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The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-09-23
ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Annual Meeting and Election OF
Officers.

New York, September 1S.-At the an
Iiual meeting of the Associated Press
TIE following named gentlemen We're
elected as directors for The ensuing
year:
Whitelaw Reid. New York, Tribune;
w. L. Mclean. Philadelphia Bulletin;
George Thompson, st. Paul Dispatch;
William d. Brickell. Columbus (Ohio9
Evening Dispatch; Charles H. Grasty,
Baltimore Evening News; Stephen
O'Meara, Boston Journal: Harvey w.
Scott, Portland Oregonian. Thomas G.
Rapier. New Orleans Picayune; Her
man Ridder, New York Stats Zeitung;
Victor F. Lawson, Chicago Daily News;
Albert J. Barr, Pittsburg Post; Clark
Howell, Atlanta Constitution: Charles
w. Knapp, St Louis Republic; Frank
3. Noyes, Chicago ReCord-Herald; M.
H. DeYoung, San Francisco Chronicle.
The following gentlemen were elected
as members of the executive committee:
Whitelaw Reid, Stephen OMeara,
Victor f. Lawson, Charles W. Knapp
and Frank B. NoyeS.
The following officers were reelected
by the board Of directors:
President-Frank B. Noyes. Chicago
Record-Herald.
First Vice observation-disclosures White,
New York Evening Post.
Second Vice President-Wiliam r.
Nelson. Kansas City Star.
Secretary and General Manager-Mel-
vile E. Stone.
Assistant Secretary and Assistant
General Manager-Charles S. Dieh1.
Treasurer-Valentine P. Synder. New
York city.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-09-23
A Charlotte Girl WrOnced.

Malten SproUse. an IS-year-oid girl
from Charlotte, n. c., was This morn
ing taken in charge by Detective Steint
and Ozburn and carrieI to police head
quarters where she was given over TO
Matron Bohnefield. Officers are now
looking for Charley Boyle the man al
legged to have brought the girl to At
ianta. Boyle, If is charged, is a mar
rled man, and Tow has a suit pending
III the superior court for divorce The
slrl says he promised to marry her.
Boyle was once a bailiff in Jp,.tice
Orr's court. La.ely he has been news
butcher on the Southern railroad and
It was on his trips that he met the girl
The girl with tears in her eyes and her
lovers picture pinned on her breast
tells a rather pathetic tale She says
Boyle loved her and promised mar
riage. She found out he was a mar
ried man before leaving Charlotte and
charged him with it He then told her
ne was suing for divorce and would
marry her as soon as he gained his
freedom.
The girl says she has been in At
lanta for week. They have been at
S2A Decatur street. This morning the
girl was taken n charge as was also
a man named NJ. Jl Roberts. The de-
ScCtlseS say RODcFIS mas Dcen SeiIlnS a
lot OF fine skirts and it Is suspected
that they were stolen property.
Detectives Fitzpatrick and Laagford
are also at work on the case.
The girl says her home was original
ly at Gaffney, 5. c.. where her father
Marten Sprouse. now resides. She went
to Charlotte to get work
IT should hate to have to swear
against Charley. though" she says,
"hl1t Q11cSC II will have m If 1hav "a n
him. want to get out of this trouble
myself" There is no charge against
the girl and will not be unless IL de-
velops she Is implicated in the sup
posed skirt NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Jour-
nal, September L.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-09-23
ODD FELLOWS PARADE.
Twenty-Five Thousand Men in Line
mt the Annual COvention-

Des Moines. iowa, Sept. 17.-Twenty-
in the parade incident to the annual
convention of Odd Fellows. The parade
was reviewed by Governor Cummings,
Mayor Brenton, Grand Sire Goodwin
and Past Grand Sire Gable. The pa
triachs militant to the number of 5000
commanded by General NJ. A. Ram
sey. of Iowa, headed the parade. Fol-
lowing were over 10000 Odd Fellows
with John B. Cockrum, of Indiana, as
chief marshal of that division. The
sovereign grand lodge officers and
grand representatives rode in carria ages
at the head OF the parade
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-09-23
News From Colon.

