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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-15
WILL MEET IN NOVEMBER
CONGRESS WILL BE CALLED INTO
EXTRA SESSION.
No Agreement Has Been Reached as
to the Character of Financial
Legislation Which May be En-
acted.

Oyster Bay. N Y. September 12--
After mature consideration and con-
suItation person and bv mail with
members OF both the senate and the
house OF representatives. President
Roosevelt has abandoned the sugges-
ton that congress be called into extra
ordinary session IN October.
The extraordinary session. which ne
announced many months ago would be
held this fall. will be called, according
to present plans to meet on November
9th which was the date tentatively
fixed some time ago. 1t is not expect
ed that the formal call for the session
will be issued until after the president
shall have returned to Washington.
Notwithstanding a suggestion of an
October session of congress came from
prominent senators VINO warmly ad-
vorated its adOption the proposition
was not received with favor by MEM
berS of congress generally. The idea
OF a session in October was opposed
particularly because 1t would Oblige
senators and representatives to leave
their states and districts in the midst
OF Il campaign which to many of them
and their party was of vital impor-
tanCe.
No definite agreement yet has been
reached as to the character of the fl
nancial legislation which may be en-
acted at the approaching session of
congress Indeed. it is not certain that
an agreement can be reached between
the two branches of congress whereby
any special legislation can be enacted
1t may be that a solution of the prob
lem, which is alike complex and per-
picking. will be reached before the con-
ventiOn of the extraordinary session,
but even that is by no means as
Sured.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-15
Strike at New OrIean
Ended.

New Orleans, September PA basis
Of settlement was agreed upon late
today which will peaceably end the
strike of the longshoremen. The con-
tention has been on the part of the
longshoremen that eight men. four
white and four black, should be put
in the hold of a ship. This contention
is to be given up with some regulation
of tho amount of work each man is to
do AMI the men probably will be at
work on Monday
The strike of the freight handlers on
the Southern Pacific Wharves con-
tinues. the company having rejected
the propositions of the strikers. The
company continues to import men.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-15
MERGER OF STEAMSHIP LINES
WHITE STAR. DOMINION AND
AMERICAN MAY AMALGAMATE-
1t is Said That the Merging Only APP
plies to the Passenger department.
Changes Have Been Decided On.

IiyerpooI. September PA rumOr is
now current that the White Star Line
will soon cease to be a part CT the IN
ternatfonaI Mercantile Marine COM
pany and vii again become a purely
British firm, under the ownership OF
the Ismay family. 1t is said that the
report published by the London Times,
in a dispatch from Liverpool that the
White Star, Dominion and American
Steamship Lines will shortly cease to
exist as distinct organization, the
Dominion and American lines being
taken over by the White Star, applies
only TO a merging Of the passenger
departments though a merging of the
freight departments may follow.
London. September 12.-The St.
James Gazette, says that while the
Morgan's office here characterizes the
merger as pure fiction. the st. James
Gazette has reason to believe that
changes have been decided upon,
though perhaps not SO sweeping as in
dicated by the London Times. These
will take the form of further develop
ment, at London and Liverpool, along
lines by which all the west and end
passenger business of the l'Omlnlon'
American, Leyland and Transport lines
will be transacted at one office. The
several staffs and offices at LiVer.Gol
may be amalgamated.
Philadelphia, September 12.-ClemeCt
A. GriscOm, president of the 1nterna-
tiOnal Mercantile Marine Company,
speaking today in reference to the dis
patch from Liverpool said the story
probably grew out of the fact that the
separate offices of the three lines in
London and Liverpool are 70 consOli-
dated into one office in each city. He
added that this was being done in line
with the policy of concentration, 10
onnnnrnnizn nn the cost of Onaratinn
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-15
WINNERS In THE RE-ENTRY
INDIVIDUAL RIFLE MATCHES

