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The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-11-13

Panama has declared itself free and
Independent of Colombo, and started
a revolution" Colombo refused to
ratify the Hay-Herron treaty, permit
ting the United States to finish the
Panama canal, unless paid about $20,-
00O,00 more than agreed upon. There
can be no doubt that the transconti-
mental railways are at the bottom of
this extraordinary demand. They
want ships to go around the horn.
The isthmians would like the canal ex-
cavated, and they would also like to re-
ceive the price to be paid for the privi-
lege, without sharing with their north
ern neighbors. So they started rev.
olution, and called themselves free and
independent, and owners of the privi-
leges to be granted to the United
States for excavating the canal and
entitled to the money. The railroads
say it is the duty of the United States
to go down there and squelch that rev.
olution, and preserve the integrity of
Colombo, under and by virtue of an
old treaty with Grenada, which is now
called Colombo, wherein the United
States actually made such promise.
| do not understand that promise to
mean that the United States would
protect Grenada from its own people,
but only to protect it from uitlanders.
do not believe the United States has
any right to interfere at all in the
present revolution, unless foreign
countries should take hand in the
fight, and then its interference should
be restricted to keeping such hands
off. Let 'em fight, and if Panama wins
we will get the water way
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-11-13
Why Can't Carson Valley Have An
Electric Railway?

An electric engineer is figuring on the
cost and accruing benefits of a 300-horse
power electric plant and an airline
electric railway from the head of Mason
Valley to Wabuska, He says in the
Yerington Times
The future of Mason Valley under
the new conditions we have in mind
would satisfy the most ardent philan-
thropist, and the plausibility of such
an engineering scheme ought to APP
peal to every sound-minded business
man ofthe valley, when once thorough
ly acquainted with the new conditions
that would naturally arise.
Yerington would become a town of
1900 or 1000 population. y conserva-
tive estimate would put the entire
population of Mason Valley at 1000.
Real estate would advance 100 to 200
per cent in value. Every property
owner would find himself twice as
well off as he was under the old condi-
tons.
Our electric railway should be con-
structed on the broad gauge system, SO
that were the G. & G. to be changed to
broad gauge we would have the ad-
vantages of first-class railroad town.
We could mention many surpris-
ing facts upon this subject so vital to
the future welfare of the people, but
for want of both time and space will
not go into detail.
We have computed the entire cost of
the plant as follows:
Generator; dam; wire, piping, p feet
in diameter; poles, "A to to the mile; g
wires, inch, capable of carrying so
horsepower to the wire; insulators; 20
miles of broad gauge track; two cars;
one passenger, mail and express; ten
freight cars; labor for installing the
same, % per cent of cost of material;
total cost, s325,O0O.
Annual income of plant, based upon
the above estimated population as fol-
lows: Freight traffic, $4,000; passen-
ger traffic, $40, 900; power used as light,
$4,000; power used for pumping pur-
poses to irrigate small tracts of land,
$4,000 total income, $4,000. Forty
per cent of the income allowed for run
ming expenses, 100000; net profit, S45,-
600, IA per cent interest on capital.
By incorporating atSl.00 per share,
or capital stock SS25,O00, we have no
doubt as to the feasibility of carrying
out such a proposition.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-11-13

were two things which attracted my at
tention with as much pleasure as the
performance itself, and that was the
splendid riding of young Neddenriep,
and the persistent attempts of DR..
Price to occupy different parts of his
horses back at one and the same time.
QUELQUEFoIs.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-11-13
THE WEEKLY COURIER.
FRIDAY. NOV. 13................... 1908.
Carson Letter.
ED. COURIER.

