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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-17
ADMIRAL SCHLEY,S CASE
of Illegal Proceedings by h
Court.

Washington. January 9.-The Post
tomorrow will say:
The case of Rear Admiral Schley is
now being considered by the attorney
general for the purpose of discovering
whether there was any illegality in
connection with the court of inquiry.
1t is understood that at the recent con-
lei ence between the president and Rea
Admiral Schley the latter pointed out
come alleged violations OF law in regard
to the court, and these matters have
been deemed worthy OF examination.
The attorney general is not to pass
upon the merits of the case, but will
zeal solely with it's legal phase. If he
snail find hat the court was properly
constituted, that the precept was legal
iy drawn, and that the rules of law
we're followed as to the evidence it will
taen be within the province Of the pres
iCent to consider the case upo its
merits.
If the attorney general decides that
there were illegalities. as claimed by
Admiral Schley, the verdict OF the cour
would be vitiated.
1t is understood that Admiral Schley's
future course concerning a formal ap-
peal in writing to the president will de-
pend very largely upon the decision OF
the attorney general.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-17

investigation by District Attorney.
Those Responsible to he Punished.

New York. January s.-District At
torney Jerome began an inquiry into
the tunnel disaster today. A number
OF witnesses were examined. including
the trainmen on the wrecked trains and
division superintendent Franklin. They
all refused to discuss their testimony.
AT the conclusion of the inves igatIon
district attorney Jerome announced that
az far as the evidence, which is to be
submitted to the coroner at the inquest
- concerned, the Investigation has prac-
t'cally been concluded. He added. how
ever, that the investigation will be car
ried on for some time yet and that more
witnesses will be examined this week.
He declined to comment on the evil
dence. He admitted that the present
Grand jury may be asked to act in the
matter.
All the evidence went 10 show that
the engineer was a careful man and of
en- employee. 1t was learned, though
an employee. 1t was feared, though
tnat Wischow passed his examination
as engineer only last August Before
that time he was a fireman. Of late
he had been acting as engineer at inter-
Va1s. Wischow was said to be in a
state OF nervous collapse in prison to-
day. His wife visited him during the
day.
District attorney Jerome said he
wished his investigate ion to be as thor
cugh as possible and that he would
confer with Coroner Scholer to tina end.
ut is possible" said Mr.. Jerome,
that the engineer only was at fault.
II is also possible that he railroad COM
pany did not provide the engineer with
the devices known to The knowledge of
men in railroad affairs. If there was a
cuty imposed upon any person. did that
person do it? If he did not. no matter
who he is he shall be punished"
In New Rochelle. where all but one
OF the dead lived. business was almost
entirely suspended today. Of those hurt
twenty-nine i've in New Rochelle and
n numfer of relatives spent the night
in New York. near he hospitals. Today
several of the bodies of the dead were
taken to New Rochelle. The town was
III mourning n man. persons who
had no relatives in the wreck made
visits to those who mad suffered loss
and offered sympathy n assistance.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-17
AN OLD RALEIGHITE GONE
Death of A. w. Frapps, Aged Seven
Twilight Years-A Murderer Gets
Communication of Death Sentence.
Cotton Mills Statistics.
Messenger Bureau,

