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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-02-25
THE sLEET STORM IN NEW YORK
Worst Experienced I'm Years-The
Streets Almost ImpassabIe-Horses
Killed by Live Wires.

New York. February 22.-The sleet
storm that struck New York proved to
he the most severe that has been ex-
perienced for several years. Telegraph
ic communication was almost complete
ly suspended until this evening, when
il was generally restored.
Throughout the day the streets were
rendered nearly impossible by slush
many Of them almost presenting the ap-
pearance Of rivers. the sewers being In
capable Of carrying of the overflow.
Owing to the holiday. street car traffic
was at a minimum.
The greatest damage was sustained
In Brooklyn. where scores Of horses
were killed by contact with live wires
which were everywhere Frustrated In
Prospect park and In many Of the AVE.
nues. hundreds Of trees were denuded
of ice laden branches.
The Brooklyn Bridge presented a bril-
liant spectacle, being completely en-
cased in a giittering crystal coating.
On Staten Island hardly a wire was
left standing and traffic was every
where suspended.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-02-25

serves no more credit than Evans %
Sampson and the r~ecalcitranta The
Sun asks:
eff Schley Is not entitled to the credit
Of commanding the American feet, and
Sampson vas not there TO assume COM
mand. why not give all the honors IN
b board Of strategy in Washington.
or to the secretary Of the navy. who
ordered the blockade? II u captains
can fight SO efficiently without a con-
mander, why have any rear-admirais
or admirals at all? Why not a the
navy on a Observation-Disclosures
captain" style, with no seniority Of rank
among the commanders Of warships?
Then embarrassing questions about the
responsibility for command would never
arise"
The people know three things well
now, !. That Schley was the winner Of
the great fight. 2. That he has been
prosecuted, slandered, lied upon by ma
va officers and the naval department.
3. That Roosevelt has put himself in a
very dismal hole hard Of extrication
and by his injustice and p~artisanship
and eccentricity he has written himself
down ar official blunderer.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-02-25

state as to stir ND a strife which ne
hoped would become national"
Such a statement puts an eternal
Of toadies and worshippers Of such a
bloody idol.
One of the very best writer's among
living American authors is the Ken
tuckian, James Ian Allen. He Is a
man of much personal worth. OF great
brilnancy of intellectual parts. and a
real master in what is called style.
which is after all "caviarre to the gen.
eral." HI is a gentleman Of modesty,
of refinement. of sensitive pride and Of
much generosity. An English writer
la Of him. I'm all SIR. Aliens work
you will find two governing ideas. the
Idea of the beauty Of the earth. and
the idea Of h moral grandeur of HUI
man nature. These ideas m~onopolize
his imagination"
Again the same English writer said
of one of Mr.. Aliens highest efforts
perhaps his materpiece-"The Choir
Invisible"
Here We are concerned with morals;
the question is invariably Of right-do-
ing or wrong-doing; God and con-
science command the scene. any poo
humanity. rendered grandiose py Mr..
Aliens large n sublime trust in the
soul. makes a brave show. . .
The Choir Invisible reaches a high
standard-it is ~noble-nobly conceived,
nobly imagined, and nCbly written"
Th4 r-~;.1- - 49, .&,l4r -rr;-
tells of the manner Of man" of this
noble. highly endowed Kentuckian and
Of his appearance, his personality:
Seldom is it hat personality finds
such unique and distinctive expression
both physically and mentally. His tall.
erect, military bearing arrest the eye.
as the writer has not infrequcntly seen
1t happen on P~iccadiIly or Broadway.
His figure has become familiar to New
Workers. for during the last six or seven
years he has made the American me-
tropolis his home. His old enduring
love for the country abides."
1t is noticeable how many men Of lit
erary instincts. sympathy and gifts
born in the south rush to the north so
soon as they take to letters seriously
and begin to live from the productions
of their pens. Edgar A. Poe. John r.
Thompson, Mark Twain. George Gable,
w. T. French, Dabney. the novelist, AL
len. Page, Mrs Harrison, Churchill,
and others. have rushed to New York
or settled in New England. 1t must
be admitted that at least from a COM
mercial standing-point il is wise to take
themselves into the north where the
great crowd of fiction live
n whose rich people are as thick as
locusts in Egypt in the time of the
Pharaohs.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-02-25
SAVE CUBA FROM RUIN.
Petitions From influential Men of
the Island for Tariff Relief.

