standby for many years,
andI attribute my9oodh health and
extreme old age to this remedy.
Very truly yours,
A"'~ &M
For q free book on catanh, address
The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus,
Ohio.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-19
COLUMBUS COURT.

A Messenger Representative Tells OF
Court Scenes-Horse Traders a Prom
fnent Observation-Disclosures Men
Newspaper Agents-Nights at Hotels
and Boarding Housewife Court
Room.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-19

Vice President Roosevelt left Wash
ington Thursday for Oyster Bay. A
half hour before his departure he call
ed at the White house to say good bye
to President Mckinley.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-01-24

sam Lewis, noted London usuror
is dead
The Danish minister ut Paris denies
that King Christian Is to ahdicato.
Citizens Of Barcelona held mass
meeting to protest against bull fights
1t is said Lord Salisbury has agreed
to c'de to Russia the railway to Shan
Hal Kwan.
invitation to the powers to transfer
the ucgouations from Pekin 10 Wash.
hGton has been withdrawn.
Revolutionary Colombiaus. aided nv
Nenezue'tans, have been defeated in
2 bloody battle in Columbia.
George Johnson, worth 5000 coo
oird after living thirty years as y
hermit ON his Scottish estate.
According to a dispatch received al
london the condition of EMPRESS
Frederick is again causing anxiety
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-01-24

one of the most earnest classes Of
workers, We have among us-our seri-
Gus and ambitious painters.
In England and on the continent
portraits have been and still are eff.
fective accessories to hereditary
grandeur; and with our multifarious
activities, our talent for great enter
prises. inventions and affairs Of state
we, too, possess the personalities, and
in them we should have wholesome
pride. Would it not be well, then
if, wherever men congregate and draw
inspiration for higher and better
civic and social life, good portraiture,
both as an establishment and as a
record were to abound?-Frank Fow-
Ter in ScribneT's.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-01-24
On the Boulevard.

She rides by in her Russian sleigh
Wrapped to the very eyes in furs;
In all the passing line today
No equipage can vie with hers.
Her fur clad coachman, digniied,
In stately grandeur holds the reins;
The fur clad footmau by his side
No vulgar side glance ever deigns.
She sits there naughty and alone,
The pride Of fashion in her face.
And, like a princess on her throne,
She looks down n the populace
She is the enyied one of all.
And yet no gladuess fills her heart,
For, oh. her new boots are too small,
And, oh, oh, how her chilblains
smart
-S0mervilIe Journal.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-01-24

Janet Perie, an American actress at
Paris exposition, fought a duel with
French swOrdsman, wounding him.
NJ Dewitte the Russian minister Of
finance to London, will be created a
count at the Russian new year, accord
ing to a dispatch from st. Petersburg
to the London Daily Express, in rec
ognition Of his services to the empire
Count Won Buelow, in the Prussian
diet, advocated the canal bill and a
tarIn as remedies for agrarian
troubles.
The Russian minister of finance
says Russia and America have
agreed all through the Chinese
trouble.
III Hung Chang and Prince Ching.
under Geographic edict from imperial
court, signed the preliminary note of
powers.
All of the 1902 persons who had
been helpless four days on the wreck
ed steamer Russie off Faraman,
France, have been rescued.
A Copenhagen dispatch says the
negotiations for the sale of the Danish
west indies to the United States seem
to be approaching a settlement
Miss Condit Smith, who went
through the siege Of Pckin tells the
empress dowagor sent poisoned food
and flowers to the legation prisoners.
According to a dispatch to the Lon
don Daily Mail from Shanghai, Capt.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-01-24