"CSSClSCI ou Cdu,
Raleigh. N. c., January II.
A. w. Traps died here this morning
of asthma. at the age of IS years. He
was a native of Saxony, fought in n
of the European wars. came here in 1879,
and during part of the civil war made
many articles for the state and confed-
crate governments at his factories here
particularly tents. bayonets, saddles
and cartridge boxes. He also made
lead pencils, using the plumbago found
lin two miles of Raleigh. After the war he
was in the furniture and saloon bust
ness and became known to all men in
public life in the state. He was a Ma
son. One of his sons is a professor in
the Agricultural and Mechanical college
Sheriff Tayloe, of Hartford county,
has brought to the p~enitentiary Drew
Vaughan, convicted Of numbering an
old e on a steamboat. but who was
this week granted a communication OF
1.-The death sentence. Vaughan is to
serve life sentence in the ~penitentiary
The sheriff says he is a dangerous GRIM
inal and that the ~penitentiary officials
will have to exercise special care to
keep him..
Commissioner of agriculture Patterson
returned today from Caldwell county.
He says the condition of the poorer
farmers there and in much Of the Pied
mont section is distressing and will be
more so during the coming spring and
summer. The heavy rains SO destroyed
the corn crop that not enough was rails
led for bread. The excessively high price
lof corn Is a blow. Few have corn to
sell and practically all are buyers.
Rev. Baylus Cade and state engineer
lMcRee were here today to confer with
the state officials regarding the swamp
LANDS in Carteret county, held by the
state board of education. Mr.. Cade says
there are no. 600 acres of these lands, OF
which $4,000 are what are known as
"open lands" that is. they are under
water part of the year. He say these
open lands are not worth one dollar 4
square mile.
Not long ago at Maxton a man named
Resnik was charged with attempting to
burn his store. He was arrested and
lgave bail in 81, 500 for his appearance a;
court. which he forfeited. He gave a
mortgage On his stock Of goods. NOW
some of Resnik's creditors are trying to
have him put in bankruptcy. This the
Estate and county will fight.
The Capital Club has decided to es-
tablish a we'll equipped gymnasium.
During 1900 no less than thirty-three
Icotton mills were chartered by the
state. Last year only fifteen were
chartered. There were extensive add
itions to mills. yet the gain in spindles
land looms was much less than in 1900
Labor commissioner Warner is now pre-
lparing the report as to cotton and wool
len mills and says 1t will be both accu-
rate and complete. The mills found las
Year a trying one.
Next Monday 100 convicts go to the
IOhio River and Charleston railway. Oh
these 124 came from the Tillery farm on
1.-THE Roanoke river. which the state has
I%cultivated on shares for several years
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-17
KENTUCKY,S NEW SENATOR.
The Democratic of the Legislature
Nominate James ID. McCrenry.

Frankfort, KY, January 9.-Standing
on the rostrum Of the old hall of repre-
sentatives of the Kentucky capitol
where nearly thirty ear age he began
his public career James 3. McCreary
tonight accepted the nomination of the
democratic party to-succeed William
States. He received the nomination by
a vote of 81 to 81 over Circuit Judge
James E. Cantrill, of Scol county
nearly two thirds of the democratic
members. He will be elected by the
general assembly in joint session on
Tuesday after next week, over Senator
DeBoe, who was endorsed by his party
for reelection.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-17
LABOR MEN AT WHITE HOUSE.
Roosevelt Entertains Chiefs of Sew.
eral Labor Unions.

Washington, January 9.-The preSi-
dent had with him at luncheon today
the attorney general, the secretary Of
agriculture and :, notable gathering Of
representatives of organized labor.
They were F. P. Sargent, chief Of the
brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen:
E. E. Clark. grand chief conductor OF
the Order of Railway Conductors; P. II
Morrissey. grand master of the Broth
erhood of Railway Trainmen; II. B
Parham. president of the Order of Rail-
way Telegraphers, and A. b. Youngson.
first assistant to P. NJ. Arthur, chief OF
the Order of Locomotive Engineers.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-17