washington, February 22.-Supple-
menting h large number Of petitions
and appeals from other organized
bodies in h island Of Cuba for relief
In the shape Of a reduction of tariff
dues the president mas received a petit
ton from Ramon Rivera and other rep
resentatives Of the assembly of the del
egates from the various tobacco work
ing industries Of Cuba which met in
ton recites the great crisis confronting
Cuba and lin the name Of so. 600 work.
Ing men. who hear hunger calling at
their doors" they implOre the president
to save Cuba from ruin"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-02-25
POINTED PICKUPs.

God grant that Miss Stone may es-
cape the murderous ~inclinations of the
bandits who hold her. She is evidently
in much danger if already they have
not butchered her.
The report now is that Captain Rich
mond P. Hobson will become the pres
ident of Alabama State University.
Right Hon. John Morley. one OIL the
able. gifted. living Englishm1n. is made
rector Of the University of Glasgow,
succeeding Lord Rosebery. He is a
Liberal.
Governor Taft is like a big fish in
shallow water-he mudules
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-02-25
NEURALGIA

We suggest curing a pain in
the face by taking Scott
Emulsion into the stomach.
Usual way of treating neural.
gia is to rub liniment on the
outside. That's only a make.
shift.
SCOTS Emulsion is nerve
food. SCOTS Emulsion feeds
and strengthens nerves.
For an obstinate neuralgia.
tor nervousness for nerve
weakness take SCOTS Emul.
sion. It's nerve food and nerve
strength.
Ven send you = lits,e 70 Try. If yos HE.
OFT BOVINE, <oo Pearl sreet, New Yota.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-02-25
At THE STATE UNIVERSITY.
Celebration of Washington Day
Faculty and Students.
Especial to the Messenger.)

special TO the messenger
Chapel Hill, N. c., February 22.-The
students and faculty of the University
of North Carolina met today to cele-
brate the birthday of the father of our
country, George Washington.
The exercises were opened with
music by the Glee Club. @'F .sr.
Following vas an grafton by Mr.. II.
B. Short, of the Philanthropic Society.
His subject was American Democ-
racy." He spoke of the principles Of
democracy as directly contributed to
the American people by Washington
ard how these principles OF democracy
were openly disregarded in the Philip
pine question.
Next was an Grafton by Mr.. A v.
Ivey. of the Dialectic Society
on the Relation Of the University to
the State" On the one hand he spoke
OF the relation of the individual stu
dem of the university to the state, and
on the other hand Of the relation of the
state to the student-what he had re-
ceived n what he owed in return.
He urged upon the students the duty
they owe the state for the many ad-
vantages and opportunities granted
them by the state. Let Is do our
best" says Mr.. Ivey, ito rid the state
Of so much illiteracy.
Next in order was an address by DR..
C. L. Raper. He spoke with reverence
of George Washington, patriot, schol-
ar and statesman as he was. He said
it was not the force OF Washington
clone which made the great movement
advance as 1t did. but washington was
Influenced and assisted by thousands
of patriotic citizens Had he" said
DR.. Raper. set himself against it he
would hive gone down with II and his
name would o have been written in
flames fair temple to be honored and
revered by b American people.
Then the exercises were closed with
the Benediction by DR.. Hume.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-02-25

ELGIN, ILL--In q very recent COM
municatiou from this place comes the
news that Mr.. Arthur Ernest Kidd, q
wcll-knovn architect Of hat city, has
made complete recovery from cat.rrh Of
the head from which he had suffered for
nearly . quarter - century. He writes
from is Hamilton ave.:
al am 20 years OF age, and have had
catarrh OF the head for over half Of my
life, as q result Of scarlet fever, followed
by typhoid fever. I got SO bad that l
was almost constantly coughing and
clearing my throat. The catarrh greatly
impaired my eyesight, and the hearing
in one ear, and reduced my weight 10
ITO pounds.
al tried nearly every catarrh remedy
advertised, besides q great many differ
emit physicians treatments, all Of vhiah
failed.
al had heard and read Of Pcruna, and
finally decided TO try it two months ago.
I have now taken even bottles, and
weigh 172 pounds. Never felt happier
or merrier. Feel tip top."-A. E. KIDD.
II you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results IRON the use Of Peruna,
write at once TO DR.. Hartman, giving .
full statement IF your case and he WIN
be pleased to g.ve you his valuable adj
vice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, Presidons Of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus. O.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-02-25
HOME FOLKS.