ED. COURIER:
The big San Francisco dailies used to
brag a great deal about the power OF
the press, but they don't do it now.
The recent contest in the city by the
bay was enlivened by the fact that
arrangements have been made to
expend SIS, 10000 in improvements i'll
the next two years, and the big papers
wanted to boss the boss who bossed
the Mayor, and they pitched into the
fight with as much vigor as they would
if they had their hands right in the
middle of the cash, and some one was
trying to prevent them from helping
themselves. To read one paper one
would believe that no one but Crock
err had any show, and to read anoth-
er Lane had the only show, but the
election showed that Schmitz, who was
vilified by all the papers, had the only
show. They had better play them
selves with copper next time, and
abuse those they desire to elect and
praise their enemies, for it is evident
the people don't believe word they
say. But humiliating as it must be,
they do not seem to be abashed in the
least, for they continue telling their
readers what they must do, and what
is going to happen, just the same as
before.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-11-13

The Appeal states that the bull fight
at the Carson race track Saturday was
well attended, but the bulls, being un-
acquainted with red flags and profan-
ity, regarded them as curiosities and
failed to show fight. Finally some one
suggested that the bulls from Carson
Valley were down on the colored race
and a gentleman in the audience with
a sixty dollar black overcoat marked
down to $500 loaned it to the manage
ment As soon as the coat was fiaunt-
ed in the face of the bull he commence
ed tearing up quantities of real estate
and charged at the man like house
afre, greatly to the delight of the
spectators. But the cheering of the
crowd frightened the bull and he
broke out of the pen.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-11-13

The Sd November was lucky day
for the Geo. B. Nc Clellans. One, the
son of General Geo. B. of Civil war
renown, was elected Mayor of Greater
New York, while the other was chosen
member of San Francisco's Board of
Supervisors. Both are staunch Demo-
Gratis.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-11-13

The San Francisco Chronicle COM
plains that the Chinese are persistent
ly corrupting our public service, by
bribing our public officers, and claims
that the people will not stand it much
longer. According to its view the peo-
pie will punish the Chinese, and not
their corrupt public officers. Well,
that is about the way things have been
going right along since Andrew Jack
sons time
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-11-13

Frank Roberts, Frank Williams, j.
p Seyner, and T. f. German have
been found guilty of murder in the
first degree at Winnemucca. They
were charged with the killing of Jack
WEIGH, on top of freight train on
August 18th.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-11-13

Rev. A. B. Simpson says that for every
man, woman and child in the United
States $40 is spent annually for liquor
and tobacco, while 40 cents is the aver
age contribution for each member of
protestant churches in this country.
Republican newspapers tell us this is
the most prosperous and greatest ma
ton on earth, but they claim it is on
account of the tariff, and not the
amount they save on their church con-
tributions.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-11-13

The Secretary of the Interior has
ordered patents issued to the Central
Pacific railway company for 2l,462
acres of land in Carson City district.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-11-13

Well, saw the bull fight in Carson,
There is not the remotest act of bru-
tality in the performance. All the
toreador uses is a colored flag. He is
very graceful and very quick. There
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-11-13

The President has issued his annual
Thanksgiving Proclamation, designat-
ing the 26th day of November AS a day
of general thanksgiving.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-11-13

The proposition to build street
railway carried at the election in Reno
Tuesday by a large majority.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-11-13

A million feet of lumber has been
shipped to Fallon, the new county seat
of Churchill.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-11-13

poker JIM was killed and another
Indian wounded in fight over a
poker game at Carson Saturday.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-11-13

About two feet of snow fell at Sum-
nit station on the Sierras Saturday
night.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-11-13

There are halfa dozen cases ofsmall-
pox in Elko.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-24
GIDDY YOUNG SCHOOL GIRLS.
Come to Greensboro and Fail IN
Hands of P~Olice-Arrest on Re-
quest from Danville. the Home of
the Girl.

