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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-07-22
TEEEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.

Considerable damage has been
wrought by a typhoon at Hong Kong.
Secretary Root, General Wood, Gen.
eral Corbin and Colone! Randolph will
drive to Leesburg, Va. to inspect the
camp Of the district national guard.
The president OF Venezuela has abar-
doned the idea OF attacking the revolu-
tionists at Barcelona as he intended
and he is preparing to return TO Car
acas.
The mill of Pridmore & Reese at
Carey-McCrary, Miss, was destroyed
by explosion of boilers early yesterday.
Both proprietors and Two other men
were killed.
A speciaI Jury of prominent citizens
has been summoned at hichm ond to in
vestigate the charges OF bribery made
by City Contractor Gaaser against ex-
Alderman King
The distinguished soC;herner, Hilary
A Herbert, who was secretary of the
navy during CleveIand's last admins
tration is dying in a hospital at Wash
ington with typhoid fe-er.
Several distinguished Iersonages were
the guest of President Roosevelt at
Sycamore Hill yesterday. Some called
for political purposes while others
made purely social visits.
Inc executive VI 1AAc pOOd
Roads movement in North Carolina
meets in Raleigh They report great in
terest being taken in the movement and
many new members added.
The United Mine Workers in session
at Indianapolis have decided against a
general strike. 4 system or assess
ments was adopted and a call made on
American people 10 aid the anthracite
workers in their strike.
The order has been issued by Secre-
tary Root for the establishment OF the
first Of four great military posts which
are to be gathering places Of the United
States forces in case of war This first
post is located at Chickamauga-
The annual manoeuvcrs of the North
Atlantic squadron have begun One
part of the squadron is representing the
enemy and they will make an effort to
gain the coast through a. defending
squadron. 1t is a system of attack and
defence and is like real war.
The great flood in the west has got
ten worse than it was. Many farmers
have been completely ruined and corn
lands destroyed. The total loss is esti-
mated as over S4,0O0.G00-
Attorney General Sheets OF Ohio, has
begun quo warranto proceedings against
the Cleveland City Council, to prove
that it is an illegal body and to try to
oust them from the government of the
city.
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WILL NOT ATTACK REVOLT
- TIGNISTS.
President of VcnezueIa Has Aban-
doned the Idea-His Reasons Net
known.

Washington, July 1a.-Minister Bow
en-, at Caracas, has cabled the state de-
partment as follows:
1.-The president of Venezuela has
abandoned idea of attacking the enc
my at Barcelona and is proposing to re-
turn to Caracas soon"
President Castro. went to Barcelona
which was partially invested by the rev.
olutionists about ten days ago, landing
from a government warship and assert
ing that he would clear out the rebels
within fifteen days. He had consid-
cradle force of soldiers with him and
the reason for his change of mind, in
the absence of a decisive battle can
only be conjectured here.
It is known that he is unable to regain
Caracas by land owing to the presence
between himself and the capital of rev.
olutionary forces, and he must return
nv water as he came
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THE GOOD ROADS MOVEMENT.
Executive Committee Neets-NOye-
ment Rapidly Growing -6oo Neni-
bers-
Especial to The Messenger.)

Raleigh, n. c., July 19.-The execu-
tive committee OF North Carolina Good
Roads Association met here today,
present, President H. H. Hanes, s L
Patterson, Joseph G. Brown, treasurer,
Paul Garrett, J. A. Holmes, secretary
and r. H Sykes, assistant secretary.
The secretary reported present con-
dition of good roads movement in
North Carolina Association member
ship is six hundred, representing every
section and is steadily increasing
Good roads movement is nc~ growing
rapidly.
Returns from q counties show the
following reults: Twenty are using con-
vict labor in road work. Is are using
improved road machinery. Edgecomb.
Forsyth, CASTOR and Lenoir have aban-
doned labor system entirely and are
now working roaas by taxation alone
Eighteen are working roads partly by
taxation, partly by labor system Fifty
two counties are working roads under
old labor law system.
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No Immediate Settlement In Sight.
Slight DisturbaHee-May Submit
to Arbitration

