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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-09-23
ANOTHER RUNAWAY MATCH.
Coupled With = Coincidence, Greens.
bOrO Furnishes a New Sensation.
Especial to the MeSSengtl

Especial to the Messengtr.)
Greensboro, N. c., September 49,
There was another runaway match here
last night.
Mr.. Solomon Homework, of Burling-
ton, superintendent of cotton mills
there, and Miss Bertha Anthony arrived
at 10 o'clock on the Raleigh train,
which was three hours late, and going
to the McAdoo Hotel, found Mr.. w. S.
Diffy, of the Odell Hardware Company,
who had procured the preacher and the
license, worried to death in excited de-
lay at the non-arrival of his friends.
Repairing to the hotel parlors, Rev.
William Porter, of High Point, made
them man and wife in the presence Of
about forty guests and friends. The
happy couple left on the morning train
for Burlington, where they are promi-
m and very popular.
A coincidence that would be novel
anywhere else but Greensboro, is the
fact that on the register of the McAdoo
Hotel just above Mr.. Homewood's
name is hat Of an advance agent of
the show, "a Runaway Match" and
under Miss Anthony's name is that of
manager of the show, "On the Quiet
both billed here for next week. If the
parties expected to have a runaway
match or the quiet, they came to the
wrong place under the remarkable CO.
incidence. None of these parties had
any acquaintanceShip or connection
with the other, and an inspection of
the hotel register is invited to prove
the facts.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-09-23
Still Uncertainty as to Where He
VIII be Assigned.

Washington, Sept. 19.-Naval Con
structor Richmond Pearson Hobson
was at the navy department today and
had a talk with Secretary Moody ana
also one with Rear Admiral TAYLOR,
chief of the bureau of navigation. The
matter of Mr.. Hobson's future assign
ment is still pending at the depart
ment. The constructor has expressed
a preference to be sent TO the post al
the Crescent Shipyards, which he oc-
cupied before taking his leave, rather
than to Pensacola, the place which has
been in view for him. 1t Is expected
that a decision will be reached as To
his assignment in a few days.
In the course of regular routine at
the navy department, there is no pros
pect that Mr.. Hobson's desire to be re-
tired, can be granted. He has already
been inspected by a retiring board. and
upon his return from three months
sick leave, he has been pronounced by
the surgeon general of the navy. 1T
for duty. The constructor may posi-
bly, apply for another retiring board,
but has taken no such action as yet.
So, apparently the only opening for
him to retire from the naval service is
through legislation. The senate COM
mittee on naval affairs reported a bill
for Constructor HObson's retirement,
upon the recommendation of the presi-
dent. but the measure did not reach
the house.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-09-23

Colon, Colombia, September Is-Sev-
eral hundred government troops were
brought out this morning ami IL was
the intention Of the authorities 10 have
them take = train for Panama. The
RAILROAD company declined TO entEain
The soldiers on the S o'clock passenger
train but subsequently placed a special
train at their disposal.
Shortly after 5 o'clock eighty blue
jackets from the United States cruiser
Cincinnati, together with two quick
firing Colt guns, were landed In Colon.
This action is believed TO be due to the
receipt OF creditable information that
a report OF the I~nsurgent General Her
rera is at San Pablo. a~staiion on the
railroad. Under these circumstances
he government decided not TO entrain
the government troops for Panama
They will remain at Colon.
In the meantime the railroad dis
patched a special train with definite in
structions from Commander Mclean. of
the Cincinnati, TO General Herrera's re-
port at San Pablo saying tina insur-
gent roops will n be permitted to
stop the train over the isthmus or
A~AAb 49, hAAA1 go AAANA 49, WIZ
maintaining the traffic from sea 10 sea-
\ large force of insurgents Is said tn
be quite close to San Pablo If this is
SO there IS likely to be lighting at any
moment.
C~abIeEram from Mclean.
Washington. September 19.-Secre-
tary Of the Navy Moody today made
public the following cablegram re-
ceived from Commander Mclean. of
tho Cincinnati sk4 n ~a- ~ 1wz NJ
of the United States naval forces on the
isthmus:
Colon. September 19.-Have sent fol-
lowing communication to both parties:
/ have to inform you that the United
States nav forces are guarding the
railroad trains and line Of transit
across the Isthmus of Panama from
sea to sea; hat no person whatever
will be allowed to obstruct, embarrass
or interfere in any with the
trains or the ruote of transit. This is
without prejudice or any desire to in
terfere in domestic contentious OF the
Colombians.'"
1t was admitted by a high official OF
government is seriously considering u
further reinforcement of the United
States naval force on the isthmus. and
that it is not at all unlikely that an
additional force to operate along the
lines of railway will be ordered 10 ne
scene in a few days. 1t Is understood
that there is no present intention to or
der more warships to the isthmus
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-09-23
VICTIM OF GAS.
Prominent Petersburg Business Man
Dies in Warrington.