Washington, September 1S.-oecretary
of the Navy Moody received the fol-
lowing today from Commander Mclean
of the Cincinnati:
Colon. (blank date).
Train for Panama went through with
Cincinnati's guard of rif1emen and RAPID
fire gun. Freight train coming toward
Colon stopped by soldiers at sides OF
track continuously pointed lo@ded mus
kets an engineer and train hands. de-
manding opening Of locked box cars for
inspection; conductor To key; could not
Went to find some responsible officer.
also sent man to flag following passen-
ger train; menace removed; freight
came in with passenger train. Will Wig
orously protect life, libeity American
and other peaceable employees and
maintain unobstructed transit. Have
instructed Ranger assist this duty"
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-09-23
PERMANENT REGISTRATION ROLL.
Books Being Sent Out by the Sec
retary OF Stafe-Independent Move
ment I'm Wake-New Charters
Granted.
Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh, n. c., September Is.

Raleigh, n. c., September IS.
The secretary of state is sending TO
the county election boards. copies Of
the act Of 1901. providing for a perma-
aent roll for the registration of voters,
in compliances with the terms OF the
franchise amendment to the constitu-
ton ratified in August, 1900, and which
became effective July 1st, Of the pres
ent year. There are also sent out the
roll books and the certificates Of regis
tration which are given to those who
are decided to be entitled to registra-
tion.
The Independents in this (Wake)
county held their primaries today and
Saturday will hold their county con-
vention. 1t is said that there already
two or three factions among these in
dependents and that their movement
will amount to but little.
A charter was granted today by the
state TO the Union Real Estate Com
pany, of Monroe, of which Frank Arm
field and others are stockholders, and
also a charter to the Smith Furniture
Company, of High Point, of which w.
T. Smith, of Greensboro, is the prin-
cipal stockholGer.
The charter to the GIendon Mining
and Manufacturing Company is of
power to sink oil wells 1t was said
some weeks ago that oil wells would
be sunk near Asheville, but no refer
ence to that matter has since been
seen. There are excellent indications
of oil in the vicinity of Glendon, which
* in the soft coal district.
Among the callers at the executive
Office today were President James A.
Bryan and States Proxy J. w. Grain
ser, of the Atlantic and North Caro-
Ina railway
The number of pupils at the state
school for the blind and the colored
school for deaf mutes and blind al
ready reaches $50.
The state will be represented at the
Farmers Congress at Macon, GA, by
Professor Burkett and Professor Mas
GOV. of the Agricultural and Mechani-
c2I college; Van Lindley, Gen. w.
Il. Cox and Bennehan Cameron.
President Charles E. Taylor, of Wake
Forest college, tells YOUR correspon-
.ent that the quality as we'll as the
number of the student-body this time
IS gratifying, and that the new medi-
II department has opened with ten
udents.
Auditor Dixon is greatly amused at
an application received from a man
who wants to be put on the pension
roll and who says his trouble is dis
&hility, because a man stepped on my
heel during the war" DR.. Dixon
thinks the man must have been run
ing and the man behind him outran
t.-~n and stepped on him.
among today's arrivals was +. w
5arneS, of Wilson.
The latest arrival at the park ZOO
here is a six foot alligator, captred in
New River, Onslow county, by severa
men, one of them from Raleigh There
is another alligator from Wilmington
Ex-senator Marion Butler is here
and it is asserted by some that he is
again taking interest in North Caro-
lima politics. He will not live here this
winter, but at Washington, and it is
said will make that his home
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-09-23
THE EXPRESS ROBBERY.
No Evidence Against The Four
Trampx-SeHt to Chain Gang for
lance.

