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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-20
TEACHERS INSTITUTE ADJOURNS.
Attendance Was LarGe-Dr. Johnson
Nearly ASphyiated-COI. Cunning
ham to Speak at Fremont.
Especial to The Messenger.)

Especial to The Messenger.)
Goldsboro. y. c., October 16.-Dr. ].
y. Johnson. a popular young dentist
of this city. had a narrow escape from
a~sphyXiatiOn last night. He was alone
in his office trying to regulate a new
gas machine which he uses for the pain
less extraction of teeth He placed the
headgear apparatus on his head and
over his nose and turned on the gas.
While At work in the machine he for
got 10 turn off the gas. He soon be-
gan TO feel dizzy and his first though.
was to turn off the gas, which ne did
immediately. He had inhaled too much
n when he tried 10 straighten him
self up he fell forward and truck his
head against the plate glass window
In falling he broke the window and re-
ceived several slight cuts on his head
and face. He remained unconscious for
= very short time. He is at his offic-
today and except for the few slight cuts
on his face and head he is no worse off
for the narrowing experience which he
went through with.
OF course the great gathering of col
ored people in this city TO attend the
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-20

Under the headlines of Evidently a
Case of the Hit Dog" the Charlotte
Chronicle of a few days ago has the
following to say about it's afternoon
rival, The News:
The Charlotte News, in its issue of
yesterday printed the following:
Says The Charlotte Observer,
speaking of the probability of a new
telephone system for Charlotte. God
forbid. One telephone system is nee
essary; two are a supertiuity; a third
would be a calamity Even so. And
the same reasoning, from the point OF
view of the public, applies to the in
~troductlO Of an additional newspaper
into a field already adequately COW
erered,'
The patronage accorded The Chron-
iCle, which is the additional news
paper. above referred to. by the people
of Charlotte and vicinity is conclusive
proof that they did not regard this
field already adequately covered We
are forced to the conclusion that IN
this respect The News has mistaken its
own point of view for that of the
public. 1t may be that the latter does
not think it worth while to support two
afternoon papers in Charlotte, but its
decision in that respect we are not IN
q position to state. Perhaps our after
noon contemporary could throw some
light on the subject, for in this case
1t ppear to be the character alluded
to as the hit dog in certain old
adage hat is too we'll known to bear
repetition"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-20
NOVEL POLITICAL CAMPAIGN.

This is a year of remarkable situa-
lions in the political campaigns leading
up to the November elections.
In Nm York affairs are in Il most
puzzling condition. An outsider cannot
keep UP with the changes and develop
ments. they are so rapid and perplex-
ing The men on the inside can hardly
keep their heads clear. The latest thing
in Nv YORK politics is Devery's ad-
dress TO the French residents OF the
Ninth district in which in an harangue
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-20

in their own language ne seeks their
posses as a democrat Of the true French
characteristic democracy, he tells
them. stands for equality and justice.
In Ohio. where the republicans plu-
rality was about ninety thousand at the
last election. Senator Hanna is making
q vigorous fight for political life. He
seems to be extremely uneasy about
the Of his return 10 the SEN
ate. He evidently feels that there s
great danger Of the democrats securing
control Of the legislature.
Il is left to Kentucky, though, to put
up the most remarkable political cam
paign on record. Caleb Powers case has
been made the leading issue there and
as u campaign document the republicans
are distributing over the state his
speech made to the jury in his own be-
half III his trial for participation in
the murder Of Governor Goebel. To
meet this move of the republicans the
democrats are sending out thousands
Of copies of the speech Of Robert Frank
lin, states attorney. made in the last
trial of Powers. Caleb Powers has been
convicted three times before the jury
n now his case is being tried by the
people upon the arguments for and
against his conviction made in the jury
trials. a novel political campaign is
this
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-20

