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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-06-13

Correspondence of The Messenger
Goldsboro, June 10.
Mr.. Jno. q. Durr. of this city, a Ger
man BY birth. has been notified of
lands and money that await his in
structions in Germany. He recently
made a trip to Wilmington to visit Mr..
Peschau, the German onsul and have
the proper papers arranged. MIR. Durr
come to tnis Lountry when about s
years old. The money and and were
left him by his father and uncle. He
is a poor man aud has worked hard
all his life.
The excursion this morning frcm
kinston going to Durham, which
passed through here about 9 o'clock,
was the most numerously attended that
ever passed through Goldsboro. There
were fifteen coaches loaded to standing
room only. This breaks the record
which Mr.. +. L. Pipkin, the veteran
excursion manager of this city, has
held for sometime. He is never to be
outdone, however, and We may expect
to see some big excursions before the
season is over.
Messrs. E. Is. Borden and F. \.
Daniels, h nave been on a business
trip to New York n Philadelphia, re-
turned home yesterday afternoon.
The city of Goldsboro has received
the balance of the money from the sale
Of it's bonds. The whole amount was
$110, 900. which Will be spent at once for
public improvements. This mou
with the $4,000 which congress has APP
propriated for a public building will
put GoldSboro on a boom.
Governor Aycock was here today at
noon On his way 10 Farmville in Pitt
county, where he delivers an educa
tional address tomorrow, at which time
there Will be assembled an immense
throng for the purpose of holding an
educational rally.
A still larger crowd of teachers
passed through the city today on their
way to Morehead City, where the
teachers assembly will this
evening.
Mr.. w. j. Goodson, of the Kinston
tobacco market, was here today on
business.
Mr.. 3. III. Griffin, the energetic pro-
prietor of the Hotel Kennon, gave a
barbecue at his suburban farm today
n invited quite a number of his
friends, who report a delightful time.
Beans and potatoes are the principal
truck shipments from this market now.
The beans are getting scarce while the
potatoes are just coming in.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-06-13

Monroe Journal: MIR. John ". Cor
don OF Pleasant Grove has a copper
teapot that Is probably two hundred
years old. 1t vas brought to this coun-
try from Scotland about 173o by the
Pickens family and has since been hand
ed down from generation to generation.
Mr.. Gordon's grandmother was a Pick
ems.
Kinston Free Press: A two-story
frame house owned b. Thomas Dali
and occupied by James Mooring was
burned at Snow Hill early this after
noon The fire originated from the chin
ney. All of Mr.. Mooring's furniture
was burned n Is a total loss. There
was $500 insurance on the house. The
total loss ia about $500.
Greensboro Record: A Greensboro
man went over to R~eidsyille Saturday
Oh a visit. Very soo the authorities
hoped On him and told him he had
smallpox. While they were talking
about sending him to the pest house ne
managed 20 get away and made for
home. arriving yesterday morning. DIR.
Harrison interviewed him, having been
notified from Reidsviile. and said he
had a mild case OF chicken pox.
Charlotte News: The home of Mr.. J..
n. Wilson, who lives on p. Ii. Rftch.s
place. ten miles east Of Charlotte. was
DESTROYED by fire at an early hour this
morning. Mr.. and Mrs. wilson awoke
to find the flames approaching a bed
occupied by their children They hur-
r1edly gathered the children up and
rushed out doors II was nom too soon
Tor n building was soon e mass Of
flames. Mr.. Wilson lost all his house
hold and kitchen furniture. a large lot
Of his chickens and all Of his wffe's
clothing. Just how the house caught
on fire is not known. No. Wilson
thinks hat IL was the work of an in
cendiary. There a no fire I'm the
room, nor had there been n since
yesterday evening.
Mocksville Special to Raleigh Post:
A severe storm of rain. wind and hail
swept over this place and tine western
portion OF this county Sunday evening
doing considerable damage to shade
trees, fences and old buildings. Four
miles west. near Center church, it was
very severe-acres Of timber was de-
stroyed- Wheat, corn and cotton crops
were destroyed by nai,. Some reports
say that hail was two fee. deep in
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-06-13
HORRIBLE DOUBLE CRIME.
a Young Woman In Rowan County
CrimfnaI1y Assaulted and Then
Murdered.