The sleuths at work n the mysete-
rious express hold-up, in which Messen-
ger C. G. Lewis has figured at ccasid-
cradle length. We're unable ~ connect
John Cox, August King, Joseph Cough
lin and Ben Meechum with the alleged
robbery, but the prisoners, who frankly
confessed that they arrived in Charles
ton Saturday night on the bumpers Of
the Coast Line railway. were yesterday
arraigned before the recorder and sent
enced to thirty days Oh the chain gang.
No evidence was brought out impIi-
eating the men in the crime, but il
was clear that they were guilty of hay-
ing trespassed on the property OF the
railroad. 1t was evident that they
had nothing to do with Lewis remark
able experiences, but their innocence
of this deal failed to save them from
prison walls. Meanwhile the detec-
tives detailed by the police department,
the Southern Expers company and the
Atlantic Coast Line railway company
to ferret out the mystery seem to be
as far as ever from solution of the
puzzling details of the robbery as re-
counted by Messenger Lewis.
There was a report to the effect that
the authorities contemplated taking Mr.
Lewis into custody. Acting Chief of
Police McManus was yesterday asked
by a reporter for The News and Courier
If he had any idea ds yet of holding
Lewis himself. He has not been actu-
ally detained behind .!ie bars, but he
Is not going anywhere without the
knowledge OF those interested in the
case" replied the officer. Further than
that the acting chief had nothing to
say beyond the fact that he. and his
men were making every effort to cap
ture the guilty parties
1t is said that MesenSesr Lewis has
been i'm the employ of the Southern
Express company for d long time and
that he enjoys the confidence of his
fellow employees and the officials of the
corporation. His friends are hoping
that the matter will be speedily cleared
up and thus lift a cloud of SUSPICION
which IS fast enveloping him.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-09-23
HORSE THIEF CAPTURED.
Escaped From Police Projections
Nearly "a Year Ago. Bat Turns Up
Near the Scene of iEis Crime
(Correspondce of the Messenger3

fCorrespOndce of the MessengerD
GeldsbOrO, n. c., September 19
Henry Lanier, a young white man
who formerly lived in Duplin county,
was captured yesterday while rafting
logs on Northeast river and placed in
Jail at Kenansville. The crime with
which the young man is charged is
horse stealing and was committed
about one year ago. One morning dur
ing the month of September in 1876
young man fairly we'll dressed ana
with good appearance rode into Colds
boro on horseback. At the livery
stables where he tried to dispose of the
animal he stated that he was on his
way to the western part of the stat.
and had concluded to take me train at
this point, as he had been informed
that a relative was very i'll and lie
wished to get home with all possible
speed He did not readily find a pur
chaser for the horse ard began to come
down in price until he finally made the
trade for SIS.
The police were notified and took the
young gentleman into their custody
He told his troubles with an innocence
to the chief of police, which caused the
officer to relax his suspicion of the
young mans guilt. Not only did he
succeed in persuading the officers to
turn him loose, but he prevailed upon
the chief to let him have So of the
money with which to pay his expenses
at the hotel while he proposed TO re-
main in the city until he could estah-
iSh his innocence and prove his identi-
flcation- He went out of the police
court into the street and forgot to re-
turn.
The next day the owner of the horse
came to Goldsboro looking for his
stolen animal, which he secured, but
the young man had left for parts un-
known The owner of the horse stated
that the young man belonged to one
of the best families in Dupiin county
and that he would not make an effort
to have him brought to justice. 1t
seems that he went to South Carolina
and remained until a few days ago,
when he came back to within a few
miles of the scene of his crime. 1t is
said that he would not have been mo-
Tested had he remained away
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-09-23
PROVISIONAL FORCES DEFEATED
General Nord After Three Hours
Fighting AbandOns His Position.

Cape Haytien, Hayti, September 1S.-
The forces of the provisional govern
.nent of Hayti commanded by the war
minister, General Nord. have sustained
Il severe defeat at Limbo.
General Nord. at the head Of 5000
men, attacked Limbo at o'clock yes
terday morning and after desperate
fighting lasting three hours, the general
abandoned his positions, guns and war
munitions and left great number Of
dead and wounded, including several
generals on the field.
The population OF Cape Haytien IS in
a state Of anxiety. The enemy to the
number Of 1000 well armed men. is ad-
vancing on the place Another battle
before the town is imminent.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-09-23
To Assist General Garrfdo.

