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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-08-04
TUESDAY,, AUGUST q.
TILLMAN AND HIS NORTHERN
AUDIENCES.

Senator -Tillman has been so fire.
uuently Kissed and treated with other
indignities by northern audiences
wher he delivered befor" them his ut
fra views expressed = his usual style
of bluntness that one would think he
had enough by this time of going
among them and EXPRESSING his opin-
ions on the solution of the ace ques-
ton at the south. He was in Wiscon-
sin last week holding a joint discussion
with Senator Burton. Of Kansas. As
usual. the South Carolina senator eX-
pressed himself very vigorously on the
negro question and was Kissed by his
hearers
We have no sympathy for him n
would have none if he We're subjected
to harsher treatment. II he does not
want to be insulted let him stay away
from such places. He has the remedy
in his own hands. If he oes not mind
the misses and the insults, then II IS
n~obody's business how many of them
he receives. We are inclined TO the
opinion that the cheap notOriety such
affairs give him is enjoyed by him.
He had rather be before the public in
. light that would max most other
men feel disgraced than not to secure
its attention at all.
1t may seem a grand thing TO him
to go before an audience in a northern
town and give utterances to views
which he knows Will shock their SEN
sibilities increase their animoslty
toward the white people of the south,
but he is about the only man in all the
south who thinks hat way. 1t may
be a personal pleasure to him TO &c
before such an audience and bulllras
and nou them but NE has not the
sense that we have always given hin
credit for if he thinks he, by such &C
ticns. is doing himself or his people
any good.
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chance that the horses life could be
saved. This was by maSsaglng the
throat until the glass could be worked
close enough TO the skin to be taken
out. To take the glass ont by an op-
GRAFTON last night would mean. DR..
Petty said. that the horse would have
to be fed by injections for six weeks.
and this ne did not hin the owner
would undertake, as 1t would cost as
much as the horse was worth if not
more. If it were my horse said DR..
Petty. Il would kill him on the SPOT
and end his misery"
The matter was communicated to the
chief Of police and it was expected
that some arrests would follow
Greensboro Telegram.
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Nocturna.
(BY Leo XIII.

(By Leo ALL.
(The following poem was dictated by
the pope when he supposed he was on
his deathbed. 1t was recently issued
in Rome for the first time, and we
have received an early copy of it from
our Rome correspondent. The transla-
ton that follows is by Professor Har-
ry Thurston Peck.)
AT NIGHTFALL.
THE MEDITATION OF A TROU-
BLEED SPIRIT.
Leo. the destined hour! Now must thou
hence
And, as thy merits, take the endless
way.
What lot awaits thee? Heavenly joy,
thy gifts
Which God hath freely given, bade
thee hope
But the great Keys! A trust OF
mighty weight
And borne so long-thou groanest al
the thought;
For he who leads in honor all the res
Must, if he the keener suffering
bear.
Amid thy fears. there mn a gentle
face,
A gentler voice speaks comfort to the
heart:
Why does fear shake thee? Why, OF
gazing back
Ger thy long nast. should sadness sti1
thy soul?
The pitving Christ is here: He give!
His grace
To those that seek. Have faith-H'
beareth all"
The Independent.
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posToFFICE FRAUDS INDICTMENTS

