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The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-07-04
BURGLARS ON THE ROUNDS.
SIX RESIDENCES VISITED YES
TERDAY MORNING.
Mr.. f. v. Mckenxfe's Residence. ON
the Southeast Corner of Eighth and
Dock Streets, Entered-The Bur
glar Got His Pants I'm Two Feet OF
His Head and Carried on n Pocket
Elnrfes.

| A burglar. or probably a gang Of
them. were On the rounds in Whining
ton between Sunday night and day yes
terday morning. So far as the returns
are in six residences we're visited and
| in one of them the burglar got a good
haul.
Mr.. E. V. Mckenzie. the we'll known
carpenter who works at the Atlantic
Coast Line shops, resides on the south
east corner of Eighth and Dock streets.
He got up early yesterday morning to
go to work and about a. m. when he
went to get a pocket book from the
pants which he had on Sunday, the
pocket book and its contents of $50 in
money, besides receipts, was missing.
He looked round to see If he had drop
ped his pocket book and in doing so
discovered that he had been visited by
a burglar. He had entered through the
inside he carefully set back a table and
several chairs so as to make a clear
way out if he were discovered.
After getting into the parlor the
burglar went through u door into the
passage and thence INTO Mr.. McKen-
IZle room at the rear Oh the DaTlOT
Mr.. McKenZie'S pants were on the chair
in two feet of his head, so the bold thief
went right to the bedside to commit the
robbery. The window of Mr.. McKen-
zie's room opens on Eighth street and
as it was very warm night it was left
open. Mrs. Mckenzie slept with her
head near the window and she woke up
about o'clock deathlv sick. 1t is be-
tlieved that she had been chloroformed
r. n.
Zie slept with his head at the front OF
the bead and doesn't think he was
chloroformed but is satisfied his wife
was dosed. At any rate neither of them
were aroused by the burglar.
| The robbery occurred between and
I3 o'clock yesterday morning, judging by
lthe experience of several Of Mr.. Nc
IKenzie's neighbors. Mr. John Bakers
house, 710 Dock street half block
away was entered, but the burglar got
only some tobacco from mis- pants. At
captain Thos. II. JohnSon'S residence on
ISeventh and Dock streets. small lad
der used in the flower garden was found
leaning against an open window. If the
burglar succeeded in getting in, he did
mot get any thing. An attempt was
also made to enter Mr.. JOS. III. Hanby's 8
residence on the southwest corner Of
Eighth and Dock streets, and two at
ltemptS were made On the residence or
Mr.. John II. Ottaway at 70S Dock street.
Between and a. m. Mrs. Ottaway
heard some one trying to break in and
she awoke her husband and handed
him a pistol. They saw a man run
Iaway from one of the windows. In an
hour the sneak had the temerity to re-
turn and was frightened away the
Isecond time.
On north Seventh street near Chest
nut street about 1 o'clock yesterday
morning, another residence was visited
but the burglar was frightened away.
| Now that the weather is warm and
Windows are up, burglars will no doubt
Ibe regularly On their rounds. 1t would
be well for the people OF the city to be
lon their guard.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-07-04
RECTOR OF SAINT JAMES.
The Rev. Richard w. Hogue. Proctor
of Sewance University, Has Finally
Accepted the Call Twice Made-He
VIII he Here November ISt to As
sumo His Duties

About sixteen months ago the war
dens of Saint James Episcopal church.
extended a call to the Rev. Richard w.
Hogue, then of Sheffield. Ala. Since then
he went to Sewanee university, Tenn,
and has been proctor in that instftu-
tiOn of learning.
While Mr.. HOgue was considering the
call he and his wife visited Wilmington
and the people of Saint James were
charmed with them, as we'll as We're all
Wilmingtonians who met them then.
How intensely were all disappointed,
however, when he finally declined the
call.
Another pressing call was extended
to Mr.. Hogue last fall and he has mott
fed the wardens that he will accept and
be here TO assume his duties November
1St.
Mr. Hogue is a young man and is a
native of Alabama, while his wife is a
Texas lady. He is a minister of fine
ability and a reader of exceptionable ac-
complishmentS. His acceptance of the
call here will be a source of great graft
fication to all who met him a year or
more
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-07-04

Can Resume Work at the HarwOos
Golfers If They Want To.

