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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-05-19
Stories of Col. Gin" Hickey.

Colonel hickey was born in Wiscon-
sin and lived for years in Washington,
says the Washington Times. He was
the greatest gambler the capital ever
saw. He would bet on any proposition
at any odds. He Won $780, 900 or the
first election Of Cleveland. In 1896 he
was confident that Bland would be
nominated for president by the demo-
Gratis. He made dozens of bets on this
proposition, sometimes giving odds Of
800 to IS. The nomination of Bryan
nearly cleaned him out.
The drink known as the 'rickey"
was named for Joe Hickey, but not by
him.. Hickey had a habit of drinking
in the morning a small hooker Of
Bourbon whiSkey into whic he mad
squeezed half a lime and poured into
4 tumbler of water. One morning Fred
Blussey walked into the place where
Hickey did his drinking and said to the
bartender: Give M a Hickey
"a which," asked the bartender.
"One of those things Hickey drinks"
The drink was made in q long glass
with Bourbon whiskey, q half lime, a
piece of ice and carbonic water. Rick
ey always contended that the USE Of
rye whiskey Or gin in q rickey made il
unfit for n gentleman to drink
Hickey learned to play cards on the
Mississippi river, and he had q great
fondness for the river captains. One Of
them came to see him in Washington
The captain of a. Potomac river steam
ar came in. Hickey asked him:
whats the name of your ship?'
"The Arrow, and she's a good one"
VIVA will You take for her?"
The owner of the Arrow said his boat
was worth s27,0 600. Hickey handed
him a check at once and then made a
present of the boat to the Mississippi
river captain.
A young chap came into Rickey's
place in Washington before the Demp-
sey-Fitzsimmons fight and said Fftz-
simmons YOU win. Everybody pres
ent laughed. The young fellow had no
money. hickey said: Here's $500 bet
that"
He won, but Hickey would only take
back his stake. One in the old Will
lard hotel he challenged John e. Nc
Lean to q bet on a certain proposition,
and when Mclean demurred, he asked:
you aren't afraid to bet, are you?"
Mclean was angry. He threw q Sill
| yer quarter on the floor ten feet away
and said: I'll be you $500 that coin is
heads up"
This was more than Hickey bargain
ed for, but he was game, took the bet,
lost and paid.
Hickey would bet a newsbay whether
he had an odd or even number of pa
pers. He would bet whether the mum
Der Of people in a barroom vas odd or
even. He would bet IN the number of
! a street car or the name of a stray dog
| that was passing, or anything else that
he could get a wager n.
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Sailors Sentenced to Death.

Liverpool. May H.-Otto Monson,
Gustave Rau, alias August Malahn
and William Smith alias Drikherlaar,
seamen of the British bark Veronica
from Ship Island, Miss, against whom
the grand jury on May 9Th returned
true bills on the charges of murder
and arson. have been convicted and
sentenced to death. Monson was re-
commended to mercy.
The Veronica was burned at sea De-
cember 29th. The prisoners were
charged with numbering Captain Shaw
and six members of the
crew.
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Mr. Joseph Pominville, Oe StiIlwate

Mr.. Joseph Pominville, of Saltwater,
Mimi. after having spent over $4,000
with the best doctors for stomach trou-
BILE. without relief, was advised by his
druggist, Mr. Alex. Richard, to try a
box Of Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets. He did SO, n is a Well
man today. If troubled with indiges-
ton, bad taste in the mouth. lack Of
appetite or constipation, give these
Tablets a trial, and you are certain to
be more than pleased with the result.
For sale at 25 cents per box by all
druggists.
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The X-Rays.

Recent experiments. by practical tests
and examination with the aid OF the
X-Rays, establish it as a fact that Ca
tarrh of the Stomach is not a disease
of itself, but that it results from re-
peated attacks of Indigestion How
"a I Cure Ny Indigestion?' hodol
Dyspepsia Cure is curing thousands.
It will cure you of indigestion and
dyspepsia, and prevent or cure Catarrh
of the Stomach. Kodol digests what
you eat-makes the stomach sweet.
Sold by r. r. Bellamy.
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The Cotton Mill Trust.