1t begins to look squally for some OF
the postoffice department boodlers and
that the administration intends to pun
ish some Of them at least. There are
some, one if not more, standing higher
than those already indicted whom the
public would like to see placed in the
prisoners dock along with Machen,
Beavers, Crawford and the others
against whom the grand jury has
found true bills. That there have been
gross frauds in the department has
been shown beyond all doubt. and that
the government can convict many
high in authority. if the admlnlstra-
ton will permit it to be done, no one
doubts. 1t looks though, as if some
most responsible for the conditions
which have existed are to so unwhip-
ped of justice. The results of the in
vestigations will be hat certain ones
will be punished and others, the most
important ones-those who have pulls
with the head officials-will escape in
dictment, and effort will be made to
shield them. The administration will
try to appease the people by punish
ing certain officials and thus draw pub
lie attention from the others whom it
wishes to save from disgrace.
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the Energy stored w in n
grain Of radlum as being sufficient 10
raise 800 tons a mile high. An ounce,
therefore, would suffice to drive 4 80
horse power motor around the SorlC
at the ate of thirty miles an hour.
The possibility Of being able in the
future to control and store the energy
of radium n to liberate it for Use as
required at any desired rate is the
interesting feature Of radiO-ac-
tivity at the present time. If it were
ever possible to do this with radiurn,
it would almost certainly be so for
uranium, and thorium, which can be
produced by the ton and probably con-
tain no less stored mercy h a radium,
but evolve it at a vaSter slower rate.
Our fathers visited themselves in
specializing as to what would become
of Us when the worlds coal supply
was exhausted. A single step Of
science is all that is needed for that
problem to be answered in a manner
beyond the dreams ever Of the scien-
tifc novelist, but it must be confessed
that science holds u scanty prospects
Of it's fulfillment.-London cable to
New York Sun.
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Family cares and duties do not weigh
down the well woman, and b children
are never in her way. But when the
womanly health fails, and there IS q con-
slant struggle with weakness and pain,
household duties are a burden almost
past bearing, and children are a cease
less annoyance and worry.
Weak wouen are made strong and
SICK women are made well by the use of
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It
establishes regularity, dries d~isagreeable
drains, heals Inflammation n ulcera-
ton and cures female weakness.
Sick women are invited to consult DIR.
Pierce by letter free. All correspondence
strictly private and sacredly confidential.
Address Dr.. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
81 had been siling some time, troubled with
female a ss, writes MIS-. VIM d Johnson,
of Avondsie, Chester Co., Pa. "Every. month 1
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different medicines and nothing gave me felie1
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I was not able to do very much, but now I do
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plete cure of womanly diseases. Do not
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DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the
best laxative for family use.
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Broke Her Record.

Cleveland. o., July 31.-In spite of a
heavy breeze that blew down the
stretch, Lou Dillon owned by c.. K. G..
Billings. of Chicago and driven by
Willard Sanders succeeded in breaking
her record this afternoon al the Glen
Vile track. That she did not break
the worlds record for trotters, 202 IA,
held by Cresceus for two years, was
due entirely to the wind as h went
to the t~hree-uuarter hole in 1:31 ga.
But for the wind she would have made
the last quarter in thirty seconds. AS
it was it took her Ole second longer,
the time for her mile being 2:02 ga,
beating her own previous time by 3-4
of a second and beating The AbbottS
time 1-2 a second. A row Of about
o 0 persons witnessed the exhibition.
Dan Patch, the pacing champion also
negotiated a mile. in POP 1-2, pacing
the last half in loo 1-2.
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THE DANVILLE LYNCHERS.

