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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-28

that the law. which lodged the final
canvass Of the election returns in the
general assembly in Kentucky. had ex-
listed eve since Kentucky had been a
state. and that IL William Goebel had
never lived the law. which was invoked
and which had settled the contest OF
1888. would have been The same"
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The house has been guilty of many
scandalous proceedings. The other day
II passed 22s private pension bills. This
ig the way rescalities can be perpe-
trated. abuses be encouraged n the
people robbed. To VOC away s46. 600. O0n
in a year for pensions. thirty-nve wears
after peace was a iece Of r~ascality.
Today this country is paying more
money for pensions thousands OF re-
cioients unworthy tnan Russia with
its vast population and great area of
country. Jays for its huge standing
army. 1t pays out more than France or
Austria or Germany pays. The At
lanta Journal p~ertinently says:
"A member OF the committee on en-
stons is authority for the statement
that the average increase in these bills
Is 200 per cent. over and ABOVE what
the pension bureau allows.
I'm other words, the house at one sit
ting voted away a great sum Of public
money to applicants for increase OF
pensions who had no just claims for
the favorS they sought"
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FERNS UE SUBSCRIPTION.
WILMINGTON N. c.
a VIGOROUS AND TIMELY ARTICLE

The Messenger has discussed briefly
several times the Crumpacker bill ct
denominations now pending in tbs
house. 1t is glad to be able to present
a strong view in opposition by one az
the best equipped democrats in all
North Carolina. Hon.. BENJAMIN Frank
lin Grady, of Sampson county. OF
course all who desire TO sec the sub
ject handled with clearness and vign'
will not fail to re1I what he says So
effectively. The effort to humiliate
and afllict the southern whites in 1902
Is most despic9 BILE and base. NOTHING
car. oe more certain to revive section
Al a~ntagonism- and injure the cause Of
negro education in North Carolina. Let
the north adopt this unwise and out
sof-l.me political measure and it will
UOu slumberiug passion n inJure
the national interests of the south.
ard that will react on the north. The
Independent Record-Herald of Chica-
&c. has this. and it is -prophetically
true:
The theme No north. no south is
HOJ III IlIC SO DOpuAdL ' -
marks the Chicago Record-Herald
IHd.). tina it is simply fatuous TO en-
sdeavor to revive the old hostilities.
MIR. Crumpacker's plan for an inves-
tigation of southern elections would
produce a solid south without securing
the backing of the north"
: The present outlook in the
IS not favorable to the triumph OF
aCrumpacker and his nausous. obnox-
Inus penalties and Affections. Two re-
publican caucuses declined to give
their endorsement to such a drastic
measure conceived in such sin. The
third caucus gave it at least a uuas
Endorsement. 1t was satisfied simply
10 have an inquiry as to the negro vote
and how much dlsfranchised. But it is
the belief now hat the bill will fail
altogether. Let it die the death. The
Washington corr %espondent Of the al
ways moderate Philadelphia Ledger
recently said this:
1T is said that the republican lead
~ars have no serious intention of al
lowing the Crumpacker resolution to
he adopted, or ever come up for con-
liberation. They are as much averse
10 a sectional issue at this time as the
democrats, and would go to considera-
BILE lengths to avoid precipitating such
L misfortune upon themselves just in
advance of a national campain ." The
resolution is now in the control Of the
committee on rules, where in all prob
d. ability it will remain for the present"
Force bills have never aided the re-
publican party In the south and con-
duced to the success Of that party in
the union. They proved to be boomer
angs and kicked the throwers over.
Negro suffrage is the very deadest Of
failures where ever it has been tried.
To give it complete resurrection is be-
You'd the power of fellows Of the baser
sort like Moody and CrumpaCker.
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thanks for his very great labor and
conscientious care. ms without asking
or receiving n pecuniary reward. de-
serves to be followed renerally in the
state. That gallant Confederate. Major
Edward j. Hale, OF the Fayetteville OBJ
server, indorses the action OF Cape
Fear Camp. and says that 1T Is an ex-
ample for everv camp OF veterans in the
state. The service which Judge Clark
has rendered the Confederate Veterans
OF North Carolina and the state itself
is simply incalculable: IL can never be
repaid: and the least we can do is TO
follow the thoughtful lead CT Colonel
Waddell.
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CHINESE EXCLUSION BILL.
Favorable Report Thereon Oraerea
by the House Committee

Washington. March 25.-The house
committee on foreign affairs today
completed consideration OF the Chinese
exclusion bill and by a practically
unanimous vote ordered 1t favorably
reported to the house. The exclusion
OF Chinese laborers is made complete.
both as to the main land territory OF
the United States and all insular pos
sessions, including the Philippines ans
Hawaii.
San Juan, Porto Rico. was struck
out from the list of. ports where
Chineses may enter. as IL was feared
there YOU he a Chinese influx at that
point, owing 20 the lack Of sufficient
official force to make careful inspec-
ton.
r The prohibition against Chinese sail
ors on American ships was struck out.
thu permitting uch Chinese sailors
to be employed
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1T MAY FAIL.