L1Es ktOOSeNett ahu me tNOuha 1tooIns
While The Post is not surprised that
some indignation has followed the very
harsh rebuke administered to General
Miles, we are not ready to subscribe to
hostile criticisms that have been adj
vanced on the score Of the o. famous
Round Robin Of August 3. 1898. OF
course. we regard that document with
regret and distaste. In our opinion. 1t
indicated a condition Of panic into
which American army officers should
not have permitted themselves to fail.
and it contained, moreover, material
of generalization hat might easily
have led to disaster and disgrace. But
why should any one hold Colonel
Roosevelt responsible? He was the
junior signatory. We wonder, indeed,
that a mere colonel should lave been
consulted in a matter so grave or per-
mitted to sign a paper SO fraught with
dire possibilities.
We do not mince words on the
"Round Robin. Its improperly was
SO conspicuous, its evil consequences
were so fragrant, nothing need now no
said in the connection. But Ii was sign
ed by several officers who ranked Colo
mel Roosevelt, and even General Law
wiz AoAo IN NSPA ~ ~ 81
fixed his signature Notwithstanding
Kent, Wheeler, Wood, Lawton. all the
commanders. in fact. gave their coun-
tenance to that miserable lament. Why
single out Colonel Roosevelt for special
condemnation? After all, unless the
Round Robin had been given to the
Dress, no great harm would have been
done. The secret-disereditable enough,
to be ~sure-would have been confined
to Official circles, and the ountry would
have been spared the terror, the alarm,
the anguish which the publication
spread broadcast through the medium
of the newspapers. The president, the
secretary of war, and the higher OFF,
Gals generally would nave known that
our division and brigade commanders
in Cuba were quaking with a nameless
and unlovely terror. but at least the
women. the children, the n~on-combat-
ants as a mass, would have escaped
that cruel blight.
We admit that the Round Robin
was a wicked n a dreadful thing, but
we do not think it worth reviving at
this late day, unless the agitators be
prepared to fix the responsibility for
its disclosure to the people. The pre-
dicament of our army was most preca-
rious. for negotiations between Spain
and the United States had by no means
reached a conclusion, and, besides. the
news OF the Round Robin" returned
swiftly to Cuba TO brighten and denor-
alize the troops. It might easily have
brought disaster for the moment and
multiplied Indefinitely the expenditure
OF blood, money, and calamity by all
concerned. II was, as General Algei
says in his history OF the war, "a gross
breach of army regulations and mill
tary discipline" That 1t did not In.
volve US in immeasurable tragedies
was the work Of accident. But a re.
yival of the controversy. and especially
( an attempt TO saddle Mr.. Roosevelt witt
the blame, strikes US as being sadly
out OF piace.-washington Post.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-17
A Prominent chicago Woman speaks

Professor Roxa TYLER. OF Chicago.
VIce-President Illinois Woman's Alli-
anCe, in speaking of Chamberlains
Cough Remedy. says: 81 suffered with
a severe cold this winter which threat
ened to run into pneumonia. 7 tried
diff erent remedies bu. / seemed to grow
worse and the medicine upset my
stomach. A friend advised my to try
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and /
found it was pleasant to take and it re-
l!eved me at once. l am now entirely
recovered. saved a doctors bill, time
and suffering. and I will never be with
OFT his splendid medicine ags in" For
sale by r. R. Bellamy, druggist.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-17

Mr.. Sulzer introduces in the house a
I'LL for increasing government deposits
In national banks.
Secretary Long positively denies the
statement Of President Castro that our
north Atlantic squadron has been in
strCcted to prevent hostile action
against Venezuela by the German feet.
Among the nominations sent to the
senate by the president yesterday were:
John c. Dancy for recnIder OF deeds for
b District Of COLUMBIA. for attorney
for Western district OF North Carolina
A. Z Holton. and for marshal OF the
Eastern district Hen c. Dockery.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-17
A Steamers Cargo ON Fire.

Baltimore. January 1.-THE Mer-
chants and Miners steamer Juniata.
which sailed for Boston last night. re-
turned to her dock this morning. with
the cargo in her forward hole on fire.
After several hours of hard work, dur
ing which the compartment was COM
pletely flooded by the fire department.
the fire was extinguished. No estimate
of the damage has been made.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-17

The Courier-Journai explains: ut is
atura that he should wish 10 stay
where he II as long a. the law allows
There is n dominant thought I'm his
mind-the succession. He is much like
other men-a little loud in his claims
to virtue n vaIor. perhaps-a little
louder In his speech TO impress upon
the groundings his blunt Integrity n
sturdy couragrbut a man OF talent
for all his posing. and sure 10 make
trouble for his party and the country
E.s first business Is 20 break UP the
Mckinley machine. He IL doing this
right along. ConcurTently he In replac-
ing IL with a Roosey { machine"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-17

London. January 9.-James Bryce.
liberal member Of parliament for Aber
deem in the course of a speech to his
constituents at Aberdeen today. advo-
waited making generous terms with the
Beers. He said that he was more con-
cerned for the ountry than for the lib
eral party and would welcome any min
istry. however COMPOSED, that would
conclude an honorable peace MIR.
Bryce believed the country was tired ct
a ministry which had proved itself in
capable of keeping peace or conducting
a successful war.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-17

Butte. Mont. January 10.-Troop F..
18th cavalry. this morning left Fort
Keogh for the Lame Deer agency The
troop is under command of Captain Ro-
main and Lieutenant Ball. Word from
.he detachment on duty at the agency
says that the Indian. White. who Is
said to have caused the present dis
t"rhance. was suspected of killing beef
illegally, and for that offence he was
summoned by the agent in charge Of
the post.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-17
A Prize Fighter Gets Enough.

