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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-10-14
NO JOINT
kitchin and Patterson VIII Not Meer
on the Stump.
Especial to The Messenger.)

Especial to The Messenger
Greensboro, n. c.. October Some
time g Hon. w. w. Kftchin, demo-
cratic nominee for congress In this dis
trict, challenged Mr.. Lindsay Patter-
son TO joint The answer II
made through Mr.. J.. r. Mendenhal,
chairman. n is as follows. OF date,
October 4th:
Upon Mr.. Patterson's return from
Morehead City, where he was detained
on legal matters, he has submitted tn
us your letter addressed to him as the
nominee Of the republican party. In
reply we desire to say that Mr.. Patter-
son was nominated, as you know, by
the independent democrats. He has ac-
cepted this nomination and this alone.
Your note, therefore. seems unfair, but
we let that pass.
Mr. Patterson would be very glad TO
meet you on the stump and discuss
with you the tssues Of the day, in a
proper and dignified manner and we
should be glad to have him do SO. but
you have already canvassed a largo
portion Of the district and IL would be
impossible to make satisfactory ap-
pointments at this late date.
We deem IL best, therefore, under the
circumstances. TO make our own ar
rangements without reference TO
YOURS"
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Club Closing Causes Riot.

Gibraltar. October a.-Ihe compul-
sorry closing this afternoon of a social
list club. within h Spanish lines, re-
suited in a riot in which five OF the
rioters were killed and several wound
ed. The mob fired upon h civil guard
were temporarily driven back, but
who returned the fire of the rioters n
scattered their assailants- The mob al
terward attacked the ous of the
mayor and other dwellings before Ii
finally dispersed. A OF
infantry and a squadron or cavalry
have arrived here from a Rogue
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JUST A SOLDIER.
Baltimore American.l


} C'MedaI OF honor-To John c. Weth-
.erly, private, Company L. Fourth
United States Infantry. For most dis
tinguished galIantry in action near
linus, Luzon, Pholppine Islands, Nov.
20. 1899, in carrying important orders
on the battlefield. where he was des-
perately wounded. and, Eeing unable to
walk erect. crawIed far enough to de-
liver his orders. Died Nov. %. 1S99-"-
Bulletin from War DEPARTMENT.
Just d soldier lying dedi-with a medal
on his breast:
Just a boy who kept mis- courage TO the
ending Of his quest.
And the bulge song Is mellow in the
melody Of sleep,
And the muffled drum is drumming
in a cadence low and deep.
For it's honor for the soldier. and it's
laurels for his head.
And it's praises for MS daring-when
the soldiers lying dead. .
Just q soldier lying Gead-and the
carpings have an end;
When he fell upon the altar every critic
was his friend.
With the folded flag about him. and
the medal cleaning there,
Then the praise is quick in coming
and the soldier has his share.
For it's honor for the soldier when he
dies beside his gun,
And it's medals for his cOhln-Then the
soldiers work is done.
Just a soldier lyins GCad-with his
trappings at his side;
And we come to look o him.. slow
Of step and heavy-eyed:
Come to clasp the badge of honor on
his faded service cat;
Come to hear the bugIe calling in its
saddest, softest note,
And it's honor for the soldier. with a
medal brightly new,
And it's eulOgy and plaudIt, when he's
done what he a 40.
Just a soldier lying de~af-hOrOr rushes
10 him then:
Come the men with brush and chisel;
come the pencil and the pen.
Yet the comrades of the soldier hold
the country ip their debt
While they live the praise and medal
are SO easy to forget.
Where the flag of glory Tipples in the
whispers of the breeze,
Where the crashing of the battle sends
the echo DER the seas,
We will find the living reasons for a
nations hope n pride,
Just as we ave found a medal for
the soldier who has died.
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b
Growing In~diferences Unit
ed States Causes

