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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-12-16
PHILIPPINE
Senate Com mittee Discusses None
tarS Situation with General
Wright

Washington. December 1.-THE SEN
ate committee on Philippines, today
discussed with Vice Governor Wright,
the monetary situation in the archipeI-
ago. 1t was generally agreed that there
would be difficulties in changing the
currency in the islands The consensus
Of opinion was expressed hat the unit
of value in the Philippines should be ,
gold peso of II $40 grains of gold, which
is one half the value OF the United
States gold dollar and the peso in silver
should be made legal tender of equal
value to the units. Another feature
upon which Governor Wright and the
members of the committee agreed, was
thtat United States currency should not
be made legal tender in the islands, as
the silver dollar would then be worth
twice as much as the peso, containing
more silver than the dollar. which
would encourage counterfeiting of HI
United States dollars.
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brilliant It fse
P~re.byterias Church An RaietxA-
Especial to The Nessenger.)

Raleigh. -. c., December ie.-At the
First Presbyterian church here this
evening Nr. Henry r Thorpe. Of Rocky
daughter OF State Insurance Commits
sioner James Richard Young. were mar
| ried. The best man was Mr.. J. L. Ar
rington. of Rocky Mount and the niaid
Of honor was Miss Mabel Young. . .is-
! ter OF the bride. The other attendants
were Mr.. J. X. Morrisey. OF Clinton
aud Miss d Tucker. OF Henderson:
Mr.. Fred w. Mailer. OF Raleigh and
Miss Augusta Talcott. of virginia: Mr.
J.. Crawford Biggs. OF Durham and
Miss Melissa Payne. OF NortoIk,. BAT
Robert Lassiter. Of Henderson and Miss
Blanche Arden Blake, OF Raleigh: AF-
John b. Sherrod. OF San Francisco, and
Miss Annie Cannady. OF Oxford: Ar.
Herbert r. Jenkins. Of TarSoro and
Miss Embra Horton. OF Rocky u
Air. Watkins w. Robards. OF Raleigh
and Miss Lucy Thorpe, OF Rocky
Mount. The ushers were Mr.. Joseph E
| Ramsey. OF Rocky Mount and Messrs.
John II. Andrews. Samuel J. Hinsdaie
and J. Tucker Pescud. Of Raleigh. The
bride was in white duchesse satin. win
veil. and carried lilies OF the valley
the maid OF wore white eoihle
d'e.prit over blue tsneta and carried
pink roses. The bridesmaids wore
white organdv with white MORE rih-
bons. and carried bouquets OF white
carnations
A reception at the home OF MT. srf
Mrs. James Richard Young followed the
marriage and was attended by several
hundred persons. representing Raleigh
and MANY other points. Mr.. Fred w
Mailer last evening entertained the
bridal party in his bachelor apartments,
MT. and Mrs. Young being the chape-
rons. Tomorrow the young men OF Rs
leigh will give at the assembly room In
the Raney library a german ia compu-
! ment To the bridal party.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-12-16
DUDE WHO
when He Did. There Was Lots 81
Trouble For the Other Youth.

I'm my younger days when I was
living on the farm with the old folks"
said a Detroit grocer the other day. Il
had certain ambitions, and one OF them
was to be able to put up my dukes with
b best OF them. | had = chance to
put on the gloves with the hired man
and several country boys. and In time |
came out on top in two or three scraps
In the village. | learned just enough
Of the art TO swell my head. and the
day came when | fairly ached 10 knock
some one into the middle of ext week.
"One day the old folks went TO town
n left me alone. and by and by. as /
was working near the highway. a dude
Of a chap came along in a buggy and
called out:
My deah fellah. can you ten me
how fab is 1t to williamstonT
lit is nine miles-ah.' | replied IN
hooking tones.
"'Deah NE. but you don't seem TO
like my way of talking he continued.
Nav, / dawn't, doncher knaw.'
says L.
u am almost tempted TO descend
and castigate you-ah.'
"tCome down with you and III give
you a spanking-ahr
"He came down." said the grocer.
Yes. TO my surprise and delight he
came down, and | squared OF 10 tap
his claret. If any one had told me that
| couldn't lick six such handles with
n hand tied behind me. | would have
called him Il liar. | think | led for him
with my left. but have never been sure
about it"
why haven't you been sureT' waa
asked.
Because it was two hours later
when q %neighbor found me in a fence
corner. and | had a broken nose and
two black eyes and my ambition had
departed forever. Whether the little
dude landed on me once or twenty
times l can't say. but to this day my
old dad believes that | was attacked
by q stray bull and tossed in the air
and left for dead. | occasionally carry
in the morning ice or go down cellar
after q scuttle of coal TO keep my mus
cleS up to the mark, but the very sight
of a pair of boxing gloves brings out
the goose flesh and makes me seasick."
Detroit Free Press.
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THE RECIPROCITY CONVENTION
Delegates Adopt Revolutions, yisten
to Speeches and Then Adjourn.