Raleigh, y. c., May IA special
from Winston-Salem, n. c.. says:
1t is stated today that the Southern
Textile Company has been formed of
cotton mills in Alabama. Georgia, and
Tennessee.
There is some doubt whether the
mills in North and South Carolina. will
accept the terms proposed by the COM
pany.
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LFOURISHING INSTITUTIONS.

Springs Growing Into ~, Cre,t
Educational Centre - The Female
Seminary Has 342 Students and the
North Carolina Military Institute
the Largest umb in its History
HerO-Lady over o Years Old.
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A Quick

J. A. Gulledge, of Verbena, Ala, was
twice in the hospital from a severe case
of piles causing "a tumors. After doc
tors and all remedies failed, Bucklen'S
Arnica Salve quickly arrested further
inflammation and cured him. 1t con-
quers aches and kills pain. 25c. at r. R
Rellamy. DRUGGIST
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to thaw out and the skin
is reacting and making
extra efforts to throw off
the poisons that have
accumulated during the
winter. Then boils and
pimples, rashes and
%eruptions OF every con-
ceivable kind make
their appearance, and
Eczema andTetter-the
twin terrors OF skin
diseases Nettle-rash,
Poison Oak and Ivy,
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SHIN DISEASES THE DE e sgD s1aop

And while not always painful are aggravaing beyond expression. With
few exceptions they are worse in spring and summer when the system begins
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1 suffered with Eczema Of the hands
and face for over a year, it was not only
annoying and painful but very un-
slightly, and I disliked TO go out in the
streets.
Itried at least a dozen soaps and salvse
and became very much discouraged
performed through the use of s. S. 8. I
had little faith at first but determined
to give it a month's fair trial at least. I
am pleased to state that I soon noticed a
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SCIENCE.

labor and Capital Discussed at the
Meeting of the Association at Bos-
ton
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and singing. A course of S. s. S. now will purify
~ and enrich the blood, reinforce and tone up the gen
~ er1 system and stimulate the sluggish circulation,
~ thus warding off the diseases common to spring and
49, summer. The skin, with good blood to noursh it,
remains smooth and soft and free of all dishguring erupuor.
Send for our free book on diseases Oft the skin and write us if you desire
medical advice or any special information. This will cost you nothing.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, Ga.
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Cleveland Declines to Talk.

princeton, n. J., Special TO Detroit
Journal.)
The Washington times., 1903-09-11
VANDERBILTS AGREE
TO END ESTRANGEhENT
Mrs. Whiney's Children Play With
Her Brothers Youngsters.

NEWPORT, r. l. Sept. 11.-Mr. and
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, IL is said by
near friend who should know. have
called upon Mr. and Mrs. Alfred G. Van
derbilt at Oakland. and the reconcilia-
tion In the Vanderbilt family seems
complete. Some time ago Alfred and
Reginald Vanderbilt we're ready to go
more than half way. and the pleasure of
their older brother was awaited with
anxiety Meanwhile Mrs Vanderbilt. sr..
was busy In the work Of reuniting the
family.
When Cornelius Vanderbilt demanded
N,000,0O0 Of his brothers estate and got
IL, II was said that the breach could
never be healed. but Alfred is forgiving
In his nature. and Cornelius has made a
place for himself in the world OF inven-
tiOn that gives him an unique position
among the Vsnderbilts.
The children of Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius
Vanderbilt visit The Breakers frequent
ly, and there they meet all the children
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney.
Mrs. Vanderbilt. ST., Is delighted.
The Washington times., 1903-09-11
COLONIAL BEACH.