Representative GroSvenor talks as if
he expected the subsidy steal to pass
the house. 1t may. but there is doubt
of this. Possibly it la d~ie-a-borning
and may never be reported to the house.
1t is said that in the house there are
not less than thirty republicans who
oppose the bill. There are three or
four unreliable democratic pretenders
who will support the Infamous scheme
to rob the people. Such democrats are
not worthy of remembrance. They de-
serve the contempt of all honest men
everywhere in all parties. Speaker
Henderson is thought to be against the
bill. The government OF the congress
by committees is we'll established. II
the committee in charge Of the bill op-
pose 1t, it will never see daylight in the
house. The hope grows that the Frye
Ham outrage will come to grief. 1t
would be a disgrace to the name OF re-
publican-democratic government if
such a dishonest. rescally measure of
oppression could become u law. There
has been already too much evil legisla-
Sion for the good of the country. With
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Personal GOSSIP.

Carnegie is a canny Scotsman and
like Caesar he declined a crown. 1t
was to be King of Awracania in Pata-
gonia. Thrice did he set it aside. Wise
Andrew.
Dental seniors in the University of
Pennsylvania at Philadelphia. poured
water on the juniors. Result-a fierce
fight with black eyes and bruises and
bloody noses. 1t is a pity the juniors
could not lick the perpetrators of the
wrong and insult.
Mr.. Douley is off for Europe. He will
amuse and cauterize.
General Wood is in Washington from
Cuba. He says that we are ready 10
turn Cuba over to it's own people. but
he says it will be "a crisis" they will
get.
The action of Senators Proctor and
Dillingham;, of Vermont, republicans, In
voting against the vile ship subsidy is
Endorsed generally in their state.
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BOOK TABLE.

Autobiography OF Colonel Richard
Malcolm Johnston" such Is the title
Of a volume Of 100 pag,s issued by The
Male Company Of W~ashingtn city. 1t
has a picture OF the aLthor taken from
an oil painting. He was a Georgian.
a gentleman of high character and
clever talents. After the war he wrote
many charming tales Of a homespun
flavor that were particularly interest
ing. We remember that a lew years
succeeding h close Of the war he pub
lished an interesting md most pleasant
series in the Southern Magazine then
published in Baltimore. He had much
Of Goldsmith's simplicity Of style, and
a fine stock OF humor. His "Autobiog-
raDhy" has been praised by northern
and southern newspapers. 1t tells much
about h war. The pTIce is SIPS. 1t is
handsomely printed and bound.
Blood Will Tell. The Strange Story
OF a Son of Ham," by BENZ. Rush Dav-
export, author Of Blue and Gray"
Uncle Sans Cabin" anglo Saxons,
etc" illustrated. Published by Caxton
Book Co, Cleveland Ohio, 1902. The au-
thor dedicates his volume of $40 pages
ITO all Americans who deem purity of
race an all-important element in the
progress of our country II is one Of
several stories growing out of the ne
gro question and the actual conditions
existing. Those interested in current
literature of this kind may find salts
faction and pleasure in Blood Will
Tell"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-28
HUSBAND OF THIRTEEN WIVES.
Christian c. Nelson, n MuIti-Bixa-
mist, Arrested - One Wife In
Sumter, 8. c.

St. Joseph. Mo-. March 25.-Christian
c. Nelson. railroad contractor n
horseman. alleged to have thirteen
wives. is in Jail here. on the charge or
bigamy. having Just been brought in
from San Antonio. Texas. where he
was arrested n few days ago.
Nelson will be tried in St. JOSEPH be-
cause one OF the won Pa most active In
his prosecution was married to him In
this city last September. This bride
was Mrs. Mary A. Parker. OF PIatts-
burg. Mo.
Nelson admits having three wives,
but says the other ten are myths.
He is said to be wanted for bigamy
in Chicago, San Francisco. Des-Moines.
New York. st. Paul. Sumter, s. G., and
Conway, Ark. His preliminary trial
will be held here before the same jus
tice OF the peace who solemnized his
marriage with Mrs. Parker in Septen-
Der.
Des Moines, Ia. March 25.-Miss Do
rothy Harvey. residing in Lake Park.
this city. claims to be one OF the al
legged thirteen wives OF Christian c.
Nelson, who is row under arrest at ST
Joseph on a charge OF Digamy. Nelson
wooed and won her just a year ago.
She was a widow As years old. She says
Nelson represented to her that he was
a wealthy horseman . and desired 10
take her to his big stool farm In the
east. To accor r~ late him she sold
her home, wor 900, for half his
sum and entru he money to him
He departed o bly, to buy a span
of horses and ; never again heard
from.
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DYsDepSEa Cure

