The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-12-04
HERE AND THERE.

; United States government to engage
IN manufacturing will come UP at the
coming session OF congress. Tie
United States government is building
q basin on the Tonic river in Arizono
at q cost Of IS, 000. 900. Last summer
the government wanted prices on ce-
ment and the trust quoted a price OF
SO a barrel. The government proceeded
10 build a 500. 600 cement factory. The
cement trust IS now trying TO stop the
government from building a factory
in competition with them. We believe
that the average American citizen will
justify the government in building the
factOry.-EXchange.
The ducks killed by Mr.. Cleveland
on his recent hunt are estimated to Re
worth SIS. The telegraph tolls and
linotype expenses paid to announce the
fact throughout the United States
amounted 10 S416.-Winston Journal.
The rumor that John p. Rockefeller
will give 81, 900, 900 to found a home Ter
stockholders in the steel corporation
is not credited by those who profess to
knOW.-EXchange.
According to a New York dispatch
~eighty-four Of a total of 127 patients
afflicted with tuberculosis have baen
| discharged as cured from North Broth
er Island. near that city. Pure air,
| SuIISIIie. SOCu 1OOU anu absence OF
worry" it is added, have been thu.
principal factors in attaining these re
suits" All these seem easy save thu
latter. An absolute cure for worry is
apparently about as doubtful as a
remedy for OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
hronicle.
Rev. Dr.. B. F. Da Costa, the distin-
gulshed Episcopal clergyman Of New
York, has taken the preliminary step,
toward entrance of the priesthood Of
the Roman Catholic Church, and the
fact causes The Charleston News and
Courier to recall some interesting &c
clesiastical history. When DR.. Briggs
found himself lacking elbow room IN
the Presbyterian Church by reason
Of what he conceived to be the narrow
ness OF it's creed he connected himSel
with the Episcopal Church in the ca
pacity Of a priest. This so angered
DR.. Da Costa that he quit, and now
turns up a Catholic. These Develop
mentS lead The News and Courier to
observe with reference to the loss and
gain involved. that a fair exchange is
no robbery, so that neither the EpiscD-
pa-lianS nOG Catholics have cauSe q
complaint, but that the "~Presbyt"ri-
ans would appear to still have some
thing coming to them.-Charlotte OBJ
server.
GOV OGStI says iS III De llIoI1
| active in New York politics. but Plat
will remain state leader. Which doubt
less means that Odell IS confident he
has the ends on Platt but wants to
let him down as easy as possible =.
Greensboro Telegram.
Safe robbers are again in these parts.
and these who worry with safe COM
binations should see that all cash aEd
checks are carefully deposited in the
banks at the close of BUSINESS for the
day. Possibly the banks might make
arrangements for receiving such de-
posts at an hour to- accommodate such
custom. But. look out for the ~raScalS.
They are providing around again.-P5-
leigh Post.
AS the next election approaches there
is more discussion or rather specUIa-
ton about Mr.. Roosevelt succeeding
himself. The New York Sun, repubii-
can, but a hater Of Roosevelt, quotes
this from Bob Ingersoll on the candi-
dacy of Arthur, who sought the presi-
Dental nomination while serving out
Garfield's term: No vice president
| was ever made president Dy the pei
pie. 1t is natural to resent the acct
dent which ave the vice president the
place. They regard the vice president
as children do a s~tep-mother. He is
| locke upon as tempOrary-a device
-" 60 $4,000 ~
stop u gap-a lghter-a political raft.
He holds the horse till another rider
IS found. People do not wish death to
suggest nominees for the presidency
Greensboro RECORD
Remarkably fatality has attended
the family of Mr.. Peter Hickey. o.
Brooklyn. n. Y, turing the past week.
five members having died from typhO'1
fever in that time. OF the six person.
in the household, only one. a littI-
daughter, remains. She Is i'll ana
probably will die. A priest who u.
tended the family also contracted n"
| disease and died.-EXchange.
| Hannah Elias. the colored woman IN
New York, because of whom the negro
Williams claims to have killed Mr..
A. H. Green. with her rich New YORK
friends, is presenting an example Of
social equality" which. although rr
a quiet order, is certainly not very il
| spring from m point Of view. Her
!, daughter and foster father Cher Own
| former husbands called to see her re-
Gently. but. being just plain ~'niggers'
were refused Observation-Disclosures.