The excursion season TO Colonial Beach
will be brought 10 a close with the trips
OF the steamer T. V. Arrowsmith to-
morrow evening and Sunday morning,
and after that time the beach can only
be reached by the regular steamers Of
the Randall Line. The Arrowsmith viii
leave her wharf. foot of Seventh Street,
tomorrow evening at 5:45 O'Clock. make
a flying trip to the beach, land her pas
sengers. and return in time 10 leave
again at s:45 a. n. Sunday. Those who
wish to stay more than the day at the
beach can buy a thirty-day ticket, which
is good to return on any steamer OF the
Randall Line. Those who wish TO spend
a pleasant day should take this last op-
portunity to visit the beach and enjoy
the fine bathing, grabbing. and fishing.
On the return trip the Smith" will leave
the beach Sunday at p. m. and will
reach home about IL p. m. Stops will be
made at Alexandria on these trips.
The Washington times., 1903-09-11
YANKEE ENERGY FELT
IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
American Locomotives, Motors, and
Electrical Equipments in Favor.

Consular reports published by the De-
partent Of Commerce and Labor show
that American manufacturers are secur-
ing generous slice of the business of
equipping the 5000 miles OF new rail-
roads now being constructed in South
Africa, and which will cost in the neign-
borhood OF s125, 900.
A Pittsburg concern has the contract
for a new line to the De Beers mining
districts. A New York firm is TO furnish
the railroad shops of the Natal govern
ment with 11e motors. dynamos of
300 horse power each. electrical cranes,
and other appliances. Another Ameri-
can concern has received an order for Z
locomotives for the Cape Colony rail-
roads. The municipal tramway of the
city OF Durham is being constructed by
an American company.
The Washington times., 1903-09-11
KAISER DETERMINED
TO STOP ARMY ABUSES
Eighty Convictions of Sergeants in
Three Months.

BERLIN, Sept. lin the past three
months there have been eighty convic-
tions of sergeants for abuse of private
soldiers, and about two hundred courts
martial are pending.
The administration of the army is
making the most determined efforts to
stop these brutalities, which Herr BebeI,
the Socialist leader. detailed in a fero-
ciOus three hours speech in the reichs-
tag in the spring The weak reply
of General Won Gossler on the following
day probably cost him his place as min
lister of war.
1t has long been the theory of mill
tary men that a little rough treatment
was good for privates and cultivated
manhood in them. The Emperor never
shared these views. nor contenanced the
cruelties practiced in nearly every regi-
ment.
His majesty has issued an order most
absolutely forbidding the i'll treatment
OF priVates and ordering the prosecution
and severe punishment OF those guilty of
such i'll treatment.
The Washington times., 1903-09-11
NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD TOLD BRIEFLY FOR BUSY READERS
SOLDIER ON PARADE
PICKED FOR HUSBAND

WINCHESTER, Va. Sept. IA ro-
mantle wedding occurred here at 8
o'clock last night when Minnie Lester
became the bride OF A. j. Middleton, of
Luray, Va. On Confederate memorial
day, few weeks ago. the Page Rifiemen
of Luray, of which MIR. Middleton is an
officer. were here. In the parade Miss
Lester smiled al the officer. and later
they were introduced II was a case Of
love at first sight, which eliminated IN
the marriage last night The ceremony
was performed at the parsonage OF the
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal
Church South by Rev. c. d. Bulla. The
attendants were Anna Lester, the brides
sister. and Dahlgren Grubbs. of Luray,
The bride is a daughter of Mrs. Frank
Lester.
The Washington times., 1903-09-11
ENGLISH CLOTHING
BOLDLY ShUGGLED
Tailor Made Goods Brought Across
Border From Canada.