On the 26th Of February. It has been
burglary. The governor has recently
pardoned some three or four criminals.
If he does not interfere with his para
Lying pardon, these men will die the
death. Fotr are in Buncombe and one
in Lincoln county. Yesterdays Mes
senger announced that two men were
sentenced to be hanged in Salisbury for
rape. The time is April 18th. Will the
governor intervene? OF course there
can be in all cases lots of petitions and
all that, ven by court officials. There
is a decided mania or the part of peo-
pie to sign petitions to save bad men
from the halter. The courts are very
defective or there could not be so much
gubernatorial interference with YER
diets. Why is not " handed Justice
attended to in the trials? Why must
the one-man power come in to save life
n courts from disgrace?
Since the above was put in type 1t
has been announced that the governor
has committed the death sentence of
two of the Buncombe county burglars.
- + +
North Carolina is now invited to con-
tribute to two monuments-one to the
late President Mckinley. who was so
cruelty dealt with by an assassin, and
one to that noble British statesman and
author. Sir Walter Raleigh. who was
brought to the block by a murderous
monarch. 1t will be certainly in order
to contribute to the Mckinley monu-
ment. and a proper recognition Of the
illustrious. Englishman to help to carry
out General Carr's most worthy plan.
:. !. -
The Messenger is glad to see it an
nounced that Judge Henry r. Bryan,
whose worthily wears the judicial
robes. is recovering from his long and
very serious illness, and is now restored
enough to his wonted health to resume
his long suspended official duties.
- = -
The Louisburg Times, one Of the
oldest, neatest and best North Carroll
ma weeklies, has just completed it's
thirty-first year. Mr.. Furman. now If
The Raleigh Post, started it in 1870. in
1872. he sold. In 1877, the present edi-
tor. Mr.. j. a. Thomas, became asso-
ciated with it. He has been owner and
cess be his.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-02-25
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
sALMAGUNDI.

The publishers Of Tom Dfxon's mover
have printed 5000 copies for the first
edition to meet he orders sent in more
tina a week ago. Its day Of publication
was yesterday. 1t promises to have
considerable run Of Iuck" whatever 1t
may be as an artistic and literary work
1t is sufficiently sensational. we suppose.
to make it popular. He is a gifted man
"a lecturer Of remarkable paris, and
of no little b~rilliancy. He is a native
Of North Carolina
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-02-25
100000 W0MH

Have 60en restored to heath
BY lydia e. Pfnik5sans'S We0e.
table Compound Their lot.
tiers are on file and prove this
statement to be q fact, not a
more boast When a n3edJ.
cine has been successful in
curing 50 many women, you
cannot well say without try.
Ing #" do not believe IL
will h0ip n3o.ss
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-02-25
Favorite Nearly Everywhere.

Constipation means dulness. depres
sion. disordered health. DeWitt'e Lit
tie Early Risers stimulate the liver
open the bowels and relieve this cond.
ton. Safe and thorough. Never gripe
r. r. BeIlAmY.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-08-15
AMERICANS MIsrREATrp

St Thomas. D. W. l.. August ID. Add
vices received here from La Guayra state
that anarchy reigns throughout the repub'
lie OF Venezuela. Both the government
and the insurgent troops are engaged In
lcoting the places Of foreigners.
The American residents of Puerto Ca
belo, Barcelona aud Cumaua were NAL
treated and forced to give up all of their
possessions.
John Scott. n Pennsylvania, employed
hy an asphalt company, was shot AZ Bar
oelonn because he refused TO permit mob
Of toldlers TO plllage his race.
rhe Americans ut La Gunyra, Caracas,
barcelona Puerto Caballo and CumunA
hGve maze "a urgent appeal TO United
States Minister Bowen to ask the Unltcd
States to send a strong naval force to vene-
zuelG Immediately. The naval strength nov
In Venezuelan waters Is not sufficient 10
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-08-15
AN ANSWER FROM BRYAN
SAYS THAT HE WILL NOT BE A CAN
DlDATE FOR PRESIDENT.
His Work as Private Citizen Is Salts
factory to Him, and He viii
Continue in 1t.
tsneclnl TO The Post. J

