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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-11
GENERAL SMITHS STRONG ORDER.

General Smith denies the statement
of Major Waller as to his having issued
an order so bloodtnirsty as the accused
afflrms. Pronunamentos have been
issued more than once since the war in
the Philippines was threatened or be-
gur. 1t has been known and
ed upon that General Smiths policy in
the distant island was severe. even
drastic. This policy left much to the
Judgment and character OF men en-
powered to execute. The Chicago Rec
ord Herald says:
Their worst offense lay IN q CLASH
fication of friends and enemies, which
left q great latitude for wholly unneces-
sary prosecutions. Thus an order dated
Tacloban, Leyte, Nov. 1, 1891, says
1.-The commanding general desires
to to all lnlluentlal natives of
the district. and especially TO those in
the island of Sa1nar, that up TO and in
Guiding the 10th day of November. 1901.
those who desire to establish the fact
that they are friendly to the American
government can do SO in one OF the fol-
lowing ways:
al. BY giving information as to the
location of any guns used for purposes
Of insurrection.
"2. By giving information as to
the whereabouts of persons III insurrec-
ton.
"S. BY inducing persons in insured
ton to present themselves, with their
rifles or other arms. TO the nearest
American official.
They cannot establish the fact OF
their friendship by protestations of any
kind.
""Those who fail to avail themselves
Of the opportunity presented will be re-
garded as distinctly unfriendly to the
American government and will be
treated accordingly"
With such & broad. far reaching
order from the commanding general
was there not given wide latitude TO
subordinates? If it was meant to be
literally, strictly executed it is easy to
see that no little excess and trouble
might grow out of 1t. The Chicago pa
per takes the same view when it says
that IF that order were taken literal
ly every Filipino who did not at once
reveal the hiding place OF guns or per-
sons or bring in submissive insurgents
would be prescribed and largely at the
mercy OF subordinate soldiers. There
can be no doubt that the terms OF the
order were too broad and that thew
were calculated to promote abuses
Major Waller transgressed the law, it
may be. but it was temptation offered
by Smith
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-11

Close Of the Gaze for Sending an In
decent Letter to the President

Richmond, Va, April S.-The case Of
of this city, charged with sending an
indecent letter to the president of the
United States. vas called today in the
United States district court here.
District Attorney Allan said to the
court that the president and his advis-
ers desired hat the matter should not
be pushed further. and in connection
with the case read the following letter:
Richmond, Va, April s.
Hon. Edgar Allan. United States Dis
trict Attorney, Virginia:
Dear Sir: 1 regret very much any
part that l took in the letter that was
sent to the president, and hope hat the
authorities will be as lenient as posi-
BILE with me.
yours respectfully,
JOHN w. STARKE."
The judge informed the grand jury
that it was a fact that the authorities
obviously desired an ending of the
matter. and that the court believed this
was the best thing to do. He. however,
informed the grand jury that it still
had the right n power to further in
v~estigate the matter. if it desired tC
do so; ~whereupon the grand jury re-
tired TO it's ROOM. and after remaining
a short time returned to the court room
and through the foreman said that It
had no further business before it. This
was practically a report to the effect
that the jury did not desire to make
any further investigation of the Starke
matter.
ohm W. Starke was then called 70
the bar of the court, and, after a few
kindly words of admonition by Judge
Waddill to the effect that he should
be more careful in the future, he was
rorroo1lu Iicoha rood
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-11
A HUGE COMBINATION
OF the Great Hardware Jobbfsg
of the Country.

New York, April s.-Authoritative an
nouncement of 4 combination Of the
great hardware jobbing interests OF the
country In a combination capitalized At
sl20. 900, 600 will be made by The Irso
Age in its current Issue tomorrow. The
consolidation embraces the Simmons
Hardware Company, OF st. Louis.
Bindley Hardware Company. OF Pitts
burg: William Bingham Company. Of
Cleveland: Supply Hardware Company.
of Philadelphia: Pacific Hardware and
Steel Company. OF a Francisco: Mar
shaIl-WeiIs Hardware Company. OF
Duluth. Biglow and Doves Company.
OF Boston; VanCamp Hardware and
Iron Company. OF Indianapolis: George
Tritch Hardware Company. Of Denver.
Janney. Sempie. Hill G Co-.of Mime
apolis, n forty other houses repre-
senting nearly severy important trad
center OF the country. Negotiations IN
still pending with other houses and IL
Is expected there viii be further acceo~
SONS 10 the number already named IN
the combination
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-11
READY FOR THE INvEsTIGAr1o.
OF the Alleged British Army Pest ~
ChaImette, Lr.