Investigation Is being made by the
customs bureau of the Treasury De-
partment in connection with the passing
of English tailor made goods from Can
ada nto the United States without pay
ment of duty. At the Treasury Depart
ment Il is said there is one recent case
OF this kind being investigated.
Dispatches from Montreal say large
quantities OF such goods have been
brought from England recently and
shipped in trunks TO New York. marked
as having been examined by the Gus
toms officials. The duty on such goods
brought from England into the United
States is 90 per cent, but the duty ex-
acted by Canada is 80 per cent less a
third on account of the preference al
lowed by Canada to English goods.
While the Treasury Department off,
cials decline to give out particulars OF
the case they are investigating, It is
thought the case relates TO a seizure
made in New York about ten days ago
OF $500 worth of English-made goods
consigned to a Wall Street broker. They
were seized by customs oficiaIs and sold
from seizure room. II Is said the
smugglers OF this kind of goods are
becoming more aud more bold and the
customs officials are making strong eff
forts to stamp out the Illegal practice.
The Washington times., 1903-09-11
HOLLY BESTS SULLIVAN
IN A ROUGH CONTEST
Negro Floors Spike" Twice in the
Closing Round.

Dave Holly, a negro. of Philadelphia.
besJed Spike" Sullivan. OF Boston. in
a six-round bout at the Broadway Ath-
letic Club. Philadelphia, last night. The
bout was characterized by rough work
on the part OF both men, with sullivan
the chief offender. Sullivan's showing
proved disappointment to the specta-
tors, who expected to see him make
short work OF the Quaker City man. On
he contrary. Holly had the bout we'll in
hand after the second round. and before
the end of the sixth round Sullivan was
bleeding from the mouth and a cut over
the right eye, and was pretty tired al
the end. Both fell TO the floor in the
first round, with Spike" on top. Sulli-
van raised himself. forced Dave to the
floor while the latter attempted to arise.
Sullivan came up for the second in de-
termined style, and smashed Holly right
and left on body and jaw, and it looked
bad for Dave at the end Of the round.
Holly, however. came up strong for the
third. and soon had Spike" bleeding at
the nose and mouth and had the Bos-
tonian holding on.
In the fourth round Sullivan started
his rough work again and clinched tine
and again, at the same time fairly car
rying Holly to the ropes. bending the
latter half way over. In the sixth Holly
was the aggressor and cut Sullivan over
the right eye and also sent the latter 10
the floor twice. Sullivan was up at the
count of FIVE each time.
The Washington times., 1903-09-11
PENSION CLERKS WIFE
SUES FOR MAINTENANCE

Daniel Rhodes. who is employed in the
Pension Bureau, has been sued by his
wife, Mary z. Rhodes, for separate sup
port and maintenance. Mrs. Rhodes says
her husband receives a salary of 81, 800 a
year. They were rGarried in Denver, Col,
IN 1883.
Mrs. Rhodes says her husband agreed
port of herself and daughter. This agree
ment. she says. he carried out only for
three months. The only money she re-
ceived from him since last February,
Mrs. Rhodes says, was $40. He, however,
paid her rent, s22.50 monthly. Gordon
& Kenyon are named as counsel for
the petitioner.
The Washington times., 1903-09-11
RICH WIDOW FINDS
AFFINITY IN JAIL
Falls in Love and WedS Youthful
Prisoner.

LOCKPORT. n. Y. Sept. 11.-Mrs
Grace Van Valkenburgh, of Wrights
Corners, was married to Iohn Black in
Buffalo on Sunday. At the time of the
wedding the bridegroom was a farm.
hand employed by the brides father,
David Hurd- When the casual acquaint-
ance of the two ripened into love Black
was an inmate OF the Niagara county
jail, awaiting trial. Black and Clarence
Peterson were arrested at Niagara Falls
on May 1, 1902. on charge Of highway
robbery.
The complaint was made by a Niagara
Fails citizen. who alleged that the pair
held him up and relieved him of some
small change several days before their
arrest. Judge Horne remanded them 20
jail to await the action OF the grand
jury.
Mrs Grace Van Valkenburgh, who is
forty-six years Of age. wealthy and well
educated. was interested in Jail mis-
sionary work and used TO visit the pris :
oners once a week. She was attracted
to the man who is now her husband, an 4
who is but nineteen years of age, and
they became friends. From being friends
they became lovers, and when he was
indicted by the grand jury it was she
who engaged an attorney for him and
who befTiended him
His case was tried in the October term
of court. The jury returned a verdict
Of not guilty. Mrs. Van Valkenburgh,
after his release from Jail. procured for
him a position as hired man on the farm
of her father. Her love Quickened at
the farm, and the marriage followed.
The Washington times., 1903-09-11
NEGROES ACCUSED OF
THEFTS OF FREIGHT