people in the District OF Columbia -
evidence enough that the republican
party is no strange to the unntness
OF the negro for governing white COM
munities: that it appreciates the
wrong done to the south by forcing the
l4th and 18th amendments into the
constitution, and that no worthy mo-
tive can be assigned for enacting the
legislation which Mr.. C~rumpacker is
asking for. Hence we may expect par
tisanship and sectional animosity to
give place TO a spirit OF justice n OF
patriotic regard for the peace and web
fare OF the whole country. At M
rate. let us hope 50. II. F. GRADY.
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CLEANING AND COMMENT.

Mr.. Henry Watterson. editor OF the
Louisville Courier-Journal. Is back in
the democratic party and ne is using
his brilliant and pointed pen with his
Usual boldness and felicity Of phrasing.
He spoke recently at 4 dinner in Wash
ington and from it We take a few sent
ences. 1t is very much to the point.
He said:
THE republican party is a s~yndicated
party. Arbitrary power is moter, the
almighty dollar it's trade mark. If it
be not checked in the gait il is going
it will in the end surely Mexicanize the
republic.
"Once again in the White house we
have the man on horseback. Affecting
the simplicity of the cowboy, he o
ceals beneath the s~elf-contidence and
queer manner Of the broncho buster
the sentiments and ambitions. if not
the talents, of a Diaz. To him a little
thing like treating all admiral Of the
navy, wearing the laurel leaves Of i'm
perishable renown, as If he were a baby
in arms. now to be twaddled and now
to be spanked. is merely an undress af-
fair begun and ended during off-mo-
ments between breakfast and luncheon
K !. =
The Richmond Dispatch IS a very
decent, good. true. manly paper. 1t
gives the news n it has editorial
ability and is faithful to the democ-
racv. 1t has moved into it's new home
which it claims to be the finest in the
south. In it's issue Of Sunday last it
gave a full description Of it's building
and pictures of it and the various de-
partments. 1t is capacious and thor
oughly up-to-date. Great and continued
success attend it is the wish Of one who
has been reading it for more than
thirty years.
The news that the Beers had sent to
General Kitchener a flag of truce and
asked for terms Of peace. caused great
rejoicing in London, and there were
cheers over it in the House of Com
mons. In London views vary as to the
hope Is entertained Of an earlv peace
as a nseuuen of it. or of the visit
Of the members of the Boer civil gov
eminent to the fighters in the field. II
Is thought. however. hat General
Kitchener would not have allowed the
visit if he had not believed that good
could come from it. The comments Of
newspapers and the talk in we'll inform
circles are reported as cautious and re-
served.
.. .. Of
In the house the republicans have OF
hand a very dirty job. II is to turn
out Representative Rhca. OF the Third
Kentucky district, and to put in q re-
publican in his place. Mr.. Boreing. of
Kentucky. made a-speech warmly IA
voring this iniauity The ground taken
was hat the laws of the state make
the election machinery an adjunct OF
the democratic organization. Mr..
Rhea replied in his own behalf. He ex-
posed the ignorance OF the republican
as to the laws of the state. and showed
that the republicans controlled the cleo
ton machinery in four of five precincts
in dispute. He declared further more
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MARRIED ON THE CAPITOL DoxE.
A Cuban and a Canadian Girl Chosse
this Place for Their
Ceremony.

Washington. March ze.-Today q few
minutes after II o'clock he first couple
ever married On the dome Of the capt.
toll were united by Justice Of the Peace
Bundy OF this city. The bridegroom
il a young Cuban named Andres Dias
Pario and h bride Miss Catharins
Goethe. a Canadian girl The cere-
monv was witnessed by only a few
persons. Ii tn dome W a closed for
the time being against the general
public. After the ceremony Justice
Bundy pointed out the places Of inter
est from the snn-snet and
when at last the party descended to
terra firma he expressed the wish as
the couple drove away in a cab that
they might Give long and prosper"
Senior Pario said that the honeymoon
would be spent I'm Spain
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HOME FOLK s.