Last night about Z o'clock a telegram
was received here for Chief Of Police
Scott. 1t was from Danville and asked
the Greensboro chief to take in custody
two young ladies who would come in
On one of the evening trains and would
he found wearing college caps. The
telegraph office knowing that there was
no time to be wasted delivered the mes
sage to the first officer who could be
found. 1t was Mr.. Busick. He opened
the telegram and securing the aid of
Officer Barnes went to meet the train.
Officer Barnes went on the train as
it slowed up. Officer Busick waited
outside. Mr.. Barnes easily found the
girls. They wore the caps mentioned
in the telegram. No other persons IN
the car wore such caps. 1t was dead
easy to spo them.
Young ladies, l am sorry, but l snail
have to take o in custody Officer
Barnes politely observed. The girls
laughed, took the matter as a joke and
readily accepted the company OF the
two officers to police headquarters
They talked and laughed all the way
to the station.
: They were detained in Chief SCOTS
: office. A telegram was sent to Dan
Vile notifying the chief there OF the
+, arrest. Pretty soon a reply came ask
ing hat the girls be sent back to Dan
willie in charge of an officer. Officer
Busick carried them TO Danville on No.
- and turned them over to relatives.
The young ladies were very pretty
and refined looking and he affair oc-
casioned great excitement on the
streets. a great crowd followed the
officers and their fair prisoners to po'
i lice headquarters. There was some cri'
! ticism of the police for not procuring
/ carriage for the young ladies.
The time between the arrivals of tht
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-24
WELCOME TO CHAMBERLAIN.
City of LOndOn Cordially Receives
the Secretary.

London, March 2O.-Colonial Secre-
tary Chamberlain today received the
city Of London's congratulations on his
mission to South Africa in the Guild
Hall, where Lord Mayor Sampel and
the corporation presented him with an
address of welcome, in the presence of
a large gathering of distinguished rep
resentatives of politics, the services,
art, science, the church, the law and
the drama.
Among those present were Premier
BalfOur, most of the cabinet ministers,
the Archbishop Of Canterbury, Lord
Roberts, the Duke of Fife, the Duke of
Argyll, Lord Strathcona, Lord Lister,
Vice Admiral Lord Charles Beresford,
Signor Marconi, Sir Thomas Upton and
Sir Henry Irving. Many ladies were
also present to extend greetings to
Mrs. Chamberlain.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chamberlain, who drove
to the Guild Hall in an open landau,
received a remarkable welcome from
the eXpectant crowds, who in their en-
thusiasm here and there, broke through
the police mes and surrounded the
carriage.
Loud and prolonged cheers and the
waving OF handkerchiefs greeted Mr..
Chamberlain on his rising to reply to
the address presented in the Guild
Hall. The secretary's speech was
largely a F"ellerdIlOn OIL MS recent
speech at Southampton. He said he
was convinced that everything was in
train for a United South Africa under
the British flag. The secretary added
that he found no trace mons the Brit
fish in South Africa of a vindictice feel
ing against the Beers. He expressed
his admiration of the dignified way in
which the burghers had accepted the
results of the appeal to arms, and con-
tinued:
The only fruit which we desire from
the W a is the friendship of hose who
were so recently fighting US"
The conciliatory spirit displayed in
this sentence pervaded the entire
| speech.
Subsequently Mr.. n Mrs. Chamber
| lain and about 300 other persons were
| entertained bv the Lord Mayor al
| luncheon in the Mansion louise Mr.
| Chamberlain received another ovation
to which he responded saying: The
present was a critical period in the his
tory of the empire and the course taker
now by the empire and the colonies
would probably settle for all time the
question whether the empire was tC
be consolidated and maintained.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-24