LYNCHBURG. Va. Sept 1O.--The po-
lice of Lynchburg have arrested Robert
Coleman and wife, Pleas" Hernden and
wife. William Mitchell and Marie Now
lin, colored, who are charged with sys-
tematically robbing packages at the
freight depot of the couthern Railroad.
The men were employed at the depot.
and II is said. they would open boxes,
steal the articles and turn them over
to relatives and friends to sell The
police have recovered enough goods to
start a department store and they say
that ali the guilty parties have NOT been
arrested by any means
The Washington times., 1903-09-11
THIEF BETRAYED BY
THOUGHTFUL FRIENDS

DANVILLE. Va, Sept. II. - w H.
Couch, a young married man, has been
sentenced to pay a fine and serve a
term in the city Jail for stealing dress
goods from l.. Herman. by whom he was
employed. Couch resigned his position
to seek employment in Chase City. his
old home. He left at his boarding house
a box labeled dress chickens" which
was opened for fear the meat would
spoil. The box was filled with dress
goods. Couch, who comes from we'll
known family at Chase City, married the
youngest daughter of the late Joseph T.
Miller. The young wife is almost pros
trated
The Washington times., 1903-09-11
ENGLIS HTRADES UNIONS
FOR EIGHT-H0UR DAY

LEICESTER. England, Sept. 1.-THE
Trades Union Congress in session here
has adopted. by large majority. the
following resolution:
This congress declares that the time
has arrived when the hours of labo.
should be limited to eight per day in all
trades and occupations in the United
Kingdom. and that this be made a test
question at the next parliamentary,
London county council and all municipal
elections. and instTucts the parlia-
mentary committee to intoduce a bill
into the house of commons with view
to getting the eight-hour day 10 become
the law of the country
The Washington times., 1903-09-11
SULPHUR FOR PLAGUE
DESTROYS BUILDINGS

MARSEILLES. Sept. IA number OF
buildings on the outskirts OF this city,
where suspected cases of bubonic plague
had been reported. have been destroyed
by fire. The sanitary officials used sui
phur in the disinfectiOn of the mer-
chandise in the buildings, aud the flames
communicated TO the buildings them
selves. Only the walls were left stand
ing
The officials continue TO assert that
existence of plague has not been estab-
lished. but admit eight suspicious cases.
five of which resulted in death, have
occurred.
The Washington times., 1903-09-11
IOWAN HAS BECOME
MILLIONAIRE IN KOREA

DIES MONIES, Iowa, Sept. 11--Michael
O'Connor has Just returned from Korea.
where he said he saw Leigh Hunt. form
erly teacher here, and later president
of the State Agricultural College. He
said:
Hunt is a multi millionaire, his
wealth being estimated anywhere from
SIS .OOO. 600 to 500 O0O. 900. His conces-
sions in Korea and eastern China are
said to be princely. Hunt is now en-
gagged in vast irrigation schemes In
Korea"
The Washington times., 1903-09-11
CRAZY BOXER ESCAPES
TO FIGHT JEFFRIES

NEW YORK, Sept. 1.-THE police of
towns in Westchester county and Con-
necticut have been asked to send out a
general alarm for Barney Wolfenstein. a
lunatic. who escaped from a private
sanitarium near Stamford yesterday
He has attempted to kill his keepers.
The fugitive is a boxer and crazy over
the subject OF prize lighting. He i'm
agines that he is John L. Sullivan and
that he can knock out Jeffries.
The Washington times., 1903-09-11
YANKEE SYNDICATE
AFTER ENGLISH CLAY