Jacksonville, Fla, July 19.-The strike
among the union laborers il the build-
ing trades continues with no immediate
settlement in sight. There are now
about $500 people out. There were two
small disturbances today between union
and non-union worknlen but the police
quickly dispersed the crowds and no
violence resulted.
The board Of governors of the board
of trade met with committees from the
strikers and from the contractors as
sociation this afternoon and the strikers
agreed to arbitration. The contractors.
however, deferred their decision. and
nothing was accomplished toward end
ing the trouble
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SQUADRON To BUSY ITSELF WITH
DRILLS AND vOLUTlONS.
ATTACK and DEFENSE.
One Part Of the Squadron Will Rep
resent the EnCmy-An Effort VIII
be Made to Gain lhe Coast Through
n Defending SSuadrOn-Cape Hat
teras and EastpOrt, Maine TO be
the Northern ard Southern Limits.
Rear Admiral Higginson COM
mander-in-Chief.

Washington, July 19-The summer
manoeuvres of the North Atlantic
squadron OF the New England and Mid
die Atlantic coast have now actually
begun. From now until the ED Of the
first week in September. the squadron
will work out problems prepared by the
Dewey, or general board. and busy it
self with drills and evolutions with
short Interruptions for 1oaiing and TAX
ing on supplies.
Tie picturesque feature of the sum-
mer'S work and the one which is excit-
ing the most interest will be the at
tempt of several war vessels. repl esent-
ing an enemy, to gain the coast through
a vigilant defending squadron.
The latter will send cut scouts and
use it's utmost endeavor to locate the
invaders before any OF them may slip
through the lines and put the guardians
Of the nations safety. to shame. The
navy department row announces
that this feature of the manoauvres will
take place from the 10Th to the 25th of
August inclusive.
The movements involved in this prob
lem game, it is announced, will not ex-
tend below Cape Hattsras to the south
nor beyond Eastport, Me-, to the north
but the specific limits within which the
enemy's ships will defied to reach the
coast, will not be made public. Only
the officers in command of the ships en-
gagged will be furnished with that infor-
nation. 1t is understood that the at
tacking force will be given certain
specific limits within which to strike,
and the defenders naturally also will be
made aware q stAese limits 86t it is
not desired to make the informa ton
public property for fear thai following
the movements so closely may result in
information as to the vessels where
abouts at the critical time leaking to
the opposite side, thus destr Dying the
value of the game and depriving It of
it's zest.
This war game will cover an area
Of water soc miles down the coast and
perhaps 500 or more outward in the
Atlantic.
The division Of the North Atlantic
squadron into ~ attacking and defen-
sive force, has been placed in the hands
'dT Rear Admiral Higg!nson, the COM
mander-in- chief of the station. The
"enemy's'' ships will be the heetest
| which can be conveniently assigned to
that duty, for a slow moving craft
would furnish too easy prey for the de-
Tending ships and scouts. 1t is thor
oushly realized that the war vessels OF
all the possible national enemies OF
this country are not slow craft. Gen.
eral MacArthur's temporary assign
ment to the command of the depart
ment of the east will cover the period to
be consumed in the manoeuvres. Cen
era1 Macarthur and Rear Admiral Hig-
ginson have been given the libretto OF
the war drama that is to be played and
the assignment Of characters and the
rehearsal will be their own work.
The Joint manoeuvfes, according to
the present plan, will begin the second
week in September.
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SHOOTING AT ABINGDON.
One Farmer Kills Another Because
of Trouble About Chickens.

Roanoke, Va. July ia special from
Abingdon, Va, Washington county,
says Moses Lytton and John Collins,
two prominent farmers living On ad-
joining plantations near Saitville, be-
came involved in fight because the
former had killed some chickens be-
longing to Collins. Later Collins was
passing Lytton's home when the latter
fired upon him with a double barreled
shot gun and killed him. However, be-
fore he died. Collins drew a revolver
and fired five times at Lytton.
Twenty-Five men had to guard Lyt-
toms home last night to keep him from
being lynched. Bad blood is manifest
and more trouble is looked for.
Lytton is in the county jail at Alb
ingdon.
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TO GUST CITY COUNCIL.
Quo WarrantO Proceedings Hegun
al Cleveland to Prove that Council
is an Illegal Body.

