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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-14

Under Sentence Of Imprisonmens far
RetaiIing Liquors without License.
Byrd, the Alleged Bigamfss-ln-
crease I'm Tobacco Acrea9c-AaotA-
Order
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh. N. c.. January 20.

Raleigh, N. c.. January 20.
Governor Ayeock today pardoned Cal
Lay. a white woman So years Of age.
who was serving a term OF twelve
months in jail at BakersvfIIe. Mitchell
county. for retailing liquor without IT,
cense. She has consumption. n SEN
tepce is regarded as a severe one, even
IL the aEed woman was a persistent
Aw-breaker.
The alleged bigamist, John Biyd, was
brought here from Richmond his morn
ing. He say he has been married three
times. His first wife is dead He de
claEes he thought the second one was
also dead. The last one il barely II
years of age
A charter is granted by the state TO
the Cullowhee Copper Company, of For
est Hill. jackson county capital 800. 600
Some marriages of persons OF marked
prominence in society here ars to occ4s
In the next ninety days
The increase in tobacco acreage ID
this section Will be even greater thar
expected. Within the past few days
more than twenty farmers from ira
Vile county have gone to Fuquay
Springs, in the southern part of this
III - dis IcDdCCo Iu tuS SdION
land.
Grand secretary John c. Drevry, of
the grand lodge of Masons. reports that
there are now 325 lodges, a gain of fiye
over last year. Two old lodges ceased
to exist and some new ones were form
ed. There are II, LOG members. against
$500 when he became grand secretary
six years ago. The revenue from lodges
is now s7,647. against 81, 700 six years
ago. and the increase over last year is
S703.
The constitution requires that the
public schools shall be kept open four
months in each year. In only thirty
seven counties were they open that long
last year for white and in thirty for ne
groes. The increase in the term was
nearly a week for whites and a week
and a half for negroes. The S100. 600
direct appropriation brought about the
increase.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-14
A NOTED RASCAL CAUGHT.
Boston Police Capture n Swind1er
who has Ozone" Several Contf-
nents.

Boston. January 10.-The police here
have captured Sydney Lascelles. a
noted swindler. said to be Known to the
police Of three continents as Lord Wal
ter Beresford. He is held on request
of the authorities Of Hot Springs, Ark.
When arrested he gave the name of
Robert Leonard; but when shown his
photograph from the police gallery, he
admitted he was Lascelles. He has been
known under many aIase5 DesIues
Lord Beresford, among them being Sir
Harry Vane, r. N. and Lord Courtney,
Claud B. Lascelles ami James b. Las
celle. The charge against him in Hot
Springs is the larcenE in 1891 of 81. 200
from Lyman j. Hay. proprietor Of the
Arlington hotel.
= IT is sal that Lasceiles, as Lord
Reresford, eloped from. Algiers with the
laughter of ar American millionaire,
who after learning Of the mans char
acter, secured a divorce. He has served
terms in New York and in Georgia for
swindling n forgery. 1t is said he IL
now the husband of a wealthy young
woman of Providence, r. l.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-14
n DOUBLE DaO AlNG-
Young Man and His Sister Lose Their
Lives While skatiag-

Pittsburg. Pa. January m-Detafls
of a sad double drowning reached hero
tonight from Osceola. eight miles above
MeKeesport. Martin o'Mara. aged ID
years and his sister Mary. aged Is.
were drowned while skating On the
Youghiogheny. Their brother James.
aged s years. also went under the ice.
but was rescued BIZ men who were AZ
work nearby.
The home OF the OFMaras IL within
sight Of h river and the mother Of the
children saw them sink under the Ice.
She ran screaming to the river bank
and plunged in after them. The re@cu-
.ers had hard work saving h lives OF
the mother and James. Martin and
Mary were carried away by the s~tfs
and their bodies have not yet
been recovered.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-14

Boston. January 10.-Wiliam ]. Bryan
He will return here tomorrow and be
the guest of the city of Boston at lunch
eon with Mayor Collins as host. In the
afternoon he will be the guest Of Mayor
McNamee, of Cambridge.
Tomorrow evening he will deliver an
address on The C%onquering Nation"
before the students of Harvard college
at Sanders theatre.
Holyoke, Mass, January 10.-William
]. Bryan visited Holyoke today as the
guest OF Christopher T.. Callahan. He
came as a lecturer under h auspices
Of the Knights Of Columbus. He was
given a half hours public reception and
the lecture began at s o'clock Mr..
Bryan appeared to enjoy his tour and
his visit to Holyoke.
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A Day ut the Beach.