The News, of Atlanta. me of the
very few papers which has failed to
severely criticise the verdicts in the
two big trials of asst week, com
mends highly the action Of the jury
In acQuitting James H. Tillman. 1t
closes its editorial in these words:
IF any element save blindfolded jus
tice had been allowed to enter into the
verdict Tillman would have been
found guilty. If the personal feelings
of the average South Carolinian, if
friendship or admiration had been
permitted to weigh in the case, the
slayer of Gonzales would Ave been
brought bound to the gallows or sent
shackled to the ~penitentiary. The YER
dict therefore is Spartan in its moral
courage and its self-denying justice,
and upon it the Palmetto State de-
serves congratulations. AS for Colonel
Tillmau-let him seek oblivion now"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-20

An exchange says the the town
of FentOn. situated about fifteen miles
from st. Louis, enjoys the distinction
OF being the only incorporated town
in the United States which has no
officials 1t was Incorporated fifty
years ago but the residents were so
disappointed at it's slow growth that
they have never taken the trouble to
elect officers. There is as peculiar a
case in this tate. but the conditions
are just reversed. We have an IN
c~orporated town with mayor and 9TH
er officers. but the town has not a
single citizen-the town of Wrights-
vile Beach 1t is inhabited by Will
m~ingtOnians u few months in the
year.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-20
While There is Life There is Hope

I was afflicted with catarrh: could
neither taste nor smell and could
hear but little. Ely's Cream Balm cured
it.-Marcus G. ShautZ, Railway. n. ].
Cream Balm reached me safely and
the effect is surprising. My son says
the first application gave decided re-
lief. Respectfully, Mrs. Franklin Free
man. Dover. N. H.
The Balm does not irritate Or
|sneezing. Sold by druggists at so cts.
or mailed by Elv Brothers, SO War
ren ST.. New York
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THE SEMI-WEEEXLY MESSE%GER
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regularity, dries unhealthy drains, heals
Inflammation and liberation and cures
female weakness. It makes weak women
strong and sick women well.
"A little over a year ago I wrote to you for
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". Va. You advised me to use DR.. Pierce's
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The Common Sense Medical Adviser.
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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-20

Judge Biscoff, of New York. seems
to have one clear idea at least about
the negro question. He says the
southern people are h best friends
the negroes have.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-20

If the people of Atlanta can't get
a new depot they have had the presi-
dent and directors of the Southern and
thar ought to satisfy them for a
while.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-07-17
LOCAL ITEMS.

Oscar Buchanan is Sub" for letter
carrier Crowell on the North Amboy
route this week.
Miss Ida Splitter, of New York CITY,
is spending few days with Hall ave-
nue. friends.
Mrs. O. A. Gilman, of Fayette
street, is visiting Mrs. Wickham, of
Elgin, ILL.,, formerly of Perth Amboy.
Miss Marion Wilhelm has returned
to her home on Broad street after a
pleasant visit in Dover.
William Campbell, of the American
Smelling & Refining Company's plant,
is enjoying vacation of two weeks.
O. R. Fletcher is spending his sum-
mer vacation in the mountains of
New Hampshire.
Mrs. Sanford, mother of Mrs. Over
ington, of Smith street, who is spend
ing the summer in Ocean Grove, is
greatly improved in health and has
attended several meetings in the audi
uorium.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. M. Hope, of '97
Market street, are in New Y York today.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-07-17

TO LET OR for sale, large shop with
power, suitable for woodworking.
Enquire News office.
sO59.7-1O- If b
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-07-17
BUILDING NOTES.

Since spring, Greisen & Dahl have
had under construction about thirty
buildings. Among these have been
several new kilns at Milton A Edgar s
plant on the Raritan. Next Monday
they expect to begin work on the new
Hebrew Synagogue in this city.
Axel Wickstrom has the contract for
three story house for Joseph Kramer
on Fayette street, and has given the
mason work to Greisen & DAHL
Greisen & Dahl also have the con-
tract for the mason work on a new
house at Fords.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-07-17

FOR SALE-High Grade 10 horse
power steam engine and boiler.
Second hand. Excellent condition.
Manufacturer, care of Evening News.
4-8-tf
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-07-17
The Evening News makes a special
ty of real estate. No
FINE OPPORTUNITY
FOR INVESTMENT
EXECUTORS SALE