Hazelton, Pa, June 3o.-Copies of the
following notice were distributed among
the striking miners at the Harwood col
lliery this morning:
with a view OF what we deem a
hopeless and uncalled for strike, an op-
lportunity of resuming work st our Har-
wood colliery is hereby offered to our
employees. Let every inside man who
wants to begin work quietly notify the
general inside foreman and let every
loutside man notify the outside foreman
When a majority OF oar adult inside
land outside men signify their desire to
begin work this colliery will be started.
Foremen will not make known the
names of those applying for work.
(Signed.) &C. PARDEE & CO."
Several hundred strikers stationed
along the roads leading to the Drifton
Icolliery OF Coke Brothers and Company
this morning turned back all men who
reported for work tnis morning with
the exception Of the clerks and the pas
lsenger crews OF the Delaware, Susque-
hanna and Schuylkili railroad. The
lstrikers and the Coke deputies came to-
Igether on the Freeland Borough line.
When Sheriff Jacobs arrived the men
dispersed.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-07-04
new TELEPHONE BUILDING.
THE BELL COMPANY TO BE THE
MESSENGERS HEICHBOR.
Company Handsome Building on
Princess Street-It VIII be Used
for the Offices and Long Distance
and Local Exchanges-The Bell
Company to Spend $4,000 on its
Wilmington Plant.
Wilmington Plant.

The Southern Bell Telephone and
Telegraph Company has just closed a
deal with Morris Bear & Bros. for the
erection of handsome building on
Princess street. next door to The Mes
senger office Mr.. Charles McMillen,
the architect, is now drawing plans
and specifications and expects to give
the contract out within the next week.
The new building is to be finished by
the first of October under a lease to
the Telephone Company for a term of
years. 1t is to have two stories ex-
elusive OF the basement. and will be
Of the same ARCHITECTURAL design of The
Messenger office-pressed brick front
with brown stone trimmings and heavy
plate glass windows. The front is to
be twenty-five feet wide and the
length of the building will be So feet
with an eight foot alleyway in the rear.
Work will be commenced on the build
ing right away.
The building is to be occupied by the
companys offices and long distance
and local exchanges, and is to be fitted
up in the most up-to-date manner On
the first floor is to be the local man.
ayers office and headquarters for the
hnemen. On the second floor will be
the operating rooms of the long dis
tance and local exchanges, which are
to be equipped in the most modern
manner.
The Southern Bell Telephone and
Telegraph Company will expend about
$4,000 on it's plant here. The local ex-
change is TO be entirely rebuilt, and
the most improved metallic service will
be substituted The long distance ex-
change will be the most modern of the
kind. and nothing but a first-class SER
vice all round is to be put in.
The company is now building a long
distance connection between Will
mingtOn, Goldsboro and Raleigh, to
connect with the principal cities north
and south, and already the line for a
distance of 80 miles has been COM
pleted.
AS heretofore stated, the wires of the
Bell Company are to be placed under
ground in Wilmington, and on the 1st
OF September a force of hands now at
work in Charleston, will be sent here
to do the work. By the 1st of October
the local exchange and the long dis
tance line will be completed and Will
mingtOn will then have a telephone
service unsurpassed by any in this
country.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-07-04
REQUEST FOR A wARsHiP.
Consul Mt Cape Haytien Needs One
To Protect American Interests.

Washington, June 3G.-Acting Secre-
tary of State Hill received a request by
cable today from United States Consul
L. w. Livingston at Cape Haytien for
an American warship to protect the in
terests of the United States during the
present revolutionary crisis in Hayu.
DR.. Hill referred the request to Secre-
tary Moody and it is understood that
orders will be sent forward TO-DAY to the
gunboat Marietta at San Juan Porto
Rico to proceed at once to the scene OF
trouble. Consul Livingston's despatch
saws that a warship was needed and
hence the Marietta will proceed to Cape
Haytien with all possible dispatch. 1t
is a thirty-six hour rul. from San Juan
to Cape Haytien.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-07-04

Summer complaint Is unusually prev
alent among children this season. a
well developed case in the writer's fam
lily was cured last week by the timely
use of Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy-one of the best pat
ent medicines manufactured and which
is always kept on hand at the home OF
ye scribe. This is not intended as free
puff for the company, who 90 not an-
vertise with US, but TO benefit little suf-
ferers who may not be within easy ac-
cess OF physician. No family should
be without bottle Of this medicine In
the house, especially II summertime
Lansing, Iowa, Journal. For sale by x.
r. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-07-04
ANOTHER COAL NINE STRIhE-
Over 1000 Quit WOrk-Inhuencest {
he Brought to Bear.