Especial to Charlotte Observer
Salisbury, n. c., June 9.-Miss Nelly
Benson, a young white woman who Iiv-
ed with her widowed mother, Mrs. Sam
uel F. Benson, on their farm near
Mount Vernon. this county, was out
ragged and murdered by an unknown
party or parties between 3 and 3
o'clock this afternoon.
The attack upon the unfortunate wo-
man occurred while she was hoeing
corn in a piece of bottom land several
hundred yards from the house. Her
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-06-13

Since Mr.. Roosevelt's bad break on
decoration day most OF his friends will
admit the point made by Senator Car
mack, who compared Roosevelt to the
horse of which an old negro in response
tn . question az TO what was his natur-
al gait. said, Boss. de- natural gait oh
dat boss is runnin' away."-News y
Observer. tsaA11
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-06-13

sides, 1t is against Mr.. Hanna's politi-
cal principles for a republican TO do
any thing. no matter how praiseworthy
or proper, that will injure the party
prospects. So look u for a battle
striving for the leadership of the party
and the presidential nomination.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-06-13

Secretary Needy is arranging for a
grand naval demonstration and ma
neuver in West indian waters next win
ter. The fleet will be the most formida-
BILE ever assembled by the American
government, anG perhaps by any other
power.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-06-13

Those west Virginia miners should
not have quit work SO soon after that
declaration of the Ohio republicans
about all labor being we'll employed.
Such action was very inconsiderate.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-06-13

a Tacoma, Wash, firm is getting
ahead of nature by about a thousand
hammer and chisel shaping it into What
ever form desired, and by a secret pro-
cess turning Ii into marble. Scientists
tell us that it takes nature a thous-
and or two years to turn gypsum into
marble.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-06-13

Mark Twain has succeeded in paying
off all the debts of the publishing firm
of Charles l.. Webster & Co., and is
said now to be in better financial con-
dition than ever before.
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Spring Humors

Come to most people and cause many
troubles, -pimplcs, boils and other
e%ruptions. besides loss Of appetite,
that tired feeling, fits of biliousness,
indigestion and headache.
The sooner one gets rid of them the
better, and the way to get rid of them
and to build up the system that has
suffered from them is to take
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-06-13
GOLDSBORO GOSSIP.

4 Citizen Inhcrits n Fortune I'm Ger
many-A RecOrd-BreakinE ENcur-
sion-Payment on City Bonds Re
ceived-Teachers Going to the An
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-06-13
Hoods ~Jdrsdpdrilia
and Pills

Forming in combination the Spring
Medicine par excellence, Of unequalled
strength in purifying the blood as
shown by unequalled, radical and per-
manent cures of
Scrofuia Salt Rheum
Scaid Head 6oIis, pimpies
All Kinds Of Aumor Psoriasis
blood Poisoning Rheumatism
catarrh Dyspepsia. Etc
Accept no substitute, but be sure to
get Hoods, and get it today.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-02-12
NINTH CABINET OFFICE.
Senate Votes For Department Of Com
merce and Labor.

Senate Votes For Department OF Com'
merce and Labor.
Washington, D. Ex-senator Nelson's
bill creating a Department of Com.
merce, which has passed the Senate,
was amended in various particulars.
Probably the most important of these
amendments was the one changing
the title to read, "The Department of
Commerce and Labor" 1t provides for
a Secretary, who is to be member OF
the Cabinet, an Assistant Secretary,
and also the other officials and clerks
necessary. The proposed department
is especially charged with the col
lection and distribution of statistical
information and with the development
and fostering of foreign and domestic
commerce.
In the department there is to be a
new Bureau Of Manufactures, and
many bureaus now included in other
departments are transferred to this
new department., including the Life
Saving Service, the Lighthouse Ser
vice, the Marine Hospital Service, the
Steamboat Inspection Service and the
Bureaus of Navigation, of Shipping
and of immigration, as well as the con-
troll of the fisheries and Chinese eXclu-
sion questions, all now within the juris-
diction of the Treasury Department;
the Fish Commission and the Census
Bureau.
The department also is given juris-
diction over the Consular Service so
far as it pertains to commerce.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-02-12
MARINES AWFUL PLIGHT
Americans Deserted by Filipino
Guards Eat Raw Dog Flesh.
Missing Members OF IN-Fated Party
Found Delirious in tho Jungle, Two
of Them Barking Like Dogs.