West Palm Ds.ach, Fla, January q.
/ reached Palm Beach last NIGHT
about $40 after a run Of 263 mile
st. Augustine, n find myself
ably Quartered at the Hotel Seminole
with Messrs. Summers & Boland. who
are obliging proprietors. l am o out
of reach of the severe cold weather ana
in what appears to be almost a troplcai
climate. Tonight 1 will go down 70
Miami which is &c miles further south
The run down here was unusually IN
teresting. as il was new territory tc me
and as it was along the beautiful IN
dian river for a long distance. l am
now 800 miles south of Jacksonville,
and when I reach Miami I will be 36e.
From st. Augustine here We passed out
of St. Johns county through a portion
OF. Putnam. all of Volusia, Brevard and
into Dade. in which West Palm Beach
and Palm Reach proper are
What shall I tell you about pretty
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sCaLEY CASE IN CONGRESS.
Bills and BEFORE
Naval Affairs Committee.

Washington, January 10.-Whsn the
house committee on naval affairs met
today for organization Representative
Rixey, of Virginia. proposed that the
various measurers relating to Admira
Schley be considered by the committee
as a whole instead of awaiting the con-
sioeration of a subcommittee. The
sentiment of the commit ee was against
the proposition. and il was determined
to allow these measures to take the
usual course. There are ZEN resolutions
and bills bearing on the Schley case and
they will be in charge of the regular
subcommittee on organization, rank
and pay, consisting OF Representatives
Watson. Dayton, Cousins, Taylor,
Meyer, Cummings and Wheeler.
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Washington. January la.-The houEs
On commerce today took up
the subject OF q Pacific cable. TIE
main question Is whether the cable
shall b constructed by the governments
or by private parties.
The hearing today q devoted 10 an
explanation By George C. Ward. vice
president OF the Commercial Pacific
Cable Company. OF the plans o. that
|arganixati on- He stated that contracts
had been made fer the manufacture
and laying Of a cable TO Honolulu BY
November LIST next and b company In
tended to extend the cable TO Manila
within two years from mex: November.
He gave the cost OF the project as be-
tween $40. o0o. 600 ard 81. coo. Zoo.
Mr.. Ward gSve the expected rates to
Manila at dollar and Honolulu IS
TO 50 cents q word.
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Charged with Forgery.

New York. January 10.-Postofice
INSPECTOR Clum arraigned a young man
named J. Perins Evans before United
States Commissioners shields today. the
charge against him being forgery of the
name OF the Medico-Legal Journal Of
this city to 4 postoffice order.
Evans was arrested In Virginia
From there he was taken to the fed
eral prison In Washington and later re-
moved to Baltimore. He was brought
To this city by a United States marshal
The young man Is said to come from an
excellent family He was held In 81
900 a for examination by Commits
sioner Shields.
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THE FIRST STEAMER LAUNCHED
OF the New Direct Line La
porte, Texas, and Manchester.

New York. January 10.-A cablegram
today from Greenock that
the company recently formed in London
to build a line of to carry cot
ton from Laporte. Texas. to Manchester
direct. launched its first vessel yester-
day at the docks Of the Grangemouth
& Greenock Dockyards Company,
Greenock. Scotland. The ship canal
from the jetties of Galveston to La
porte will be finished. according TO the
government engineers. by March 3lst
next. Several prominent English ship
pers. it is expected. will send vessels to
Laporte as soon as it is in a position
to receive them.
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An OFFER TO SELL err.
Definite Proposition of sale From
b Panama Canal COMPANY.

WASHINGTON. January 1a.-Admfrai
Walker. chairman OF tina isthmian ca
nal commission. stated today that he
had received a cablegram from the off,
GERS Of the Panama Canal Company IN
Paris. making q formal offer 10 sell all
property In connection with h
Panama canal TO the United States for
.s40.0o0oc0. NJ Lamnre. the secretary
general Of the company. who Is ID
WASHINGTON stated nat the cablegram
was explicit and covered all the proper
.ty owned b. his company In Panar,a.
and that a copy Of the cabIegram had
been filed with h Americas ambassa-
dor In Paris
Admiral Walker said hat he would
call the members OF the isthmian canal
together al soon as pogsI-
bic and lay the matter before them.
when a report will be made to the pres
lfdent through b secretary OF state.
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A REPORT AHEAD OF TINE.
Insurance COmmissiOner Young Re-
ports His Receipts up to March
Next.
Especial to The Messenger.)