Lincoln, Neb., August 14.-fn answer "a
a direct question whether he will be d
candidate for president in the next cam,
paign, w. j. Bryan has sent the following
letter to the editor OF the New Orleans
Times-Democrat:
Because of the friendly interest which
the Tlmes-Democrst Las taken in my can.
didacy In two campaigns l gladly answer
your inquiry. I shall not be n candidate
for the presidency In the next campaign
and, l may add, have 10 choice beyond
the desire TO see someone nominated
who was loyal, not only to the ticket, but
to the platform In 1896 and 1900 and VINO,
If elected, could be trusted 10 stand by
the people in their struggle against organ.
tied wealth.
While no one can look very far ahead
or foresee the contingencies that may
arise, have no plans looking 10 a re-
newal of political activity at any future
time. | am deeply interested in the re.
forms for which l have been conteuding
and shall continue to advocate them.
am content TO do my work as a private
citizen. and am sure that / nnd more
pleasure in my present position than
would In the distribution of patronage.
II I ever again become a candidate for
the presidency II viii be because / am con.
WINGED that / can in that way give more
effective aid TO the cause in which 1 am
enlisted for life and am not anxious 70
be convinced. I can not say more without
predicting events. Yours truly.
Nv. j. Bryan"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-08-15
RIOT AT A WASHEPY
Starting Up Of Works Pfeclpltated the
Trouble.
RIOTERS THROW STONES
Work Was Suspended 10 Order 10
Have No Trouble.
SHOTS FIRED BY THE DEPUTIES
Several Men Who Climbed Over the Bar.
ricades We're Hit.
THE SHOOTERS WERE PLACED IN JAIL
Miners Say the Shooting Was Urosllcd
for and All Blame 10 Laid on the
Deputies.

wilkesberre, Pa, August ia riot oc-
CURED at the warnke washery at Duryea
this afternoon. Trouble has been brewing
since early morning. Before O'Clock 500
men and boys collected about tne piacs anu
threatened to Interfere with those VINO
wanted to so to work. Sheriff Jacobs had
a number OF Deputies on the ground aud
they held the crowd back. The works were
started up, but remained In operation osliy
short tame. The crowd on tho outside
threw stores over the stockade &C rhe dspu-
ties who were on guard insfde- Several
times the deputy were tempted % are.
Rather than have any trouble, wocis WAS
suspended for the time being.
The deputy sherifrs returned TO Ws1kec-
barre early this evening reporting ail quiet
AZ the washery. They had hardly Enached
here however, until tho deputies on guard
were attacked, Several men In the mob
also attempted to climb 0ver the barTtcade.
Tho deputies warned them to go back and
when they did not voiloy was fired. but
the most Of the bullets went high into the
afr Harry Collins was shot through the
ilENt ltE AuuAtW
received flesh wound and another for
clencr had narrow escape, Il bullet pass
ing through his coat A negro employed
AZ the washery. thinking his life WIS In
danger escaped from the barricnde and
ran down the street. He wos pursued by
an angry mob who cried Hang him. hang
him"
Tho man was finally run down. but bccors
amy harm could bofall him. q number Of
coustahleS rescued him
Deputy shcrlffs from f4ussrne and Laclzn-
wanna counties went to the scene OF the
rotlng but when they arrived all was
quiet the mob having dispersed. An eye
witness says the attack the shooting and
the retreat aid not last more than i've min
tjtes,
Warrants were sworn out before the
burgess charging the deputies with rioting
ana felonious wounding. The oonstabies
went TO the washery and placed twenty-five
men under arrest They wero arraigned
before Burgess Burlington tonight and held
In 5000 bail each, They could not furnish
ball and were brought to the county Jail
here
Tie United states miners say he shoot.
ing was uncAlled for and the deputies alone
Nro 10 blame. Chief Deputy Rhodda de.
MED report which gained currency that
Governor stone had been asked for troops.
He says all Is quiet at Dnryea now and no
does not expect further trouble.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-08-15
AFFAIRS CRITICAL
Minister Bowen, at Caracas, Reports
on Venezuelan Conditions.
SACKING OF BARCELONA.
Foreign Business Houses Suffered
from ReyoIutionist Attacks.
PORTO CABELL0 NOW IN DANGER,
Commander Nichols Of the Topeka Will
Land Protecting Force.
THREE AMERICAN STEAMERS SEIZED.
The Vessels Fly the Venezuelan Flag
and Are Consequently Subject to
Government Requisiton.
THREE AMERICAN STEAMERS SEIZED