Detroit, Mich, December 10.-The del
egates to the National Reciprocity on
vention this afternoon adopted resolu-
tons; listened TO a witty and at the
same time forceful address on reciproc-
fly by Governor o h Lind, OF Minneso-
sofia; heard the report OF the nance
committee and adjourned sine die
At the morning session but two ad-
dresses were made. Eugene n. Foss,
of Boston, discussed Canadian Reel
procity" and Frank 1 Pavey. of New
York, spoke on Reciprocity with
Cuba"
The resolutions adopted, reaffirm the
resolutions adopted at the first con-
vention of this league at Chicago which
embrace in their scope. the general
principle OF reciprocity and the estao-
Iishment Of liberal, fair trade relations
with all the nations of the world and
that We again call attention to the re-
~ciprocity treaties negotiated by ex-Min-
lister Kasson. including the very i'm
portant treaty with France; and again
request that these treaties be ratified
and also tnat a reciprocity treaty with
Cuba be speedily negotiated and ratI-
fed"
The resolutions declare that the Unit
ed States should take immediate steps
to secure closer and more advantageous
trade relations with Canada; and that
reciprocal relations, beneficial to both
countries. should preferably follow the
general lines of the removal by both
countries Of the duties on natural pro-
ducts OF each and such mutual extern
sions OF the free list and reductions and
changes Of the duties on the manufac-
tured products of both, as will give to
each as low a rate OF duties as is given
to any other country.
The negotiation of the reciprocity
treatv with New Foundland is regard
ed as a most important step in the right
direction.
A committee of fou was appointed
by the executive today to further the
cause of Canadian reciprocity.
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DEATH OF Mr.. JOHN B. HUSSEY.
Sleeping Car That Enters WASH
inEfan.

Washington, December 1.-THE dead
body of a man, believed to be John B.
Hussey. an inspector in the rural free
delivery division of the p~ostolIce de-
partment, was found in a berth in a
sleeping a that arrived in this city
Owe the Southern railway from At
lanta, Ga The body was turned over
to an undertaken, and the police wired
Atlanta in an endeavor to secure some
information as to when he boarded
the train and who he Is.
John b. Hussey, who is said to have
been out of the city and in the south,
was YER we'll known through North
Carolina and Southern Virginia. He
was known as a newspaper writer of
some ability, and has held editorial
positions on leading papers IN North
Carolina. He was about SIS years of
age.
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His CaIyinized Hat.

"a generation or two ago." said a
Boston clergyman. "old DR.. Ellis was
a well known figure in Boston. being
n Of u famous Unitarian ministers,
a friend Of many Of the transcen-
dentalists. He used always to wear q
white panama hat in summer. The
same hat did him season after season,
yet it W. seemed to lose any of it's
fresh whiteness.
Zone day a minister of the old per-
suasion and very pronounced in his
orthodoxy asked DIR. Ellis how he kept
his hat 30 white.
"'That is easy said the doctor. for
it has been CalviniZed.'
"'What?' said the other minister.
How do you galvanize a hat?'
"I said Calvinized.' replied the Uni
tartan.
but what do you mean by thatr
dipped in birthstone said DIR. FL
lis."-New York Tribune.
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PURCHASE OF RAILROADS.
Pennsylvania Gets the
Valley and the Lake Shore the
Ohio Central.

Cleveland, O., December 1.-The
Leader tomorrow will say:
The Pennsylvania railroad has pur-
chased the Hooking Valley railroac
and the Lake Shore is to get the Ohio
Central. This further carries cut the
apportionment among these dig inter
ests of railroad property east Of Ihi-
cago and St. Louis and also puts an
end to the movement having for its
object the combination of all soft coal
carrying roads in Ohio.
This information was obtained yes
terday from a reliable source and The
absorption of the two smaller roads is
expected early next year.
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CIVIL SERVICE LEAGUE.
At Annual Meeting Report of Ex-
~ecu1iVe Council Comments the
President.