between them: and that there is but
one line Of demarkation-one boundary
which divides hem-and that is the
racial line. The southern people, as a
rule. appreciate all that is good and
worthy among the negroes as full, and
perhaps more fully. than any other peo-
pie Of another race; but from long eX-
perience and contact OF q certain kind,
they know better than any other peo-
pie the necessity of maintaining intact
the boundary lines between the races.
To do this, they know thai the line
must be inflexible. There must not be
doors cut to admit exceptional cases.
There can be no exceptional cases.
This settled principle which no power
can %overturn does not involve race ha-
tired or persecution. The whites who
are stoutest in defense of this rule are
most usually the more kindly disposed
towards the negro. They are not the
l~ynchers, nor those who hgure most in
conflicts and race riots.
From the southern view President
Roosevelt's only defense is
edgement that he made a mistake In
the social equality linn But for
that incident we would have heard
| comparatively little about the recent
| appointments to office. AS we said in
the outset, they simply bark back to
the Booker Washington affair
There is another thought in this con-
nection. 1t is we'll known that the
presidents mother was a Georgia wo-
man, the descendent of one Of Geor-
gas early governors. There are hun-
dreds within our borders who sprang
from the same sturdy stock Mr.
Roosevelt has many times spoken TO
southern audiences rather proudly Of
his southern blood. Near relatives of
his fought and bled for the cause of
the southern Confederacy. When he
came by accident to the White house
these things were talked Of freely and
proudly in the south. "A half SOUTH
erner.' Roosevelt called himself. More
than l ever expected to see in the
White house." said many a man OF
Georgia-'the son of a Georgia woman
president Of the United States!" These
things led to great expectations among
our people. They hoped to see the
largest degree of sympathy in theil
trials and nvironmen that had beer
Vouchsafed to them by any republican
president since the beginning. 1t wa
a rude awakening-a severe Shock-no
the appointment of Crum or any pc
: litical play with patronage-but tn
: social equality Inner in 1.-THE house o
our fathers" This and nothing more
I All the other things were expected a
a sort of matter of course in the repub
= lican programme.
Roosevelt has been a disappointment
a to the south. This is the keen edg
b on which our hopes have been served
When our impressible friend, the ed
= itOr Of the Atlanta Constitution, write
again to his friend, the president, W
. suggest hat he impress upon the min
Of the executive some of the FACT
contained in this article.-Macon Tele
~ gram.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-24
The Fly in the Ointment.

The appointment of Crum in Char
lesion by President Roosevelt was no
more an offense against southern
whites than the appointment of De-
veaux in Savannah by President Nc
Kinley, with this difference: The for
mer harks back to the White u
dinner with a negro as his guest and
the latter was to some extent justified
by the endorsement Of Deveaux by
Georgia democrats. Essentially, stand
ing apart from other matters, there is
the difference between them Of tWeedle-
dunn and tweedledee. 1t is no defense
Of the president to say that he has not
appointed any more negroes to office
than his republican predecessors. He
cannot make an appointment Of a negro
without reviying in the memory of the
men in the south the dinner incident.
This is the fly in the ointment.
But our northern friends throw up
their hands and with bothered look
wish to know if Booker Washington is
not neat. Clearly, educated, gentleman
" in his bearing. and so forth. Yes
That is all true. But h other truth
is not known to them-the truth thai
it is essential to the peace, prosperity
and perpetuity of both races in tn
south to maintain the social barrier:
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-24
Treading on

Charlotte News.)
Two more homicides, one especially
shocking because of the prominence of
the parties TO the affair, have stirred
the state and two more chapters are
added to the dark and bloody rcord Of
1908.
the state, the participants in the de-
plorable affair at Tarboro were men OF
prominence; men OF education and re-
who stood high in their pro-
fession. and men whose position in So
ciety demanded that they should set
an example to their fellows. Therefore
hey were the less eXcusable for their
onduct. There seems to be no doubt
that DR.. Baker acted in self-defense,
vet his act was the outsome Of a de-
liberate violation of the law. and Tor
that matter his victim was as guilty
Of The same violation. Had both obey
ed the letter and spirit Of the law. as
we have a right to expect from citizens
of their prominence. would not now
be in his grave. Unthinking mer
will declare that DR.. Baker could mo-
have done otherwise. yet we venture &c
assert that even now he regrets eVel
having carried a pistol, for the weigh
of having slain a fellow man will bur
| den his conscience unto his dying day
These bloody crimes which have fol
lowed so closely, one upon the heels o
another. in the last few months, neces
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-24