Washington, September 19.-Jos. r.
Rockwell, a prominent business man of
Petersburg, Va, vas found dead this
morning, the victim of gas asphyxiation,
in his room at a hotel in this city. The
c~oroner's verdict was that his death
was accidental.
Mr.. Rockwell had been in New York
on a business trip and stopped here to
visit relatives. His nephew, Joseph
Duckett, says: Mr.. Rockwell reached
the city yesterday evening about 3
o'clock and he was at his fathers until
late last night. 1 left him at the cor
ner of Thirteenth and G streets about
II o'clock, when he was directed to the
hotel.
Il am sure he had no thought Of
death when he left me last night. He
is about sixty years of age end We were
joking him about his age, when he
laughingly declared that he would live
for twenty years yet. He was In ex-
cellent spirits when we parted, n on
account of his wife's illness intended
to visit with US for several days, at
least. until Mrs. Rockwell became bet
ter
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-09-23
Kidnapped Child Found.

Newport News, Va, Sept. 19.-Irwin
Craven, the three year old son of
Michael D. Craven. a machinist. was
found in the woods in Warwick county
this morning, having been mysteriously
missing since noon yesterday. The young
child was abducted by an unknown
man. who was seen carrying him in his
arms last night.
Three arrests have been mace in con-
nection with the alleged kidnapping.
The suspect in each instance being a
tramp. The three prisoners denying
having any knowledge of the abduc-
ton.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-09-23
COMPROMISE EFFECTED.
treasurer Worth Receives $4,000
From Baltimore Communicative
Soil Test Farms-Frui Crop B.,ox
the Average.
Messenger Bureau


Raleigh, y. c., Sept. 70.
IL VIII be remembered that a BaIti-
more surety company was the bonds
man OF ". H. Martin. the ex-cIerk IN
n state treasury, who stole 81 900 If
n funds of the pe~nitentiary while w.
ID. Worth was treasurer and hat
Worth sued the company for TIE
amount of the s~tealings. The COM
pany was on the bond for IS, 900 a year
and Worth's belief was that the bona
was cumulative. This the mpa de-
MED. Worth's counsel advised him
that he could get only the amount of
n bond for one year. The comnany
was prepared TO fight even this but
now a compromise is effected. by
which Worth gets $40 o from il. Worth
has also suits against four men who
were on Martins bond during the first
year or two of the Iatter's clerkship.
before the bond was given by the Balti-
more company. Worth paid 70 the
state all the amount of Martins steal
ings.
1t is said by a Goldsboro man that
so per cent of the negroes who vote II
Wayne county will vote the demo-
cratic ticket.
Convicts have cut down the Oak
trees in the Capital square which died
this year. The taking away of the
trees makes a bad gap.
Inc agricultural department will
soon have a third soil test farm. There
are now two; n near Tarboro, the
other near Red Springs. The third
Will be in Iredell, Catawba or Lincoln
county. There will probably be a
fourth. farm beyond the Blue Ridge.
1t is the belief that these four farms
will we'll illustrate the soils and their
treatment.
1t appears that the registration for
the November election will begin Oc-
tober End and end October 18th.
State Entomologist Franklin Sher-
man today completed the annual in
spection of fruit nurseries,. He says:
They are not a good average. The
weather has been too dry. They are,
therefore, not up to the standard. They
are comparatively free from insect
pests: gratifyingly so when compared
with the trees in some other states"
The state pension board has not re-
jected any of the widows who nave
applied for pensions. The latter have
only three questions to answer; these
being whether they married a soldier
prior to April 1, 1865, have never re-
married and are worth less than $500.
There will be about 1000 new pension
erS.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-09-23
b.. AND O. EXPRESS WRECKED.
Eight Cars DerniIed, Two Persons
Killed and More Injured.