New Orleans. April 9.-Colonel q. ~.
Crowder. OF the war department. who
arrived here yesterday to investigate
the alleged British army post at Chal-
mette. opened an office in the custom
house and said he was ready to begtn
his inquiry. He expressed a wish that
those interested on opposite sides OF the
controversy would furnish him uith n
list of their witnesses so that he mighf
examine them. He said he expected to
go over much the same evidence n had
been presented to Governor Heard. but
would also possibly visit Chalmette and
make a full inspection OF the system
and extent OF the operations there
The investigation. he thought, usuld
last a week or ten days.
Colonel Crowder received instruss ems
today from Washington covering tine
Investigation.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-11
MAINE STATESMAN ON sAMBo.

Representative G. Z Littefleld is
from Maine, is one OF the New Eng
land politicians who perceives and
thinks. He has been studying the ne
gro question in connection with the
elective franchise. He sees the harm
lone by giving the ballot to ignorant
negroes, and says it was a fundament-
al mistake" H thinks it takes a long
time to really ~civilize any people. His
Instances. 1t took France a thousand
years to arrive at a truly respectable
civilization and England was quite as
long. And yet people in the north ex-
pect the African to surpass and eclipse
ever he Aryan or the Latin race and
become civilized in a few decades. Some
paper said, we do not remember which,
writing of the Maine representative:
He said the end of the Civil War
found 1900, 600 freed blacks in the posi-
ton of a peril to the country. The col
o~nization of the white race was accom-
plished after years of struggle and as
ISOLATION with the creates races of
mankind. Drawing a vivid picture of
the sequence Of the anomalous cundi-
ton, Mr.. Littlefield asked: BY what
right does an act of congress seek to
place an inferior race On an equal foot
ing with men who have lived through
1000 years of Christianity?' The peo-
pie OF the south, who possessed. the
highest form of civilization, were ask
ed to recognize the black as an equal,
and the natural outcome was resent
ment and the adoption Of measures to
keep the negro in that sphere for which
he was created"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-11
HOME FOLKS.

All, indeed. 90 the republicans IN
North Carolina are to MAKE a great
campaign. They will indeed have to
fight hard to put the grand old state
back under their whitening corrupt con-
troll. They will Of course have plenty
of money from the rich republicans in
the north. They will bamboozle az
usual so far as they can by promise
and Doodle. They will work on the ne
groes and draw them into line if pos
sible. The whites will have work and
duty appealing to them. and the better
ment and protection Of the state
:: :. :.
The Messenger has had but little to
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-11
CLEANING AND COMMENT.

Latterly and occasionally we have
lseen enthusiastic statements relative to
1.-The A~mericanizing Of Great Britain. 1t
lis of course absurd, for john Bull is a
much more dogmatic, s~eif-contained.
lserenely satisfied mortal than Uncle
samuel, even when in re~gimentals.
In the New York Forum" MIR. H. w.
lHorwill has a paper on the subject
above indicated. and he denies it all
with John Bull vigor and holiness. He
thinks there is nothing whatever in it.
MIR. Bull will use this country for his
own ends so far as allowed. but he is
1.-THE most stubborn, self-reliant, deter
mined being on terra TRINA at the be-
Iginning Of this new century of exploita-
ltion, discovery and invention. Mr.. Hor-
will places a truly patriotic French
imam in London visiting the main bust
ness thoroughfares:
He would be delighted by the sight
of a number Of establishments Of
French shoemakers, French modiSteS,
French coiffeurs, and sellers of French
I%bijouterie and bric-a-brac, while French
restaurants would be more numerous
still. Even within the English restau-
rants he would find the menus-and GER
ltainly menu is not a characteristics
ially American word-croWded with
names of French dishes. The attrac-
tive legend, lei on parle Francais.'
would meet his eye much more fire.
iQuently than American patronage So
In spite OF the barriers Of
lfrigid Indifference this foreign influ-
Ience has openly asserted itself in Lon
don shopping circles for generations;
drawing from it any differences re-
llish."
In the London Saturday Review there
lis q clever poem of its sort headed "A
Modern Poet" He writes fuently and
Iimitatively Of Tennyson. Swinburne.
Wordsworth and hen Of Kipling. 1t
closes with a hit at the poetic craze
over the South African ~butcheries of a
weak folk:
Then to him Patriotism am
When British blood was freely split
HE lauded Thomas Atkins name.
And worked UP q tremendous Tilt.
$50 initiative was his touch
wrote like Kipling-very much.
He'd gone too ar-I told him that
AS plainly as a man could tell
And so l slew him where he sat
And Kissed above him as he fell.
NO more shall poor old Pegasus
BE harnessed to a Pirate Bus""
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-11
THE LOCKOUT EFFECTIVE.
Ten Thousand Idle Mill Men I'm the
augusta Section.

