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

New York, September 15.-President
Roosevelt is resting quietly on his train
tonight, after a day of strenuous and
varied experiences. While en- route
from oyster Bay to New York on the
naval yacht Sylph, accompanied by Mrs.
passed through a terrifying wind and
rain storm, during which the vessel was
in imminent danger. Subsequently he
visited the immigration station on Ellis
Island, New York bay, and made a
thorough inspection of the institution
After dining on the Slyph tonight he
went on the revenue tug Chamberlain
to Jersey City, where he boarded spe-
cial train on the Pennsylvania railroad
which is to convey him to the battle
field of Antietam, for dedication cere-
monies.
When the Sylph weighed anchor, the
skies were dark and forbidding and as
the vessel drew out of the bay a light
rain fell. Less than an hour after the
Slyph had entered Long Island Sound,
she ran into a terrific wind and rain
storm. The storm increased in severity
rapidly and off Fort Schuyler, it devel-
oped into a hurricane. The wind blew,
according to an estimate made by Lieu
tenant Preston. commander of the
Slyph at the rate OF 65 miles an hour.
The Slyph. comparatively small YES
sci, pitched heavily, and off Willett s
Point. listed very sharply to starboard.
The president and his guests had been
forced to go below and beyond a
| drenching, none of them suffered incon-
venience. The storm became even more
severe as the vessel neared He'll Gate.
The waves and wind swept the deck.
| making it almost impossible for the
sailors to remain above.
In He'll Gate, quarter Of q mile of
the port bow Of the Slyph. a tug boat
! having in tow a large three masted
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-18
THE MARYLAND DEMOCRATS
STATE CONVENTION NOM1NATES
TICKET. AT BALTIMORE.
Edwin Warfield of Howard County
is Named for GovernOr-Primary
Election Law is Pledged-White
Supremacy PIank-GoOd Roads En-
dOrsed.

Baltimore, Septerlber 16.-The DEM
ocrats of Maryland held their state
convention in this citS9tonight and
nominated the following ticket;
For Gossrnor-Edwin Warfeld, Of
Howafd County.
For State Comptroller-Dr.. Gordon
Atkinson, of Somerset county.
For Attorney General - William
Shepard Bryan, of Baltimore City.
a platform was adopted, of which
the following is the substance:
The present democratic admins
tration of Governor. John Walter
Smith is endorsed; pledges are made
in behalf of a primary election law for
the state to conform to the present
law. IN Baltimore City; the necessity
for protecting the oyster fisheries Of
chesapeake Bay is recognized and the
building of good roads throughout the
state is anproved. The race issue plank
WHICH 1s regarded as the most impor-
tant IN the platform, declares for
WHITE supremacy In state, city and
county government. The clause re-
lating to the race question is as fol-
lows:
I'VE believe that the political destt-
nies of Maryland should be shaped
and controlled bv the white people of
the state and while we disclaim any
purpose to do any injustice whatever
to our colored population, we declare
without reserve our reSolute purpose
to receive in every conservative and
constitutional way the political ascen-
dencY of our race
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-18
ENGLAND FISCAL PROBLEM
GOVERNMENT STATISTICS DEALING
WITH THE sUBJECT.
An Explanation Given of the Ex-
cess of Imports Over Exports-At-
tention Devoted to Effect of the
DinGley and Mckinley Tariffs.

London, September lon the heels
Of Premier Balfour's academic expos
ton of his personal views of the fiscal
problem, contained in the pamphlet
on "Insular Free Trade" advance
sheets of which were issued last night,
came the long promised and much de-
manded government statistics dealing
with that subject. They were issued
today by the board Of trade, in the
shape Of a blue book showing the
various aspects Of British and foreign
trade and the industrial conditions.
a valuable explanation is given of
the much Quoted excess of imports
over exports. which has so often been
held to be a sign of British trade de-
cline. The blue book says that while
the excess yearly avehages about
$500 900, 900 the income receivable from
foreign investments calculated at
1912, 500, 900, added to the earnings of
the British merchant fleet engaged In
foreign trade, calculated at $3.50. 900 900,
rs probably more than sufficient to
account for the average excess OF i'm
ports %SHNNi
Much attention is devoted to the
tin plate industry and the effect of the
Dingley and Mckinley tariffs. The
figures show that the exports In and
from the United Kingdom have de-
clined only a little over s5,0O0,000 since
1897, with a marked increase in the
quantity produced and IN the value OF
a number of mills since 1898.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-18