Governor Yates, of Illinois, issues an
address to the soldiers who are still
stationed in Danville i'll order TO pre-
serve the peace. He speaks Of the
lvrchers at BeIleviIIe and Danville in
the following terms:
The men WHO composed the mobs
which attacked the jaIjs at BelleVllle
and DanviIle, and who in h former
CITY took out a ~defenseleSS negro VINO
was a prisoner there and handged him,
and who at Danville made a similar
attempt. and who did capture and hang
and then burn a defenseless negro who
had killed another man, are nothing
but anarchists"
Seventeen men have been arrested in
Danville, charged with being members
Of the mob which lynched the negro.
Among the number IS Baker, the al
pect to have twenty-five more members
of the mob in Jail by tomorrow. The
authorities, headed by Governor Yates,
seem determined to Vindicate the law
by the punishment Of some, at least,
of the men who took part in the lynch
ing. 1t is a great deal easier to arrest
men on the charge Of participating in
| such crime than to convict them of it
This prosecution will be watched with
great interest in all sections Of the
country and all law abiding men mus
| hope that punishment of the guilty
| ones will follow.
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Some of the cardinals do not seem
to relish the arrangements made for
their election of a pope. Cardinal
Oreglia is the only member of the sa-
cred college who has participated in
the election Of a former pope. 1t is
an entirely new experience with all
the others. The plan of placing the
electors in close confinement until
they make a choice may be very I'M
pleasant to them, but it will have the
good effect of preventing any need
less delay. Two Of the cardinals are SO
i'll tina it is highly probable they may
not come alive from the conclave. AL
ready these two are in the hands OF
the physicians who are imprisoned in
the apartments of the COLLEGE.
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COLONEL L. !. LIVINGSTON.
Colonel l.. l. Livingston, Member Of
the Industrial Commission and the lead
ing Democratic member of b Com
mittee on Appropriations in the House
IF Representatives, whose home Is at
Atlanta, Ca, writes:
General Wheeler, Congressman
Brewer and Others in recommending
Peruna as an excellent tonic and
q cafarrh cure."-CoL L. !. Livingston.
Catarrh Cured.
All phases of catarrh, acute or chronic,
are promptly and permanently cured.
1t is through its operation upon the ner-
vous system that Peruna has attained
such a worldwide reputation as a sure
and reliable remedy for all phases OF
catarrh wherever located.
Mr.. Jas. o. NORM, 1179 Ontario street
Montreal, Canada, writes:
"Peruna is certainly q great catarrh
remedy. 1t cured me of catarrh of the
head and I gladly indorse it. Canadians
are peculiarly afflicted with this disease
and for years the doctors have tried to
overcome it with ~elixirs, powders ano
pills, but Peruna has solved the question
and since the medicine has been estab
ished here hundreds of people have
been cured of catarrh."-Jas. o. NORM
If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving
full statement of your case and he vii
be pleased to give you his valuable ad
vice free.
Address DR.. Hartman, President o
The Hartman Ssritarlum. Columbus. G
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The Messenger regrets to announce
that yesterday DR.. j. T. Schonwald. of
this city. received the sad Intelligence
of the sudden death of his brother.
Mr.. John ~SchOnwald. in Wilmington,
Del. No particulars are known furth-
er than the brief announcement.
The deceased vas a resident of Will
mingtOn up to fifteen or sixteen years
ago and has scores of friends here.
who Will mourn his departure.
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The Washington Post thinks that
While Speaker-to-be Cannon is still
opposed to currency legislation he will
prefer to side step to being knocked
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AS the kearsarge has developed such
good speed she will probably be in de-
mand as a pleasure boat for the "
officials.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-08-04

4 merchant advertises: Boys
suits one half off Most men would
like the same conditions in their cloth
ing this hot weather.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-08-04

Senator PIatt makes a failure in try
ing TO secure the reinstatement Of a
naval employe of the $3.50 a day
class. Reckon he wonders what's the
matter with Platt or rather with
Roosevelt.
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At last Dana influence is no longer
felt in the editorial rooms of the New
York Sun
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-26
TO TALK ABOUT RATES
Board of Trade Discussed
Mass Meeting
TO BE HELD MAY IL
Which Farmers, Grain Men
and MiIIerS Will Attend