Birmingham, Ala, June 30.-Over p
600 miners quit work today and a
strike which means serious dlscom-
fort to the Birmingham district has
begun. At a recent meeting of the op-
orators and miners, the latter demand
ed an eight hour day, two weeks pay
day and sixty cents per ton as the
maximum price for mining coal, an in
crease of five cents. The operators re-
fused to grant these concessions and
after several days discussion the
Joint conference adjourned without
reaching an agreement. Both sides
say they will remain steadfast, but in
fiuences are being brought to bear
which it is thought will form the basis
for the agreement.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-07-04
The Same Old story.

j. A. Kelly relates ali experience SIM
liar to that which has happened in al
most every neighborhocd in the United
States and has been told and re-told by
thousands of others. He says: Last
summer I had an attack of dysentery
and purchased a bottle of Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy, which I used according to
directions and with entirely satisfactory
results. The trouble was controlled
much quicker than forrn'.r attacks when
II used other remedies" Mr.. Kelly is a
we'll known citizen of Henderson, - -
For sale by r. r. BellarIY.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-07-04
rArErrEvILLE NEWS LETTER.
County Politics Death or an Old SOL
dfer-News Notes.


Fayetteville. June 30.
The news from the county precincts
SO far as received, In addition TO what
has already been sent to The Messen-
ger, is as follows: Cedar Greek. No. !.
instructs the delegation for Hale; Cedar
Creek. No. 2, does not instruct, but the
delegate is for Hale; list, Newton's,
is unanimously for Hale, Clark. Brown
and Connor; list, Rays, votes s for
Hale. for Bellamy; Hope Mills No. /.
delegation for Hale; Hope Mills, No. 2,
no instructions to delegates; Pearce's
Mill, delegation for Bellamy; Flea Hill
Geddie's give delegation for Hale. Up
to mail time, the writer had not heard
definitely from Black River, Little Riv-
er, Carver's Creek and Gray's Creek
townships, but previous reports would
indicate that they will send Hale dele
cations
Mr.. John r. Buckingham died yester-
day at his home in east Fayetteville,
aged So years, after an illness of nearly
two years. He was for long time on
the city police force, where he was ever
cool, courageous and conscientious in
the discharge Of duty, and was faith
full confederate soldier, standing by the
side of his brave and lamented COM
when the latter was killed on the field.
On memorial day Mr.. Buckingham ex-
pressed wish TO be buried, when he
died, with the cross Of honor, and Cap
tain j. 3. Smith presented to him his
On cross. The funeral services take
place at $50 o'clock this afternoon from
the Campbellon Methodist church, of
which the deceased was member.
Rev. DR.. Vann, president of the Ra-
al o. nniVQrSitV
pied the pulpit of the FIRST Baptist
church yesterday morning edifying a
large congregation by a sermon of unu-
sual power. Professor Cullom, of Wake
Forest, delivered a scholarly address on
Saturday night, and preached a fine SER
mon last evening.
Rev. John H. Hall, of Wilmington, oc-
cupied the pulpit of Hay Street Meth
odist church yesterday morning and
evening, delighting his many Fayette-
Vile friends bv the excellence OF his two
discourseS.
Much regret is felt here at the ina
bility of Hon. A. NJ. Waddell to be with
us on the Fourth of July, and deliver
the Grafton, but his place will be WORTH
lily filled by Mr.. Charles G. Rose, OF the
Fayetteville bar, young man OF ex-
ceptional ability.
J. H and Lloyd Averitt, white, ad-
Judged insane, have been carried to the
asylum at Raleigh by Deputy Sheriff
Beard.
1t is reported here this morning. as
evidencing the great heat of the past
few days, that DR.. ]. V. McGougan Is
treating patient for sun-stroke.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. H. Pegram, of Will
raington. are stopping for a few days at
the boarding house of Mrs. Mcdonald
on Gillespie street.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Johnston, of Man
chester in the western part of Cumber-
land county, sailed on the steamer
.'Etraria'' from Liverpool last Satur-
day, and expected to reach home ABOUT
the 9Th of July.
Mr.. Charles eagle, the popular clerk
of the Hotel Lafayette, is making Il
visit to Durham.
Mr.. J. ". Eubanks, of Monroe, N G,
has taken a position in Mr.. A. ]. Cook
drug store.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-07-04
Another Negro Rapfst.