Washington, September 16.-The
president has granted full and uncon-
ditional pardons to George D. and
Barancas F. Cosby, convicted at Mont
gomery, Ala, of violation of the peon-
age law. Those men were indicted for
holding Pike Swanson in a condition
of peonage, pleaded guilty on June
30th. 1903, and on the same day were
sentenced to Imprisonment for a year
and few in the United States peni-
tentiary at Atlanta, Ga. They have
been imprisoned ever since, and today
were released on telegraphic instruc-
tions from the department of jus
tice.
During the month of June, more than
eighty indictments against a number
of individuals, for violation of the
peonage law were returned by the
grand jury at Montgomery. and sew
eral convictions We're secured, the sem
tences imposed ranging from the min
imum, one year, to the maximum. five
years.
The president granted the pardons
recommendation of Judge Jones, who
sentenced the prisoners.
In his letter to the president, Judge
Jones says:
THE following recommendation
now made, proceeds On no idea that
the sentence were unjust; but solely
from the conviction that the punish
ment already undergone by the pris-
oners has accomplished all the real
ends of the law in these cases. The
prisoners have undergone the hu-
initiation Of Imprisonment in the pen
itentiary, the sting Of condemnation
by their ne;ghhors and associates, and
the wide publicity of their offense.
They have been separated from their
families, and have worn stripes. There
is no ground for believing that they
will ever again, under any circum-
stances whatever. engage in like prac-
tiCej. They attempted no defense. but
pleaded guilty at the earliest oppor-
tunitv. They We're contrite and ad-
| nitted that they justly deserved pun
| ishment. The reform Of offenders
| themselves, SO far as the law con-
| templated that, has been completely
| effected by the punishment.
The question of pardon may, there
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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-18

London, September 1.-THE efforts
OF the powers. according to the latest
kilograms. are directed both at Con-
stantinople and Sofia, towards an en-
deavor to avoid war. 1t is stated
that all the ambassadors at Constan-
tinople have drawn the porte's atten-
tion to the danger of permitting q
continuation of the excesses in Mace
donia by the Turkish troops and ir-
regulars.
KILLING OUT THE CHRISTIANS.
Sofia Bulgaria, September 16.-
Prince Ferdinand, of Bulgaria, arrived
here today from Euxinograd.
A semt-offtcial statement Just issued
says:
THE details received here of the
atrocities daily committed by Turkish
soldiers pass the bounds of imagina-
ton. The general opinion is that
Adrianople will soon be entirely de-
populated of the Christian element"
NO REPLY TO THE NOTE.
Sofia. Bulgaria, September 16.-AI-
though no formal replies have been
ISCeIfeu " tIe bulSdIIdu 3
note, it is stated that the representa-
tives Of three great powers have re-
uuested their counsels to Bulgaria to
remain quiet, as in the event Of a war
with Turkev Bulgaria need not ex-
pect any help in foreign quarters. 1t
is further reported that the same dip
lomats visited General Petroff and en-
deavored to persuade him to postpone
the mobilization of Bulgarian forces,
but the premier declined
A telegram from Burgas reports that
a general massacre is beginning
throughout the district of Losengrad.
A telegram from Uskub says the
mobilization Of the Turkish army is
proceeding rapidly. whilst dispatches
from ConstantInople assert that the
military party is urging the sultan to
order his troops to cross the Bulgarian
frontier without declaration of war.
which the partv regards as unneceS-
sary. inasmuch as Bulgaria is a vaSsa1
state of Turkey. The sultan is said to
be still hesitating.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-18
The STORM IN new YORK
FIERCE WIND AND RAIN BEATS
DOWN on THE METROPOLIS.
Great Damage on Land and Water.
Several Persons Were Injured,
"Flat Iron" Building Swayed in
the GAZE.

