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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-07-03
An Eminent Divine Dead l..

Philadelphia, June 29.-Rev. Thomas
A. Hoyt, D. D., pastor emeritus OF
Chambers-Wylie Memorial Presbyte-
rian church, of his city, we'll known in
church circles throughout the country,
died today at his residence in Bryn
Mawr from general debility after an ILL
ness extending over a period of two
and a half years. DR.. Hoyt was a ma
tive of South Carolina, having been
born ct Beech Island in 1928.
He was educated at the Universities
of Michigan and Georgia and gradu-
ated from the Theological Seminary al
Columbia, s. c. AS a young man he
filled charges in South Carolina, and
just before the outbreak of the civil
war 1e assumed charge of the largest
Presbyterian church in Louisville. %n
1872 he went to Nashville, filling the
pulpit Of the Fist Presbyterian church
there and in 1884 he came to this city.
He retired from the Chambers-Wylie
church two years ago because Of his ill
health.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-07-03

A gun that fires 500 shots a minute
was tested several days ago at Sandy
Hook. 1t is a pity that the world is not
civilized enough to permit US to entirely
devote our inventive genius to things
less destructive than such man killing
machines.-Durham Sun.
Why, we are developing civilized
The ancients with their sword and
buckler killed more people in battle IN
proportion to numbers engaged than did
those following them with the flint and
steel b~lunderbuses. The risk of life in
battle was still reduced when the muz-
zle loading carbine with the percussion
cap was introduced. Then followed the
single-fire breech loading needle gun.
With its introduction of the long range
magazine gun the death rate in battle:
was still more reduced. If the i'm
prOVement in destructive power of the
army gun continues, war will soon be-
come a bloodless contest between SOL
diers. After awhile a war will be a
game of chess on a gigantic field with
regiments, brigades and divisions as
chessmen. One thing civilization and
modern inventions have done for hu-
man beings-it has reduced the casual
ties Of warfare. The workmanship Of
the men using the improved guns does
not increase in proportion to the carry
ing power of the weapon. and as the
distance nrpSlrNa1 haru-aap tho lines nf
battle keeps pace with the improve
ment of the weapon its killing power
is greatly reduced.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-07-03
The PennsyIvania's New stock.

Philadelphia, June 29.-Oficial IN
nouncement was made by one of the
executive officers of the Pennsylvania
Railroad company today that the latest
returns show that the s75, OOO, 900 of new
stock has all been taken by the share
holders and that ninety per cent. of it
has been paid up in full.
AS the stock was offered at $50 per
share the issue Of 1,500, 900 shares rep
resents to the company a cash value of
$4,000, 900 from which must be deducted
about 81 500, 900 in commissions to the
underwriting syndicate.
From the proceeds of the new stock
issue will also be repaid a temporary
loan of $40, 900, 900 made early in the
present year, leaving approximately
$685. O5, 900 as according to the official
statement made today $S1, 900, 600 of the
$780, 00, 900 has been paid in.
1t was announced today that $40, 000,-
900 borrowed by the Pennsylvania Rail-
road company early in the year would
be paid off as the notes fell due in the
and third weeks of July.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-07-03
Relations Cordial With the Count.

Washington, June 29.-The Associated
Press is authorized TO state that the
reports in circulation to the effect that
there is friction between the admins
tration and Count Cassini, the Russian
ambassador. are absolutely without
foundation. 1t is stated that the leila
tons OF the president and the state
department with Count Cassini, are Off
cially and personally, entirely cordial.
1t IS regarded as a serious reflection
upon the sincerity of the president 70
represent his action, in forwarding the
petition relative to the Jews in Russia,
as in any a connected with in~terna-
tional negotiations in the far east, or
with h faithful manner in which
Count Cassini has represented his gov
eminent at Washington.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-07-03
RUSSIA'S TREATMENT OF JEWS.
Only Permitted to Live in Certain
Places and Prevented From Ac-
curing or Renting Land.