Washington, October 9Th situation
as to Cuba is such at present as to
give the officials here great concern 1t
is feared that Cuba is drifting away and
evidence is multiplying day by day 10
mark the growth of a spirit of indiffer-
ence toward the cultivation Of friendly
commercial relations with the J-s;2G
States that almost borders on hostility,
The best efforts of the state department
thus . = have failed to secure h adhe-
sion :, the Cuban government TO tht
treat which. by the terms Of the Piati
amen .ment must be entered int
tween the two governments.
That treaty is now awaiting h ap-
prevail of the Cuban government which
approval is withheld, through what Is
regarded here as the natural inertia OF
the Cubans in diplomatic matters.
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Tell me not in mournful numbers
Coal Is but an idle dream"
For the miner idly slumbers
And things have changed, or so they
seem.
Coal Is real. Cold is earnest,
Though the grave be Zoe our goal:
Dust thou art" and dust blackneS
Wasn't spoken OF last years coal.
Not enjoyment and not sorrow
Is our destined End OF way,
But To ask that each tomorrow
Sends more coal in than today
Art is long and coal Is fleeing.
And our hearts, though stout and
brave,
Still like many drums are beating.
And u faces all look grave.
In the worlds board field of battle,
In the bivouac OF life,
Be not lke dumb driven cattle;
Be q hero during the strike.
Trust no future. howe'er pleasant
Let the dear Teddy rest in bed.
Act. act in the living present
Heart within and God o'erhead,
Lives Of such men thus remind us
We must make our " lives shine
And. %deploring "Teddy's'' weakness,
Take steps onward toward the mine
Footsteps that perhaps another,
Sailing DER iife's solemn main,
A forlorn and freezing brother.
Seeing may take g again.
Let US then be up and doing.
With a heart of any fate:
Still achieving, still pursuing,
With no mind to stand and wait.
r E. J.
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FIRE IN PARK ROW.
Burning Building Occupied by 200
Sleeping Men. all of Whom Escape.

New York, October ia Fire which
started early this morning at Park
Row and Worth streets, swept through
a lodging house in which two hundred
men were asleep. Half an hour after
warts the firemen said they believed
all the inmates had escaped injury. AT
2 o'clock the flames We're not under
control. In the rear of the burning
building is the big building occupied
by Charles Cooper and company. This
firm manufactured chemicals. chief
Croker ordered all the tenants out OF
the tenements nearby, saying he feared
there might be IN explosion I'm tn-
chemical factory
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Soldier Kills n Man.

Shenandoah, Pa, October 9.-Williain
Durham, aged p, a veteran nf the
Spanish-American val. was shot dead
by Private Wadsworth Of Company A.
Eighteenth regiment this morning.
wadsworth was q, member of a squad
that had been detailed by Proves Mar
shall Simmons to guard he house Of
John Bulcavage. which was dynam.ted
on Monday night. Durham, 1. Is alleged
was walking toward the house and vas
commanded by Wadsworth to halt H.
disobeyed the command and the sentry
fired. The bullet pierced his heart and
he died instantly.
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TO ASK FOR MORE TROOPS.
II Governor stone Accede. TO Opera
tors Request, He Would Have ia
Call on Federal Government.

Wilkesbarre. Pa, October s.-It was
reported here tonight that there In a
movement on foot among the operators
to ask Governor Stone for more as
sistance. on the ground that the state
troops now In the field are not sufficient
to completely patrol the entire anthra-
cite territory.
IL such a request Is sent and the gov
eTnor should grant IL he would be COM
PEELED 10 call on the federal government
for the troops.
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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-10-14

Wilkesbarre. October a.-Rev. p. e.
Nagle, rector of St Nicholas German
Roman Catholic church, OF this city,
wrote a letter to President Baer. OF rhs,
Reading Company, a few days ago. ap-
pealing to him to do something for his
people. He stated there was not SO
much complaint against the scale OF
wages. as there was against the lack
OF steady work.
DIR. Nagle received a reply from Mr..
Baer today saying:
Il am perfectly willing TO promise The
men full time and steady work, except
when work Is prevented by unavoidable
accidents I am quite sure. the condi-
tons are such that I can keep this
promise"
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Southern Declares n Dividend

New York, October 9.-The board of
directors OF the Southern railway COM
pany, declared a semi-annual dividend
today of two and one-half per cent. on
preferred stock. This dividend would
have been declared Oceober 1st, but
the voting trust sent out a circular
saying if agreeable the dividend would
not be declared until later. The stock
holders agreed to wait. The voting
trust was dissolved. after the declar-
alton of the dividend.
The suburban citizen., 1902-06-14
Chinesc Women Mender..