Raleigh, N. c.. January Reinsurance
Commissioners Young reports receipts
of his office for the year ending March
31st will be S25, 900 greater than ever be-
fore. Reports are beginning to come in
from companies. and the Carolina Fire
OF Wilmington. has for the third time
the honor of being the first to report.
Three fire companies have withdrawn
from the state this year leaving eighty
five. There are fourteen life companies
licensed to do business.
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VIII Try Another Hunt.

New York. January 10.-Ex-President
Grover Cleveland Is so far recovered
from the effects OF his recent attack Of
pneumonia as to have arranged for a
hunting trip in the south. He will
leave his home in Princeton. N j. jan
uary 22nd for an island on GeorgetoWn
9 n where. with a party Of friends.
he will remain several days.
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Mrs. Frances Rogers died at Bristol.
Tenn, Wednesday at the ages OF 80
years h would have reached the
century mark in June h was a ma
tive of Virginia and was for eighty
one years a member Of the Methodist
church
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-14

MI. j. A. Crews -FOUR Through FIorf-
da and IN West Indies-He Saw
o. the OF St. Augustine and
Took i'm Palm Beach the Home of
Mr.. Flagler.
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THE TUNNEL DISASTER
INVESTIGATED BY STATE AND RAIL-
WAY OFFICIALS.
TOUR THROUGH THE TUNNEL

BY These OAhcfals on an Engine 10
Thoroughly Examine the Existing
Conditions The Block Systea
Found to Work Except that the
Engine Would not Explode the
Torpedo-signaIs I'm Some Parts of
the Tunne Obscured by Steam and
Smoke-The Engineer to be Allow
ed Bail.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-10-19

q r A Steer for "A business conference.
and the latter remarked upon the strange
resemblance If the Sew Yorker tl g,=
Hunt.
some time later The latter was chatting
with Mr. steer. who told him OF Iis
double from Gotham.
Aha quoth Hunt. II have Iorar-i -Hr
villain who has been allowing ms f-,rf-
10. these many years. 20 give t1 him Tine
little attentions that should have been m.re
Browse upon ms reputation. viii h-- We
shall see.
But Mr.. Hunt did not see Tor some
time. A year later came the meeting. Tho.
New Yorker just walked int Nr. Hunts
Office and tapped him on the shoulder.
Hello. Brother Bill"
Hello. Brother Jere"
There We're a number OF astonishsI eIfi-
zens that afternoon when ne Two DrUmios
walked arm IN arm down the street No
body had been aware that Jere Hunt had 4
twin brother.
Mr.. Foy arrived IN town a Few day.v be-
fore the Yelled Prophets ball and attended
that function with Mr. Hunt. The con-
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-10-19

~ the most Of them myself-paintsd them
aLd put them up. II was no merry Jest.
! got the carpenter TO cut four pieces
~ D"ard the length OF my seat. two 10 go
aouEe the trunk and two above the box.
sSs OF Course, in the corner. but did
'HS 5olnlng Then / drew n design Of the
- pieces / wanted. and he cut these. too.
mes cost = cents. and the boards cost
Sl-2- Then 1 invested half a dollar In psint
axe my woodwork and a brush and spent
an evening IN interior decoration II would
nave taken me two evenings 10 get them
paihtsa II q visitor had not dropped in who
vas SO Fascinated by the uperatlon that he
.lslsteu on taxing a bend. I thought OF Tom
finished the job.
The next thing was 10 get the shelves
Up. and as a preliminary 10 this I bought
TWO dozen brass hangers FOR - cents and
screwed them a few inches apart on the
back OF the shelves. Then I called in tn
halboy 10 hold the shelves against the vail
Whle l did the rest. This was the most air
hcult part The brass hangens already
screwed onto the shelves had a projecting
end with a hole in 1t. by which the Shelves
were to be screwed into the wall. And IN
order that they should hold securely they
had 20 be screwed in between the bricks.
/ did II, and when I had them 50 tight
against the. wall that the halIboy vowed
nc could safely slt ~ them I gently nailed
on the end pieces. and there they arei Use
ful and Ornamental like all my DosseS=fons. |
and cheap-my shelves costing Just SIS"
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t-av. and out from the inside part a piece
OF embroidered linen with which she Gov
cred Il. From one Of the ~p,geonholes she
produced p small sugar bowl. which she
nilcd from a tin box OF the underneath
shelf. From the inside part Of the desk
there came. too. a tin Of tea biscuit which
she opened. putting some OF them on a
dainty plate taken OF one OF the lower
shelves. In another ~piseOnhole was her tea
ball. which she filed from the caddy on the
shelf. and before the kettle had boiled she
had me- examining another OF her domestic
treasures.
A COMPACT REFRIGERATOR
This was her refrigerator. standing on a
board across the end OF the bathtub. II
was a tightly closed. heavy tin box. COM
monty known as a nursery refrigerator. and
she said Il was one OF her extravagances. IL
held a large piece Of ice In one compart-
ment. in which stood Jars OF milk. cream
and butter In the other on shelves were
eggs. tomatoes. fruit and other things sug-
gestive OF appetizing luncheons.
There IS no makeshift about this" she
commented. but a makeshift refrigerator
can be devised / had one myself before
thought I could indulge in the extravagance
OF this. II was a cake box, Just the cheap
est kind I paid S. cents for mine. OF
course. I had no faucet TO let the water on.
so | punched a hole in the board on which
Il stood and let the water through Into the
bathtub In that way. The tin was 80 thin
that the ice did not keep in Il very well and
IL had no compartment. so ice and food got
pretty muddied sometimes, but It was q
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-10-19
STREET ARABS WHO EARN
ALlVING BY MAKING TOYS.