ST. Petersburg, June 29.-The amend
ment to the Temporary" regulations Of
May 10, 1882, permitting Jews to reside
and to acquire real estate in 101 add
tional towns within the pale Of Jewish
settlement is thus explained by the
Jewish Journal Voskhad:
The temporary regulations which
have been in force during the last TWEEN
ty-one years were hastily issued and
were not brought into conformity with
| other laws. Their enforcement caused
| nearly all the Jew living in the rural
district, amounting to about twenty
| per cent. of the whole Jewish population
in 1882, to be driven into the towns and
cities. The pale of Jewish settlement
previously embracing fifteen provinces,
suddenly sprung to a limited number
of towns. The senate was quickly over
| whelmed with appeals against the lille
gal enforcement of the regulations ana
in 1884, was petitloned, though Valnly,
| for their repeal.
The number of towns open to jews
has continued constantly to diminish
| and the Jews. more and more cooped
| up. have been driven hard for a Subsis-
| tence. AS a result the towns with Jew
iSh populations have been officially pro-
| ounce breeding places for psychicas
and physical diseases. The minister or
| interior, in view of the dangers from
| this has decided to open 101 new places
| to Jewish settlers. In the list are many
| former Jewish colonies which had been
within recent years transformed legal
ly into villages and thus withdrawn
from the category or permissible places
of abode for Jews. In the provinces of
| Chernigov properties have broken up
in Jewish colonies which had existed
from time immemorlal
THE temporary regulations it may
be briefly stated, forbid Jew to move
into cities and towns where they had
not been living when the regulations
were issued, to remove from n ham
let to another or to acquire or rent
, land"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-07-03
dwelling of Wesley Tablets.

Savannah. June 29.-The bicentennary
celebration here of the birth Of John
Wesley vas concluded today with n
unwilling Of three tablets marking
spots intimately associated with the
great preachers life.
DR.. John F. Goucher delivered the
address Of the occasion his subject be-
ing: 1.-The Coeteneous Rise of the
Methodist and Anglo-SaXon Suprem-
acy.''
Each of the tablets was unveiled by
little girls, daughters of Savannah
Methodists. Wesley hymns were sung.
AS the last tablet marking Wesley's
home was unveiled, the assembly stand
ing with uncovered heads. sang the
doXology.
Each tablet was draped IN the stars
and stripes and union jack.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-07-03
CONVICT CAPTURED.
Bud Hughes Who Escaped With
Others From the Chain Gang Cap
tured Saturday Near WhitevilIe.
Especial to The MeSsenger.)

Whiteville, n. c., June 29.-Bud
Hughes from Columbus county who
was serving a two year term on the
roads in New Hanover county and who
made his escape some time ago., when
there was a bold lash for liberty, was
captured about eight miles from White
vile Saturday night by Deputy Sheriff
j. w. Powell and several others and
brought here and placed in Jail yester-
day morning. There was a reward Of
$50 offered for his arrest or capture.
He will be returned to New Hanover
county in a few days.
The hearing Of Jobel Register before
S. 3. Lunsden, justice Of the peace, was
called Friday. The evidence in the case
was about the same as in H. B. Regis
ter's case. There "a only o. wit
nesses examined. The defendant intro
duced no testimony.
He was committed to jail to await
his hearing at the next term of the
superior court.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-07-03
A PEOPLE.

