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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-18

The Southern railroad people seem to
nave solved the question of preventing.
runaway trains on their road down
Saluda gap. Switches are to be estab-
lished with heavy up grades. Each will
be two thousand yards in length with
an up grade of twenty-five or thirty
feet. These switches will be kept open
all the time, with a watchman present
to close it on the signal from an APP
preaching train that the engineer has
his train under control This plan has
heen suggested by some of high railway
officials and endorsed by the state cor
poration commission, which has recent
ly inspected that dangerous section OF
the road.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-18

to know their business. to study it from
a business-like standpoint. that they
may cultivate, buy Y sell to the very
best advantage. These things can be
accomplished only through corporations;
hence the advantages of the Alliance
should appeal to the thinking farmers
of the state. Its doors are wide open
to all good people who are eligible to
membership therein n to such il eX-
tends a hearty welcome and helping
hand.
This truly IS a day Of organization
and the farmers should not be an ex-
ception TO the rule, thereby leaving
themselves exposed TO the tender mer-
cies CD of organized greed.
The present seems to be an suspicious
time for organizations; the people are
ready. Whenever there is an organized
alliance let its members bestir them
selves and get their neighbors TO come
in and be n with them. Where there
IS no alliance let the neighbOrs come to-
gether in mass meeting and r~eorganize
one. I trust some progressive farmer
in Zach neighborhood will take the mat
ter in hand and push the work to COM
pletion. The writer will gladly send
any information at his command TO any
one interested. Do not delay, but take
up the work at one For further infor-
nation. address
T. B. PARKER,
Raleigh, y. c.. Secretary.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-18
PRESIDENT MAKES A STATEMENT
He Will Not Interfere in Any Way
With Nomination of Mayor of New
York.

New York, September 16.-Presfdent
Roosevelt's attention having been
called to,the letter of District Attor-
new Jerome. addressed to a member
Of the Citizens Union in which men
ton was made of the presidents posi-
ton in the coming mayoralty campaign
in this city, the following authoritative
statement was given out today:
1.-The president has not interferred
and will not interfere in any way,
shape or manner, either for or against
the nomination of any candidate for
mayor AS an individual, n presf-
dent is of course keenlv interested IN
the success of any movement for good
government in New York city, as in
any city in the land; but the presi-
dent does not regard it as any part OF
his duty as president to use his posi-
ton to influence in any way n mu-
nicipal election"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-18
RATIONAL IRRIGATION
Eleventh Session is Largely Attend
ed-Twenty Six States and Terri
tories Represented.

Ogden. Utah. September 15.-TWen-
ty-six states and territories Of the I'M
ion are represented at the eleventh
National Irrigation Congress, which
began a four days session in h Og-
den Tabernacle today. this being the
largest number ever represented since
the beginning of the movement for the
reclamation of the arid west.
The first resolution introduced by
Senator Burton. of Kansas ~favoring
the conservation of the food waters
Of the great rivers as a part of the
scheme of irrigation of the west was
received with so much AVG that there
seems to be no doubt, that such action
will be Overwhelmingly favored.
Letters were read from President
Roosevelt and Secretary Hitchcock
The presidents letter said:
None Of our internal policies Will
be more consequent to the future OF
the country during the next few de-
cadeS than this matter of irrigation.
1t is of vital consequence to the inter
mountain states and to the entire
Semi-arid region, II what is OF vita
consequence to n portion OF our
country is of vital consequence to tht
whole country"
The president sent a long telegram
! pointing out how the irrigation law
should be carried into effect and argu
ing for forest preservation as a sup
port of an irrigation policy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-18