All the property herein after mention
ed, not sold at private sale, between now
and the Both day of July, instant, will be
sold AZ public sale TO the highest bidder
on the day last aforesaid, at the Packer
Houee,in the city of Perth Amboy, N. j.,
at 2 O'Clock in the afternoon of said day
ANY person wishing to purchase all or
any of this property may make private OF
fer for same between now and the time OF
public sale above referred to.
Conditions of public sale will be fur
nished on application to the undersigned.
2 lots on East sideof State st. 25it
North of DeKalb Ave.
8 lots on East side of State St. 25ft.
South of DeK alb Ave.
lots on North side of DeKalb Ave.
100 It. East of State st.
lots on South side of DeKalb Ave.
about 100 f. East of State St.
lots on North side of DeKalb Ave.
100 it, East from Corner of Mechanic st.
lots on South side of DeKalb Ave. so
#. Westerly from Corner of High St.
lots on West side of High st. 100 #.
from DeKalb Ave.
lots on North side of Washington st.
soft. from Corner of High st. and Wash
ington St.
lots on Southeast Corner of DeKalb
Ave. and Mechanic st.
lots on East side of Mechanic St. 100
#. Northerly from Corner of Washington
st. The title to this property is absolutely
clear.
Dated June II, 1908.
JOHN T. DUNN,
Executor Of the Estate of Rev. Peter L.
Connolly, decd, 225 Broad street. Eliza
beth N
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-07-17
Aged Couple Fatally Burned.

PHILADELPHIA, July 17.-Robert
Woods, aged eighty years, and Eliza
beth, his wife, were fatally burned in
their home. They are. now in a hos
pital, and the physicians say their re-
covery is impossible. William F. Buck,
their son-in-law, was painfully burned.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-07-17
STILLWELL & MASON,
UNDERTAKES and EMRAkMERS
Theosophs Marry Themselves.
Established 1900

ROCHESTER,, N. Y, July 17.-With
blue sky for chapel, an arbor of trees
for an altar and the waters of Lake
Ontario for a background, Fritz Sage
Darrcw and May Goodall married
themselves on the beach at White City,
Windsor Beach. The principals were
the only participants" Standing be-
fore the crowd Darrow announced
briefly that he took the woman to wife
and placed a ring on her finger. She
then made similar statement. A wit
messed marriage contract was signed
later. Mr.. and Mrs. Darrow are ardent
theosophists. He is graduate of Har-
ward. The bride is ten years his senior
and a disciple of Mrs. Katherine Ting
ley.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-07-17

WANTED TO RENT a house for man
and wife, about fifteen minutes
walk from Copper works. Enquire
210 Oak street. S013-7-6-tf
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-07-17
ipMApAM RIVELY.

81 Smith ST., Cor Eigh, PierceAW atson Bdg
Hair Dressing, sha4pooing, Scalp, treatment
corn treatment Manicuring and Massage
Skillfuv done for Ladies at reasonable prices; sn
treatment for gentlemen. Out of town engage
ments by appointments
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-07-04
MINISTER SOUNDS WARNING

How Long VIII 1t Be Until We Go the
I: - way of the Roman Empiree
Speaking in Carnegie hall, New York,
recently, at the annual benefit of the
st. Andrew coffee stands, on the subject
Of centralization of capital and the In
equality of conditions among men in
relation to wealth, DR.. Madison Q. Pc
ters said:
Until God makes all peoples brains
alike SO long will there be rich and
poor in human society. The leveling
process would take away the stimulus
to individual accumulation, and there
fore the capital Of community: could
not grow, but would be diminished and
every mans. share 5lessened; but, in
spite Of these facts, individuals among
us are becoming too rich and others
getting too poor. II >-s~.. 4 f.,.>
* Concentration Of wealth exists today
In forms which are perilous to Amer
lean institutions. De Tocqueville warn
ed us more than century ago that the
greatest peril in America would arise
from plutocracy. ..#=SzE' f.,. .s55.*sss :
S It is true that nearly one-half of the
families Of the United States own the
real estate they occupy, but it is also
true that seven-eighths Of the families
own but one-eighth Of the wealth OF
the nation. Twenty five thousand men
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-07-04