Willemstad, Island OF Curacao, Sep
tember 1s.-President Castro. OF vene-
zuela, considering that the situation OF
General Garrido. his war minister is
eminently critical at Valencia, has
marched to assist him with thirty seven
hundred men. The president crossed
Los TeQues river Wednesday and con-
tinued the same day his march to Va
lencia- His army is carrying many
sick men with it. According to report
President Castro will attack the revo-
lutionary army under General Mendoza
at Tocuvito. General Matos. the revo-
lutionary leader, is still at Or.cuto.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-09-23

Chattanooga, Tenn, September 49,
At this mornings session of the Broth
erhood of Locomotive Firemen a dis
cussion on the proposed changes in the
constitution took place and consumed
most Of the morning.
Mrs. Sargent, president of the ladies
auxiliary, announced that Mrs. W. B.
Watts, wife OF the medical examiner
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men. had been appointed editor Of the
ladies' department Of the firemen's
magazine
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-09-23
Refuses to Call Legislature Togethe

Jackson, Miss. September 1S.-Gover-
nor Longino. in an open letter today, re-
fuses to call the legislature Of the state
in special session in order to repeal the
co-fnsurance clause on cotton, which
has caused much dissatisfaction to the
state for some time.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-09-23
Funeral of Nicholas Fish.

New York, September 1S.-The funer-
al of Nicholas Fish, banker and diplo-
mat. who died on Tuesday in Roose-
Welt hospital, was held today at st.
Marks Episcopal church. The inter-
ment was at Garrison -The-Hudson.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-09-23

The Pythian Committee Closed the
Contract Last Night With the Lay
ton Carnival Company-ss VIII DC
a Street Fair Like the Elks Car
nival Last Near-StartIsaE Repro
duction OF the Eruption of Mont
Pelee.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-09-23
September MuNets

Another Consignment of these supe-
rior fish received today. We seem to
get a good many and will supply your
wants as long as they last. Meat at
about IL cents don't compare to choice
fish at cents.
We are Sole Agents for
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-31

Total for luAatics 5 IT 50
MISCELLANEOUS.
Conway, Thomas 3, SER
vices as grand juror at
April torn, 1900. S 3 90
Doak, G. o, member school
board ............ .......... w
Deloe, Samuel, delinquent
taxes paid on lot No. %
Centreville. .................. %
Fordyce, g L, member
school book board. ......... 4 90
Grim, j W, sheriff, cash paid
EB Conway et al, au-
diting committeeman. 149 SO
Grimes. w C,member school
book board .................... Oo
Taught, J R, re-assessment
lands, 1901.................... Az W
Hill, T p, member school
book board. ............... 2 90
Long, Will E, taking ag,
ricultural statistics, '01... 80 81
Same, witness fees in
case Of Fisher Oil COM
pany & Mallory....,.. 3 10
Morgan J E, member school
book board. .................. 4 90
Meredith, j A, member
school book board. ........ 4 90
Mccoy, j H. publishing fl
nancial statement, '0l.... IS 90
Same, publishing court
proceedings July toSJune,
1901 ........................:.. 40 90
Riggle, { B, memb Der school
book board. .................. 200
Roberts, j S, member school
book board ...... ........ SO
Smith, Thomas l, grand ju-
ror, Dec term, 1900. ..... so
Smith, H w, publishing fl
nancial statement, '01..... rs 90
Smith, A B, extra services
grand juror April and De-
cember, 1900 .............. 90
Scherr, A c, auditor, delin-
quent state taxes col'ct'e 100 90
Tracy, w J, member school
book board. ................. 4 90
Tyler County Star, publish
ing delinquent list and
court proceedings, etc.. 60 80
Same, publishing court
proceedings, etc ........... 50 65
Tracy, W j, member school
book board ................ 200
Twyman, d W, serving
"mad dog" notices and
for horse hire. 400
Tyler County Star, publish
ing, etc, court proceedings so 90
Underwood, G d, member
school book board. ........ 400
Wilson, A B, member school
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-31

Summer complaint Is unusually
prevalent among children this sea
son. A we'll developed case In the
writer's family was cured last week
by the timely use Of Chamberlain
Collie, Cholera aue Diarrhoea Rem.
edy-one Of the best patent medi,
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always kept on hand at the home
of We scribe. This Is not intended
as a free puff for the company, who
do not advertise with US, but to
benefit little sufferers who are not
within easy access of physician.
No family should be without bot,
Ne of this medicine Ia the house,
especially in summer ime.-Lan-
sing, Iowa, Journal. For sale by
c. W. Grier.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-31
Total for roads 8 5
Continued tomorrow


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West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-31
He Kept His Leg.