Manila.-It is now learned that the
ten men who became separated from
| Captain David D. Porter's command
Of marines that went on an expedition
into the interior of Samar three weeks
ago got into such desperate straits that
they were compelled to kill dogs and
eat their flesh raw. The first reports
were that they had suffered hardships
but General Chaffee, who has just re
turned here from a tour. says that thell
sufferings were greater than mere
hardships.
! There were at the start thirty-siI
marines in the party. They took with
| them rations for only five days. Two
| weeks later Captain Porter and TWEEN.
! ty-six of his men reached the coast OF
| the Island Of Samar. They were great
ly exhausted, and said they had lost
| ten men somehow, and that they were
| probably dead.
Captain Porter and his men were
under the guidance of some natives,
and when there was no longer any
| food the natives declared that they
could not distinguish the edible roots In
which the forests abound. The ma.
rines did not believe them, but were
unable to force them to find the roots
with which to sustain life. 1t was
while the little party was starving and
was hunting about for some sort OF
| food that the ten men became separ.
| rated. The others were so weakened
| that they could not make search for
the wanderers. The natives had de-
serted them.
When Captain Porter and three of
his men staggered into the camp on the
coast they were delirious, and 1t was
! with difficulty that the whereabouts
| of their companions was learned. They
were soon discovered and taken into
camp, and Williams, Of the First 1n-
| fantry, headed a relief expedition for
| the ten lost men. The relief force
faced a torrential rain storm that
| flooded the rivers and seriously ham,
| pered progress.
After q hard march the rescue CON-
mand came upon the lost ones. All OF
the ten were delirious and would have
very soon perished. Two Of them
were discovered in the branches of
trees. barking like dogs. They were
| taken to headquarters, where some of
them are so i'll that they will prob
ably not recover.
AT time when they were overcome
with hunger, there were two dogs fol.
lowing them. These were killed. and
as there was no manner Of building
fire, the flesh of the animals was de-
voured raw.
General Chaffee says he found mat
ters apparently satisfactory in all parts
Of the archipelago except on the Island
of Samar, where the continuous rains
of the past two months had retarded
the campaign against the elusive en-
omy.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-02-12
oUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.

About forty small municipalities In
various parts of Cuba island. which
which were not able to meet their ex-
penses, were abolished and put under
the jurisdiction of larger mun1cipali-
ties in their vicinity. ...
The American Chamber Of Commerce
at Manila sent a petition to Congress
asking permission to allow Chinese Ia
borers to enter the Philippine Islands.
The Philippine Commission appro-
priated $4,000 for improving the harbor
Of Iloilo and $4,000 to be expended on
the Cagelyon River, in Northern Lu.
zon.
Colonel Charles W. Miner, Of the
Sixth Infantry, reported that the con-
ditions on the Island Of Negros were
unsatisfactory, and that force of BAN
dts, under the command Of the fanati:
cal leader, Papa Isio, were terrorizing
the people.
The excessive rates charged by the
Cuban railroads was taken in hand by
General Wood by prohibiting the ex.
Isting practice of charging more for
short than long hauls.
Governor Taft, who has just re-
turned from the Philippines, said the
islands are overtaxed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-02-12
NewBy GlonnIngs

In China the year begins in Febru-
ary.
Since last September the savings
deposits of Michigan have increased
$1,476,O00. !
The Peoples Party in Idaho has
voted not to disband in favor Of the
Democrats.
Workmen have unearthed $3400 in
$40 gold pieces in coal shed at JET
fersonville, Ind.
Pittsburg is now building much Of
the machinery which Is to electrify
London tram lines.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-02-12
MINOR EVENTSOF THE WEEK
WASHINGTON ITEMS.