Chillicothe, O., September 19.The
east bound express No. . On the Balti-
more and Ohio Southwestern with eight
cars was wrecked last night by running
into an open switch at Leesburg. So
miles from here, killing two persons, in
juring two seriously and forty slightly.
The accident occurred while the train
was going at the rate Of forty miles an
hour. The engine was dashed to pieces
and turned over on it's side killing the
engineer and fireman. The baggage car
was lifted from the trucks and thrown
over the tende an engine. Inc man
clerks and baggage master We're in
iured. The ladies car was turned up
side down and being flied with passen-
gers many are injured. Their injuries
were not serious. The other cars re-
manned upright.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-09-23

Washington, September 19.-Secretary
Shaw announced before leaving Wash
ington this evening that during the
week he a authorized the distribu-
ton. in round numbers, of SO, GOO, 900 i n
public funds among banks throughout
the country, which hav bonds avail
able for security. The money will De
released and deposits will all be COM
pleted within a few days and just as
rapidly as the bonds are received at the
treasury.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-09-23

Preparation. Mass De Made for q
"ot-hy Celebration Next Year.
Correspondence to The Messeuger.)

Correspondence { The Messenser)
Point Caswen- N C. September 10.
The committee appointed at the las,
annual meeting OF the Moore's Creek
Battlefield Association met a, the
monument today and passed the fol-
lowing resolutions:
Resolved. That this committee fully
realizes that this is not and should no,
be q local or a Fender county celebra
ton, n by the failure OF congress 10
make Q suitable appropriation tina the
grounds should be properly pu in order
that we call upon our adjoining sister
counties TO aid Us in having n celebra-
ton the first Thursday in next August
in every way worthy of the victory
gained here by the American patriots.
We ask that each county organize and
appoint a committee, who shall confer
with this committee hat We may be
able TO secure low rates 10 and from
this place, and to make such other ar
rangements as may be necessary. At
the last celebration here We had 5000
persons present. Why not have tan
thousand or twenty thousand the first
Thursday in next August 10 visit this
old historic battle-ground.
That the secretary of the association
shall not later than April /. 1903, send
a copy of these resolutions TO the coun-
~ commissioners n 10 the mayors
of all towns OF the adjoining counties
and to such other places as this COM
mittee shall direct.
JAS E. HENRY.
w. r. WALKER.
NJ. NJ. BULLARD.
JAS. f. MOORE.
Committee.
Wilmington Star please copy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-09-23
4 Certain Cure for Dy.entery .Dd
Diarrhoea.

Some years e. ! was one - = party
that intended making a Ions bicycle
trip" says r. L. Taylor. OF New Al
bauy. Bradford County. Pa 4 was
taken suddenly with diarrhoea. and was
about to give I'D the tip. w.sn Editor
Ward, of the Laceysgl!e Messenger.
suggested hat I take u lose Ct Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Dfarrhoea
Remedy. I purchased d Lcttle and
took two doses, one before sssrtIng and
one on the route. ] MACE the trip sue
cessfully and felt am III Eject
Again last rmmer / was almost COM
pietely run down with an attack OF dys-
entery. ! bought a bottle Of this same
remedy and this time one dose cured
me-" Sold by r. r.. BellamYs Drug
Store.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-09-23

IoN<AISDI 7. EFtDtn i fSeal EStaU6
and Renting Agent, of Augusta, Ga,
~ writes;
"With many others / want to add nv
testimonial to the wonderful good Pc
runa has done me. I have been a great
sufferer from catarrhal dyspepsia. I
tried many physicians, visited a good
many Springs, but I believe Peruna has
done more for me thar all of the above
put together. I feel like o new person.
I have taken the Peruna and Manalin
together and always expect to have a
bottle in my home."-LEONARD F.
VERDERY.
Congressman Doviner OF West Virginia.
Congressman B.. B. Doviner, from
Wheeling, West Virginia, in a letter
written from Washington, D. c., says:
"I join with my colleagues i'm the
House of Representatives i'm recon-
mending your excellent remedy, Pc.
runa, as q good tonic, and also an
effective cure for catarrh."
Catarrh assumes different phases In
different seasons of the year. In the
summer the stomach and bowels suffer
h oftenest as the seat of the trouble.
Peruna cures catarrh wherever located.
If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Pcruna,
write at once to d. Hartman, giving a
full statement @? Jour case and he viii
be pleased TO a'Te you his valuable adj
vice gratis.
Address DR.. i.rtman, Presidenv OF
Hhe Hartman ; Itarium, Columbus, O
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-09-23
STEEL
Suit Decided Against Berger and
Company Free to Garry Out us
Project.