Cleveland. o., July 19.-Attorney Cen
eral Sheets began quo warranto proceed
ipgs in the circuit court here today to
oust the Cleveland city council and de-
manding that the members of that body
show by what right they hold office.
Judge Caldwell, of the circuit court,
granted an order restraining the coun-
ell from granting further franchises/or
special privileges until the case is heard
and decided.
Attorney General Sheets holds that
inasmuch as the federal plan of munic-
ipal government has been declared un-
constitutional by the state supreme
court, the city council is an illegal
body.
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SEABOARD NOT IN 1T.
President Williams Denies That His
Road Has Any Connection With
Movement of Certain Stocks.

Richmond, Va, July 19.-President
John Shelton Williams, of the Seaboard
Air Line when asked today about the
published stories that purchases of
Chesapeake and Ohio and Norfolk and
Western stocks had been made by John
w. Gates and others in the interest of
the Seaboard, answered promptly and
emphatically that there was not the
slightest foundation for the story.
He said he was not intimate enough
with the Chesapeake and Ohio and Nor
folk and Western situations to express
any opinion as to the movement in their
stock, but he knew that the Seaboard
had DO connection with it in any way
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tors to destroy our union then upon the
principle that self-preservation is the
first law of nature. We would be fully
justified in taking drastic measures to
prevent the accomplishment of their de-
signs.
We believe that our interests in the
community and our obligations to the
operators with whom we have agree
ments. require that we shall not inau-
gurate a general suspension of work In
the coal trade. They may destroy our
union but they cannot make us violate
our contracts.
The struggle in the anthracite region
will be continued until our demanda
have been granted or competent board
Of arbitration has declared that we are
wrong"
The circular appeals for all possible
pressure on the officers and stockhold-
ers of all anthracite coal interests, to
secure arbitration. A general plea is
made for assistance in raising one mill
lion dollars per month from outside
sources, as long as the strike may last.
The miners of Illinois have appropri-
ated $4,000 from their treasury, Ohio
gave $4,000 and Iowa and Indiana
promised contributions later.
President Mitchell declared that there
was approximately one million dollars
in the treasures of the various local
unions of which they should contribute
one half.
The convention then adjourned
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To be Held in Weldon ON October
I6th-Farmers Suffer.

Correspondence II The Messengef.)
Weldon, -. c., July 10.
The republicans o. the Second Con-
gressional district met here and called
the convention ID b. held In Weldon
October 18th.
Farmers near Drarers Cross roads
In this county report a severe hail
storm, In which several farms were
badly damaged, til" crops on some be-
ing torn to pieces.
Mrs. Sue wilccx. lady Of rare
Christian character and greatly be-
loved by all who KEW her. died at her
home in Halifax Tuesday night. This
Is the third death in the family in a
year, two bothers having passed away.
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Horse Hats 15c at Rehder's.
Prominent south Carolina Lawyer
Dies at Hospital I'm WASN'T fngton.

Baltimore, July 19.-The body of Geo
III. Trenholm, prominent lawyer OF
Charleston, 5. c.. who died at Johns
Hopkins hospital yesterday. OF anemia,
left by the Pennsylvania railroad this
evening for Charleston. where the fun
eral will take place tomorrow.
Mr.. Trenholm was A member Of the
well known South Carolina family OF
that name. His father. ". l. Tren-
holm, was comptroller of the currency
during Cleveland second administra-
tion. His grand father. George E.
Trenholm, was secretary Of the treas
TRY of the confederate states during
the civil war
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ESTABLISHMENT OF MILITARY
POSTS.
Order for the First One Given-TO be
at Chi rkamauga.