Consolation match. Lieutenant Nath-
an Speering, Pennsylvania.
All Corners Military match, Lieut.
W. L. Farrow, Second District Of Co
lumbia.
Kuser Trophy. rapid fire match, J.
l.. Kuser, of New Jersey, brother of
the donor of the trophy.
Reading match Captain 3. 3. Nc
Alpin, New York.
Members match. Nacronal Rifle AS
sociation, Sergeant w. F. Leishner. OF
New York
Hayes match. New Jersey State Rifle
Association. Captain H. NJ. Bell. Sec
ond New Jersey.
General E. P. Meaney. match, Ser
geant Charles Moore, Pennsylvania
The Perrine Memorial match, n. ].
Mccartney Fourth New Jersey.
New Jersey State Rife Association
trophy match, r. L. Bowen of Rhode
Island, and W. G.. Hudson. Of New Jer-
sey, tied. They divided the prize.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-15

: Sea. Girt. y. ]. September 12.-The
big shooting tournament here closed
today Immediately after Lieutenant
K K. V. Casey. list regiment, New
York had won the military champion
ship of the United States by scoring
1872 out of a possible 21O. He captured
the title by finishing in the lead in the
presidents match. together with a gold
medal and $50 in cash. Sergeant A.
5. Corbett. list New York, finished
second with 1sS and Lieutenant A. E.
Ramey, also Of the list New York.
third with 1885, Private George A.
Cook first District of Columbia last
years champion. finished in fourth
place.
Those who finished in the lead in the
several re-entry individual matches
we're:
HvDoscopa match. Z. Yard Breeze.
Second New Jersey.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-15
DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN
FORMAL OPENING ADDRESS BY
JERRY SULLIVAN.
Iowa Democrats Begin the Political
Fight-GOvernOr Cummins Taken
to Task.

DenisOn, Iowa, September 12.-The
state democratic campaign opened here
today when Jerry B. Sullivan, demo-
cratic candidate for governor, made his
first formal address. The address had
been carefully prepared and dealt al
most entirely with the tariff and trust
questions. Governor Cummins was
taken severely to task for not standing
by his former attitude on the tariff
question.
Mr.. Sullivan said in part:
All tariff laws should be enacted on
a strictly revenue basis. Another
theory of levying taxation is contrary
to the letter of the constitution and to
the spirit of free institutions. Con-
gress is and ought 10 be without power
20 tax you for my benefit. The tariff
aids in creating monopolies and is the
basis of all trusts. The trouble is and
has been that our people have not yet
given to the trust quesron the serious
attention 1t deserves. The inevitable
consequence of combinations is the ELI
mination of competition.
The republicans say that the money
question is settled ana wish to keep
from YOUR minds all reference to it.
1t may and it may not be settled, de-
pending upon the point of view from
which you look at it,
Do you fully appreciate that system
of craftsmanship which wishes to en-
graft on the law Of our country a sta
tute permitting a ten dollar bill to be
based u-on the assets of some defunct
bank and is unwilling to have the ten
dollar bill based upon the silver bull
lion of our country. Which asset would
You prefer2 That of the bank in the
hands of a receiver. or silver bullion
in the vaults of the United States?
Such is the intention of the Fowler
bill. The Aldrich bill is along the
same line. but step in advance
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-15
Provisions of Measure
Reported to COlOm-
bian Congress
BY COMMITTEE

Which Was Appointed to Study the
Condition Upon Which the Con-
structiOn of the Panama Canal
Could be AuthOrized-There Are
Since the Committee Agreed on
the Matter, 1t Has Not Been Dis
cussed in the Senate. But it Will
Come Up on the 14th, Inst.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-15
IS ALARMING
Sensational Reports OF
Massacre of Christians
in Macedonia
MANY VICTIMS

The New Governor of Beirut An
nounces His Intention of Re
He Promises to Treat the Magel-
ssen Matter PromptIy-The French
officials Have Ordered n Cruiser to
Sail at Once for Turkish Waters.
RumOrs Are Received of the
Wholesale Massacre of BulGarians
and it May be That the Govern
ment Will be Forced to Order the
MobiIizatiOn of the Army.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-15
Charged With False Swearing.

Jackson, Ky. September ia. C.
Adams and George Bolin were arrested
by Elizor John Blanton today on bench
warrants from Cynthiana, charging
der case.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-15
Rear Admiral Cook Retired.

Washington, September 12.-Rear Ad-
miral Francis A. Cook, who command
ed the Brooklyn at Santiago, was re-
tired today after forty years service,
on his own application.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-15
No Seed from Cotton Affected With
Boil WeeviI.