New York, September 16.-Greater
New York and its environs for several
miles in all directions were visited to-
day by the fiercest rain and wind storm
known hereabouts in years. The day
began with rain, which increased as
the wind, blowing sixty miles an hour
from the east, grew stronger and for
two hours about midday the combined
fury of the elements wrought damage
on land and water, amounting in the
aggregate to many thousands Of dol
lars. The gale eliminated at noon in
a wind velocity of "a miles an hour.
Apparently solid sheets of water drove
across the city, drenching every un-
fortunate caught without shelter, and
the guages at the weather bureau reg
istered 1.30 inches precipitation in two
hours. Then the storm subsided. By
the middle of the afternoon the wind
had dropped to a mere breeze and
the sun broke through the clouds.
Several persons were injured, but
no deaths have been reported.
The gale was especially severe at
sea, causing havoc TO the shipping
down the bay, where many vessels
were sunk or wrecked. The worst of
the damage was reported from Staten
land Yacht Club at anchor was either
sunk or wrecked. The pilot boat Her
NIT was driven ashore and there was
a collision between a schooner and a
barkentine. The tug boat James Kaig
was wrecked in He'll Gate. The crew
escaped. The hurricane burst with
cyclonic force on the centre of the
city, loosening the $50 foot spire of
st. Bartholomew Protestant Episcopal
church in Madison avenue
The streets of Manhattan borough
We're strewn with bro.-en signs and
other debris. Scores of plate glass
windows along Broadway were broken.
The vicinity of the Flat Iron" build
ing at 23rd street suffered severely In
this respect. In the Flat Iron itself,
forty windows were smashed. Occu-
pants of the building said they felt
the huge structure sway in the gale
and many were so badly scared that
they left the building. An express
wagon was blown over while turning
the Flat Iron corner and the driver
and James Billings, who was crossing
the avenue were both seriously hurt.
A score of others were more or less
injured in this neighborhood. Gustav
Wickman. of Greensborough was in
stantly killed during the heavy part
Of the storm by being struck by a
broken trolley wire.
Mrs. Hunder Sonntagg, OF Carlistadt,
N. j.. while crossing a street IN that
town, was struck on the hand by a
live wire that had been blown down
by the wind. Death occurred instant
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-18
THE PRESIDENT ON A
STORMY SEA VOYAGE

schooner was capsized by the wind and
waves. She sank stern foremost but
did not settle completely out of sight
for perhaps five minutes. A small boat
from the tug put off with the crew eX-
cept two men who clung to the bow
until the vessel disappeared. 1t appear
ed from the Sylph that the two men
We're taken aboard the yawl. Lieuten-
ant Preston wished to stand by to rem
der assistance, but Captain William P.
Brainard, an experienced pilot who was
at the wheel declared it would be fool
hardy for the Sylph to attempt a rescue
in such a storm. President Roosevelt
knew nothing of the capSizing of the
tug boat until nearly an hour after
ward. He then expressed the wish that
some assistance might have been rem
dered the crew.
Mrs Roosevelt and the other mem
bers of the party were landed at the
Brooklyn navy yard, but the president
proceeded to Ellis Island, where he
spent some four hours inspecting the
station. a number of persons interest
| ed in immigration were at the island
Four of these were appointed by the
president a committee to make thorough
| investigation of the station and its ad
| ministratien. During the Afternoon
| many interesting incidents occurred
| the president acting upon his desire tt
go directly among the immigrant:
| themselves with a view of ascertainins
| personally how they were treated. HI
| was particularly interested by the fac
| developed that forty nine out of fifty
OF the applicants for admission wer'
| supplied with American money.
! The President talked with a German
woman who had a baby in a wicker
basket and gave her IS bill for th'
| child. The case of a Russian famil!
| detained for deportation was person
ally investigated, the president decided
that the family need be detained n
| longer, a son already in New York be
ing financially able to care for them.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-18
MORE STORM NEWS
FURTHER DETAILS TELL OF DAM
AGE TO CROPS AND FORESTS.
at ChOpley Two Cottages Were
Blown DOwn-At Fort Meade.
Great Damage is Done the Orange