Philadelphia, December 1.-THE e
ty-second annual meeting of the Ma
tionaI Civil Service Reform League be-
gan here today. The annual report Of
the executive council commended the
policy of President Roosevelt in max
ing federal appointments and calls at
tention to the persistent hostility Of
professional politicians in both the great
national parties to civil service reform"
The report says:
President Roosevelt has done more
for the practical enforcement Of the
civil service law. the elevation of the
moral tone of the public, and for the
general advancement Of he improved
methods of government than it has
fallen 10 the lot Of any other president
To do so soon after assume office"
The special committe on civil service
in dependencies also commends the
president.
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THE APPROACHING HOLIDAYS
People Near GoIdsbOro Arc in Pros
joyful Christmas.
Especial to The Messenger.)

Goldsboro, n. c., December IL
Christmas is just two weeks off from
today. The stores which carry su h
articles are exhibiting large quantities
of toys M holiday goods. All the
merchants have made preparation for
the heaviest holiday trade in the his
tory Of the town, and with what has
been done so far it is safe to predict
that they will not be disappointed.
The wave of prosperity which struck
this section this fall has left more
money in the hands of the people of all
classes than they lave ever had before.
The crops Of both cotton and tobacco
from which the farmer gets his money
were unusually large this year and the
prices received for both were mora
than had been expected. AS a conse-
quence trade in all lines has been
good n everybody is both prosper
u n happy on the eve Of Christ
mas.
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or BOnitas

Not n person in ten who order
Spanish mackerel at the average res
taurant ever gets it." said a Washing
ton market fish dealer. Spanish mack
erel are a good deal like Mocha coffee
or canvasback duck, because it's very
difficult to get the genuine article AID
SO easy to fool customers.
Some of the fashionable restaurants
are not above serving a bonita nov and
then when an order comes for Spanish
mackerel. and 1 know that In the
cheaper restaurants striped bass, boni-
tas, weakfsh and sometimes even the
common mackerel are served for this
delicious dish."-New York Herald.
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Moros Attack Cump Wears.

Manila December IA force Of
Moros attlcked Camp Wears Island Of
MindanaO. on Tuesday after seventy
days inactivity. Tney were repulsed
without loss on the American side, The
Moros approached stealthTy about
midnight. but the Americans were not
The entire force were called
to arms and drove of til attackers. II
Is belived the hostiles were from d.
country last Of Lanao which Captain
Pershing mas not yet visited.
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Returning Pilgrims Injured in
Wreck.

Mexico City, December i1.-At Tepa.
on the Hidalgo railway today. a special
bearing 1000 pilgrims, returning to Tu-
llancingo Gom his oity was wrecked.
killing three persons and injuring many
more. The train was backing from a
switch to the main line when The rear
car was derailed. II rolled down an
Iembankment, drawing i've other coach
Ies with it. SIX hundred persons. chief
lily women occupied the Coaches and the
scene was sickening IN It's horror. The
injured were taken 20 the hospital at
IPachuca-
Twelve thousand pilgrims from ill
!parts of che republic have thus far
visited this city to Wcrsh;p at the
Ishrine of Guadalupe.
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THE PACIFIC CABLE.
Commercial Bodies of San Francis
Telegraph Companies.

San FrancisO, December 1.-THE
commercial bodies of his city held c,
reception at the Palace Hotel today,
in honor of Clarence H. Mackay, G. I.
Ward, vice president and general
manager of the Commercial Cable
Company, and W. H. Baker and Ed
ward c. Bradley, of the Postal Tele-
graph Company. The gentlemen are
here to see the commencement of the
laying of the new cable betweeen this
city and Honolulu. Mr.. Ward, in an
address. said:
You car form some opinion Of the
extent of this great work VIXEN I tell
you Ii the length Of this cable will
be three and one-half times create.
thar any Atlantic cable. When thu
shall be completed our system viii
reach from England and France to
China. three-fourths Of the distance
around the globe. And l venture to
predict that we shall be able to beat
Puck's prophecy of girdling the earth
IN forty minutes by sending 4 message
from San Francisco to San Francisco
in o~ne-fourth of the time.
The first section, now about 10 De
completed, probably will be completed
about Christmas day or by January 4
The remaining sections Of tine cable.
starting from Honolulu, touching a.
Midway and Guam, Manila, three thou
sands miles of which a already
been manufactured. will be laid and in
operation, 1 hope, by the first of June
next. The whole length Of the line
will he about IN 0Oo mileS
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Wreck of Buffalo and Oil City Ex-
press.