In every city to-day almost every month
some new scheme Is devised for the purpose
OF alternating human misery. The latest
public benefactor in this direction Is A
wealthy Partisan. Some months ago this
gentleman's attention was drawn to the
fact that there are In Paris a number Of
very poor children who have no means or
livelihood, and he at once conceived the
idea OF doing what he could to better their
condition.
He decided TO take these poor children
from the streets and 70 teach them 70 be-
come self-supporting. Instead OF employing
paid agents the phnanthropist and his wife
went out daily on their GRAND Of mercy.
TWO large and neat workshops were Pre-
pared. and within a week after they were
opened they were crowded with children.
One Of the shops Is devoted 70 girls, and
in u daily instruction Is now being gfSen IN
the art OF making paper flowers. The other
IL Intended for boys. and the little lads ia
IL are being taught 10 make toys out OF old
boxes.
That the task OF teaching these street
arabs Is not easy can be imagined. hut the
founder OF this novel school Is not lightly
discouraged. and. though sone Of his pupils
are dull. all are 50 eager TO learn that h
has great hopes OF their future. And SONS
learn very quickly. finding little difficulty IN
shaping a common soap box or cigar to5
into a presentable toy.
Their patron assists them at the work.
showing how Il should be done and COM
meDding those who DO Il properly. In Ike
manner his wife inst-ucts the girls. ami
some Of her pupils have already made 40
much progress that they are able to manu-
facture paper flowers as deftly as though
they had spent n fun year learning the art.
The excellent feature OF this work, ac-
cOrding 10 those who have seen the busy
children. Is that Il is not charitable in fhs
strict sense OF the word.
There are no more independent urchins IN
the world than the street children OF Paris.
and among them are many who would far
sooner remain vagrant arabs than become
Of a comfortable home. where. they
would be fed. clothed and taught. Thu rCa-
son is because they love liberty and hate
restraint.
Tell these same children. however. that
you will teach them 20 make beautiful toys
ard flowers as lovely as any lily or rose,
they viii flock 10 you Tor instruction.
Very soon. too. they will understand that
the work OF their hands has a monetary
value. and proud they will be 70 know that
they are not accepting charity from any
one.
Thus IS explained the success OF this new
.phiIanthropic institution.
II Is a curious fact that two out Of every
three Irishmen who come 10 America re-
main in the Eastern States. while two cut
every three German immigrants go West
AZ once.
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VENT HFi vtaiug dress made tho r.-emb-
i1rrH even mD.r remarkable. The two
fii.-.-- W-r" kept bu-y explaining thar they
Uer. NOT who rh-y seemed.
rlun rle Tu Icr-. Brother William
is g. m-wh.rc ir the other euI of the room.
81 believe YOU have made Il mistake
Bother Jer- -houil he about slmeWhere
i-t when they walked together. folks
could not help staring.
WIN the exception that Mr.. Fav f. a
t.9H- she taller and several pounds heavier.
OBJ. following description applies tu-each Of
them.
H--Eht. feet 81 riches.
Nfieht. 50 pounds.
HAIR lroWu with silvery tints about the
temples
Eyes blue. ard usually with merry
twinkle on the side.
Month always ready fo- n laugh.
Beard. none.
disposition. sunny.
To- Z winter Willie Collier. the comedian.
who was acquainted with Mr. Hunt.
STOPPED Brother Bill" en- the corridor Of
the Planters aud said: 'Heiio. Jere. how
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time ago. could hlrsly hive made up.
with the aid II grease paint and other stage
articles. 20 more artis,ieaily produce the
desired effect than So Mr.. Hunt and Az.
Foy without any particular effort.
Hundreds OF Nj. Hunts friends are To-
day under the Impression that Brother
BIN" answers TO the name Of Hunt in his
own city - well as here. And out OF this
mistak. 81 identity many situations arise.
that furnish merriment 10 the two friends.
for such they have become snce th-i- first