Brigadier.General Wheaton's report.
ed criticism Of Professor Schurman's
Boston speech caused lively discus.
sion of the whole Philippine question
In the Senate.
Wilbur J.. Carr was elected as Chief
Of the Consular Bureau Of the State
Department, succeeding Robert L.
Chiffon, resigned.
Lieutenant Hobson's plea for retire
ment was denied, the board deciding
that his eyes were not permanently in
jured.
James Altman, who Is said to have re-
fused an offer Of 100000 If he would
poison Lincoln, died in Washington.
The Secretary Of the Navy accepted
the torpedo boat Biddle, built by the
Bath (Me.) Iron Works.
Washington leaders believed a canal
bill would be passed at this session.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-02-12
SCORE OF MINERS PERISH.
Disaster In an Iowa Colliery Caused BY
burning Powder Igniting Dust" -


burning Powder Igniting "Dust." -
Oskaloosa, Iowa.-As q result Of o
mine disaster in Lost Greek twenty
one miners were killed and eight were
injured.
The explosion occurred at the noon
hour and was what Is known as q
"dust" explosion. The miners had just
fred their usual noon shots, one OF
which proved to be fzzle. The burn
ing powder ignited the gas and the ex-
plosion followed. Smoke and debris
were blown out of the shaft 200 feet
high.
When the rescuers fought their way
In q horrible sight greeted them. Inc
dead and injured were terribly burned
and mutilated, several Of them almost
beyond recognition. Fire, which at
first was feared would prove destrue-
tive TO the entire mine, started, and thls
added terror to the spectacle. At the
time of the explosion more than lOO
men were in the mine, but all except
those in the east entry escaped with
only slight injury. =
The total property damage will be
about $4,000. Nearly all of the men
were married and leave families In
moor circumstances. The mine is owned
by the Lost Creek Fuel Company, OF
Oskaloosa, and has been in operation
about one year.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-02-12
FOREIGN.

Conservatives in Germany and the
old aristocracy are beginning to looE
coldly on Prince Henrys visit to Amer
lea.
Emperor William on the occasion OF
his birthday telegraphed to the Syndlc
Of Rome presenting to the municipal'
ity q marble statue of Goethe as
lasting pledge of the sincere and cor.
dial sympathy binding Germany and
Italy.
General Kitchener authorized Cen
eral Vilonel, a burgher, who surren'
dered, to raise an additional Boer corps
Of 1900 men.
The Danish Government denied that
It had decided to take q plebiscite OF
the Danish West Indies after the rati'
fication by the United States Senate
of the treaty providing for the sale OF
those islands to the United States.
The anti-Ritualist. John Kensit'
created a scene Of disorder at the con-
firmation of the Right Rev. Charles A.
Gore, at Westminster, London, as the
Bishop Of Worcester.
A petition will be sent to President
Roosevelt for permission to build q
church on the United States Legation
grounds at Pekin, China.
Lord Cranborne announced that
Great Britain would object to the oc,
cupation OF a port on the Persian Gull
by Russia or any other Power, and
would maintain the status quo In Man
churia.
The Concordia flour mill at Buda'
pest, Hungary, was gutted by fire. The
loss is estimated at 100000.
The French Minister to China re.
fused to present his credentials until
reparation for the murder Of priest
was made.
Mr.. Balfour stated in the BRITISH
House of Commons that no peace pro
posals Of any nature had been received
from the Boer leaders recently.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-02-12
DEATH PENALTY ABOLISHED
Russia's New Criminal Code Makes Many
Radical Changes.