When Sandow poses and the muscles
Ridge his back and knot his arms, we
think we have before US the very secret
of strength in those magnificent muscles.
But we haven't. Starve Sandow, or,
what is practically the same thing, let
him be dyspepdc, and his muscle o
soon fall. Strength is made from food
properly digested aud assimilated, and
no man Is stronger than his stomach, BE-
cause when the stomach is diseased d.
seston and assimilation are imperfect.
DIR. Pieroe's Golden Medical Discovery
cures diseases of the stomach and other
organs of digestion and nutrition. 1t
enables the perfect digestion and assirn-
ilation Of food 90 that the body is nour-
ished into perfect health and strength.
Al had what my physician called indigestion
me no GOOD writes Mr.. w. H. Wells, OF WI
lard, Nc. Il wrote to DR.. Pierce and stated
eienic rules. / carried out these as bee 1 could
Bought SIX bottles Of his Golden Medical DIS
covery' and commenced taking It. Anew day
later I noticed a great change. Felt axe new
man: Before I began the use OF ME iGo ns
Ia stomach, my nsrves seemed all 'rrr down,
I was vefy thin in flesh, but now can eat neart!
and sleep good at night"
DR.. Piercs's Common Sense Medica
Adviser is sent free on receipt OF stamp
10 pay expense of mailing only. Sene
twenty-one one-cent stamps for the pa
p~er-covered book, or thirty-one stamp
for the cloth-bound volume. Addres
DR.. R. v. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-18

Those Raleigh taxpayers who are
kicking about the excessive valuation
seem to be in mes They are going
TO get out of paying any this
year if they can. It looks as If they
had the law on the city and
county authorities. The revenue law
requires that the board of county COM
m~issioners shall appoint three freehold
ers as tax listers and assessors. Two
Of the three men appointed for Ra-
leigh township are not freeholders.
The plaintiffs n the injunction suit
claim that his fact nullifies any as
sessment made by the tax assessors.
The whole case will hinge upon the
construction the court puts upon that
clause of the revenue act-whether il IS
| necessary 10 the validity OF a tax as
sessment that the terms of the act are
followed exactly. If the plaintiffs should
win this case it would be a heavy blow
to the city and county. 1t would not
surprise US to hear of similar suits in
other counties based upon violations Of
technicalities in the law. There seems
10 be general dissatisfaction at the tax
assessments for this year.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-18
FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 10.
THE WARFARE IN MACEDONIA.

In her reply to the note OF the Turk
ish representatives u'e'
some pretty plain talking. IL the Iacls
are as stated it is high time that lhe
powers were taking ACTON Ill Une
premises. 1t Looks as II the 1uIhS
were bent upon the complete ahhlhlla
tion of the Bulgarians and other
Christians residing in the disaffected
territory. Their war is chiefly against
women and children 1t Is almost I'M
POSSIBLE, though. to believe the re
ports of slaughter that are sent out
by the insurgents and their frlendS
in Sofia. The dea of soldiers muir
dering in cold blood sixty thousand
DeopIe. chiefly women and children!
TT IS hard TO believe that such a thing
could be possible: lat in a civilized
COUNTRY men could be found so devoid
of human instincts as to commit such
crimes as are reported to be daily TAX
ing place in Macedonia. That there
is for these reports ana
that the conduct of the Turkish SOL
diers is pal in the extreme there
can be no doubt. 1t is horrlble 70
think hat such deeds can be lone
almost within sound of the capitals OF
the civilized, Christian peoples Of Eu-
rope and no one of the nations dare
TO call a halt; that the Jealousy Oh
each other and fear of one or the 9TH
er gaining too much advantage over
the others prevents intervention by
the European powers singly or con-
Jointly.
II it be true, IS reported, that a
Russian monastery in Jerusalem mas
been sacked by Mussulmans then there
is some hopes that Russia viii feel
called upon to take steps to orlng
the Turks to terms. So long as the
powers hold back and show turkey
that their fear Of each other prevents
Interference the slaughter and burn
ing will continue. She is not afraid
of them so long as she can play then
against each other as she has beer
doing for years.
France and Italy are both getting
naval squadrons in readiness to sent
to Turkish waters. but such demon
stration will accomplish nothing bu'
the securing of d number of promise!
made with the intention of not being
kept.
The presence of our warships OF
the Syrian coast has had good effect
for the porte we'll knew they Were
not sent there for show only; tina
Admiral Cotton was there with hi:
naval force TO give protection to tht
American citizens in Beirut a demon
stration by a EuroDean squadron is
very different thing. The porte ha:
become accustomed to them. But then
the time will come when the sultaI
will find that he a gone too far anC
he will have several OF the power
down upon him in real earnest, ant
when this happens you may look GU
for some radical changes in the ma
of Europe to follow. 1t is to be hoped
that day will soon come.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-18
QUARANTINE WILL BE ENFORCED.
Fellow Fever Exists m NeuvO Lare-
dO-AIi Traffic Must Cease.