clared the JeffricsRuhlin iight "ouId
take place as planned.
Alfred Vanderbilt is reported to
have given $3,7OO,OOO TO his fancee,
elsie French, as her marriage portion
They were welded Monday.
Details Of the brutal lighting
among cadets were given to the con.
gressional investigating committee
sitting at West Point, New York,
Frank Daniels, the comedian, pub
Ilicly denied published reports that he
was married in Fargo recently He
has been married several years.
Elizabeth Shincr, 80 years old, was
burned to death in her home, near
Kecdysvillc, Md She had lived the
life Of hermit for many years.
William T.. Trenholm, who was
comptroller Of the treasury during
Clcycland's first administration, died at
his home in New York of pneumonia.
Seven persons were Killed and fifty
injured in panic at West Twelfth
street Turner Han, Chicago caused by
false alarm of fire during a Yiddish
play.
Chancellor McCrackcn Of TIE New
York university declined to allow the
students Of the university 70 Dartici.
pate In the inaugural parade in Wash.
ington March 4.
A farmer Of Madison County, Ill.,
received a notice for himself and
three others to leave $ldi0 at a
specified spot or their homes would
be blown up.
Senator Fairbanks In letters to
! Indiana friends, declared that Add.
son G. Harris, minister to Austria, is
to bo appointed attorney general to
succeed GrIggs.
Rev. j. NJ. Schneider, for fourteen
years presiding elder Of the Eyangcl
ical Association Of North America,
died IN Chicago. He had been a clcr
gyman since 1856
John Is. Lalng, believed to have
been tho oldest Free Mason in the
United States, died ut Chicago aged
100 years He joined the order in
Scotland in 1920
1t has been learned that Frank NJ
Brown, who Is charged with drTraud'
Ing the German National bank OF New
port, KY, out Of $I9l 600, has rcturncd
to South America.
''o' ~ w. i'"''" an" WIG ,""'''"
WA" 1--WE" ~ ""''''' ''','u', h'o"N
'5l,, were 'o",', "'"', ]" '"'I. noI''
"''h every t''o'"ro 10 7"o" 'h"I 'n'y
had committed suicide
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INV "u",," " "''' '''N'uH N''""Ppl"H
p"'''S'''"'o ny '"'u'N 1--WE year" '"'.
r'''""'n'n'' "''o 'h'','' zoos" was
"'o"u'u !" we" '"'N "oJ.
~ Huo" h'oiW J." ''tllE III inc noun
tam" o. '"'oIa"". INV" 7ho"'iIu'6
'o'l'P''l'Iy H'opp'' an movements OF
u'''la q" lh' 7IIE''i"n oran'l o. the
'''o 'I"noo 7oU''l'Ih '".'ro'd.
q" pt"h g. W. NllH' IT, . w. VINO
was ooUhd over III IN" sum OF SIoOoo
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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-01-24
PORTRAITS AND THE STATE.
Art Treasures Which Have Histori-
cal and General Value.

! E1gnE
NAV he taken IN mean that art with
ms is in measure coming into its
! own Nr,nicinal decoration both In
scuIntura and nainting is beginning
IN receive RECOGNITION There is still
however an important branch of mu.
picinal and state art of peculiar sig
nircance and for which AZ vet no
adeonate provfsion has been made
the art Of portraiture The value of
this art as an adjunct to the display
and ceremonial of state has not vet
been duIv Crashed by those who could
or sbouId control it.
ENGLAND tbrouob nrida q; race or
,,.l.,2,,itt,',, - s,,t,,ro ,,r.oo4noss an.
na,,,aoad 40 orr of nortrai+rre NV
sonat,.7,l,., Ian, I,oforo sbo nossossod
n o,r+s1,-s' Of boT onn Trnddr Henry
E VII -, anJ oftaru.ord ,,nGnr Charles
,l l,,,.,.fl1 ~ rt,,I,.tn cir pa+or
Arizona republican., 1901-10-20
POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE.

Dr. Lyman Abbott has been out of town for severai days, but on his '2- turn last Friday, he was asked by friend whether the article which ap- pared as a contribution from his pen in the New York Morning Journal last Sunday was prepared especially for that papr or not. In reply Dr. Abbott said that it was printed without his knowledge or authority. The article in question constitutes part of an address delivered by Dr. Abbott at Wellesley college last June. and was subsequent- ly printed in The Outlook. His eNperi- ence was similar to that of President Hadley, some of whose published writ ings The Journal recently reproduced as new matter contributed to it. It is understood that Dr. Abbott has found himself unable 10 comply with several requests to contribute directly to the
 columns of the Journal.-New York