Montgomery, Ala, September 12.-
The house of representatives today
passed bill to prohibit the importa-
ton of seed from cotton affected with
the Texas boil weeVil.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-15

The largest stock of Carpets and
Rugs will be found at Polvogt's-prices
right. \ sIfIlMx
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Continued on Seventh PageD
The Washington times., 1903-05-17

bic countries known TO the class. and
in the spring and autumn mushroom
hunters can be found in field and forest
searching for the delicacies they know
so well. The members of the various
mushroom clubs are enthusiasts on the
subject, and there are those who assert
that the cultivation of this fungus will
eventually nave important bearing
on the worlds food supply. II more were
known about the edible species it would
form more important part of our diet
than now, for we would realize more
clearly that for home consumption it is
a healthful and grateful food. and when
successfully grown for market it be
comes so profitable that the original in
vestment often is doubled. In parts Of
Russia, Germany and Italy mushrooms
furnish the peasants and working classes
with a food that takes the place of meat.
The French often cultivate them in
cellars and caves. and they may be grown
In all kinds of greenhouses and even in
boxes and frames. which can be obtained
The Washington times., 1903-05-17
Witt SILK WRAP. GuJNY LACE

or a black gown. but. Of course, is not
so smart as the white with everything
else The one tone of color carried out
by having the gown, the coat. and the
hat all of one shade is nearly always
becoming. and when it is not, just an
other touch of some other color added
is aIl-sufficient to make IL distinctive
and original At the present moment
silk gowns in changeable taffeta, with
wrap of the same color.-not necessarily
of silk, but OF cloth-are quite the new
est. and as such are very charming
1t would seem as though velvet were
never to go out of fashion. But the vel
vet sold by the yard, for gowns and
coats and trimmings, and the velvet rib
bons used also for trimmings, velvet
rosettes, stiff velvet bows, and the mar
row velvet ribbon run through beading.
have reappeared again on the latest de-
signs for summer frocks. In many in
stances the touch of contrast given by
the black velvet is very smart and al
most always becoming The gowns cut
The Washington times., 1903-05-17

IN the good old days when the
apart from social opportunities
to almost as great an extent as
her conventuaI sister she enjoyed
certain distinct advantages as well
as certain very apparent disadvantages.
The discussion of her duty to society
usually resolved itself into a discussion
as to what she should wear during bust
ness hours and as to how far she might
compromise with her ''womanliness" by
falling to observe elevated masculine
feet and coatless masculine arms in an
office. But nowadays the problem is
more complicated.
She is invited to dinners and dances
as a matter of course, provided that she
knows dinner and dance giving people.
Her acquaintance no longer say: ut
would be so pleasant to have Elaine
down for the club tea on Saturday af
ternoon, only, of course, she doesn't
care for that sort of thing. She paints,
you know" Weekend parties are no
longer withholden from her on the
ground that law and a fondness for rural
rela xations are antagonistic tastes. It
is not supposed that she scorns golf
tournaments because she teaches Greek
in woman's college, or that a yachting
trip is out of the question for her be-
cause she is real estate broker.
OF course, all this is pleasant. but he
who imagines that it is unalloyed joy to
the working woman is reckoning-as she
cannot-without the dressmaker, the
tailor, the cabby, the servants. and the
other expensive adjuncts of a social ca
reer For. accepted as fact, the pro-
fessional woman is no longer allowed
for as a mild monstrosity. She may no
more make her appearance at a formal
dinner clad in a shirt waist and cloth
skirt, on the ground that she is q physi-
clan. than her brother can make his in
knickerkockers and Norfolk jacket and
expect excuse to be offered because he
is landscape gardener or a railroad
engineer.
Take the case of Hester. for example.
Hester teaches literature in swell pri-
vate school. That in itself implies eX-
penditures. One may not train the
The Washington times., 1903-05-17