Only two potentates in all tue '"oI
continent of Africa have been aoie ~
maintain up to this time thelr coilpie'o
i~ndenendence of the invading forces OF
Euronean aggression and civilization.
These are the emperor Of Morocco n
The king of Abyssinia. The modern
instrument of civilizing n Chris
tianfzing. the army rifle, has not been
able TO make any Roadway against the
mower of these two monarchs- Judging
from the hereditary title, though, we
are led to suppose that Menelek, king
of Abyssina, considers himself and his
subjects as good Christians as those
Britishers, Italians and Frenchmen who
have tried time and again to shoot into
his subjects their ideas of Christianity.
His title is: His Imperial Majesty
King Menelek, The Second, K. <. NJ. G.
(whatever those letters stand for)
the Lords a~nnointed, the Victorious
Lion Of the Tribe of judah, Kin OF
the Kings Of Ethiopia.
While the Moroccan empire whose m
habitants are Mohammedan n faltn'
has been able to survive the attack Oh
Europe on Africa, through the Jealous
les of the nations of the latter country,
as has Turkey il Europe, the Abyssln-
ians do not owe the continued integrity
of their nation to the same cause, Dun
to their own inherent strength.
Abyssinia is a remarkable n
1t has a population of o five million
people and area of near five hundred
thousand "a miles. 1t is a part OF
ancient Ethiopia Its inhabitants are
composed of Ethiopians and "Abyss!an-
ian Jews The language of the people Is
the Amheric, a Semitic language, with
ermixt of African words. From
a small provincial dialect originally, it
has since the fifteenth century oeen the
court and official language Of the en-
pire. h prevailing religion Of these
people is that of the ancient Coptlc
church, aid to hay been founded in
the fourth century by the bishop OF
Axum. a town of Abyssinia and a re-
Egious center in the early days of the
Christian era. While the jealOCsies OF
the power of Europe a prevented
the overthrow of the Mohammedan rule
in European Turkey and in the Moroc-
can empire in north Africa these Abys-
sinians, who claim to have the true re-
ligion handed down to them by the per
sonal followers Of Christ on earth and
that they have preserved that religion
intact, have withstoOd the attempts by
force of arms of three of the Christian
powers to subjugate them. Truly a
wonderful people are they and a re-
markable fact it is that no foreign
power has ever been able to conquer
them. They claim theirs to be the true
church which Christ established on
earth and which a existed in their
nation from the beginning of the Chris
tan era They say their people have
withstoOd the attacks of all political
enemies, as their religion has the on
slaught of heathenism and pasanism
from the time of it's first establishment
and that each will triumph over its
enemies.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-07-03
A Surgical Operation

is always dangerous-do not submit tC
the surgeons knife until yop rave tried
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. 1t will
cure When everything else fails-it has
done this in thousands Of cases. Here
is one of them: l suffered from bleed
ing and ~protruding piles for twenty
years. Was treated by different special
lists and used many remedies, but OBJ
tanned no relief until 1 used DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve. Two boxes of this
salve cured me eighteen months ago
and l have not had a ouch of tn piles
since.-H. A. Tisdale, SummertOn, S. c.
For Blind, Bleeding, Itching and pro-
truding Piles no remedy equals De-
Wits Witch Hazel Salve. Sold by r.
r. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-07-03
Catarrh of the Stomach.

When the stomach is over loaded:
when food is taken init is that fails tc
digest, it decays and infiames the mu-
cous membrane, exposing the nerves
and causes the glands to secret mucin,
instead of the natural juices of diges-
ton. This is called Catarrh of the
Stomach. For years l suffered with
Catarrh o the Stomach, caused by in
digestion. Doctors and medicine fail
ed to benefit me until I used Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure.-J. r. Rhea, Coppen,
Tex. Sold by r. R.. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-07-03
The Foundation of Health.

Nourishment is the foundation of
headth-life-strength. Kodol Dyspep-
STA Cure is the one great medicine that
enables the stomach anddigestive or
gans to digest, assimilate and trans
form all foods into the kind of blood
that nourishes the nerves and eeds the
tissues. Kodol lays the foundation for
health. Nature does the rest. Indiges-
ton, Dyspepsia. and all disorders of
the stomach and digestive organs are
cured by the use of Kodol. Sold by r.
r. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-07-03
Just About Bedtime.

take a little Early Riser-it will cure
constipation, biliousness and liver trou-
bles. DeWitt's Little Early Risers are
from other pills. They do not gripe
and break down the mucous membranes
of the stomach, liver and bowels, but
cure by gently arousing the secretions
and giving strength to these organs.
Solo b. r. r. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-07-03
Saloon Fight Wounds Eour

savannah, Ga. June 29.-Four men
were shot and wounded, one of them
SO seriously, that it is feared he mill
die, during a dispute in a saloon in this
city early today.
Inc injured are: Nathaniel Evans,
perhaps fatally, G. D. Bryan, James l..
Doss and James T. Bennett.
1t is said that the trouble grew ont
of a difference between Doss and
Bryan.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-07-03

inaugurated to exterminate them or
drive them away from their homes.
Yes this Delaware lynching germ
shows all the characteristics Of having
been generated at the north. 1t is Of
an entirely different species from that
produced at the south. 1t brings on al
insane desire for the complete exter-
mination of the negro race, a symptom
never deyeloped at the south.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-07-03
Valuable Time Saved.