Augusta, Ga. April 9.-The ockout
of all min opeI atives in the Augusta
district, which was threatened by tie
Manufacturers Association in retalia-
ton for the strike Monday Of the en- :
ployees of the King mills. went into
effect this forenoon Every mill in
Augusta and il the House Creek lis
trict is closed. They include the
plants at AK m, Vauclause. Granil--
vile, Warrenville. Bath. Langley and
Clearwater. which employ in b ag-
gregate 10000 men,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-11
A LIVELY DEBATE
IN THE HOUSE ON THE CUBAN
TARIFF BILL.
THE REPUBLICANS DIVIDED

Representatives From the Beet
Sugar states Strongly Oppose the
Reciprocity ON SuGar-They ChaI-
IenEe the Democrats to Vote With
Them to Take the D~iHerential OF
all Rehncd SuEar-The Senate
nese ExcIusion Bill.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-11
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION,
POSTAGE PREPAID.

THE DAILY MESSENGER by mail
one year 800; six months $3.50; three
me- h s1.75; n month 60 cents
Served in the city at 60 cents a month.
enc week Is cents. 81. 70 for three months
or 800 a year.
THE SEMI-WEEKLY MESSENGER
(tEo SPACE papers), by mail one year
81 90: six months so cents. in advance.
FRIDAY. APRIL IL, 1907.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-11
Peculiar
To Itself

In what it is and what it does-con-
tanning the best blood-purfying.
Alternative and tonic substances and
effecting the most radical and per-
manent cures OF al humors and all
eruptions, relieving weak, tired,
languid feelings, and building up
the whole system-is true only of
Hoods SGrsCpCriuo
Nc other medicine acts like it;
no other medicine has done SO
much real, substantial good, no
other medicine has restored health
and strength at SO little cost.
Il was troubled with s~crofula and came
near losing my eyesight- For fOrr months ]
could not see to do anything. After taking
two bottles Of Hoods S~arsapor;ila I could see
10 walk. and when / had taken eight bottles ]
could see rs well as ever" SUSIE a. HAIRS
ron. Withers. n. C.
Hoci's Sarsapsrsi'a promises to
cure and keeps the premise.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-01-13

Two events ovcrshadowcd all others In
the first year of the new century one
was tho assassination OF william Mckin-
ley. president Of the United States and
the other the death OF queen Victoria.
bringing to a close the longest and In
many respects thc most remarkable
reign In British history Each OF the two
great Engllsh-spcaking nations Of the
world was thus called upon to mourn
Tor its highest representative Of author
Icy and 20 face what at one umc might
have been serious crisis I'm It's Affairs
but In neither case vas there even the
semblancc of political or industrial dis
turbaEco or OF governmental instability.
Theodore Roosov Il became president ana
Edward VII king precisely IN the manner
prescribed by law and the close OF 1901
finds each country as tranquil and secure
as # was twelve months ago.
In the United States the affairs OF
greatest Importance before the public.
aside from the murder Of the president,
were the new Uay-pauucefote canal
treaty the Sch'ey inquiry the Supreme
court decisions ga the iusular cases. the
formation OF the United States Steel cor
roratiou and other gigantic combinations
Of capital, the panic in The Now York
stock market AND Che priuce.y gifts ia
educational Institutions boy Au3r.w Car
n,eic. John d. Rockefeller -. Il. Pear
sons and others.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-01-13