the walls Such beds in dwelling
people, but when rightly handled and
thoroughly prepared before being start
cd IN tine house they emit no odor.
No person can grow mushrooms more
successfully than the farmers wife, yet,
strange to say, she has paid little at
tention to this branch of home garden
ing. Little skilled labor is necessary,
and after planting all the care consists
in maintaining an even temperature and
in gathering the crops. Many women in
search of employment can find no pleas
anter work than mushroom growing. but
only lately has this been realized. There
is nothing arduous about it; the spawn,
or bricks, can be obtained from the
seedmen, and nearly every ard or even
a small patch of land affords the condi-
tions necessary to the cultivation of the
common varieties. The market, too, is
increasing and there is every indication
that as 1t becomes better known the cuI-
tivation of these succulent dainties will
become an important industry. Space
that would otherwise be unavailable can
be beautifed and little knowledge of
the market demands will enable one to
know what kinds to cultivate and where
to sell them. The mushroom clubs are
advocating the industry for women. and
they collect every specimen available.
so that 1t may be catalogued and tested
and the edible species become common
ly known.
All edible fungi should be collected in
The Washington times., 1903-05-17

low in the neck-we have been threat
ened with these for the last two or
three. even four, years. in fact-are now
worn with a broad band of black velvet
around the throat. This is a fashion
that. strangely enough. is always pro-
nounced becoming, but IT has an I'M
happy faculty of adding many years to
the apparent age of the wearer, as any
woman who has passed the first fresh
ness of youth or has a tendency to
double chin has found out 10 her sorrow.
But black velvet is fashionable. and as
such is used when run through beading,
in rosettes or bows OF in the new col
lars. for the black velvet ribbon is made
I'D into stiff collars as well as worn tied
with bow at the back of the neck.
Although broad lace collars on gowns
and wraps are not so popular as they
we're. the long shouldered effect is gain
ed more easily by these collars than
been provided by nature with the long,
dropping shoulder line.
On many of the summer gowns that
are more or less simply made. this wide
collar is one of the features OF the sea-
son, and it Is seen on many of the
new wraps. the collar costing even more
than the entire garment, for expensive
lace shows to much better advantages
when so used than in any other way.
Lace the color of the coat or wrap or
of ecru IS more used than all white. al
though an attempt is now being made to
use the collar white with tan or gray,
rather than ecru. There are several DIFF
ferent kinds of Iaces. In fact. almost
all kinds are considered possible, but the
fad of the moment is a fine lace used
In connection with shirrings Of chiffon.
| This style of collar with long ends IN
front is really a wrap in itself. and On
some of the long coats is made so that
il can be taken off and worn separately
/ If so desired. But somehow 1t makes
| the coat cumbersome and does not seem
so trim or so in keeping as the deep
collar of lace the color of the coat. The
sleeves are all very large and are put
| in such way that they look as though
| they were part of the cloak, and not
sleeves at all. They are wide at the
wrist, and it is very rarely that there
| is any lace on them. II the sleeve is
fancy with deep turned-back cuff. there
may be insertion of lace. but lace ruffies
and things of that sort are quite out
of date This applies to the wraps. not
| to the short fancy coats OF dark cloth
which are now finished with double or
triple ruff1es of pleated white muslin
and lace combined. On the silk and
pongee coats and all the so-called trav-
cling or driving cloaks the rule is that
there shall be no trimming likely 20
| catch the dust, and, consequently. only
a facing is used in the fronts and on
the collar and revers, if revers there are,
because for the moment they are rather
out of date
The Washington times., 1903-05-17
uWorR ano Social Obligations.