Washington. August i4--Under date OF
Wednesday, August Is, Minister Bowen at
Caracas reports TO the state department
that the situation there is very critical .
AT the time Of Hling his dispatch he had
heard nothing from the Cincinnati or the
Marietta. he says the sacking Of Bar
eelona continues and that much valuable
property is being destroyed.
At the navy department eablegram has
been received from Commander Mclean re.
porting the arrival OF the Cincinnati at
Barcelona. The Marietta is at Port OF
Spain. Trinidad, and Is subject to the or.
ders OF Commander Mclean
Commander McLean's dispatch to the de.
partment was In part as follows:
Barcelona occupied by reyolutionists.
They have imprisoned all civil officials ana
military officers are In possession Of en-
tire district Some pillaging done, but
everything now quiet. Twenty.nin bust.
ness houses sacked. mostly foreign; also NJ.
teen private dwellings,"
The navy department also received today
a cablegram from Commander McCrea OF
the Machias. dated Cape Haytien wcdnes-
day, announcing that the blockade estnp-
hshed by Admiral Killick was admitted
TO be Intellectual and had been abandoned.
CONFLICTING DISPATCHES.
The fact that the navy department re-
ceived the above dispatch direct from Com.
mander Mclean at Barcelona shows that
Minister Bowen's dispatch Of yesterday
from Caracas saying that the Barcelona
cable had been oNt<was incorrect. The pre-.
sumption at the navy department is that
the revolutionists &no are In control at
Barcelona refused "a allow messages to 90
through to Caracas, where Castro has his
headquarters, and that this accounted for
the report from the Venezuela capital that
the Barcelona cable hal been severed. The
navy department offici.ls can not concei ve
that Commander Mclean would have failed
TO report so important fact II the cable
had been tempered with. They are inclined
to think, after studying Commander Me
Leans report, that the revolutionists IN
sacking the town seized what they could
lay their hands on, but were careful not 70
disturb the American interests or others
W, whose es.,s governments misAl make trouble
Just before the department closed dis
patch was received from Commander Mich
OILS OF the Topeka and Porto Cabello stating
that the revolutionlsts were IN control and
that there was no danger u an attempt
to retake the town by ths government
forces Commander Nichols acknowledged
the receipt Of Instructions directing him To
land force in case of necessity, but stated
arisen.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-08-15
REVISION WAS MADE
In the Deno cratie Campaign Book and
Advantage Taken Of Republican Errors.
fSnac'ni RI This Post

ACpec4ul 10 Inc Ipsl.j
Washington. August 1.-THE democratic
congressional committee will give to the
public within few days democratic
textbook. intended especially for the guild
ancs of political chairmen and those who
wan take the hastings In the coming cam
paign. The book has been in the hands
OF the printer for some time, and It would
have been out several days ago II It had
NOT been for the appearance OF the repuh-
lican textbook when that literary pro.
ductlon was Issued the democratic leaders,
in studying It, discovered that there were
several subjects upon which 1t was silent.
acre was no reference, for instance, 70
Cuban reciprocity; not word on tarir
revision. There were. moreover, chapter
or two devoted TO a minimizing Of the evils
caused by the great American trusts.
These things caused the democratic lead
crs 10 revise their volume nnd 10 add 10
q few chapters dealing more e,pec'nlly
with tho sins " omission u the repuh-
lear party.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-08-15
Eeehan WIN Prohnted.

Chicago. august 1.-THE will OF the late
Archbishop Feehan was filed for probate
today. The total value Of the estate Is
$4,000, aud Of this amount the bulk goes
to the two sisters OF the testator, Kate ana
ANN Feehan; $4,000 Is left TO the Sisters
Of Mercy of Chicago for the use Of st. Pat.
rich's academy, $1,000 to 81. Mury's train
Ing school TO- boys ara $4,000 10 Bridget
Kayanaugh, who acted MS hoasekcoper for
the archbishop for many years.