Mantle explosion At Binrhamton. N. Y:
7 by a cyclone In Oklahoaia; 16 by q mine
accident at Jacobs CreeN. Pa; IL by nre
at st. Petersburg; is by explosion Ia cart
ridge factory. Paris by a cyclone at
Napor. Neb.; "a by explosion at Pater-
son. N. j.. and 10 by Hood In Elkhorn
Valley. W. Va.
In July II were killed by lightning
stroke I'm Chicago; 1000 by a flood at
Kiang SO, China, 800 by earthquake at
Lung King. China; by drowning acci-
dent In Baden; by a storm at Haiti:
Q by collapse OF bridge at Springfield.
Pa, 6 10y drowning at Savannah. Ca;
400 by volcanic eruption I'm Java, i6 by
oil explosion at Stockholm. % by food I'm
the Danube River: 40 by oil explosion at
Batoum and Z by fire at Louisville, Ky
Ina August Il pcrish,d by collapse OF a
wharf at Tampico. Mexico. by a gaso-
line explosion I'm Philadelphia: 5000 by
flood I'm china; 100 by IRE at Wtebsk.
Russia; 10 by hrc at Cleveland. o.; 6 by
floods In Louisiana; Z by explosion at
steel works. Youngstown, o.. by fire
In Philadelphia. Pa. 6 hv dynamite
explosion In Hcrkimcr, n. Y; by hur-
| ricano at Nillartgo-Jilota. Spain, and G
by FIRE In Brooklyn. n. Y
Ia September 10 were killed by mine
explosion at Cucrphuly. Wales: by a
boiler explosion at Oakland. n. j.; IL by
| drowning or coast OF Brittany; by
| mine accident at Newcastle Colo q by
| drowning In the kulpa River. Croatia: !:
N by powder explosion az Ripault
| France; 80 by q railroad accident near
| Bucharest; by fire at Naples S by gas
| explosion at Newark. n J.: 10 by n
| cloudburst In Preside County, Tex 30
| by n powder explosion in Cozena. Italy.
and Is by n mine accident at Nanaimo
] H. G.
| In October "a were lost IN n gale on
| the Japan coast: 20 by a typhoon at
| Manila. 80 by n tidal wave In the Sea
| OF Marmora. and n by flood In Sicily.
| In November 10 pcrishcd by a storm
| at Lake Baiknl. Siberia; . by nrc at
| Hurley Wis; by an explosion At
| Athens Greece; by mine accident at
| Pocahontas, W. Va. % by earthquake at
| Erzcromi: % by mine accident at Tel
| Blucnclds w Va; by mine accident
| az Wilkcshnrre. Pa 30 by boiler cxplo-
! sion nj Detroit. Mich; 16 by railroad
! disaster at Seneca. Mich, and 10 by
| drowning IN the Hawaiian Islands.
! In December 20 were killed by rail-
| road accident at Eabron Russia: 20 lost
| their lives by drowning In Japan: 40 by
! drowning at Goa. India; II by gas explo-
! sion at pttsburg. Pa; by boiler explo-
| sion at pittshurr Pa; 3S by railroad nc-
| cidcnt az Altonbrechon, Germany; by
| railroad accident az Mclegnano Italy: IS
| by fire at Zacatccas. Mexico: 81 by rail-
! road accident Mt Liverpool England;
| by mine accident IIartshorn I T.,
| 6: by wntcrspout at Samcc. Morocco. 200.
The loss OF life by railroad accidents
! reported by mail and telegraph for 1901
was 1900 as compared with ilG9 I'm 1900
/ ana 1905 In 1890 The number of serious
| ly injured was 2.2Gi ne compared with
| $50 In 1900 and 1886 IN 1870.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-01-13
THE FINANCIAL REVIEW.


A review Of the financial history OF
the past year should mako every Amcrl-
cams heart thrill with pride For if IN
1900 the United States fought its vav TO
position as the financial leader OF the
world the laat year saw thls country 80
fortify Itself I'm the first place that It's
prc-cmincuce I'm the financial matters OF
the world is assured for an indefinite per-
iod TO come.
Not only was tho money center OF the
world made permanent In wall street
during the year. but the Invasion OF the
markets of the world by this country
that had been gathering I'm strength for
ten years was likewise pushed during 1901
with such success that this country may
now fairly lay claim 10 the Industrial
supremacy OF the globe.
Tho extent OF our invasion OF foreign
markets during 1901 may be judged from
the figures contained iu the annual rcport
Of the Secretary OF the Treasury The
foreign commerce I'm merchandise for the
nsc9l year 1901 showed decrease OF
$50 1880 I'm imports and an Increase OF
N2 2al,909 iu exports when compared with
the preceding year. Comparing the fig
urcs of 1901 with those Of 1891. there is n
decrease ~ s2l,7ii.03i I'm imports ana an
increase Of SGo22Si.1I I'm exports. The I'M
ports OF the year 1901 were SS23 l72 los ana
the exports N.is77Gi99l. making the ex-
cess Cf exports over imports 1904 500 S2G
Both the total exports ard tine excess
OF exports over imports were greater In
1901 than in any preceding year in the
history Of our commerce.
To say that the country has prosporod
during 1901 is a weak statement OF the
facts. The noodtide OF prosperity has
rolled ahead for the past twelverronth
with ever-increaslng strength, and with
no indications that the ebb Is to come.
The governments finances have pronted
much during the past year. Revenues
Of tht government from all sources for
the last fiscal year were s699, ,3l6. .6s092, and
the expenditures for the same period were
f62l 9S,5i6d showing "a surplus OF ST.
7i7.9s42s Compared with the fiscal year
1900, the receipts for 1901 increased 500 =
72i ,099H There was an increase Of S22.
253.5GlA In expenditures.
The private moneyed interests as
| gauged by the condition of the New York
associated banks, have an equally happy
story to tell During tn year the New
York banks gained IN sposits $50. ESQ, COO
and I'm loans SCI $4,000.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-01-13
LARGE SUMS GIVEN AWAY.
Liberal Donations Made to Charitable
and Educational Institutions.