Washington, July 19.-Secretary Root
today gave final order for the establish
ment of the first of the four great mill
tary posts which are to be the gather
ing places of the United States forces in
case Of war, and in time Of peace are
to be the great training schools for both
regulars and militiamen. This the first
post, will be at Chickamauga.
Secretary Root has allotted $780, 900 for
the construction of pest there, calcu-
lated to accommodate one full regiment
of cavalry and one e/coinpany of artil-
lery, which force is to be the nucleus of
the future great military post General
H. V. Boynton, president of the Chick
amauga park commission, after some
quiet negotiations has been able to Sc
cure nearly two thirds of the square
mile of land require. fer the post pros
per and the rema1ifuOlylLFbes sought by
condemnation proceedings. AS this
tract adjoins the Chickamauga national
park, troops will have the run of the
ten square miles comprising that tract
during large manoeuvres.
The medical board which has charge
with an investigation OF the report that
typhoid fever prevailed among the
troops now liking in the chickamauga
park under canvas, has made a most
careful examination ard has reported
that there is no foundation for the
statement. The report says that the
water in the park is pare and whole
some and the health conditions are per-
fectly normal, the few typhoid cases
being purely sporadic.
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EXCITEMENT IN PANAMA.
Insurgent and Government Cum
beats Met and Heavy Cannonad-
ing Takes Place.

Panama, Colombia, July 1s.-The IN
surgent gunboats Padilla and Darien
appeared last night between F1amonco
and Ottique islands. Governor Salazar
thereupon ordered the government gun
boats Chucuito andClapet to put to sea
and meet them. Heavy cannonading is
taking place at this hour, 10 a. m. The
United States special service steamer
Ranger is coming into the bay. Great
alarm prevails in this city. The en-
trenchments are full of soldiers.
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investigation of Charges.

Richmond, Va, July 19--Judge S. B.
Witt. of the Hastings court, has sum-
moned a special grand jury composed
of leading citizens to investigate the
charges by City Contractor Gasser that
ex-AlderDan King received from him
money in consideration Of throwing GER
tain city work into his hands.
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Governor VIII Not Interfere.

Jackson. Miss, July 19.-The attor-
neya in the Ashley county circuit courts
have been notified that Governor Lon
gino would not interfere in the mandate
Of the court that Cooke and Lauderdale
convicted of killing Engineer Rea
should hang at Greenville on Tuesday
next. They have appealed TO supreme
court Of the United States to grant a
writ of error.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-07-22

F. II. Higgins, Editor Seneca, Ol,)
News, was afflicted for years with Piles
that no doctor or remedy helped until
he tried Bucklen's Arnica Salve. He
writes two boxes wholly cured him.
IT'S the surest Pile cure on earth and
the best salve In the world. Cure
guaranteed. Only 3 cents Sold by r
r. Beliamy. druggist.
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MY mother suffered from distressing
pains and general I'LL 1ealth due, to indi-
gestion," says l.. w. Spaldipg. Vero-
ma, Mo. 1.-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 40 bad effects as
she has her bottle of Kodol handy.
1t is natures own .onic. r. r. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-07-22
HILARY A. HERBERT DYING.
Secretary of Navy Under Cleveland
III With Typhoid Fever at Wash
fnEton.

Washington. July 19.-Hilary A. Her.
bert, secretary Of the navy under Presi-
dent Cleveland's last administration. is
dying here. being very i'll with typhoid
fever in hospital in this city.
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For biiiousness use ChambsrIain's
Stomach and Liver Tablets. They
cleanse the stomach and regulate the
liver and bowess, effectfng quick and
permanent cure. For sale by r. r.
Beliamysz druy store
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-07-22

Kress' 1ec Lace Sale Monday at 10
o'clock Popular pattern worth 25 and
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-07-22

Brownie Overalls for children, just
the thing for hot weather 25c at Reh-
der's.
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Straw Grips. all sizes at Rehder's. I.
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Mennens Talcum Powder 1212c at
Rehder's.
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e convention then adjourned.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-10-02
WOULD NOT GIVE ORDER.
Miners I'm Alabama Strike as n Result
OF One Mans Refusal TO Contribute
TO Anthracite strikers.

Birmingham, Ala, Sept. 26.-Threc
hundred miners employed at Pratt
mine No. 3 are on temporary strike.
The men went out because one man
refused to pay an assessment of 81
week for the benefit of the idle
United Mine Workers in Pennsyl-
vania. The local officers of the Unit
ed Mine Workers requested the Ten
nessee Co.'s officials to deduct from
every miners wages 81 n week and
turn it over to the organization for
the Pennsylvania miners.
The company agreed to deduct from
the wages of all miners who would
give an order to that effect. In No.
mine at Pratt one man refused to
give an order, and the company Of
ticials, therefore, did not deduct from
his wages, holding that they had no
right under the law to deduct from u
mans earnings without his consent.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-10-02
SCARCITY OF MONEY.
Has Caused No Hardships TO LegitI-
mate RusIne ess-Revi OF Trade.