meeting three years ago IN AR. hunts Of
nee
- Antiphoius Of Syracuse SAYS:
There's Dot q man Z meet Int Iufh salute me
A. II 4 were their weu-actu8.ut.d friend.
And every un- doth call me by my nam.
some tender u2arry To- me. some invite NE:
some other give me thanks for kindn=~~--.
some onsr NE clmuoiities 20 bus.
Even now a tailor calld me i1 bis Szrp.
And shoW'd me silks THAT n faI hugh ror me.
A1d thsrewithal took measure % ms body.
For several years before they met. these
modern Dromios We're mistaken IN ~. Louis
and Chicago for each other The mystery
was for a long time lEeNplicable to both.
one day Mr.. Foy stepped into the store
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great deal better than nothing. and I used
Il a year"
While talking she had taken out a cream
jar. the contents OF which she poured into
. little silver pitcher and added to the at
traCtiye tray. she then .urned her atten-
ton TO the kettle. which had Just como to =
boil. Two cups, were taken down en- the
shelf and the tea was made. after which
she. economically termed on the gas.
II won't stop to close the kitchen now
she said. but I do wan you 10 see where I
keep my kettle. There wasn't room for any
more things On the shelves. or hanging on
the ends OF the desk. 50 I concocted this
scheme" and she pointed under the marble
wash basin. Perhaps you'll have 20 take
the scrap basket out Of the way TO really
see" and I did.
There against the wall she had a row OF
things Ea~nsing-a tea kettle. a dust pan,
brush. nat iron. chain to clean tin. and one
or two ether housekeeping necessities. Clos
er examination revealed that they were NOT
hanging on nails. for the wall space waa
covered BY water pipes. but on the upper
ones Of these pipes she had put a row OF
brass picture hooks. ard on these hooks
were suspended the articles named. Could
feminine ingenuity go further?
Il suppose you think / am a crank she
exclaimed. but I simply viii not have any
sort Of a clutter around on the floor. 1 DONE
keep a thing on the floor tucked in corners
or under things anywhere" She carried tie
tray into her den. where she put It on
and served me a cup OF tea whila
she further enlightened me into the myster.
les and rites OF bachelor housekeeping.
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One Of the inventors OF mechanical stse!
roller.
hroEGht them into the ease: much q z, was
pure goodness % heart.
But We ara none Of - spending the MONEY
vet. nor have we met and formed a n1Uort-
aires cub among ourselves" he added with
a twinkle in his eye. W NAV 90 tat
later on
LIVES IN OBSCURE COTTAGE.
Mr. Brtslin lives In a little obscure SiIs
stree; near the center OF the city So Iit:ts
vas he known before the decision Of Judge
Burlington that hi name dos no. appear
IN tEr CITY directory. To-day he il recefvfr-
letters OF all kinds from all over the cnln-
Try Peonle everywhere are willing % shan
In his prosperity. and h. Is already paving
we penalty or being quoted as a prospective
millionaire.
TN have 10 get a secretary pretty soon.
ne said. with e smile 4 am becoming en-
tirely too popular
Mr.. Brisln - a kindly Old gentleman. a. Z.
shown by the fact that the best way to dnd
MN Is 10 ask any Of the youngsters in the
n'ishborhOOd. They all know him and low.
and arr quick 20 guide the fnonire- 10
friends.
A good many persons have been 20 zee
me and want TO talk about my life and ry
invention. but don't Ike 10 talk about IL
NJ said, 1t doesn't seem 80 fntereSrir- -
me There Is so little TO tell. ANYWAY. Thev
talk OF the romance in my life. All he
romance / can see IL work. / began work
In the mills when I was S years Old. I
received the munidcent wages OF u cents a
cny then For forty years I was a nil
worker. and received as high as SIS a dav.
But finally the work became Irregular
and found that. in the aggregate. I could
make more money as Janitor in the Bake
well Law building. and 1 left the mills. II
was while / was janitor in that building
Mr. Cooke took up my case FOR me- en5
ne has been my attorney ever since.
"Whsn / began to go blind and deaf
BAD 20 give up being a tanitor. ana here
Jack BrislIn.'' y"