Laredo, Texas. September 1.-The
quarantine established against Nuevo
Laredo, Texas, by the state and fed
eral authorities is being most rigor-
ously maintained, it having been de-
monstrated beyond a doubt that yell
low fever exists there.
DR.. George Tabor, of Austin, chief
health officer, DR.. H. ]. Hamilton, ma
rlne hospital surgeon, n several
other prominent physicians made a
thorough examination Of two fever
cases in Nuevo Laredo today and pos
itively pronounced one of them yellow
fever and the other very suspicious"
with symptms of yellow fever.
The quarantine officers have decided
that all traffic must cease between
Laredo, Texas, and Mexico points and
therefore no more trains will be allow
ed to cross the international bridge.
There was a general exodus today,
nearly 500 people, principally women
and children, leaving for SAn Antonio
and Corpus Christi.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-18
WHAT CAUSED POPE LEO'S DEATH

1t seems now that the late pope did
not die OF pleurlsy or pneumonia. as
was stated at the time of mis- illness
and death. The attending Physicians
now admit that he died of tuberculosis
cancer of the right h~ydrO-thorax. The
doctors say they knew at the time
that this was the disease with which
he was afflicted, but that they were
positively forbidden by Cardinal
RampolIa to announce the true nature
of the pope's sickness. These physi-
clans, in order to save their regulations
made a written statement OF the pOpe's
illness. which they signed before a
notary and it was filed away.
What object the cardinal had IN
wishing TO deceive the public has not
been announced. No II can see any
reason for this secrecy as TO the true
condition Of the pope. 1t was we'll
known that he was fatally IL. Those
about him did not attempt to make it
appear that he could recover. They
admitted he had a fatal disease. What
then could be the object in ~ooncealing
the nature OF that disease? Cardinal
RampolIa has not made any explana-
ton of this conduct. and the matter
would never have been made public
if DIR. Cardarelli, an eminent physician
of Rome. had not made the statement
that the symptoms Of the pope as an
nounced by the attending doctors indi-
Gated that his disease was tuberculosis
cancer and not pleurisy. When this
statement was made Drs. Lapponi and
Mazzoni at once admitted its correct
ness and told, as above stated, why
they had not announced the pope's
true condition.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-18
Sir Thomas Upton Has Appendicitis

Chicago, Se-tember 16.-Sir Thomas
Upton is suffering from ~"colitis and
catarrhal appendicitis" according to
an official statement made by his
physicians this afternoon. Sir Thomas
complained OF a pain in his tomac
yesterday morning When he arrived in
Chicago. A few hours later he was
compelled to take to his bed IN his
apartments at the Auditorium Annex.
The physicians in attendance upon Sir
Thomas Upton declared tonight just
before their patient retired that his
condition was satisfactory and he is
not considered in any immedite danger.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-18

President Roosevelt's resolution not
TO accept presents from any one must
have been formed since his recent Wes-
tern tour. 1t is said the railroads made
him a present of that fourteen thou
sand-mile journey; that he did not pay
a cent for the handsome train which
carried him all over the western and
northwestern part of the country.
Wonder if he will abolish the custom
that New Hampshire man has observed
for years of sending a big turkey to the
White house each yea for the presi-
dents Thanksgiving dinner. The re-
fusal to accept the national flag which
that Boston lady had taken so much
trouble to make was 4 small thing. l.
will not increase a~nybody's opinion of
the presidents honesty.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-18
The Apache in Collision With the
Snow.