own one-half Of the wealth of this
country, and 100000 own quite 80 per
cent Of our total capital.
One-half of the wealth produced il
this country annually goes as a tribute
to $4,000 persons, and thus about one
half Of our population of 77,O0O, 900 are
working all the time for 25,00O of their
fellow men. .,@..
One hundred and twenty-five fam
lilies in the United States have more
money: than all the other 100000
people put together.
Just prior to the fall of the Roman
empire the entire wealth was in the
hands of 1900 men. How long will it
be If our present ratio be maintained
ere q few hundred men will own all the
wealth Of the country? .>.s
Twenty men in this country have it
in their power, by reason of the wealth
they control, to arrive at an under:
standing and any day they should so
choose could stop every wheel Of COM
merce from revolving, block every ave-
nue. Of trade and strike dumb every
electric key. r. s at ,.z<i3-<39*7 53<9 E FL. "
i No sensible man ought to object to
an industrial system which allows q
man by his genius and industry to
make all the money he can. But we
do protest against accumulat hon by
legalized methods Of robbery BY which
z few steal what the billions earn.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-07-04

fer1ng with themselves because they
were perfectly satisfied and happy and
were being paid more than anybody
else. The men said, while the injunc-
ton holds we will obey it." No doubt
they bit their lips, but they obeyed the
law no matter how unjust it was.
Ihen the judge found that he had been
lled to under Ga tn, and he said so and
dlssolved the injunction. But suppose
the Wabash men had been unorgan-
lzed' mad had the same grievance and
that injunction or a similar Irritating
thing had happened, what could have
controlled them?
1t is just as we'll to remember thar
there are strikes where there are no
unions and that the worst labor trou-
pies we have ever had in this country
pave been caused by unorganized la
Dor The 50 called Molly Mcguire trou-
pies were mob conspiracies inaugural
ed after the unions which John Siney
BAD lived and died for had been
stamped out of the coal fields by means
at the blacklist. The riots of 1877.
which were worse than the draft riots
an New York in 1864; the earlier an
thraclte strikes, in which Hungarian
mobs were moved down-these were
unorganized. l am not forgetful Of the
southwestern strike under the knights
OF Labor. nor of the Debs strike, so
called. nor of the eight hour strikes Of
1856. but all these put together were
not so destructive. so general, so expen-
sive. What is more to the point lust
noW' all put together did not culver
with destruction to civilization as did
the strike of 1871 Beginning as pro-
test against double headers" it shook
loose all the accumulated grievances
and protests against wrongs that had
grown up under the terrible depression
IN wages which began in 1873 and, Gu
riously enough, began to end when the
red danger signals were swung out By
the time the riots reached California
the cry was "Chinese COOLEST" and no.
where west of Pennsylvania was the
original cause of the trouble a real
grievance.
Certainly under trades unionism.
however strong it may become, it will
never become necessary to mix local
questions up in a general riot, as was
done then under unorganized labor.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-07-04
JAPANESE UNIONS.
Coast Seamen Protest Against Or
ganization of Japs and Chinese.

SOt1SS SeA"en IrOteSt Against Or.
ganization of Japs and Chinese.
A union of Japanese laborers has re-
Gently been organized in the vicinity of
Los Angeles, Cal.. and it has been char
tered by the American Federation of
Labor. This has created much COM
ment among the unions on the Pacific
coast, and with few exceptions they
condemn the experiment. 1t has been
indorsed by the executive committee of
the California State Federation of La
Dor and severely condemned by the
San Francisco Labor council In the
recent issue Of the Seamens Journal
there is "a strong article against the
policy Of organizing the Mongolians.
1t is in part as follows: "The Caucasian
and the Mongol. each strongly imbued
with the spirit of race consciousness,
will not mix, but are bound to conflict.
Peace between these races is impossi-
BILE. Peace can be made possible only
by the extinction of one or other Of
them. Thus we are brought face to
face with the question. Which Of the
races shall survive-Caucasian or Mon
golian7 In order that the former Of
these races shall have the best chance
In this struggle we exclude the latter
so far as possible. In that policy lies
our only chance Of. self preservation.
Those who favor organizing the Taps
are, Of course. with us upon the ques-
ton Of exclusion. They differ with US
only as to the best disposition Of those
who are already in the country. Even
on that point there should be no differ
ence, and, in fact, there is no difference
to speak of. The Jap who is In the
United States is an actual grievance,
while the Jap in Japan is but a griev-
ance In the prospective. Practically
we are more opposed to the former
than to the latter. We would like to
get rid Of those Japs who are now here.
and in order to do so we ostracize them
wherever possible. To organize the
Japs is to deny ourselves the right Of
the boycott against Asiatic labor and
the products thereof. The Jap union
and the 'nonunion union are twin fol-
lies, neither Of which Is likely to hum
bug any considerable number Of well
balanced minds"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-07-04
LABOR UNIONS AND RIOTS.
Organized WOrkingmen Save Society
More Trouhle Than They Cause.