Trenton, n. J.. September 19.-The
court of errors and appeals his after
noon, by a vote of 8 TO 3 decided in IA
vor of the United States Steel Corpora
ton in the suit brought by Mrs. Ber-
ger to restrain the corporation from
converting 5000, 900, 900 seven per cent
preferred stock into five per cent second
mortgage bonds.
Vice Chancellor Emery, in the court
below, granted an injunction restrain
ing the company from carrying out its
purpose. The decision Of the our OF
appeals today is a reversal OF the vice
chancellor and leaves h United states
Steel Corporation free to carry du Its
project so far as the Berger litigation
is concerned
No opinion was filed. the court sim
ply announcing it's decision The opin-
ion will be filed later.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-09-23
THE CASE.
Husband Calls on Wife and Re-
ceives Her Cordially.
Especial to The Messenger.

iSpcCidl 10 Inc ASSScHSeT-D
Greensboro, n. c., September 49,
People here are very sick of the STAFF
ford case, and this correspondent was
nauseated before anybody else seemed
to be, but duty m before pleasure,
hence the information is launched that
Mr.. Stafford n his children paid Mrs.
Stafford-Hardin a visit at her boarding
house late yesterday afternoon, and
last night it is said he called on her
twice. Mrs. Stafford. when asked how
her husband received her when she first
visited his home Wednesday night, re-
piled that "he was very cordial" "Oh.
the rarity of Christian charity" comes
to mind. but common decency requires
that under all the circumstances these
people should move away from here,
move with a rush and that the reported
coming back of Hardin and the re-
sumption of his old position is a libel
On this community, if true. and a re-
Election on it, if he even contemplates
such a thing.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-09-23
NEGRO BAPTIST CONVENTION.
Negroes Hear Words of Advice from
Several

Birmingham, Ala, Sept. 19.-Today's
session of the National Negro Baptist
convention was devoted chiefly to
speech-making. DR.. E. c. Morris, of
Arkansas, urged the negroes to rid
themselves Of immoral ministers. Hc
added that this was already being
done. He also impressed the impor-
lance of saving money, securing edu
cation and buying homes.
DR.. J. p. Robinson, of Little Rock,
Ark, criticised the negroes of Ala
bama for wasting their opportunities
to the extent that they now have been
read out of all political parties. Miss
Joanna P. Moore, of Nashville, dis
cussed her fire side home schools,
for the promotion of education among
the negroes. She reported a literary
revival among the race.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-09-23
QUEEN OF THE BELGIANS DEAD.
Marie Henriette Suddenly Dies
while Eating n Light

Spa. Belgium, September l9.-Marie
Henriette. queen of the Belgians died
here suddenly t1light at ten minutes
before s o'clock. Neither her husband,
members of htr family nor her ma
jesty's doctors ere present at the time
of her death. SIZE was seated at a table
eating a light elmer, when she was
seized with an attack OF syncope. DR..
GuilIaume. who. in the course of the
day had remarked upon certain dis
uuieting symptoms in the queens con-
dition was summoned Immediately but
her majesty was dead before he arrived.
Two members IF her suite We're with
the queen during the last moments
AS soon as the news Of the queens
death became known a crowd gathered
outside the pa zee.
King Leopol.; had left Ragneras-de-
Luchon, Franc for Spa, n the men,
bers of the re. Il family have been tel
egraphed for. NJ. De Smet &c Hayer,
the Belgian Temier, will arrive here
tomorrow
Queen Mar: Henriette was a daugh-
ter Of the tie Archduke Joseph, of
Austria. she was born August BIRD,
1886. and was married August .. 1858, to
Prince Leopold of Belgium. o of King
Leopold L., WHO assembled the throne at
the death of his father as Leopold IL,
December 10th. 1861.
The queen was noted FIR her fiety and
charity and, in recognition of ner devo-
ton to the church the pops sent her
about nine years ago a notable taken OF
his high esteem in the form or the
golden rose of virtue
She was also a noted and brilliant
horse woman
The queen had been i'll for about three
years past of a malady of the heart,
and of recent months her condition had
been so serious that little hope of her
recovery was entertained.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-09-23
PEANUT ROAsTER ExPLODns.
o. Woman Killed. Another FatHlly
Injured, and Others Bruised.