New York, September 1.-THE Clyde
Line steamer Apache, which sailed
yesterday for Charleston and Jackson
Vile, ran into the pilot boa Ambrose
Snow off Scotland lightship yesterday
afternoon. A dense fog prevailed al
the time and the lookout on the Apache
did not see the pilot boat until toe
late to avoid the collision. The
Apache was apparently uninjured and
proceeded on her voyage, after ascer.
tanning that. the Snow was IN NJ
danger Of sinking. No one or either
vessel was injured.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-18
Letter to j. G.. L.. GeiSchen.
Of Wilmington. N. G.

Dear Sir: If you paint two houses
alike with two different paints, and
one takes twice as much paint as the
other, you know which paint to buy
after that-so far as gO-far goes
don't you?
One of these paints is Devoe; the
other is any average paint. The worst
are worse than that: the better are
not much better; no other paint thar
Devoe is anywhere near sDevoe in go
far. Devoe is "n further; the rest are
go-short go-middling and go-three-
quarters. Yours truly,
F. w. DEVOE & co.
P. S.-M. w. Divine & Co. sell our
paint.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-18

There may be objection to Rev. San
Jones style of preaching, especially to
his abuse from the pulpit Of individuals,
but no one can accuse him of not being
willing always to back up his words
with his fists when attacked for the
former. Last Sunday night he paid his
respects to the postmaster of Carriers
Vile. saying that the people of the town
would prefer TO have their mai handed
out by a decent negro than by a dirty
dog who was using his official position
to sell wine and call it dope. The two
men met on the streets Monday and
the postmaster attacked Mr.. Jones. The
latter look the offensive n gave his
assailant g. black eye, he getting a cut
lip. hi is by no means the first time
Mr.. Jones remarks in the pulpit have
gotten him into such a difficulty, but
he has never yet backed down or been
whipped.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-18

DR.. T. N. Ivey, editor of The Raleigh
Christian Advocate, is anxious to Sc
cure the name and address of all per-
sons who were pupils of the late DR..
BraXton Craven. He makes the re-
quest through the press nat each one
of DR.. Craven's former pupils will send
him a postal card with name and post
office address.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-18
The Clara Arrives at Pensacola.

Pensacola, Fla, September 16.-The
team Clara, the first OF the Austro-
American line vessels to enter this port
since the Louisville and Nashville closed
the deal for that line of vessels, in con-
nection with their line service, arrived
in port yesterday afternoon and was
locked at the Commandment wharf.
The steame Gertie, also of this line, is
now on her passage from Philadelphia.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-18
Canal Committee Repor Passes
First Reading.

Washington, September 1.-THE fol-
lowing bulletin was posted today at
the state department:
Under date Of the 14th instant Mr..
Beaupre telegraphs the department Of
state that the report Of the canal CON-
mlttee passed the senate unanimously
on the first reading. Senator Perez
Sopo gave notice of an amendment to
restrict the executive absolutely to the
terms Of the proposed law"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-18

Postmaster General Payne a nc
notion of putting himself in a position
to be cross-examined by the counsel fol-
the indicted boodlers.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-18

What deviltry will the papers have TO
record next? Yesterday we published
an account of a man being severely
whipped by a party Of his ~neighbors in
Johnston county. Elsewhere in today's
paper we print an account Of some one
attempting to assassinate a woman in
Beaufort county. An old and inoffen-
sive lady is shot and severely wounded
while in her house attending to her
household duties. While her assailant
is yet unknown the evidence points to
one Of her own family, a young son.,
whom the report of the affair says is in
hiding. We are glad to see that our
superior court judges are awakening to
the fact that it is up to them to put a
stop to the epidemic Of crime in this
state by imposing punishments COM
mensurate with the ~offenses committed.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-18

Governors of the Elks National
Home.
Indianapolis. September 1S.-Joseph T.
Tanning, grand exalted ruler OF the
Benevolent and Protective Order OF
Elks, tonight named the board Of gov
ernors for Elks' National Home, as fol
lows:
Meade D. Detwiler. Harrisburg; Thos
F. McNulty, Baltimore, Md; l. Laza-
rus, Lynchburg. Va.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-18

If the friends of Hon. r. B. Glenn are
in earnest about his candidacy for the
g~overnorship they should suppress that
picture OF him The Winston-Salem
Journal is publishing.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-18

The Canadians think they Ia made
a big discovery in those words "a la
hauteur de-" But they did not scare the
United States representatives worth a
cent.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-18
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
POSTAGE PREPAID.