Pittsbug, Dec. 1.-THE Buffalo and
Oil City express. on the Allegheny
Valley railroad, ran into a shifting
freight train just above Brilliant sta
ton tonight and Engineer James Lew
is and Fireman James Morgan, Of the
express train, were seriously injured.
About twenty of h passengers were
injured. but nom seriously and all Of
them We're transferred to another
train to their destination a few hours
later
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NO NEW RURAL ROUTES
An Emergency Appropriation VIII
Have to BE Passed-Temperance
Lecturer.
especial to The Messenger.)

0H~SA @1N@SNA5NA
Greensboro. n. c., Dec. lit is not
probable that any of the rural postal
routes approved in Guilford county
will be put. in operation before March
lst. as it is frs, necessary for congress
to pass an emergency appropriation
bill before money is available TO a
the carriers. The demand for this
service has been so great that the ap-
preparation for the current fiscal
yea has already been about exhausted
A noted temperance lecturer, in the
person OF Rev. S. H. Cummings. OF
Baltimore, Md, is in the city in the
interest of the Worlds Temperance
Union. He will try to make arrange
ments for two or three meetings in
this city. Nj. Cummings has been
chaplain OF the Maryland Senate anu
has a letter from the governor and
state senators of Maryland RAINING
him as Al eloquent preacher.
Mr.. NJ. A. Popkiss, manager Of the
Deep River Gold Mining Company Las
purchased the Johnson property ad-
joining the Oak Hill mine and will re-
new the mining at that place.
Judge r. G. S~trudwick and family
Of Seattle, Washington will come 70
Greensboro to live. Judge Strrdwick
has accumulated much property in the
west but he wants to spend the remain
der of his days in his native state.
A prominent tobacconist speaking OF
the local market said today that one
warehouse had sold more tobacco du-
ring the four months of The current
tobacco year than was sold On this
market the whole Of last year.
Miss Mamie Bays, OF Salisbury,
spent several hours here yesterday
afternoon returning f:Om Wilmington,
where she reported the proceedings OF
the North Carolina conference for ne
Charlotte Observer AID Wilmington
NToccanoar
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Dead Body of Boy identified.

New York December 1.-THE body Of
might was identified today as that Of
|Recas NJ. Kruch. the eleven year old
son of a well-to-do tailor. After an ex-
ANIMATION of the body the Dolice ex-
pressed the belief that the boy was
murdered. Nine wounds, evido~'
made by finger nails were found on the
and there were other evidences
that he had been strangled.
Mr.. Krucn said his son often sold pa
tpers after school.
The body was found N The Fifth ave
nue. side Of the park in a bride ~
near Eigh:y-ffth street a fashionable
.neighborhood.
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New York. Dec. 1.-THE Chicago.
Rock Island and Pacific -ailroad. gave
notice today. that the senii-annual in
terest due January /. on the compA-
ny's six per cent. first mortgage bonds
and 4 per cent. general mortgage
bonds would be paid on December y.
The payment will amount ID about
81. 100000
BY his action the antici-
pates the interest payment by NOR
than q week
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Had the Same Effect,

II hear that Jacks fiancee has made
him promise to stop smoking"
That SO? Well, mine has not said
a word about giving up the weed. but
u engagement has just the same eff
feet"
How so?'
Every time l call all the cigars in
my vest pocket manage to get crushed,
and of course | don't smoke them
Baltimore Herald.
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Charles ID. Kenny Dies in BaItImor-

Baltimore, Dec. 11.-Cornelius d.
Kenny. president OF the G. ID. Kerry
Company. which conducts sixty retail
tea AID coffee stores in various Amer
lear cities died at his home here to
day aged CT years. Besides the ten
stores in Baltimore, and five in New
York city, the Kenny Company Ope-
rates stores in several cities OF Penn
~sylvania, Virginia. Maryland. Tennes-
see, South Carolina. Missouri. Ohio.
Alabama, Delaware and Georgia.
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Wants to Arbitrate h Trouble.

Washington. December ia joint
resolution was offered N the house to-
day, by Mr.. Shafroth, of Colorado. au-
thorizing the president to propose to
Great Britain and Germany TO submit
their claims against Venezuela to arbi-
of the awards thai may be found.
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Suggestive.