In noarly every city in China women
are 10 be found sitting in tho streets
busily plying their trade as members
Of clothing. Their EnowlC Ige Of
needecraft is generally limited TO
what is called running" and therefore
they are not much patronZcd by Eng
lish or American travellers They are.
however. never without patrons among
Chinese tradcsmen. who are often ma
tives of other districts and have no
one else in the city to mend rent for
them, their wives and children being
left Gt home. For this class Of custom
IRIS the skill On the itinerant sewing
woman is sufficient, and TO them it ia
4 great convenience to have the nccos-
yary repairs rapidly made while they
stand by and wait.
The suburban citizen., 1902-06-14

Tennessee has been reducing its
State debt at a rapid rate. Ten years
ago it owed slG,OOO,O00, a much larger
sum than any ether State in the same
region, and carrying an interest charge
Of more than 100000 a year at a time
when the annual interest charge on
New York's debt was less than $780,
coo and en- that Of Ohio less than
100000. Recently the State debt has
been reduced, and Governor Mcmillan
gives some interesting information
concerning the reduction of the State
debt during his administration. Since
January !. 1899. the debt mas been re-
duced at the rate of $1,000 q week,
and the Indebtedness paid up to this
time includes $9lO,4G5.3@ Of loatng
debt and the redemption Of S0O5,OO0
Of state bonds. 4 total Of 81, 1,S1J, 1864.
The suburban citizen., 1902-06-14
Elephant Catcher Needed.

An elephant catcher rather than n
COW catcher seems TO be needed in In.
dia. On the railroad between Bengal
and Assam according 10 the Railroad
Gazette, as the superintendent of the
liEc was making an inspection trip,
while passing through the great Nam
bar forest, the train came to n stop
with a jolt that threw the travellers
out OF their berths. The train had
run in,o herd OF wild elephants
which were trotting down the track,
the last OF which had beth hind legs
broken and was thrown into the ditch,
while the engineer counted seven 9th.
crs which got away This is not the
first time that wild elephants have got
ON the track, and ordinary fences and
cattle guards are no protection. Sci
cntitc American.
The suburban citizen., 1902-06-14
How the CANAAN Iinnm.

On the Chattahoochee River, in
Georgia, in the olden days a steamer
used t) run down the river into the
Appa!achcola crd thence to the Gulf
meeting, of course, any number of al
ligators en- route. One day some ladies
were standing by the pilothouse on the
upper deck watching the big reptiles.
Captain" asked one of the ladies,
sis the alligator amphibiOus"
The captain scratched his head for a
moment in thoughtfulness. "Yes'n,
yes'm," he finally replied, Il think he
is. He'll eat boy in minute
The Evening Wisconsin.
The suburban citizen., 1902-06-14
ReInarltabIc Corl: Output,

The production Of cork in the world,
estimated at 1000 metric tons "a me.
trio ton equals 22O4 pounds avoirdu-
pois), is confined to Portugal, Spain.
France, Italy and North Africa Crunis,
Algeria and Morocco. The area Of
French forests, including those in
North Africa, really producing cork is
more than one-half of the total extent
Of cork forests. These forests are COM
posed mainly Of cork trees, intermiXed
with pines and evergreen oaks. The
demand for cork increases from day
to day, ana it is added that France,
the United Kingdom, Germany, Rus
sia and the United States absorb
eighty'fvc per cent. Of the total pro.
duction of cork.
The suburban citizen., 1902-06-14

The superiority of the American To-
connective over the English in hauling
power is due. says an authority on
these machines, to the larger heating
surface in their boilers more than to
any other cause. This constitutes, in
fact the chief difference between the
American and the English type. The
boilers of our locomotives have been
increased in size steadily, until they
are enormous, and yet railroad men
call for still greater power. The prob.
lem that now confronts the locomotive
builder is how to increase the heating
surface without making the machines
too large 10 pass through tunnels, and
10 solve it he will, no doubt, have to
change the form Of the boiler.
The suburban citizen., 1902-06-14
king Edward,s oak.