Wilcox says he does not expect to be
hanged for the crime attributed to him.
A dispatch from Elizabeth City says
that seemingly he has no concern for
the future. Cold and emotionless. but
brave always. he talks about the case
with no more interest than an outsider.
He says that broker glass in food was
sent to him from a restaurant, but he
did not eat 1t.
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We suppose there IS no doubt of the
ability and oratorical gifts of Hon. w.
w. Kitchin. the faithful representative
from the Fifth district. At the banquet
of the Virginia democratic club in
Washington at which Henry Waiter
son. Carmark, of Tennessee, spoke, Mr..
Kitchin also spoke. A special to the
Raleigh Post of the Gath inst, says:
Representative Kitchin, who is one of
the most attractive speakers in con
gress, spoke with eioouence and en-
thusiasm."
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Senator Pritchard will uIge before
the committee on privileges and cleo
tons that Mr.. McLaurin be investigat-
ed as to the charge brought by Senator
Tillman. Very o Turn on the
light. It is doubtful as to the action
of the committee. y dispatch says
III the opposition argue that an in
vestigation will accomplish nothing, as
the only man whose testimony would
be of value-President McKinley-is
dead. They are. therefore. in favor Of
dropping the whole subject. Senator
Pritchard declares, however. that he
does not mean to allow his resolution
to be smothered in the committed"
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The United States END passed
among other bills one appropriating
$1,000 for the monument on Moore's
Creek battlefield. Well done Give
North Carolina some consideration. 1t
has other battlefleIds that should have
monuments.
The University OF North Carolina de-
baters who won at Johns Hopkins Uni
versity. Baltimore, axe to try results
with Vanderbilt University on the 18th
of April at Nashville, Tenn. n with
Georgia's University OF Chapel Hill on
the 18th Of April. 1t Is to be hoped that
our boys will gather fresh honors. Such
discussions are a wonderful improve
ment upon the ball-kicklng mania-are
much more improving and important.
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The opinion Of our able townsman,
Mr.. George Rountree. as to poll tax
payment before voting is contrary to
the opinion Of the lawyer referred ia
Yesterday in The Charlotte Observer.
Mr.. Rountree was chairman Of the sui
TRACE committee and is verv apt tc be
accurate in a legal opinion. He holds
as to the validity Of the act The Dros-
pect is you pays your money first q.
poll tax. and then you takes you
choice" as to- candidates. Do not for
get or neglect to pay your poll tax
.- i.
The c~ommendable action of the Cape
Fear Camp Of Confederate Veterans ir
this city commencing Handsomely the
| Hon. Walter Clark's most valuable ser.
vices in securing the writing OF thu
histories OF the regiments, ETC.. Of
North Carolina in the great war FOL
| second Independence, and rendering theil
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great expenditures. and they increasing
rapidly. it will be a great wrong to
rob the people by taxation for the bene-
fit OF rich corporations.
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CKU

The democratic war cry nov Is-No
government Of trusts and by trusts and
for trusts and no taxing Of the mil
lions for the benefit OF big money bags.
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There are 27s cases of leprosy in the
United States. Louisiana alone has 155
cases. Is there one known in North
Carolina? We think not. Cases are
known IN twenty-one states.
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In New York city there are 200. 600
men Of either southern birth or parent
age. Many were born in the greatest
city.
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Texas is a great state. One thousand
beavers were sold in one day in one place
at D cents a pound. The animals aver
aged 1000 pounds, and brought the feed
er about $50 each. They cost him on
the range from SIS to $40, or an average
of less than $50. He had a margin Of
$50, therefore, for feeding. and the $50
the producer received was ample for a
fair profit in raising.
The St. Mary banner., 1902-12-27
Queer Things Found in Stone.

"CEc OF the greatest treasures in the
National Museum at Berlin" says DR..
Campbell Brown. writing in Prank
Lcslie's Popular Monthly OF fossils ill.,
hcdGed in stone. 81; slab OF white
litlograpilic slate. in which is en-
bolded the complete skeleton OF an
c.::.--a ordinary bird. called 'archa cop
teryS.' AS this is the oldest bird III
the carths history yet found by geo
!Ccists, great Significance is attached
to the many pecuia"itics noticeable il
its skeleton. Tho fore limbs. fc- III
stance, thou@h,modifed into wings like
those Of ordinary birds. We're doubt
'css used for graspinS things, o.. even
for walking With. for they arc pro-
vit;ed with three well formed toes and
claws, so that this ancient bird. arch
acoptaryx. was literally Il fCurfootel
animal! BESIDES this recul.arity it has
numerous sharp teeth in its mouth.
and long, io.nted tail. like lizards.
Were it not for the presence OF fcatll-
CTS. impressions OF which are found in
tie stone. this quaint creature would
certainly have been mistaken for & rep
tile. All birds originally were like
archaeoptcry:.. and rescinhicd reptiles,
rom which they undoubtedly sp:an.s
n :.ia evolutionary process. The re-
mains of land animals a"c seldom.
found in store"
The St. Mary banner., 1902-12-27