THE DAILY MESSENGER by mail
enc year 5000; six s3.OOj
three months S1.5O; one month 90
SCENTS.
seryed I'm the city Mt so cents a
zonth, one week 10 cents, Sl.oo ioF
three months or 5000 a year.
THE SEMI-WEEKLY MESSENGER
1.-TWO SPACE papers), by mail one
year s1.OO, six months 80 cents, In
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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-04-17
New Phase of Railroad Merqers.

The railroad problem is evidently
being immensely broadened. The
Mississippi roads and capitalists
have ideas and interests of their own
which begin to be in conflict with the
ideas accepted in the east. 1t Is not
longer a matter of course that our
exports shall come to the Atlantic
Powerful agencies are at work to
divert them to the Gulf of Mexico and
to the Pacific. Competition for bust
ness between the eastern trunk lines
seems to be impending. Not long
since it was held to be an axiom
among railroad men that no eastern
corporation should seek to extend its
lines to the Pacific 1t being taken for
granted that the Mississippi
lines would content themselves with
the vast region west of the father of
waters. The Mississippi was assumed
to be a magical dividing line between
different railroad worlds. But the
trans-Mississippi roads begin to seek
freights, east of the Mississippi, and
the Gbpl& interest plans which had
hitherto been treated as almost in
conceivable-a trunk line reaching
both Atlantic and Pacific. We are
evidently nearing a new phase of the
game of railway consultations.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-04-17
Why the Hen cackIes.

The accepted explanation of the
cackling in which hen INDUCES az
ter laying an egg is that she Is so
pleased that she wants everyone to
know it. The rooster answers the
cackle with a crow, and this Is taken
as further indication that both are i'm
mensely proud of the achievement.
This explanation is not tenable. II
the question is considered fairly, 1t is
very easy to see that instinct would
teach the hen that to cackle is to call
thAJ attention of the enemy to both
herself and her embryo offspring,
which she would naturally avoid do
Ing. The cackle is a relic OF long by
gone days when fowls were not do
.mesticated, and ran about wild. When
the hen wished to lay, she retired
from the rest of the fowl community
and performed the task. BY the time
she was ready to rejoin the common
wealth the other members had wan
dered some distance, and she did not
know where they were. She waited
till she had gone some distance from
the egg in order not to endanger 1t,
and then she cackled, after also hav-
ing taken a good look around to as
sure herself that no enemies were
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-04-17
The Eternal Penalty.

Some inquisitive people who have
it dinned in their ears that the war
in the Philippine islands has long
been over want to know why the
transport Sheridan Is about to take
one thousand or more soldiers to
Manila. We are still maintaining a
large military and naval force in our
new possessions" AS our soldiers
become worn out in the unfavorable
climate of the Philippines they are
brought home, and others are sent to
take their places. This makes large
transport system necessary, and there
is no prospect that there will be a
surcease of this heavy expense for
years to come. The situation Is
not at all charming for us, but
our government cannot claim that
it went into the conquest OF
the Philippines with it's eyes shut.
The example of resistance to what
was regarded as an usurping power
had stood for more than hundred
years. What are we getting for all
the trouble we have taken, and what
are we likely to get? We have a
large standing army in time of al
legged peace, and burden on our con-
science that ought to keep us awake
many nights.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-04-17
The Political Sick List.

One of the oldest features OF
American party life is the existence
Of what may be called an invalid
corps in each political army, which,
it is understood, is to be nursed
along by perennial ofiiceholding.
There are certain men in this state
and in other states, and there are Ger.
tain men in the national arena, who
have apparently prescriptive right
to office. Whatever happens, these
men are to be taken care of. The
pathos of an electoral overturn, the
thing that moves rude. strong men al.
most to tears, is the reflection that
the political sick list will be turned
out of it's comfortable haunts into a
world where men must work in or
der to live.