Richmond. Va, June 30.-News reach
ed here that Saturday night near Mon
tross, in West Moreland county, Miss
Kostenbader was criminally assaulted
by a negro named John Horner. A
posse started in pursuit OF the negro
but in the meantime the county officers
succeeded in arresting him and placed
him in Montross Jail. which was put
under heavy guard. Excitement ran
high and it was believed that a lynch
ing was inevitable. Miss Kostenbader
is In a dangerous condition
A special from Fredericksburg later
saxs the county authorities secretly
took the negro from jail and are sup
posed to be on the way to that city with
him A crowd is In pursuit. however.
and II they are overtaken there will be
a lynching.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-07-04

Il am using a box OF Chamberlain :
Stomach and Liver Tablets and find
them the best thing for my stomach
ever used" says 7. W. Robinson.
Justice Of the Peace, Loomis, Mich.
These Tablets not only correct disor-
ders of the stomach but regulate the
liver and bowels. They are easy to
take and pleasant IN effect. Price p
cents per box. For sale by r. r Bel
lamy's drug store.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-07-04

During the twelve months ended
June 3Oth, the total value OF products
exported from Wilmington was SILL
ports from Charleston and Norfolk,
and with the exception Of Savannah,
Wilmington does the largest export
business of any South Atlantic port.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-07-04
The Revenue Cutter Algonquin.

The United States Revenue Cutter
Algonquin returned to port yesterday,
after having been in Baltimore since
May 23rd for repairs. Captain F. CT. F.
Wadsworth, from Boston, to relieve
Captain o. S. Wiley, who goes on the
retired list on account of his health.
The cutter sailed outward bound yes
terday afternoon,
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-07-04
Poisoning the System.

It is through the bowels that the body
is cleansed of impurities Constipation
keeps these poisons III the system,
often causing serious illness. DeWitt's
Little Early Risers prevent this by
stimulating the liver and promote easy
action of the bowels. Safe pills. They
never grippe r. r. BGnamy.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-07-04

Cut this out and take it to r. r. Bel
lamy's Drug Store ard get q box of
Chamberlain Stomach and Liver Tab
lets. The best physic. They also cor
rect disorders Of the stomach. Price 25
cents. *
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-07-04
Acts Immediately.

Colds are more troublesome in summer
than winter, it's SO hard to help adding
to them. One Minute Cough Cure cures
Absolutely safe. Acts immediatly
Sure cure for coughs, colds. Group
throat and lung troubles. r. r. Bel
larny.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-07-04
Mother Always Keep. 1t Handy.

My mother suffered from distressing
pains and general i'll health due to indi-
gestion," says l. W. Spalding, Vero-
ma, Mo. Two years ago I got her to
try Kodol. She grew better at once and
now eats anything she wants, remark
ing that she fears no bad effects as
she has her bottle OF Kodol handy
It is natures own tonic. r. r, Bellamy
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-07-04
AHEAD ON EXPORTS.

Wilmington During the Last Twelve
Months Had Exports Valued at
SII II.IO2,17I-This City is the Larg-
est Exporting Point on the South
Atlantic With One Exception.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-03-07

From the beginning of the Christian era
to the present time, the hope has been COM
monty entertained that as the world grew
older and wiser period would eventually
be reached so abundant in moral and Chris
tan forces that the settlement of all serious
differences between nations would be ac-
complished by arbitration, and further ap-
pea1s to arms rendered unnecessary.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-03-07

plants were chained down. Sacks
some eight feet long were made for
slipping over the bears, which were
then confined in them with ropes.
The closed ends of the sacks were
next slit with knife, and as Bruin
protruded his head he was promptly
muzzled and lifted on to the table
for the eye testing.
In the cases of lions, leopards,
tigers and large cats muzzles could
not be used, as they frightened the
animals nearly to death, and the
doctor had therefore to resort to
private menageries, where the beasts
were less wild. Here he found it adj
visable to cut off the whiskers of
the brutes, as the touching of the
whiskers during the examination
made them snap.
The resourcefulness of the doctor
and his assistants had to be endless.
Some of the birds were induced to
thrust their bills into large corks,
and the fishes had to be treated very
gingerly to avoid their suffocation.
The DEMONSTRATIONS and pythons
were thrown into sacks, to circum-
vent their squeezing properties, and
their heads were held out of the
sacks by the keepers; while with
wolves, beavers, offers, seals and sea
lions nets were thrown over them,
and they were twisted in the meshes.
There was no resort to chloro-
form. The doctor found that coax
ing and patience with the great ma
jority of the animals rendered I'M
necessary the use of artificial means
of inducing quiet, and it was only
with the larger beasts that nets,
ropes and bags were employed
DR.. johnson is now busy with the
microscopical and mathematical side
of his work, leading up to the whole
theory of vision, and is preparing
another paper to submit to the
| ROYAL society.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-03-07