Twelve years ago J. W. Sullivan,
of Hartford, Conn, scratched his
leg with a rusty wire. Inhamma
ton and blood poisoning set In.
For two years he suffered intensely.
Then the best doctors urged ar,pu
tatiou, "but," he writes, II used
one bottle of Electric Bitters aud
~ boxes OF Bucklen's Arnlca
Salve and my leg was sound and
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all blood disorders Electric Bitters
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D. A. Henderson, will guarantee
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West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-31
Danger in Delay.

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West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-31
{" I wrote to Doctor
Pierce, who sent me
a very kind letter
and advised me-"

Thousands of weak and sick women
can trace the beginning of new life of
perfect health to that letter written to
DR.. Pierce.
Sick and ailing women are invited to
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West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-31
OFFICERS:

WE SOLICIT YOUR BUSINESS.
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Mid Summer Sale.

cen very busy in every department. still have great many
.rgains lett saving from Is to fifty per cent our
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-31
Burglar Discovered in Episcopal
RectOry.

There might have been terrible
tragedy at the Episcopal Rectory
on Tuesday night, but there wasn't.
Rev. Burkhardt Is keeping bache'
1or's hall for the present at the
rectory. George Durham was do
Ing the same thing and so he was
Invited to share the pleasure OF a
temporary bachelors headquarters
with Mr.. Burkhardt. A former
rector OF Moundsvllle was also in.
vited In, making three gentlemen
In the house and nobody else. The
Moundsville rector and George re-
tired as usual on Tuesday evening
and later Mr.. Burkhardt joined
them after closing and fastening
the doors and windows good and
hard, taking especial care to fasten
everything good and tight on &C.
count of the three lone men being
In the rectory by their lone selves.
Along about the midnight hour or
later, George entered the room OF
his partners. announcing In sepul'
chral tones, acquired by long ex'
perienced at a bank In telling you
''your bank account Is overdrawn,"
that there was a robber in
the house. What to do was
d cussed earnestly by the three
nan. One suggested that they arm
themselves with Mr.. Burkhardt's
Hight biscuit he had made for supper.
Another suggested they 60 after the
robber with some of Georges
crisp pies, but the Mourdsville rec
tor said that would be entirely toe
cruel and inhuman to hit a man
with their biscuit or pie and the
best and easiest way out of 1t would
be to simply shoot him dead.
Thereupon Mr.. 3. and George de-
cided unanimously that the
Moundsville rector should then and
there be appointed a committee Of
one to lead the way to the dining
room down stairs where the burglar
was and to do the shooting act.
George being very much larger
than Mr. Burkhardt ki. :dly allowed
him to 60 second, George following
at a good safe distance n the rear,
making dire threats as to what
would be done If either rector
failed to keep his place and shoot.
George Is very unselfsh. We
spare the narrowing details OIL
the procession. But 1t was sol.
emr, and not a sound was
heard, nor funeral note as to the
kitchen they slowly went. At the
hail 1t was found that the
front door was standing wide
open aud that window In
the sitting room was also raised
That made things look little In
teresting but the brave men
marched on In, under the gentle
persuasion and dire threats oil
George, to the dining room and
there surrounded by all the silver,
ware and costly jewels that all
ministers have such an abundance
of, was man. All three yelled al
him, but he moved not. 1t was
then suggested the robber had
eaten some OF the grub prepared
by the three men and that it had
killed him instantly. Finally, after
much delay and explanation 1t was
discovered the robber was man
that had been made up by George
and that he was at the head of the
whole practical joke. So there was
no one shot and we will report
later how the rectors even things
up with their friend George.
He Kept His Leg.