ORGANIZED WOrkinRmen Save Society
More Trouhle Than They Cause.
Professor John II. Gray or Evanston
voiced what seems to be the crystal
lization of public opinion when he said
that trades unions, with all their mis-
takes, had saved society a great deal
more trouble than they had ever
caused it. Even the organized hate
that begins to be too apparent in some
quarters is safer than unorganized
class hatred that does not have any
test Of qualification for membership.
Abolish trades unionism, and hoboism
is Immediately in good standing, ready
to make itself apparent the moment
either labor or idleness has a griev-
ance. Disband all organiza tions, and
there are but two classes in society-the
haves and the have nots. Unorgan-
lied, the have not with firebrand is
just as much committee authorized
to act as is the one with a petition to
a legislature. Trades unionism or
ganizes the productive laborers, the
intelligence, the industrious. The hobo
is hoboized and classified.
No question cou1d come up today, no
trades union strike is possible, that
would reproduce the scenes Of 1877.
says Ethelbert Stewart of the United
States department of labor. No pres
ent or future mayor of Chicago will
ever have to face what Mayor Heath
faced The double header may
cause another and many another strike
before the abomination is given up by
the railroads. but while railroad men
are organized there will never be an
1877. Let Chicago remember how near
destruction it was on the evening of
that July day and then consider Pro-
fessor Gray's remarks that trades un-
ions, with all their mistakes, have
saved society more troubles than they
have ever caused it.
1t would seem of late that there are
some hotheads on the other side who
need to cool off. Recently a federal
judge in St. Louis issued an injunction
against the union of Wabash railroad
employees to restrain them from inter
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-07-04
Emerson on
Mann nerS

Fine manners show themselves for
midable to the uncultivated man. They
are a subtler science of defense to par
ry and intimidate, but once matched
by the skill of the other party they
drop the point of the sword, and the
youth finds himself in more trans
parent atmosphere, wherein life is a
less troublesome game and not a mis-
understanding rises betw cen the play
erS.
Manners aim to facilitate life, to-
get rid Of impediments and bring the
man pure to energize. They aid our
dealing and conversation as a railway
aids travelling, by getting rid of all
avoidable distractions of the road and
leaving nothing to be conquered but
pure space. These forms very soon be-
come fxed and fine sense of propri-
ETY. is cultivated with more heed, that
it becomes a badge of social and civil
distinctions.
Besides personal force and so much,
perception as constitutes unerring taste,
society demands In Its patrician class.
another element W hichs It s1gnfncanfly
terms good nature, expressing all de-
grees Of generosity, from the lowest
willingness and faculty to oblige up to
the heights of magnanimity and love-
The secret Of success in society is
certain heartiness and sympathy. A
man who is not happy in the company
cannot find another word in his men,
ory that will fit the occasion. All his
information is a little impertinent. A
man who is happy there finds in every
turn of the conversation equally lucky
occasions for the introduction of that
which he has to say. The favorites Of
society and what it calls whole souls
are able men and of more spirit than
wit, who have no uncomfortable ESQ.,
tism, but who exactly fill the hour and
the company, contented and content
ing, at marriage or funeral, a ball
or jury, water party or shooting
match.