Norfolk. Va, September 19.-By al
explosion of a gasoline peanut rooster.
which was in operation on the Atlantic
Street side of Charles n. Diggs con-
Ifectionery stare, Miss Bessie McGrath.
lof Phoebus, Va, was instantly killed
this afternoon, while Mrs Mary A.
Palmer, of ~Lawrenceville, Va, was SO
badly injured that 10 hope of her re-
lcovery is entertained.
Two other women were injured. One
was the wife of c.. Behencken, who
operated the peanut stand. She was
lcut about the cad The other woman
fwas Mrs. Lavinia Raby, wife OF a ma
chinist. Her injuries are not Serious.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-09-23
AND STILL THEY COME.
Couple Married i'm High
Point Go to Greensboro.
Especial to The Messenger.)

Especial to The Messenger.)
Greensboro, n. c.. September l9.-Mr.
w. D. Morgan, section master on the
Mt Airy branch of the Southern, and
Miss Dora Lloyd, of Summerfield,
planned to get married yesterday, but
their plans were frustrated sufficiently
by Miss Loyd's parents TO delay the
happy event until night, and then II
took place in High Point, the
couple coming to ana
switching off. Mr.. Morgan sent a dray
out to the brides parents from sum-
merield in the afternoon for her trunk,
and while the ''old folks" could not pre-
vent her going, they did require her 10
assist in putting the trunk aboard The
only objection held against the groom,
who is an excellent man, was that he
was a widower with six children.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-09-23

Birmingham, Ala, September 19.-In
an awful crush of humanity caused by
a stampede in the Shiloh colored Bap-
fist church, Avenue G and Eighteenth
street tonight, sixty-fve persons were
killed and as many more seriously in
~jured.
The diaster occurred at 9 o'clock, just
as Booker T. Washington had concluded
his address to the national convention
of negro Baptists, and for three hours
the scenes around the church were in
describable.
Dead bodies were strewn in every di-
rection and the ambulance service of
the city was utterly unable to move
them until after 1 o'clock d. m. The in
jured were first attended to and dozens
of dead bodies were arraigned in rows
on the ground outside the house of wor-
ship awaiting removal to the various
undertaking establishments. while more
than a score were laid out o..
benches inside.
The church is the largest house Of
worship for negroes in Birmingham and
the pastor says there were at least
1000 persons in the edifice when the
stampede began. Instructions a been
issued to allow no one else to enter af-
ter the building had been filled, but
the negroes forced their way inside the
church and were standing in every
aisle. The entrance was literally
packed.
Just as % T. Washington con-
Guided his address Judge Billou, a negro
lawyer from Baltimore, engaged in an
aIrn-4n%T0- r-i%H tI1 nHA.- l0.I4r -
corning an unoccupied seat and it is
said a blow was struck.
Mistaking the word "fghting' for
fire the congregation rose en- masse
n started for the door
One of the ministers quickly mounted
to keep quiet. He repeated the word
quiet several times and motioned to
his hearers to be stated.
Again the excited congregation mis-
took the word quiet for a second
alarm of fire ard rushed for the door.
and women crIwled over benches.
Fought their WY into the aisles n
those who had ftllen were trampled like
cattle. The ministers tried again to
stop the stamI ede but no power on
earth could STOP the struggling, fight
ing mass of humanity.
The screams Of women and children
added to the horror of the scene and
through fright many persons tainted
and as they fell to the floor were crush
ed to death.
The level of the floor IS about fifteen
feet from the ground and long steps
lead to the side walk from the lobby
just outside the m,iin auditorium. Brick
walls extend on each side of these steps
from six or seven feet and this proved
a veritable death trap. Negroes who
had reached the top of the steps were
pushed violently forward and many
fell. Before they could move others fell
upon them and in q few moments per-
sons were piled pom each other to a
.heigh of ten feet.
This wall Of struggling humanity
blocked the Ell trance and the weight of
fifteen hundred persons was pushed
against it. More than twenty persons
lying on the steps underneath the heap
of bodies dieG from suffoc cation.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-09-23
HORRIBLE AFFAIR
UNFORTUNATE OCCURRENCE AT
NEGRO BAPTIST CONVENTION
SIxTY-FIVE PERSONS KILLED

Disaster Occurred at Nine
O'clock, just rs BOOker Washing
ton HAD Finished Speaking-It
was Caused by tiie Cry of Eight
ing" Being Mistaken for "Fire"-A
Wild Stampede Took Place and
Over D Perx. =. Rushed for the
Doors Hundred Were Crushed
and Bruised-A Personal Encoun-
ter Was the Beginning of n
Whole Thing.