There are probably very few persons
in New York City who are aware OF
the fact that in Central Park stands
an oak which was planted by King
Edward VII. Of England.
This interesting tree stands on the
west side Of the Mall, near the bronze
statue Of the Eagles ana Goat. 1t was
planted by the King more than forty
years ago, when, as the young prince
Of Wales, he made bis first and only
visit to this country.
The royal tree is in an excellent
state Of preservation, although it is
crooked and stunted in growth, despite
the particular care which the park
gardeners have devoted TO it.
The suburban citizen., 1902-06-14

Detroit reports that the country pos
sesses one thankful tramp. Last
Thanksgiving Day tramp applied at
the police station for nights lodging
Chief Harrington gave him a good
talking to and advised him to go to
work. He then gave the fellow money
10 pay for his supper and lodging at
hotel Recently the chief received a
letter from the fellow, now located in
a big lumber mill in Pennsylvania,
stating that he came there after leay-
ing Battle Greek, and, taking the
chiefs advice, went to work, and had
now been promoted to foreman and
was saving money.
The suburban citizen., 1902-06-14

on. Carriage after carriage went by
the little home Of the seamstress.
With her forehead pressed against the
cool pare, Mary watched the carriages
as one by one they stopped in front Of
the great brilliantly lighted house over
the way. She caught a feeting glimpse
Of Miss MajoGibanks as she stepped
under the great stretching canvas can.
opy that protected the guests from car.
rlage to door.
Soon there came music and the sick
child heard it, turned on her pillow and
smiled. The night wore away, the mu.
sic ceased and the dawn came feebly
in through the window.
The day was born, but the passing
night carried with it the spirit of a
child.-Edward b. Clark, in the Chi
cago Record Herald.
The suburban citizen., 1902-06-14

According to an old document just
discovered in Australia gold was first
found by a convict near Parramatta
in 179S. The unfortunate fellow was
at once charged with having stolen a
watch and boiled it down." and be-
ing convicted by the rude court of
those early days was given $50 lashes
for his pains. In later years the record
of this incident was closely examined
by an undoubtedly competent author
ity, who was quite convinced of the
genuineness of the convict's story.
The suburban citizen., 1902-06-14

1iinster Newol. Of The Hague. re.
ports that very large number Of in
quiries are received mt the legation
and az the consulates at Amsterdam
and Rotterdam rs TO various iinagi.
nary estates in Holland--E. c. Kron:.
Anneke Jams. Du Bois. Metzger,
Brosius Fischer Snyder and others
more than twenty in all rhe inquiries
come from all parts of the United
States. Since 1898, the United States
minister and consuls IN Holland have
received more than 23O letters from
Americans on the subject. The mir.
lister says that he is authorized by HE
authorities at The Hague TO state not
only that there are no such estates
awaiting distribution, but that there
have never been any such estates; and
one Official is sure. from the nature
Cf things and the Dutch laws, that
there never VIII be any such estates.
The suburban citizen., 1902-06-14
PlTH AND POINT.