Chesty, the baker, and Jimmie, the
dago, had n hot argument q few days
ago. 1t was nip and tuck for u long
time. but finally Jimmie exclaimed.
with infinite scorn and that lofty mien
which he assumes on occasions: me
no here for steala da chick. Me here
for killa da two q peop." That settled
Chesty.-Sing Sing Star Of Hope.
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Especial 20 The Messenger.)

Especial % The Messenger.J
Clarkton, N. c., December 11.--Mrs.
Martin l. Cromartie died here today
at 1890 o'clock. She was a sister Of
Byron Clark, of Baltimore.
The funeral will be held At 1890
o'clock Friday.
Her daughter, Miss Margaret, u
Barium Springs, and Mss Louise, OF
the Presbyterian college of Charlotte
came Monday to be with her. Mis-
Eva, who was across the Blue Ridge
arrived home just hour too late to
see her mother alive.
Mrs. Cromartie was a most estimable
n her death has cast d gloom
owe her many friends in this town.
She has a number Of relatives in VIII
mingtOn.
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Placed I'm Jail for safe keeping.

Ellisville. Miss, December 1.-THE
five men charged in the completely Of
the murder Of William Lawrence, Of
Jonesville, Ga, at q saw mill camp
"a Laurel, Miss. were brought here
and placed in the county Jail for safe
keeping. They viii be given a preiim-
mary hearing at Laurel Tomorrow.
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The Modern STYLE.

us this. then. 10 be the end of our
romance" he asked.
NO" she answered. My lawyer
viii call on you in the morning. /
have a busheI and a half of sour let
ters."-Chicago Record Herald.
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The Boston Boy.

"Lookin' fer a birds nest, sonnyT'
asked the good natured westerner Of a
seven-year-old boy whom he met in
Boston common.
mo, sir" replied the intellectual
prodigy as he continued TO gaze up
into the tree. Il am merely endeavor-
ing to correctly classify this tree as q
botanical product"-Ohio State Jour
nal.
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Volcanic EruptiOns

Are grand, but skin eruptions rob life
of joy. Bucklen's Arnica SalVe, cures
them; also old, running and fever sores,
ulcers, boils, felons, corns, warts, cuts.
bruises, burns, scalds, chapped hands,
chilblains. Best pile cure on earth.
Drives out pains and aches. Only 25
cents a box Cure guaranteed. Sofa
by R. r. BelIamy, druggist
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Granite for the Pennsylvania Capt.
tai.

Harrisburg, Pa, December Icon
tractor Payne. who VII. build the new
capitol today took out q building per-
NIT. fxing the value at 81 oeo.o 900.
A committee from Winnskoro. g G.
where the granite for the rev capitol IS
TO be Quarried called on Governor
Stone today. to protesC against the ar
ton of the Pennsylvania GCznite Cut
ters IN demanding hat the granite be
dressed in the north, because Of poor
tabor and low wages at winnsboro.
They said that labor at &~innsboro
quarries Is skilled and commands good
wages The governor efe1ed the mat
Ger TO the contractor
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'sIf.',

II yesterdays were tomorrows,
How easy this life would be-
Then we never need make
The slight mistake
That stiles in voice Of glee.
And the past would be all unnoted,
And we'd smile in the face of fate,
And we never need sigh
AS a day sped by,
II have learned: but. alas. too late!''
Washington Star.
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"Is it true that Piker is financially
embarrassed?'
He is awfully in debt but il doesn't
seem TO embarrass him any."-St- Louis
Republic.
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SUPPOSE.

II I were anywhere but here,
Where I'm supposed 10 be.
And ! looked like another. and
Another looked like me.
How queer 'twouId be. supposing that
1 wasn't in my set.
And / should pass myself right by
As though wed never met!
Baltimore News
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A Husband'S Epfram.

She-How many men owe their sue
cess in life to their wives?
their wives to their success In life:-
New York World
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The old Time Fiddler.

The old time fddiers passing.
An death win shortly win him,
But the merry day Is on the way.
There's n more quadrflle In him.
Atlanta Constitution.
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Between friends frequent reproof
makes the friendship distant-Confu-
cius.
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The Best Prescription Tor Mnlar1ai.

Chills and Fever - a bottle of Groves
TaStelesS Chill Tonic. 1t is simply iron
and quinIne IL a tasteless form. No
. s-A-nn uaY. Frica SOC