youthful mind there to appreciate the
beauties of Shelley or the thunderings
of Carlyle unless one is properly at
tired The scions Of the aristoeracy may
not hear that George Eliot did not begin
to write novels early in life from a
woman whose tie is badly chosen and
badly tied. And when under the guild
ance of the head OF the literature de-
partment the class is taken to see las
You Like IT, the head of the litera-
ture department slust be a model IN
matinee costuming.
But in addition to these unavoidable
expenses Hester has others. She has
wide and varied circle of acquaintance.
The parents of some - her pupils are
on her visiting list. She has her own
agreeable circle, and one distinguished
one which has descended to her from
days Of former greatness. Moreover. she
is pretty, she can talk well, and, to
the everlasting gratitude of hostesses,
she can listen even better. She is.
therefore, in great demand. and her
fellow teachers envy her in a good-na-
tured way.
Some OF them were telling her OF her
good fortune last Monday when she re-
turned from two days at Tuxedo. The
country, they said, must be perfectly
lovely at this season of the year and she
must have had a great measure of COM
fort visiting in a well appointed house,
to say nothing of the delight she could
not have failed to derive from inter
course with so many agreeable persons
who did not talk shop" Hester admit
ted all these blessings. and then she
produced a notebook.
at comes high" she observed, after
making sure that no lurking pupil was
We must have it,
Comes high" echoed the others. I'VE
thought you were visiting"
Il was" replied Hester. Then she con-
suited her book Tip to the coachuan. 80
she announced, fifty cents-I think
he utterly despised me for not making
it dollar; silver coin seems so insig-
nifcant to him. Tip to the maid, an
other ffty-and she laid out the con-
tents of my bag with an air of such
carefully repressed disdain that l al
most made it two dollars, just to show
her that l was a person to be respected.
even if l did bring only one dinner dress
for three dinners and two changes for
three days. Tip TO man who was on
hand to give me a solitary breakfast at
I, one dollar-you couldn't offer him
less, you felt so keenly that you had
sinned Unpardonably in routing him out
in time for such an ungodIy repast I
think that is AlI-for tips"
But the tips are not the whole OF even
the worst of the drains on the working
woman who aspires 10 go out It's
clothes and carriage hire and return
courtesies and time and energy. Man,
proud man, clothed in single evening
suit, may make a seasons round of din
ners and operas and dances He may
with it wear the overeoat which does
duty by day, and not be conspicuously
badly dressed. A woman whose chiffon
founces or spangled train float free be-
meath a jacket of Persian lamb or Of
broadcloth is grotesque Moreover, she
is extravagant. Crush all her pillows
under the restricting folds of an ordi-
nary coat and they are half ruined.
The Washington times., 1903-05-17

alongside the wall to protect it from
cold draughts. Shelves can be placed
above the bed as in any other part OF
the cellar. This fas been known TO
work admirably, ,,pecially if the tenn
perature of the cellar varies from so to
so Fahrenheit. One grower markets
nearly three thousand pounds yearly
from the cellar, and attributes the sue
cess to absolute cleanliness and coats of
lime wash which are frequently given
The Washington times., 1903-05-17
UUbere to Grow Mushrooms.

A LTHoUGH heat and humidity
N influence all kinds of vegeta-
4 = ton, yet heat seems to ex-
ert less and humidity a greater in
fuence on mushrooms than on other
plants. For this reason il is in spring
and autumn that the feshly mushroom
fourishes most vigorously in the United
States, which IS one of the most favora-
The Washington times., 1903-05-17

at little expense and which will supply
enough for domestic use Spring and
autumn are the best seasons, and the
mushrooms are usually in full bearing
at the end of four weeks.
Some women use the cellars of their
houses for mushroom beds, and in the
case of those who wish to grow few, a
part of the room can be partitioned off
The Washington times., 1903-05-17

wear as are those of plain cloth, trim
med with either the cord and tassels,
passementerie ornaments, or the bands
of heavy lace insertion. In white these
coats are especially smart and becom-
ing, and they are very useful also in
pongee for driving and for dust cloaks.
A costume of pale gray, with a long gray.
wrap can do duty as well for white
The Washington times., 1903-05-17

their prime and prepared and served as
speedily as possible. lest decomposition
set in. another precaution is to care
fully scrutinize the mushroom for the
minute grubs which sometimes infest the
entire surface. vertical cut through
ton.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-12-25
*,s,srs I ...s I. e ~ =. -s.::. msrs-.
Calumet
Baking
Powder
aaedsrsss in prics aaakea nurssttoods
A Timely Suggestion,
aaedsrsss In price -aaakea pursst tood'

This Is the ssasrn OF the year WheD
tile careful and prudent liousewifere~
pienishes her supply OF Ghamberlain's
Cough Remedy. 1t is certain TO be-
needed before the winter Is over, and
results are much more prompt and
satisfactory when IL is kept at hand
and given as soon as the cold is con-
tracted and before it has become
settled in the system. In almost
every instance d severe cold may be
warded off by taking this remedy free
ly as soon as the first Indication Of the
cold appears. There is no danger in
giving it to children for III contains
no harmful substance It's pleasant
to take both adults aud children
like it, Buy itana you will get the
best. It always cures. For safe by
all druggists.
WANTED-fa May delivery, one
HUNDRED good steers not under 2 years
when delivered. Top price 81 cents
per pound. VIII pay half when pur~
chased and the other half on delivery.
Call on or address Fred Heinkel,
Houghton, S. %. oct23