$50 she Tilted the son and married
the father "Yes. She thought an
income better than an Allowance
Brooklyn Life.
AS he gayly wanders homeward,
He is trying to recall
If the thing he saw was bsse-pong
Or game of plain ping-ball
Washington Star
~ see by the posters that young
Stagcr. the comedian. travels under his
wife's management" 80 do most
men; but they don't advertise it,
Tit-Bits.
Arthur-"Yes, l think Minnie loves me
very much. She's dear girl; she has
a large heart" HaTy-"A heart like
London omnibus always room for one
more. Boston Transcript
Eyes, sir" said the builder, gleefully
"every house in that operation is rent
ed now but one" "Ah! And that
one" remarked his friend. "is last, but
not leased. philadelphia Press.
She will not let him in the house
Until he wipes his feet.
Then she sails out in long-trained gown
And wipes up all the street.
New York Times.
Tom (admiringJy)-"Ah. there goes
the young widow. Now she is a WON.
an worth talking about" Ida Ceal-
ously)-"I guess she must be. Every
one is talking about ber."-Chicago
News
Bess-"Is il true that young Slmkins
offered himself TO you last night?"
Nell-"Hc did" Bess--"And did YOU
accept hlm?" Nell-"Well not ex-
actly-but l have an option on him
for ten days, Chicago News
Willie-"Papa, If l was twins would
you buy the other boy banana, too"
Papa-"Certalnly. my son" Willie
We'll, papa, you surely amt going to
cheat me out of another banana just
because I'm all in one peceT-Judge
mo, I'm not very well impressed
with the house" said the prospective
tenant. "The yard is frightfully small;
there's hardly room for single flower.
bed" Think sop replied the agent;
"but-er-mightn't you use folding
flowerbeds T'--Glasgow Times.
Stranger-"What statue is that being
erected on the squareT Citizen
THAT, sir. is the statue OF the Hon. ].
Mortimer Biggerton.' Stranger-"One
OF the benefactors of the town, sup
poseY Citizen-"Yes, indeed. He
paid for the statue before he died.
Chicago News.
Mrs. SWellman-"I dreamed last
night that l was with Il box party at
the opera" Mr.. Swellman--'l won.
dered why you were talking so loud
in your sleep. philadelphia Press.
Bacon--"It is always sign Of life
in a horse when he rears.' Egbert-
Yes, certainly Bacon-"And yet he
looks as if he were on his last legs
Yonkers Statesman
The suburban citizen., 1902-06-14
Sacred Fires of Balkans.

In the homes Of Balkan peasants
nothing is priced so highly as the fire
on the hearth, for it is regarded as sa.
cred, and is never allowed 70 go out
Tradition says that if it is extin.
guissed misfortune will surely come
and that in many cases the death Of
the fire is a sure token that some mem.
Der Of the family will speedily die
Another time-hOnored tradition says
that the sacred fire is able TO cure many
malades, and this is supposed to be
the main reason il is guarded so care
fully throughout the Carpathians and
the Balkan peninsula.-London Mail.
The suburban citizen., 1902-06-14
lln,r Lnuhst Went 10 schnol.

VI. Loubet tells OF himself that he
resisted being sent TO school when. at
right years Of age his father decided
that Emile must enter the college az
Crest He ran away and hid in the
woods and when found had TO be tied
hand and foot and put in a wagon. In
his way he was delivered like an
ordinary parcel. to the director of the
school at Crest. Once there, how.
ever. he became popular with both
teachers and pupils, for he was
A manly little chap and did his work
and joined the games with engaging
leartiness These characteristics have
distinguished him all his life, He has
uever attempted to conceal the peasant
lrigin Of himself and his wife.
The suburban citizen., 1902-06-14
WHEN PA SOLD OUT.

Papa's indulgent, and Papa S a dear,
Yet so absorbed in his ventures, | fear
Little DER etiquette problems he's pored-.
AT each reception dear Papa seems bored
Mamma and have succeeded quite well,
Entree we have to society swell
We're up to snuff when we're put TO the
test
Papa lacks polish and talks Of the West
Sometimes I've said with petulant pout:
"Oh, how wish Papa d never sold out
All Of his mines on the Placer Creeks fork
Moved with million in CASH to New
York"
Mamma and have acquired the grace
Never to show that we feel out of place
But, oh. can you blame us for feeling dis
tressed?
Papa lacks polish, and talks Of the West.
Kansas City Independent.
The suburban citizen., 1902-06-14

I The way surgeons and scientists are
juggling with life in these latter days
is almost paralyzing to the lay mind
1t is reported that a German chemist
has prepared a fluid which, injected
into a plant near its roots has the
power of perpetuating life. The plant
stops growing and maintains a fresh,
green appearance although vitality is
apparently suspended.