Slight injuries often disable a man
and cause several days lossof time and
when blood poison develops, sometimes
result in the loss Of a hand or limb.
Cha1nberlain's Pain Balm is an antisep-
tic liniment. When applied to cuts.
bruises and burns it causes them to
heal quickly and without maturation
and prevents an danger of blood poi
son. For sale by all druggist.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-07-03

No man or woman in the state will
hesitate to speak well of Chamberlain's
Stomach and Liver Tablets after once
trying them. They always produce a
pleasant movement of the bowels, i'm
prove the appetite and strengthen the
digestion. For sale by all druggists.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-07-03
Left Yesterday fol- Morehead.

Supreme Court Justice P. D. Walker
Mrs. Walker and Misses Nettie Dock
cry and Lucy Robertson, all Of Char
lotte. who have been sojourning al
Wrightsville Beach, left yesterday for
Morehead City.
Justice Walker while in Morehead
will attend the State Bar Association,
which meets there tomorrow.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-07-03

For a lazy liver try Chamberlaln's
Stomach and Lived Tablets. They in
vigorate the liver, aid he digestion.
degulate the bowels and prevent bill
ious attacks. For sale by all druggists
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-07-03

These be parlous times. indeed. The
lynching habit is going north and the
bloody strikes has crossed the line at
last and hit Observation-Disclosures Jour
nal
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-07-03

Inc learned professor who declared
we ought to establish a school of humor
eVloentiy had just heard Chauncey De-
pew tell n of his jokes.-Atlanta Jour
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RALEIGH AND THE STATE.

-Encampment Sites Not Yet Deter
m~ined-Cotton Plants SmaII-State
Lands Sought A~fter-State Bar As
ISOLATION at Morehead This Week
Office.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-08
PRESENTING BILLS IN
UNITED STATES SENATE.

Walter Wellman. in october Success.
When new senator's are to be placed
upon committees, or differences be-
tween old senators are to be adjusted.
the Executive Committee comes into
oneration. 1t is at this point that we
encounter one of the striking features
of the senatorial system. Here we dis
cover how Democratic the Senate Is
amidst all its aristocratic tendencies:
and. if it's Democracy has a tendency
tn run into oligarchy it is in that
respect not different from most DEM
ocratic organizations. The Executive
Committee is a body which has no Of
hcial status. 1t is unknown in the
raoords or archives of the Senate. Yet
II is the real controlling power, the
lever which starts or stops and regu-
lates the machinery of the upper
branch. The Executive Committee,
commonly and suggestively known as
the steering Committee" is appoint
ed bv a caucus of the majority sena-
Tors. that is to say. under the present
regime. the Republican senators get to-
pether in secret caucus and name seven
of their number to take charge of the
business of the Senate. Membership In
this committee is one of the great
prizes of senatorial service, 1t means
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-08
SHE TELLS HER LOVE
PUBLICLY IN CHURCH,
LOve-TOrtured Girl AstOunds a Con-
ErcgntiOn by Offering Herself to
the Pastor