New York, Sept. 27.-R. Il. Dun &
Co.'S Weekly Review of Trade says:
Notwithstanding THE disarranged
money market, almost a fuel famine
and some damage to crops, industrial
and commercial activity continues un-
abated and the magnitude of plans
for the future indicates that conf
dence has not been shaken. Scarcity
of funds has thus far caused no hard
ship except to spectators and the
stringency will remedy itself by con-
tracing loans on stock exchange col
lateral, together with such aid as may
be offered by the treasury.
Injury ITO crops by frost has no
more than offset the increased acre
age, while high prices fully compen-
safe producers. Railway earnings for
September thus far exceed last years
by per cent. and those of 1900 by
1915 per cent. Pressure in the iron
and steel industry has been somewhat
alleviated by larger receipts of coke
and liberal imports of pig iron, yet
the outlook is by no means devoid of
unfavorable features.
No fuel famine exists, although the
furnaces are consuming receipts of
coke as they arrive and it is il possi
BILE to provide for more than immedi-
date needs. Some idle plants have
resumed and now operate from day
to day with the constant menace of
an interrupted movement of fuel,
which would suspend operations. At
the west this factor is most serious,
coke commanding $40 a ton or more,
while in exceptional cases $13 has
been paid
Failures for the week numbered 207
in the United States, against 227 last
year. and 80 in Canada, against "a a
year ago.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-10-02
A MEMORIAL.
IL IL Presented to Mrs. Mckinley BY
Insurance Commissioners.

Canton, SNpt. 27.-Hon. A. l.. Voris,
insurance commissioner of Ohio; Hon.
j. V. Barry, insurance commissioner
of Michigan, and Hon. d. ii. Apple
ton, insurance commissioner of New
York, came to Canton Friday after
noon, being the guests of Senator
Hanna in his private car from Cleve-
land to this city. They came here as
a committee appointed by the Nation
al Association of State Insurance
Commissioners at its recent meeting
in Columbus, to present to Mrs. Nc
Kinley a memorial adopted by the as
sociation last year on the death of
the president. The commissioners,
accompanied by Julius Whiting, went
to the Mckinley home and presented
the memorial to Mrs. Mckinley. 1t is
handsomely engrossed and the plush
covering is lettered in silver with the
monogram of William Mckinley. The
presentation was made in the pres
ence of the other distinguished visi-
tors at the Mckinley home.
When Secretary Root, Senator Han
ma and party and Gen. and Mrs. Hast
ings visited the tomb of the late
President Mckinley in the afternoon
they found on the casket beautiful
wreaths sent by President Roosevelt
and Mrs. Garrett A. Hobart. Senator
Hanna and party spent most of the
time here with Mrs. Mckinley at her
home, only leaving long enough be-
fore train time to visit the cemetery.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-10-02
AN AWFUL CYCLONE.
Hundreds OF SIcIIians Killed and =
City Almost Completely Destroyed.

Syracuse, Sicily, Sept. 27.-For "a
hours before the cyclone burst over
this island Thursday violent storm
ragged on the eastern coast of Sicily.
The path of the cyclone was ii miles
long and everything in the line of
the storm was destroyed. The sea
swept inland for several kilometres,
doing enormous damage, while there
were violent submarine agitations be-
tween Sicily and the main land. Along
the railroad from Catania to Paler-
mo, the force of the cyclone was such
that rails were torn up and hurled to
a great distance.
1T is reported from Modica (32 miles
west southwest from Syracuse) that
100 bodies have already been found,
but that the number of dead bodies
swept away by the torrent is un-
known.
The newspaper Fractissa expresses
the belief that some 400 people have
been killed.
The torrent destroyed everything
on the ground floors in houses in the
lower portion of Modica. Damage
amounting to many million lire has
been done. a lire Is worth about
90 cents.) The survivors of the catas-
trophe have taken refuge in the hills.
A relief committee and search parties
have been organized at Modica. The
disaster Is supposed to have been due
to a marine watcrspout.