Baltimore. January 10.-"Jim' Aus
tin, quit in the fourth round of what
was to have been a twenty-round fight
with young Peter Jackson here tonight
Austin was simply outclassed. Ho
went down repeatedly for the limit.
and when he had been knocked through
the ropes in the middle of the fourth
round he indicated that he had enough.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-17
Salary for Ex-Presidents.

Washington, January 10.-Representa-
tive Lowering. of Massachusetts,. today
introduced a bill providing a salary for
ex-presidents Of the United States. The
salary is to be at the rate of SOS. 600 an
nually from the date Of retirement from
the presidency and the bill is TO apply
to any ex-president living at the time
the law is enacted.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-17
Child Worth Millions.

Ny child is worth millions to me"
says Mrs. Mary Bird of Harrisburg,
Pa, we / would ave lost her by
Group had l not purchased a bottle of
One Minute Cough Cure" One Minute
Cough Cure is sure cure fol coughs
Group and throat and lung troubles. An
absolutely safe cure which acts imme-
diately. The youngest child a take
it with safety. They all like the taste
and remember how often it helped
them. r. r. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-17
Miss Stone Soon to BE Released.

London. January 10.-The release of
Miss Ellen NJ. Stone. by the brigands
who have held her in captivity since
September Bird. is believed to be only
n question of hours. An official tele-
gram received in London this afternoon
which was dispatched from C~onstanti-
nople after midday today, says the re-
lease of Miss Stone is imminent.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-17
Another Securities Company.

Trenton. N. J., January 6The South
western Securities Company capital
500. 900 was incorporated today. This
company is given practically h same
powers as those hat were conferred
unon the Northern Securities Company
which was organized to assume control
OF the Narthern Pacific n other rail-
roads The incorporators OF h COM
pany formed today are David H. Tay-
lor. Edward R Otheman. OF New York.
and k. X. McLaren of Jersey City.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-17

Public Building Appropriations Bills
Washington. January 10.-The senate
commmittee on public buildings and
grounds today authorized favorable re-
ports on public building bills as follows.
Dallas. Texas. $50. 900: Huntington. w.
Va, $780, 600: Bluefield. w. Va. $4,000.
Wheeling. w. Va. $780, 900.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-17
,1ore Posi- ONCE. Robbed.

Chattanooga. Tenn, January 10.-Pos-
tai inspector Williams. OF the Chatta-
Inooga division. vas notified today OF
1.-THE burning of the ~postoffice and con-
tents at Chickamauga, Ga. last night.
lie was also informed OF the robbery
Iof the p~ostof1ce at New Brooklyn. S.
lC.. from which about $500 is believed to
have beer stolen
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-17
MIR. LAMPRE SUBPOENAED.
Panama Canal Representative to b
Examined by Senate Committee

Washington. January 10.-At the re-
quest of Senator Morgan. chairman of
the senate committee on ~inter-oceanic
canals. the sergeant-at-arms of the SEN
ate today issued a subpoena for NJ.
Lampre, representing the Panama Ca
nal Company. to appea before the
committee. The subpoena was served
and M. Lampre will attend a meeting
Of the committee at II o'clock tomor-
row
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-17

Mr.. Bryan's speech. on "Steaafast-
ness" at the jackson Day banquet. az
Wooster Ohio. was a fine production
and the sentiments expressed therein
.rrve 10 emphasize the consistency and
r-teadfassness OF the man Uno spoke
shem--Wfnston Senunei.
Claude Bernard. who has returned
from Washington, z not seem cheer
full over the prospects, Of his r~eappoint-
ment
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-17
Mississippi Legislature Endorses
Schley.

Jackson. Miss. January 10.-The state
senate today passed a joint resolution
endorsing the decision of Admiral
Dewey in the Schley court of inquiry
and declaring hat 40 text books should
he used in the schools in this state,
that give to n other officer than
Admiral Schley credit for the victory
off Santiago" The resolution goes to
the house for concurrence.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-17

belching, sour stomach, or If you feel
iull after eating, try Chamberlain's
Stomach and Liver Tablets. Price Is
cents. Samples free at R.. r. Bellamy's
drug store.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-17
Has Many Virtues.