LONDON, Sept. 1.-THE Westminster
Gazette" says an offer. believed 10
amount 10 more than $50. 900, OO0 was re-
ceived from an American syndicate for
the pottery clay mines OF Dorsetshire
and Devonshire, which the owners are
said to have refused to sell.
The Washington times., 1903-09-11
INTERRUPTED A SMOKE
ONLY TO GET MARRIED

HAGERSTOWN. Nd. Sept. Twill
lam Palmer and Susan Boyers, both OF
Martinsburg. W. Va. came to Hagers-
town this afternoon and were married
in a law Office near the courthouse by
the Rev. w. c. Griffith. The groom ad-
mitted they ran away. but refused to
go into details When the moment came
for the ceremony Palmer laid aside a
cigarette he was smoking After the
marriage he picked up the cigarette and
resumed smoking.
The Washington times., 1903-09-11
PAID HIGH FOR BREAD.

William Jackson was arraigned in the
Police Court this morning for the lar
ceny of three Ioaves OF bread from
Eugene Schwarz. Jackson, when put OF
the witness stand, denied the theft, but
Judge Scott thought the charge OF theft
proven and said he would make the
penalty heavy because Jackson tried to
''lie" out of IT. Jackson was fined 80
or 30 days as an alternative
The Washington times., 1903-09-11
CALLED A SORCERER
AND SHOT TO DEATH

RICHMOND, Va, Sept 11-"UneIe
A" Finney. an ex-slave owner, ninety
years old, who lived in mountain cabin
on the farm of the late James Martin.
id Franklin county, was regarded by
ignorant people in the vicinity as a
sorcerer- few nights ago the old
man was called TO his door by three
unknown men and shot to death.
The Washington times., 1903-09-11
HUNTER BLEEDS TO DEATH
FROM GUNSHOT WOUND

PETERSBURG. Va, Sept. 11.-Adam
Heath and his son. who reside In Prince
George county. near Disputanta Station,
on the Norfolk and Western Railway.
left home yesterday for Blackwater
Swamp 10 hunt squirrels. While going
through the swamp Heath's gun was ac-
cidentally discharged, the load lodging
In his leg, and he bled to death
The Washington times., 1903-09-11
IN PULPIT
ARRESTED FOR STEALING

ARDMORE. l. T.. Sept. 11.-Three off,
GERS walked into Hills Chapel, near Ber-
wyn, last night and arrested and hand
cuffed the Rev. Early Frees while the
latter was preaching to a large congre-
cation. The preacher is colored. and
he is wanted in Lee county. Texas, on
a charge OF cattle stealing. He con-
sented to go without requisition papers.
The Washington times., 1903-09-11

Lillian Poindezter. a seventeen-year-
old colored girl. employed in the house
hold OF Commemorative Attorney
Thomas Hamlin. was found unconscious
in her bed in Danville. having inhaled
gas. The room was forcibly opened, and
the girl was found lying on her side on
the bed with the gag turned on full.
The Washington times., 1903-09-11
BANK PROPRIETOR
MISSING WITH $4,000

PTTTsBURG, Pa. Sept. II. - Arthur
Ameisen, proprietor OF the Slavia Ex-
change Bank here, is missing. and IL is
estimated that the depositors OF tho
bank lost between $4,000 and $50. 900.
The Austro- Hungarian consul here has
taken UP the matter. and will do all
he can TO assist in apprehending the
fugitive.
The Washington times., 1903-09-11

ment at times, es-
pecially at night or
when overheated.
The cause of Ec-
zema is a too acid
and G en- raj un-
healthy condition of
the blood. The terri
flying itching and
burning is produced
by the overflow thro
The Washington times., 1903-09-11
ITEMS OF INTEREST
FROM NEARBY STATES
VIRGINIA.

The Virginia Military Institute
opened yesterday for the autumn ses-
sion with 243 enrolled cadets. of whom
los were new students. At least twen-
ty-five old scholars Will report in the
next few days. and as many new ca
dets. bringing the crops up to 300 or
more