How The pleasant eccontricitics OF
oGa generation will persist i'll breaking
ont in another. G2fying time ana lidi-
culc and the change Of manners. 1t
was the plaful WY of Frcdaricl the
Great When he came across Il buXoil
wcrch to marry her forthwith to the
tallest OF his granadicrs. end i stands
20 the credit OF his intnitiCn that these
marriages rarely proved a failure.
Now. either in emulation of his great
pr2lecesso: Or else because he cannot
help it. the Aa:scI. has just had Sim
ilar 3ttcc.::. Of Sallantry gallantry
mark you. on Il truly imperial scale.
He was visitin. Crcfcld lately, that
busy town Of silks and veivcts ON tho
lowe" Rhine. and learned from the
pretty girl inhabitants that all they
wanted in the world was handful OF
lieuteuants to dance with them. Hey,
presto! the autocratc mandate has
gone forth that Cgefell is to. lave its
garrison in the shape OF a crack hus-
sar regiment, and the burgomaster is
busy preparing it accommodation
That regiment is lucky il it is not
christenet in future Fraunhusaren. OF
worst ce all, TaIsweilr,-pal! Mall Ga.
xette.
The St. Mary banner., 1902-12-27
UNCLE SlLiS ON AUTOS.
Cid Gentleman Compares Them Cn-
fayorably With tho Horse.

Nav" observed Uncle Si'as a3 Ee
to keep within the receding shade CT
tree in front CT the country store.
Il calkilate | wudn't hcv one O them
scshding'd ottynobecls ef sum felleT
wud Civ me Cre fer nuthil'. Haint-
skasly a day passes that enc o til
blame sputtcrin' things don't break
down cut in tn road in front o my
house. One O them ottyE,obccls will
git up an git like ell Sam Hill fer
few miles and then. fust thing yew
know, it will jos stop, clean tuchered
cut.
"Ez | wuz drivin' intcw town this
mornil' | kim acrOst two ottymobe"ls
thet he'd baked. TIL feiler thct owned
Cnc wuz a-layin' On his back in under
it a-tightcnin up sum bolts in its
stummik. Tcther chap wanted tew
know whut wu'd charge tew haul his
ottymobeel ten miles tew tn nearest
railroad station, so he cu'd ship it
hum. l toll him that Jimmy, my bay
mare. wuz skeer'd o tn Internal things
an thet eff I'a hitch her tew tn otty-
mobeei l recEon'd she wudn't stay
hitched long.
"Naw-sir-ee-I don't keer fer emmy
ottymobcels in mine, thank'ee; l cal
.ilate thet jimmy will answer my pur-
pus Wit fer a spell. jimmy is goin' On
| 23 years old an mebbe she hain't
quite es ,pry es she uster be. seem
es how she is spavin'd sum an inter-
1eres in frunt, bu. when l start out
behind her | ,hev tn consolation O
KNOWN thet she wont sit sick an lay
down in tn road like one o. them
rosh-bIame ottymobeels. jimmy. sho
can't go mile ininnit, like an otty-
nobeel kin, but she goes a mile cs
quick es she kin, an thet's swift enuf
fer me, b'gosh! l wudn't swap thet
little bay mare fer all tn ottymobeeIs
that yew cud pile in ten-acre lob--
/ wouldn't, l gum."-Ohio State Jour
nal
The St. Mary banner., 1902-12-27
The Niuht Beautiful.

Day long the fiery and Implying sun
FIamed in a sky that glowed like bur
nshed brass:
Dun stretched the ribbon Of the road
and dun
The reaches Of the grass.
In the still willow shadows by the pool
The cattle herded, standing dewlap-
deep;
And all the beechen aisles, erewhile SO
COOL
Were sunk in fervid sleep.
But with the dusk of vesper ccstasies
OF the charmed woodthrush stirred our
hearts to hope:
And then there brcathed the blessing OF
breeze
Adown the western slope.
The graceful garden primrose set alight
It's little globes OF lemon-Gold and
High in the deep blue garden of the
night
Flowered the great primrose moon.
And we forgot the garishness. the glare,
The parching meadows, and the shrunk-
en- streams.
And in the glamor of that magic air
We gave ourselves to dreams.
Clinton Scollard in Iiarper's Magazine.