train on which the young ladies' came
and the departure of the one on which
they went back was spent in chief
SCOTS office. The young women re-
manned in a gay and laxative mood
all the while. They said they came
here to spend the night with a lady
friend. They thought it would be a
Jolly lark to spend the night in Green's
boro and go back HON next morning.
The only phase Of the situation that
ANNOYED them was the fear OF getting
their names in the papers.
A Danville special to The Richmond
Times-Dispatch gives the .DanVille point
of view in this amusing school girls
escapade.
Misses Geneva Robertson and Grace
Morrison. two school girls of this city
were arrested in Greensboro tonight
by a telegram to the chief of police OF
that city from their brothers in this
city. Each left home stating they
would spend the night with a friend.
They were seen to board a southbound
train, and their fathers were at once
notified. This resulted in their being
detained in Greensboro. Miss Morrl-
son is the daughter of Mr.. John r. Nor
rison and Miss Robertson is a daughter
of Mrs. Allen Robertson, and the two
are close neighbors and reside on West
Main street. The young ladies are only
fifteen and sixteen years of age, and
were both students of Roanoke Female
college. They are both strikingly pref
ty, and the Whole affair is regarded as
a school girls escapade. They return
ed to this city on the midnight train to-
! night thoroughly observation-disclosures
boro Telegram March 18th.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-24
Letter to Herbert McClammy.
OF Wilmington, n. c.

vi
Dear Sir: What would be the result
of selling poor paint with this guaran-
tee?
IF you have any fault to find with
this paint, either now in putting 1t on,
or hereafter in the wear, tell your deal
er about it.
We authorize him to do what is
right at our expense
That means pay damages, don't 1t?
Here's another guarantee:
IF your state chemist finds this paint
adulterated, we will pay his bill. and
send you s1.O0."
We stand by 10Th Of these guaran-
tees; as we are the maker. We know all
about 1t.
Yours truly,
F.. ". DEVOE & co.
p. S.-M. w. Divine & Co, Sell oul
paint.
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too frequent. Life is regarded with too
little seriousness and the passions of
men are becoming unbounded. 1t is all
the work of envy, hatred or malice,
that terrible trio from which all good
churchmen pray to be delieverd. for if
these passions are allowed to control
men. either one of them will lead him
to ruin and destruction. The law in
regard to carrying guns should be more
rigidlY enforced.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-24
%INCENDIARY FIRE
r,o~.ounied of Du-
Rrutz Guitar. Esq. BrOk into
LAST Nirht-Fire Set in n Room Up
Stairs Did 5000 Damage.

The fire department was called out
ar 1887 O'Clock last night by an alarm
sent in from box As. Fire was dlscoV-
cred in the second story of the unoccu-
MED residence of DuBrutz Guitar. ESQ,
sos Nun street in which his furniture 5
stored.
When the fremen reached the scene
they found hat some one had broken
into a real window and started a nre
in a room up stairs. The damage 10
the room and furniture was about s2oo'
Il is probably covered by Insurance.,
although no definite information couia
no secured last night.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-24
Wilmington Messenger.)

These conditions are going to con-
tinue and to grow worse until the
courts intervene and mete out adequate
punishment to men who take human
life. When the public no longer holds
the opinion that a man will escape the
of his criminal acts be-
cause he is prominent and influential
than will there be a cessation Of such
crimes. and not till then.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-24
HAM MOCKS' HOTEL PROJECT

pecia Meeting of the Chamber OF
I'M Yesterday to Hear Mr.
Christian. of the AIR
Line-The Demand for a BIG Hotel
Made PIain-Committee Appointed
tn Add to the $4,000 Already Sub
scribed.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-24
Catarrh of the Lungs
the First Stage Of
Consumption.
So All M e d G a
Authorities Agree.

Judge Durham, a weu-known local
Judge of Greensboro, Ga, had au expe-
rience with Peruna we'll worth reciting.
A report had become current among the
Judges friends that he was threatened
with consumption. 1t was feared for a
time that Georgia was to lose one of its
most prominent and influential citizens.
It was also reported that the judge
had failed to get any relief from any OF
the medical aid at his command, that he
had made use of the now world famous