ritory of their respective govern
ments along the west coast have
made this worship. the subject of
lengthy reports to their home gov
ernments, and all have noted the sim
ilarity in the forms of worship
among greatly different native tribes,
and expressed the belief that it was
in some way controlled by one head.
1t was not until recently, however,
that the headquarters of fetish wor-
ship in Africa was discovered, and
when it was found it proved to be
even more horrible and revolving
than had been generally believed.
Last fall the English government
was called upon to send military ex-
petition into the interior of Nigeria
to suppress an Instruction executed
by the emir of the Aros, one of the
most bloodthirsty tribes of Africa.
The expedition was composed of a
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-03-07

feathers, blood, eggs and other vo-
tive offerings to the Ju-Ju, including
the head of the last victim.
Over the rock where was the source
of the water, was roof of human
skulls, with curtain the top part Of
which was composed of clothes and
the lower part of native mating,
screening the rock and hanging just
short of the waters edge. The lower
portions of the rock, composing the
other sides of this crater,we draped
with mats only. On the left side of
the entrance, centrally situated and
opposite the island, had been hewn
out of the rock fat-topped ledge
for sacrificial purposes.
The water was full of tame, gray.
colored fish, about two feet in length,
with long suckers and glaring yellow
eyes, which had most bizarre ap-
pearance as they glided noiselessly
through the clear water in the dim
light of this charnel house of fetish
lore, which was rooted with denselY
intertwined creepers. These fish are
regarded as saved.
Considerable effort has been made
to secure from the natives full and
accurate description of the ritual
which has been in vogue for centuries
in this gloomy cave of savage super-
stition, but the efforts have not been
entirely successful. From what they
have told, however, it is evident that
the high priest, who is dressed in
white, usually remains out of sight,
and addresses the pilgrims in inn
pressive monotone, having previously
been made cognizant of every detail
concerning the supplicants and their
disputes by sort of fetish freema-
sorry.
The number of pilgrims is estimate
ed at about 500 annually, and all are
required to pay the priests dearly
for the decree they receive. Of this
500 there are probably so who never
return, having been offered as human
sacrifices, and 200 more who return
only to be sold into slavery by the
decree of the priests.
One of the illustrations gives
good idea of the construction of this
heather place of worship as it is de-
scribed, the illustration being made
from a drawing made by an English
officer who visited it, and the other
shows the method of taking the lives
of the human sacrifices. The victim
is bound upon the trunk of tree,
back down. 1t is an unwritten law
of the temple that the victim shall
escape with his life if after he is
bound he can say that it is possible
for him to see the feet of the execu-
toner, but that is never possible.
The temple has been ordered de-
stroyed, and is probably ere this in
ruins, after having been in existence
for many centuries.
i MAX OWEN.
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The Horrors of Fetish
Worship in Africa ~ ~
Its Headquarters Was Recently Discovered by
English Expedition in Nigeria.

name for fetish worship, and the 500
called home is visited each year by
natives of all sorts and conditions
coming for hundreds of miles in
every direction.
The scouting party discovered this
fetish temple after working their
way through dense underbrush, that
grew gradually heavier and harder to
penetrate as they neared the center.
After working their way through
this they arrived at the entrance of
a deep, oval-shaped pit some 20 feet
deep, 60 yards long and so yards
wide. Climbing down the precipitous
rocky sides of this pit, they entered
{; narrow gorge and dropped into a
stream of running water about waist
deep. Wading up this stream they
passed under two fences and came to
place where the water came out Of
the solid rock in two big streams,
which unite below a small island, on
which were two affairs, one made Of
many trade guns, stuck muzzle down
ward into the ground and topped
with skulls, the other being of wood
and supporting more skulls, bones,