Jacksonville, Fla, September 49,
Reports have been received from a few
towns in the storm section not pre-
viously heard from. They show little
damage except to forests ana crops.
At Chipley two small cottages were
blown down and two stores unrOofed,
their stocks beng greatly damaged by
rain. Sugar cane is blown down and
crops generally greatly injured
At Carrabel the tide rose eight feet.
but little damage was done. A few
fishing boats We're blown ashore.
Reports from Fort Meade state that
ten per cent. of the oranges are on the
ground. The turpentine men have suf-
fered heavily, nearly all the boxed
trees being blown down. The sugar
cane crop is almost a total loss. Cat
tie are killed by the score ~ falling
trees. Trains run only as far as Zolfo.
three or four washOuts between that
point and Punta Gorda.
Though great damage was inflicted
on sections on both sides of Manatee,
the damage is reported as slight there.
Not more than five per cent. of the
orange crop is injured in that section
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-18
LOANS TO THE SCHOOLS
BOARD OF EDUCATION HELPS THE
COUNTIES ALONG.
Over S1S, 1000 Will be Loaned to Sc
cure Public school Property and
Buildings-Twenty-S Districts
Especial to The Messenger.).

Especial to The Messenger.).
Raleigh, ". c.. September 16.-The
state board of education today grant
ed loans aggregating s1S,025 to twen-
ty-two counties, to secure public
school property and buildings. The
number of districts to which loans
have been made is sixty-four. ifty-two
will build new school houses. The
number of districts adopting the state
plan for public school buildings. is
forty three. Of these sixty-four dis
tricts. twenty-seven have no school
houses whatever. Eighteen have
buildings valued at s25, and less. Ten
districts are for repairing. Two will
buy buildings formerly used for pri-
vate academies.
The state charters the Piedmont In
vestment Company, Of Greensboro
with a capital stock of $4,000. The
corporation is to carry on general rea
estate business.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-18
bACE OF PRESIDENT DIAz
ATTENTION TO EDUCATION
ND PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
ways Show u Rapid Growth
Communication Improved
eneraI Prosperity NOted-At-
N to the Compulsory Educa-
treaty.

co City, September 16.-President
read his semi-annial message to
kss at the opening session Of that
this evening. After referring TO
Ian friendly relations to all for
powers, he called attention to the
pulsory education treaty which had
signed by twelve Latin-American
ons, the latest signatures being Sal
or and Uruguay.
regard to the present epidemic OF
low fever at TampicO, the president
Is the government of state of Tam
fpas and the local authorities have
tiently cOmbatted the disease and
5e established adequate sanitary ser
IS.
ne president gives much space to ed
ktion and notes the growth of the
blic schools in the federal district
| territories and says that professors
been sent to the United States TO
manual labor as practiced there.
railways show a growth OF IL
meters. Postal communications
been improved and extend ]. am
ng' the past fiscal year the.e was Il
smission of 166,OO0,OO newSpa- ers
Apackages. Both the international
foreign money order business have
|ly increased. The telegraph re-
have increased by 20 per cent.
total federal income for the past
fear amounted to $4,000, 900. The
made by the government toward
ing about a better International
Pstanding as to silver, have met
hearty and cordial response in the
d States and Europe. The nation
bnetary commission, appointed by
department of finance; to study the
ed questions relating TO the fluctu-
IN of silver will soon render q report
the result of it's labOrs.
he president speaks at length of the
asures taken by the government to
went the general construction Of
lways in this country. which. in his
niOn. would constitute a public dan
: and menace to the future prosperi-
of the republic.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-18
Irrigation Congress Addressed by
Commander BOoth-Tucker.

Ogden, Utah, September 16.-Meth-
DDS Of colonization of the vast dis
tricts of the west and the legal aspect
of the whole question of irrigation
and the existing land laws were the
subjects which came before the ma
tional irrigation congress at todays
sessions. The first named subject took
up the entire morning session.
Commander Booth-Tucker Of the
Salvation Army delivered the princi-
pal address.
Senator Carey, of Wyoming, chair
man of the committee appointed last
year to consider the advisability OF
consolidation with the trans -MiSSiS-
sippi congress reported against suck
action. The recommendation was
adopted unanimously
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-18

Especial to The Messenger.)