LOve-TOrtured Girl Astounds a Con-
ErcgntiOn by Offering Herself to
the Pastor.
From the New York American.
St. Claire, Mich, Sept 1s.-"And
therefore I say you give your hearts
to God"
With these words the Rev. Ralph
Duff, the young pastor of the Congre-
gational church in this city, had just
closed his sermon. when young girl
In the foremost pew suddenly rose to
her feet
Il love YOU" she said in voice that
was audible in every corner of the
church. Her eyes were fixed on the
young minister in the pulpit and as she
spoke she stretched out her arms TO-
ward him. Il love you better than
my life. God has destined that we
should marry. l have come to YOU. l
bring you all 1 have. Accept me az
though you were my savior
terrible hush fell over the church
as the girl ceased speaking and stood
with outstretched arms leaning toward
the minister with eyes that glowed
with the love that she had just revealed
to all the world.
The minister stood white-faced and
silent.
The hush seemed interminable. At
last the young man spoke.
Miss Cook" he said, sternly IT am
surprised at you. Take your seat
The girl, Miss Hattie Cook. one of
the prettiest young women in ST. Clair,
dropped back into her seat and hid her
face in her hands as the tears began
to come.
Il love him, love him-oh, 1 love
him so" she sobbed. He doesn't care
for me. 1 know it. but l could not let
him marry that other girl without let
ting him know that it will break my
heart if he does
The girl, who by this time was al
most hysterical hid her face on the
shoulder of the woman next to her and
sobbed convulsively.
Rev. Ralph Duff dismissed the con-
gregation hurriedly and the people Of
st. Clair went home after witnessing
the most remarkable scene ever enact
ed in a Michigan church,
Miss Hattie Cook is one of the best
known and most popular girls in St.
Clair. She was a universal favor!te
A few days ago the engagement of
DR.. Duff to one of the girls of the city
was announced.
Up to that time no one had ever sus-
pected that Hattie Cook took any un-
usual interest in the handsome young
minister. But even the incredulous
ones noticed how the news oppressed
!.a-.
Then came the scene at the church.
None that saw it will ever forget the
picture of that girlish figure outlined
against the dark panels of the pulpit.
with her arms stretched toward the
clergyman who stood above her. white
faced, stern and silent.
Hattie Cook is going away from st.
CAR She says it bravely. but there
is culver in her voice.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-08

The full name of the company, California Fig SS
Is printed or the front of every package OF the
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-08

influence and power, for the Steering
Committee not only settles questions
of committee assignments, assignments
to committees or private rooms, (for
it is an unwritten law that every sem
ator, whether chairman of a commit
tee or not, or whether member of the
majority or of the minority party shall
have a room to himself to use as an
ofice) and many other matters per-
tanning to the comfort and conyen-
fence of senators, but it also exer-
cises supervision over that really inn
portant thing, the order of business"
In the Senate the order of bust
ness" is vital. There is always
crush OF bills and resolutions. AS SEES
sions draw near close rivalry be-
tween measures demanding considera-
ton becomes intense. The rules pro-
vide how much time shall be given TO
pension and other private bills from the
calendar. All these minor matters are
settled by rule or by long established
practice. Appropriation bills, too. have
a right of way. But really important
measures apart from the supply bills
must run their chances. Only a few
can be taken up, debated, and voted
upon. because of lack of time and the
lavish manner in which time is prac-
tice of the men who have their hands
upon the levers of the machine to en-
courage the waste of time in debate
during the early part of sessions. so
that there shall be a crush of rival
measures in the closing hours: for
it is in these brushes that the men
of influence and leadership find the
best chance to get their own way to
kin off the measures they do not like
to force to the front those thew do
like, and also to command strength
for their own purposes by preying
upon the er-increasing anxieties of
the friends of imperiled bills.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-08
CHOOSING SEATS IN
CONGRESS AND THE SENATE.

Walter Wellman, in October Success
When new Congress meets there is
a lottery for the choice of seats. The
newest and freshest member from a
backwoods district may be the lucky
man to have his name drawn from the
box by the blindfolded page and to
have first choice of all the seats in the
great hall The veteran of half a score
OF Congresses, man of power and
note. may be the last of the long line
ana forced to content himself with a
perch in the extreme rear This is
democracy with vengeance, and, of
course, 1t would never do for the aris-
tocratic upper branch. There the SEN
ator who gets a good seat keeps it as
long as he remains a senator Such
men as Allison, Hale, Hoar, Cullom and
others have sat all the way from ten
to twenty-five years at one desk When
an old senator with an advantageously
located seat drops out through death
or failure to secure reelection, some
other senator from the rear applies for
his seat and gets the rule being, FIRST
come, first served" New senators are
compelled to take the less desira BILE
desks in the rear of the chamber, to
await their turn for a chance at better
ones Thus in the Senate there is a
slow but steady movement from the
rear toward the front of the chamber
"a movement highly suggestive of the
senatorial system, based upon preroga-
tive and precedence
Even more striking is the method of
assigning senators to places upon COM
mittees. Here again prerogative is ev-
erything If the chairman of commit
tee dies or leaves the Senate the man
of the majority political party who
has served longest upon that commit
tee becomes his successor. The rule
is invariable, though. of course, COM
plications occasionally arise. If the
senior committeeman is chairman of
another important committee, he may
be compelled to surrender one or the
other.