st. Petersburg, Russia. The com
mission which has been revising the
Criminal Code during the last fifteen
years has made it's report to the Coun'
Gil Of the Empire. The new code, II
adopted, will replace the Code of 1915,
and will naturally contain numerous
vital changes. Owing to superior def
milton and classification of crimes, the
new code will contain less than one
third as many crimes as the old code,
which has I'LL paragraphs.
Banishment by order of court Is abol'
ished altogether, various forms of i'm
prisonment being substituted. The
new code will abolish capital punish.
ment altogether. The old code retained
it for crimes against the imperial fam
ily, for treason and rebellion, and for
evasion of quarantine.
OF course the new code will take
cognizance of newly defined crimes.
such as blackmail 1t will not. make
an ordinary strike crime, but threat
ems with higher penalties those cases
of rioting and injury to property Oh
person which may be found to have
been occasioned by strike.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-02-12
UNWILLING LABoRERS.
Unsatisfactory Experience With the Porr,
Kicans In Hawaii.

UnSatlBfactory experience Win the Eofto
Kicans In Hawaii.
Honolulu, Hawaii.-The Porto Ricans
imported to Hawaii for labor on the
plantations have become a problem.
Many of them were anaemic on or.
rival and unfit for labor. They were
cared for by the plantation physicians
and in the plantation hospitals till they
recovered health and strength, but they
proved themselves in many cases IN
willing laborers, and deserted the plan
tations for the towns. In the towns
they picked up precarious living,
doing work as laborers or at odd jobs.
Hundreds Of them have come to Hon
olulu, and are becoming menace tt
the community. OF late robberies anC
hold-ups have increased beyond any
previous experience of the town, and
much Of the crime Is credited to the
Porto Ricans. In many cases they are
the guilty ones beyond any question.
several having been caught red-handed,
A large proportion of the prisoners
who daily come before the police courts
are Porto Ricans, and the charitable
citizens and the charitable organiza'
tions are burdened with the INDECENT
and mendicant among them.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-02-12
NATURE OF SCHLEY'S PLEA
The President Asked to Sustain
Admiral Dewey's Findings.
THE QUESTION OF COMMAND

Rear-AdIniral Schley Requested President
Roosevelt to Review the Findings o.
the Court OF Inquiry, BasinE His Ap-
peal on the Opinion OF Admiral Dewe,
Arguments in Support of Contention
Washington, D. C.-The appeal made
by Rear-Admiral Schley from the ind
ings of the court Of inquiry has been
made public. The Admiral states three
general grounds upon which he petit
tions the President to reverse the &C.
tion of the Navy Department.
1. The court erred in ignoring the
question of command on July 3 and
of credit for the victory of the battle
of Santiago.
2. The court erred by failing to re-
port on the efficiency and adequacy
Of the blockade Of Santiago by the
Flying Squadron.
5. The findings Of the majority, in
variance with the opinion Of the pre-
siding officer of the court, are not JUS
titled by the facts adduced.
It is declared that the record OF the
court shows that Schley did actually
exercise the command, and the point
is made that If he did so in the absence
Of any right, under naval regulations
his conduct would have been grossly
insubordinate and highly censurable,
and should have been so held by the
court"
It is recited that Sampson Signalled
to disregard motions Commander-in
Chief when he started eastward that
morning, thereby comforting command
upon Sehley. Counsel also cite Secre-
tary Longs statement to the Senate
that when the Spanish ships emerged
Sampson was proceeding towards ST.
honey under orders from the depart
ment to confer with Shafter, and 1t
Is held that these orders detached him
temporarily from his command, so that
Schley was actually in command at
the battle.
Further argument made is that Cook
and Clark, the two ship captains pres
ent at the surrender of the Colon, rec
ognized Schley's seniority, and also
that SIMPSONS order of battle failed
entirely as soon as the Spanish squad
ron succeeded in passing the western
most extremity Of the American YES
sells.
Counsel deal with the passage from
Cienfuegos to Santiago, and again OBJ
ject to the majority conclusion that
Schley should have proceeded with all
despatch, and have disposed his vessels
with a view Of intercepting the enemy.
Counsel submit that the Admirars
squadron was a unit; that he had no
power to atomize it.; and that in view
Of the prevailing ignorance Of the en-
emy's location it would have been the
acme Of military folly to have disinte-
grated his squadron.