The year 1899 was n record breaker in
donations and bequests made education
al institutions, Libraries and art museums
charities, churches and religious enter
priscs. and TO towns and cities for the
public benefit and entertainment, the
total reaching the colossal sum OF s79.-
7i9. $50. while the year 1900 was close Sec
ond. tho total being s62. i6i ,3oL Both these
years must now give way % 1901. which
is the record breaker OF the CENTURIES
The total Of its gifts reaches sl23. sSS. 132
an amount which may properly be called
colossal" The world has never before
known such Teneroslty as this I'm "a sim
gle year. The century has opened well
for education, art culture. religion and
humanity.
or the total amount stated above there
has been given 10 educational institu-
tions the prHccly sum OF sos. SJO.9u to
charities, S22,ZlIi'0, TO churches. $685.
$50; 10 museums and art galleries. gil,-
lS8.ll2; and 10 Libraries. sl5,sss.732
Andrew Carnegie, John H. Rockefeller
]. l.. Morgan, Jane l.. Stanford and
others contributed sums running up into
the millions. The greatest single contri-
button was that OF Mrs. stanford who
gave the Stanford university property to
the value OF i3O.OOO,0OO Mr.. Carnegie
founded scores uf libraries throughout the
United States gave $l0.OO0OOO 10 the
Scotch universities and offered the same
sum 10 the United States for the cause
OF higher education. In the west DR.
ID. *. Pearsons of Chicago continued
his liberal giving TO the smaller colleges.
The total contributions made for H.
braries during the year outside OF those
made by Mr. Carnegie amount 10 t2.374.-
200 Including his the total is the extra
ordinary sum of Sl523I. 700.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-01-13
schley-snmrson contrnrer.Y.

Tho Schloy Sampson controversy as 60
which commander was entitled TO the
credit for the destruction Of Ccrvcra' s
fleet az Santiago reached Its elimination
In July when the third volume Of gdg. r
s Maclays History OF the United States
Navy was publis he'd. In this book the
conduct OF Winfield s. Schlcy as com
mandcr of tao flying squadron was CEN
surcd in the scycrost terms. The author
declared that t.ie admiral was guilty OF
discbcdicucc of orders I'm failing to pro-
coed To- Santiago when ordered 20 do 30
ana that the Brooklyn's famous loon
was the result OF his cowardice.
As the historian was connected with
the navy department as an cmploye Ad-
mirol Schley could not overlook the
charges and on the 22d Of July wrote a
letter 20 Secretary Long asking for an In
NostiEation. Ills request was compiled
with and a court OF three. With Admiral
Dewey president. listened 60 tho tcsu
mony and the arguments OF counsel from
sept 20 until nov. Z, when the court took
the case under adViscmont
Dec. l3 ,nc verdict was announced II
was IN two parts the first signed by All
the members Of the court and the second
by Admiral Dewey alone Roat-Admirals
B'niam and Ramsay, compiling a ma.
toriiy OF the court. condemned Admiral
Schloy iu general terms but Admiral
Dewey In minority report declared
Schlcy was entitled TO the credit for tn,
victory OF Santiago.
Secretary Long approved the majority
finding and declared that the opinion
added by Admiral Dewey was not proper
President Roosevelt ordered tho immc,
dioto discharge from the employ Of th,
navy department OF Maclay and the or.
der was carried into effect