For cuts. burns, pl uises, DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve is u~neQualled.
Draws out the fire, stops the pain, soon
heals the wound. Beware of dangerous
counterfeiters. Sure cure for piles. r.
r Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-17

constipat ton and health never go to-
gether. DeWitt's Little Early Risers
promote easy action Of the bowels with
out gripping or distress. Are safe. sure,
gentle thorough. Purely vegetable. X.
= Beilamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-17

Cut this out and take it to r. r.
Rellamy's drug store n get a free
sample of Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tables. the best physic. They
else cure disorders of the stomach. bill
iuusness and headache. r. r.. Bellamy,
druggist.
The Newtown bee., 1902-12-05
THE LOCAL NEWS BRIEFLY NOTED.

The first sociable of the season was
held on Wednesday evening of this
week at G. JOhnSOn'S.
Mr. and Mrs Charles Tabor are on the
sick list at this writing.
The Delivers met with Mrs George
Barnes, last Saturday. Papers were
read by Mrs Barnes and Mrs w. B.
Hungerford.
Rev Mr. Crichton. who preached a
week ago last Sunday, will occupy the
pulpit next Sunday. We hope there
will be large audience to hear him.
son was given by Mr. and Mrs Charles
johnson on Thanksgiving day.
The Kings Daughters meet with
Elsie Hungerford ON Saturday after
noon of this week, and the Mission
Circle on Saturday morning with Mrs
Gelston.
Miss Carrie Stearns has had week S
vacation and spent part of it in New
Milford.
Mr. and Mrs G. G. Hungerford visited
Mr. and Mrs E. b. Wheeler in Warren,
last week.
The Dorcas society meets with Miss
Fannie Thorp on Thursday.
Miss Anna Stuart was home for
Thanksgiving from her school in Wal
lingford.
Mrs; Carrie Rogers, who has been
quite indisposed of late, is gaining.
Charles Mcdonald delivered SO bar
rels of apples to V. B. Hatch at Gay
louisville, Saturday. He also bought
a number of barrels of Mrs Bella Hun
gerford.
V. r. Stuart commenced asserting
tobacco in New Milford, Monday.
Mrs L. w. Hungerford spent Sunday
The Newtown bee., 1902-12-05
DON'T DELAY.
tits Putting Oft" Till Some
Other Day that Causes so
Many Sudden Deaths.

If its for the kidneys, liver, bladder or
blood, rheumatism, dyspepsia, chronic
constipation, or the weaknesses peculiar.
to women the most efficient medicine
known to the medical profession is DR..
David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy, and
avery simple way to find out if you need
it, is to put some urine in a glass tumbler
and let it stand "a hours if it has sedi-
ment or milky, cloudy appearance, if it
is ropy or stringy, pale or discolored, you
do not need physician to tell you that
your kidneys and bladder are badly
affected.
The Rev. Theodore Hunter, pastor of
the Presbyterian Church, Greensburg,
KY, writes us the following:
sit gives me much pleasure to state
that l, have received great benefit
from the use of DR.. David Kennedy's
Favorite Remedy. Some time ago
but few bottles of 'Favorite Remedy
have entirely removed the malady."
"Favorite Remedy" speedily cures
such dangerous symptoms as pain in the
back, frequent desire to urinate, especially
at night, burning scalding pain imposing
water, the staining of linen by your urine.
It is for sale by all druggists in the
Now so Gent Sxx0 and the regular
$1.O0 size bottles-less than cent dose.
Sample 6ottle-enoxeh for trial, free BY mail.
Or. David Kennedy Corporation Rondout, N. Y.
The Newtown bee., 1902-12-05

Saturday in Derby with her father,
and jamie went to New Haven on
Wednesday Of this week, where he
will visit his aunts, Mrs j. H. Vorce
and Mrs Lennon. Mrs Lennon is
making her home in New Haven this
winter with Mrs Vorce.
Mrs Heb, wife of Rev Mr. Heb, who
is now on leave-absence from his mis-
sionary work in Ceylon, left Mr. Rob-
inson's on Wednesday of. last week to
keep house in Montclair, N. j.
The Thanksgiving dance held at
the Town hall on Thursday evening
last was decided success. This was
seen in the select character of the
company, the excellence of music and
refreshments, and the solvency of the
dance committee the next day. Fifty
two couples danced.