The Wichita Board of Trade held an
Interesting meeting yesterday. After the
transaction of the routine business, the
matter OF the meeting OF grain dealers,
miIlers and farmers here on June 18th
was discussed.
1t came Up on q motion OF Robert Coats
to appoint a committee to make the nee
essary arrangements to insure the sue
cess of the meeting. Several members
seemed to think that the farmers had
been invited TO attend the meeting on
June 18th without any real object in view.
II. Herzer, who buys grain principally
Tor export, took the floor and when he
got through it became very evident why
the farmers had been invited to attend
the meeting
Mr.. Herzer said that he wanted the
farmers in the meeting so that they
would understand the actual situation. If
this thing came down TO a fight to the
finish, he wanted the farmers behind
the grain men. He said that the rate
on all kinds Of grain from Chicago to
Boston was II cents per hundred pounds;
TO Philadelphia and Baltimore from the
same place il was 10 cents, and to all
was charged. Then he asked how it was
in Kansas and answered his own question
by stating that the rate on wheat from
Atchison, st. Joseph and Kansas City is
IL cents per hundred pounds From
Topeka to Galveston IT is "A cents" he
: said. and from Wichita is 30lz cents,
while Wichita is go miles nearer Gal
yeston than Kansas. We have to pay a
slittle more than S cents bushel in ex-
cess of Missouri river rates to get our
wheat to Galveston"
Mr.. Herzer stated he wanted the farm
ers in the meeting on the 18th of June
$50 that they would learn these things.
He wanted the farmers 70 know that they
and not the grain dealers were paying
that extra cents. He also wanted The
farmers to know that Illinois and Mis-
rsouf farmers could ship their wheat to
. the southwestern states and territories
z to l4lz cents per hundred pounds cheap
er than the Kansas farmer, though the
farmers here are several hundred miles
nearer these markets. He declared that
If this thing came to a finish and the
farmers understood the true situation
they would stand like a stone wall Dc
hind the grain men.
On motion of J. E Howard it was
voted TO take the necessary steps to con-
meet the Wichita Board of Trade with
the confederation of commercial clubs.
1t developed IN the discussion That this
combination of clubs is going TO try to
influence the election Of railroad commits
sioners and to elect men TO the legis-
lature pledged TO such railroad legisla-
ton as will be to the interest of Kan
sas. 1t is an effort to get the grain
dealers. millers. merchants and farm
ers in line by the time another legisla-
ture is 10 be elected.
Mr.. L. 7. Newing, a prominent exporter
raf n, fro, f.n1x
and seemed TO take a deep interest in
the proceedings of the meeting. He went
from Galveston to Havana and New York
and came back TO Wichita TO find out
whether Kansas was going to raise
any wheat for export this year
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-26
hUNYON

it changed to a smile, and she answered.
Not muchh''
Cummins attorney filed motion for
arrest in judgment this morning, charg-
ing that the information does not state
that a public offense of any kind was
committed under the laws of the state
Ga technicality); that the offense of man
slaughter in the third degree. for VIII ch
he was convicted, is barred by the statute
of limitations and because of previous
jeopardy.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-26
WOULD NOT BITE.
Northwestern Home Buying Company
Suspends.

SuSpenoS.
Topeka, Kan. May 25.-The North
western Home Buying company. a To-
peka institution. has wound up its bust
ness, and transferred the contracts 1t
has been carrying TO a cooperative con-
Germ in Kansas City, which will be repre-
scented in Topeka by w r. Minert. The
active spirits in the enterprise were S.
V. Wardeu and A B. Wimsett; the lat
ter an old-timer in Topeka, and the for
mer the president, an arrival in the last
year or so from Iowa.
The prospectus of the company was a
rosy-hued piece of literature in which it
was promised that the Northwestern
would place you in possession of a $1,000
home for only six and two-thirds cents
per day; without interest, without rent"
We will pay off your mortgage the
promoters announced" we are safer
than a bank"
The plan was an old one which has been
pretty thoroughly ventilated IN recent
years. The scheme was for the promoters
TO collect from enc side, and pay out to
the other standing in the middle with
their own little rake-on pot. They We're
certain to get their per- out of every
home contract drawn up; while those who
put their trust and money in the plan
stood a chance to get out without disaster
provided they got in on the deal early
enough in the game. and lived long
enough TO realize. The success of the
scheme depended upon the rapidity with
which the promoters could catch suckers
TO go into 1t. If suckers continued TO bite.
there was no reason why the plan could
not be worked for some time, and that
meant that those who went in at the start
would realize in good shape on their in
vestment; but at the first indication of
suckers becoming leary OF the game, col
lapse could not help being inevitable.
A man up toward the head would
default in his payments. He would drop
out. Instead of crossing his chance of
the list. il was sold al o premium TO
some favored one, thus keeping those be-
low them on the list still further away
from realization Of their hopes. This
is the allega ton that is brought against
the officers of the Wichita concern; one
of them, the same thing that was proved
in court against the officials OF the Kan
SdS lily ~eIEdAthl4till- II SttAAAS " III q
favorite trick with the promoters OF these
philanthropic. cooperative home buy
ers."
In speaking OF their injurious effects
on legitimate building and loan schemes.
Mr. Albaugh said:
The department has continued TO eX-
perience much troI5le from the various
cooperative companies, the seductive
character Of whose literature has con-
tinued to enlist the membership of people
IN different parts OF the state. As rule.
these have been people who are not well
informd and who could not AFFORD TO lose
even the small amount that they in
vested before they ascertained the char
acter of the companies in which they
were making investments. While the
business Of the companies at Kansas
City waned others 1T wichita, Coffey-
Vile and Topeka continued 20 do bust
ness despite the efforts Of this depart
ment. assisted as il has been by the newE-
papers. TO suppress them
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ASSESSMENTS roo LOW.
Telephone Companies Are Getting IN
fair ADVANTAGE