Especial to The Nessenger.)
Wallace. n c., September 1.-the
peoples tobacco warehouse of this place.
$50 by 80 feet has been strained to its
utmost at the break today, about 10000
pounds of the weed being sold. Mr.. n.
Cavenaugh lead in prices. selling one
lot at 4Oc and his average is very satis-
factory. The sales have just closed and
prices ranged from 40 cents down and
We are hopeful that the prices paid will
be satisfactory to all parties concerned
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-18
BASEBALL YESTERDAY.

AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Washington 10, Detroit s.
Philadelphia-St. Louis, rain.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Pittsburg 13, Boston s.
st. Louis-Brooklyn, wet grounds.
Cincinnati z, New York 6.
Chicago-P Philadelphia, wet grounds.
SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
Memphis 6. Montgomery 2.
Shreveport 5, Nashville 4. (stx in
nings).
New Orleans 0, Birmingham 3.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-18

Vineyard Haven, Mass, September 1s.
The coal schooner, Howard B. Peck.
bound from Norfolk to Calaise, Ne.
and the steamer Kiowa, from Boston
for New York collided yesterday be-
tween Cape Poge and Cross Rip. Tha
schooner was badly damaged, but the
injury to the steamer was not serious
No one was hurt The accident occurr-
ed during hazy weather.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-18
The Princess Anne Had
a Terrible Voyage
to Norfolk
SHIPPING HURT

The Shin Arrived Ten Hours Late.
The Scenes on BOard During the
Awful Storm W re Terrible-Peo-
pie Wept and Prayed-For HOers
it Seemed That the Fight Would
water Comes Distressing News of
Damage to Shipping-The Schoon-
er Marsh Was Dashed to Pieces
on the Rocks-COnsiderab Money
Loss VIII Follow.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-18
WRECKS ALONG THE FLORIDA
COAST.

Miami. Fla. September 16.-The aux
iliary schooner Klondyke, g. \. Ball.
master. laden with valuable fittings
from the British steamer Inchulya,
brings the first authentic reports from
the several wrecks north of this point.
About 4 mile north of Baynton. the
Standard Oil Company's barge No.
SO. oil laden is hard aground on the
beach The tug having her in tow has
gone north for another oil barge, into
which TO pump the cargo. AS this
vessel lies on = sandy bottom and is
practically uninjured, she may be
saved. About five miles south and
nearly opposite Delray the British
steamship InChulva IS total wreck.
The Inchulva had q mixed cargo of
about 5000 tons. She was from Gal
weston to Liverpool. Nine Of the crew
OF this steamer were drowned. When
the vessel commenced To break up.
secure 800 and was not seen again.
Three others were washed overheard.
The other five were drowned I'm an
attempt to reach the snore.
Just north of Jupiter IS the humber
laden three masted schooner Harriet
/ Thomas from Pensacola. Her cargo
Is being landed but the vessel Will
prove = total loss. The American
schooner Martha T. Thomas, lumber
laden. hound from APachicola foI
Baltimore Is reDorted ashore nine
miles north of Jupiter This may bs
the Harriet l. Thomas above referred
to the possible error growing out OF
similarity Of names. These are the
only wrecks OF consequence reported
on the east coast Of Florida,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-18
Men Convicted of Viola.
ton of PeOndge Law
in Alabama
PRESIDENT ACTS

Full and Unconditional PardOns
Granted to Two Men-The Presi-
dent Granted the PardOns Upon
the Judge Who Sentenced the
PrisOners-The Sentence Was Not
Unjust. But the Laws Ends Are
Met and n Lesson Taught That
Will Completely Reform the Of
tenders.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-18

London, September 16.-A dispatch to
The Daily Mail from Hong Kong an
nounces that during a typhoon the
steamer On-Lng-Wo capsized OF
Kwane-Chau-Wan and one hundred
persons psrished.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-18
Powers Are Trying to
Prevent War in the
Far East
GREAT DANGER

The Efforts of the Powers Are to
cities Committed by Turkish Sol
diers Are Full of Horrible Details.
No Formal Replies Have Been Re-
ceived at Sofia in Response to the
The Forces of Bulgaria Are Still
Being Mobilized.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-18
Kentucky Congressman Dies in
London.

London. September 26.-Congressman
Vincent Boreing died at his home here
today of pneumonia He was the only
republican in the Kentucky delegation.
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NEGRO BAPTIST CONVENTION.
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