The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-10-14

benefit of the stuffing, and Is looking
southwark for its election horrors
Washington Post
While we do not expect to see the
coal strike much prolonged il Will prob
ably last as long as there are polite
ians who are anxious TO intervene be-
tween the strikers and the mine opera
tors. When hat era has passed we
shall begin to get more anthracite coal.
Election day CONES on November 4th.-
Hartford Times.
Senator Platt, of New York, is dis
turbed because the republican party
will be held responsible for the effect
of the coal strike and says that it is
absurd that people should always
blame the party in power for every
prevailing ill.," The senator, however,
does not think it at all absurd that the
party in power should claim credit for
every prevailing gOod.-Louisville Cour-
ier-Journal.
Tom Johnson has been going about
Ohio for the past several weeks with
a chip on his shoulder, which Mark
Hanna has now knocked off. Hanna
has proposed a joint debate between
Johnson and himself on the subject of
the tariff and Johnson has accepted.
It ought TO be an entertaining fight.
Mayor Johnson is a ready and power
49, ~DNN- "AA@~ S@lAANo Il ID
no SLOUGH" when it comes to talking
on the tariff. Furthermore, each is a
very rich man and is in a position to
hire any brains he may lack for the
preparation Of speeches. - Savannah
News.
After three months of inaction and OF
criminal failure to recognize and per-
form his duty, Quay's Governor OF
pennsylvania has at last sent every SOL
dior JIn6a~ hic onn,ro1-I - a.
cite coal regions. Whether Governor
Stone has done this as a result of the
universal criticism to which his shame
full and dangerous has sub
jected him, or because of urgent repre-
sentationS of his military officers, IL
not apparent. But the public, we think,
will be pretty certain to attribute it to
pressure from the White house, ap-
piled either directly or through Sena-
tor Quay, whose loyal patron Presi-
lent Roosevelt has been.-New York
Post
The Russian grand duke, Boris, has
given out an interview on his return to
Europe, from which we are glad to OBJ
serve that the men, ven of the idle and
slightly regarded class with which he
mingled while here, had little ~associa-
ton with him. Apparently, ne gave
most of his time n attention to the
women of that class; and he puffs them
as industriously and vigorously as a
paid press agent. He is a bold man.
Literally he goes to extremes, for h.
undertakes to defend the feet of the
women Of Chicago and the brains of
those of Newport. If he had bargained
to TAX out his board bills in advertis-
ing he could not have done better. AS
to the men, he dismisses them lightly
with the remark that they are at work
all the time. Business" is the pet
n always valid excuse in this coun-
try for avoiding a man you do not care
to meet. He remarks that while in
Europe the men are we'll content to
live on their women relatives and wives
the men in this country are the slaves
of their woman-kind, which is a true
Observation-Disclosures Times.
Audacious coal pirates are operating
in the waters of Gotham. attacking
barges at night n carrying off tons
of precious treasure in the shape of an
thracite and bituminous o After a
while, according to New York dealers,
it will not be safe for vessels loaded
with fuel ito sail the ocean blue unless
conveyed by police patrol boats or
United States warships. The barge Will
liam T. Otterman, from Perth Amboy
for New York. was boarded by desper-
ate pirates last Friday. They were
heavily armed and their leader was
- A0A Will " IOiS OioSh a. llS
typical william of the sea- They didn't
make the crew of the coal ship walk
the plank, but the way they transferred
coal from the barge to their Sloop gave
great pain to the owners Of the treas
ure. A coal dealer is reported in the
New York Times as saying, appropos
the exploits of these pirates: "It is
merely the beginning of this sort OF
business. Well hav a lot of it a little
later on" The fuel pirates ought to
be death with in the most energetic
manner. Perhaps the secretary of the
navy will come to the relief of Gotham
| and insure the coa ships a safe pas
sage to the Observation-Disclosures Sun.
1t is not surprising that opposition to
the great Appalachian Park enterprise
should hav developed, but it would be
| deplorable if the opposition SHOULD pre-
vail or even prove strong enough to de-
lay this most c~ommendable movement
1t is said the opposition comes main
ly from lumber interests in western
North Carolina. One of the principal
objects of the proposed establishment
of the park is the preservation of the
timber at the headwaterS of many
important streams from indiscriminate
cutting and waste and some of those
who are engaged in this ravage are
eXerting themselves to keep the way
wide open for it. The Appalachian
Park bill has already passed the house
of representatives. III an attempt is
being made to defeat it in the senate.
The bill should be passed at the next
session of congress-, for the longer the
establishment OF the Appalachian park
is delayed the further the stripping of
the forests in the region to be incluc-
ed in the proposed reservation will be
carried, the greater will be the damage
by consequent floods and drouths anu
the more obstacles will be placed in
the way of this, one of the most com
mendable public improvements ever un-
dertaken by the national government.
ATLANTA Constitution.
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Southern Declares n Dividend.
New York, October 9.-The board OF