Topeka. Kan. May 25.-A decided
change VIII be made next year BY The
state Beard Of Telegraph and Telephone
Assessors in the manner OF assessing the
telephone companies IN the state. The
members Of the board. 10 Is understood.
hs.S come to the conclusion that the
telephone companies Of the state are not
paying their fair share OF taxes. As an
evidence Of this fact IL Is cited that with
but very few exceptions. the total Re
ceipts OF the Companies for the past year
eNcedd IN Valuations placed upon their
property.
Another thing ia that il is believed. from
complaints which have been received
from several county clerks, that num-
Der OF companies. at least fan 70 turn
in for assessment thelr fun mileage OF
lines. The intention is 70 put the screws
on and see that al property Is returned
for taxation.
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CA s ORiA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Baugk
s s4as4 5ee Of ANAzzIa
SINGING MRS. cUMMINs.
Plays and Sings Over Her Husbands
Misfortune

Wellington Kan. May 25.-Mrs. John
Cummins is still stopping at a north end
hotel. where she put up" while her
husband was being tried Tor murder. A
couple Of reporters who saw her sitting
In the parlor of the hotel this afternoon.
having desire to hear her play and sing
decided to ask her 10 favor them with
a few selections. one of the reporters
asked her:
xviii you play some for us?'
yes" she said, and opening the doors,
invited the pencil pushers in. Mrs. Cum
minis sat down at the piano and played
i'-Silvery Waves When she finished she
looked around for compliments. and re-
ceivirig them, said:
II like that place. Don't this sound
like water" With that, she played over
a selection from the piece. The reporters
assured her that 1t reminded them Of an
afternoon on slate creek.
IN sing you a piece. she volunteered.
The reporters promised to listen.
I'm show YOU that l have got voice.
That man Elliott made so much fun al
the trial about my operatic voice, that
! want TO show you what l caa do She
sang Sweet Nora. accompanying her
self on the piano. While she was sing
ing. man looked in. smiled and passed
on That back-eyed sneak told him to
look in her and laugh" she said after
ward. Mrs Cummins played another Sc
lection. and commenced 10 talk about
job nand the trial
you are a reporter. aren't you2'' she
asked one Of the reporters. That black
eyed sneak caused you to say those mean
things about me in your writeup Of the
trial. They say John Cummins says he
did not burn Anna Dishman's homes. I
never dug down in the grave 10 see, but
he brought some bones to the house and
burned them in "a stove. VIII they let
him of with less than three years IL they
believe he didn't mum her bones I hate
John CUmmins. I have a right 10 hate
him He let that blaek-eyed sneak hyp-
notize me. Did you ever hear Of a man
mean enough TO let = stranger come into
the house and live and hypnotic his
wife? He's better be glad he gets of
with three years. I could tell LOT of
other things on him II I wanted to-. She
was ucged 20 tell this TO the reporters.
but she gave them lock OF contempt
She arose from the piano to go from
the hotel 4 play and sing while John
Cummins IS in Jail because he is such n
mean man and I hate him" she said.
She left the hotel and started toward the
court house. Are you going up 10 see
John2" she was asked. She turned 10
give a look of scorn to the reporters. but
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-26

WANTED-Every lady to know she can
have her corsets made to order: fitted
before finishing. Satisfaction guaran-
teed- Peck Corset Parlors. I1e West
Second street 15e-lH
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HOUSES FOR BENT.

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