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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-25
Rank Executive Usurpation.

No milder words than those employ
ed in the above head viii aotly char
acterize the recent ruling of Pension
Commissioner Ware, made, OF course,
at HI i~nstiEation of President Roose-
welt.
In order that our readers may corn-
prehend the full significance of the
new ruling of the pension bureau,
We reproduce it. as follows:
Whereas, The act Of June 81, 1890,
as amended, provides that q claimant
shall be entitled to receive q pension
not exceeding S12 per month and not
less than SIS per month, proportional
to the degree of inability to earn sup
port, and IN determining such inabiI-
ity each and every inirmity shall be
duly considered. and the aggregate OF
disabilities rated: and,
Whereas, Old age is an infrmity,
the average nature and extent Of
which the experience OF the pension
bureau has established with reasona-
BILE certainty; and,
Whereas, By act of congress in
1887, when 80 years had elapsed after
the Mexican war, ali soldiers Of said
war who were over 62 years of age
were placed on the pension roll; and,
Whereas. T~hirty-nine years will
have elapsed on April Is, 1904, since
the civil war. and there are many
survivors over &c years of age; now,
therefore, be i ordered:
First. In the adjudication of PEN
sion claims under said act of June 81,
1890, as amended, it shall be axe
and considered as an ~evidential fact.
if the contrary does not appear and
if all other legal requirements are
property met, that when a claimant
has passed the age of 62 years he is
disabled one-ha1f in ability to per-
form manual labor and is entitled to
be rated at Sc per month; after IS
years at IS per month; after 68 years
at SO per month, and after 70 years
at s12 per month.
Second. Allowances at higher rate,
| not exceeding s12 per month, will
continue TO be made as heretofore.
, where disabilities other than age show
a condition of inability to perform
manual labor"
This action Of the executive branch
Of the government, following hard
upon the announcement that the
| pending service pension bill was hung
up in congress because the partisan
| majority therein feared to stand for so
fragrant a raid upon the national
treasury. is easily explainable.
Candidate Roosevelt, seeing that
many republican members of on
gTess were afraid of the results of
the bill as might affect their individ-
ual political fences, did not hest
tate, in the exigencies of his political
fortunes, to arrogate to himself the
functions of legislation under the finn
sy pretext of constituting the pension
ruling of a former administration
| Atlanta Constitution.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-25
POOR OLD BUFFALO BILL.
The Victim of a Wife's Cruefty-She
Tried to Poison Him-His Friends
Humiliatcd.

Denver. Colo. March S.-Colonel
William F. Cody buffalo Bil), mada
a deposition before a notary in this
city today in the action for divorce
which he has begun in Big Horn coun-
ty. Wyoming.
Mrs. Cody tried to poison me three
years ago." the Colonel testified. "She
had frequently threatened to do it. We
were visiting in Rochester. N. Y, dur
ing the holidays of 1900. and the day
after Christmas 1 was i'll. I supposed
the turkey and plum pudding did not
agree with me. She said she would fix
me up. She pretended to give me med
lclne. 1t was poison. 1t almost finished
me for I was unconscious for some
time. / think it must have been all
overdose for it made me vomit and 1
suppose this saved my life"
Colonel Cody related many instances
OF n way his wife has Inundated hin
at his former home in North Platte by
her conduct toward his guests.
She drove my friends away" he
said. when they were no longer well
come in the handsome residence 1 built
and deliberately furnished. it was no
longer my home"
The witness recited many specific in
stances of his wife's alleged ~discourtesy
to his guests.
Mrs. COdy's counsel inquired into the
character of the guests to whom she
objected. n into their conduct while
at her home. The purpose of the in
quiry was to show that the men whom
he brought to the house were a fast and
riotOus set and behaved in such a man.
ner that h had a right to object to
them.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-25
Wire Test and Biri Test.

The telephone be. IN a Brooklyn res
idence buZZed a few evenings ago and
a young woman rushed to the instru-
ment. thinking that one of her admir-
ers had called her up. says the New
York sun.
rs his S-o-0-S?' demanded a voice.
Yes" b replied.
" are testing the WIRE announced
the voice. VIII you please draw a
long breath and say very plainly, L
viii be good?"
"J-will-be-good." she repeated.
Little slower, please. and q ii.tie-
more distinctly now"
"I-will-be-sood," answered tie
young woman trying her best.
NO, that's not right at ALL" crit
icised the voice. Try again-taIk stir.
more distinctly"
Il can't
You must" declared the voice. I'VE
must fix the wire. Now make an ex-
ira effort and gay IL again.
"I-wfll-be-good."
Now again. please"
"I-WILL~BE@GOOD." she shoutezs
again.
You will. will you? Well. I'm glad
You weren't a bit good to me the last
time / called" Knocked the voice AZ
the connection was broken
The young woman doesn't know yet
which one OF her admirers played the
Joke on her. II she does learn, che
says. there viii be room for one more
on her list OF available men.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-25
THE RHODES. SCHOLARSHIP.
EXAMINATION Of Applicants to be Held
April 13th-A Military Board APP
pointed.
1Speciai to The Messeneer.l

Especial to The Messenger.)
. Raleigh, March 23-The state board
OF internal improvements has selected
three experts to go with it in the ex-
animation of the Atlantic and North
Carolina in all it's details. One is an
expert accountant. the other two be-
ing business men widely Known in
the State. The examination is to be
thorough in the extreme.
President Venable, of the State
University, is mere today to make final
arrangements for the examination Of
applicants for the Cecil Rhodes schol-
arships. The examinations will be
held at the University on April 18th.
There are over a dozen applicants,
representing all the leading colleges
in the State. =
General order No. G. issued from
the adjutant generals office here to-
day, says:
military or advisory board is here
by constituted, to consist Of h fol-
lowing officers-adjutant general.
brigade commander, three regimental
commanders, inspector general, quar-
termaster general, ch eff Of engineers
and commanding officer of the naval
brigade. All matters having refer
ence to National Guard of the State
will be referred to this board for o n
sideration and recommendation. Five
members of the board, present will
constitute a quorum for the transac-
tion of business"
Counsel for the State today read to
the Corporation Commission the evil
dence taken for the Southern Rail-
way last week at Greensboro, before
Standing Master James E.. Shepherd
in the case of the Coal and Ice Com
pany. Next week the standing mas
ter will take evidence for the state
on The relation of the Corporation
Commission. The Southern Railway
as making a big fight in this case.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-25
Sour


Nc appetite, loss of strength. nervous.
ness, headache. constipation, bad breath,
general debility. sou risings, and catarrh Of
the stomach are all due to indigestion. Kodol
cures indigestion. This new discovery repre-
sents the natural juices of digestion as they
exist In a healthy stomach, combined With
me greatest Known tonic and reconstructive
properties. kodol Dyspepsia Cure does Loi
MY cue Indigestion and dyspepsia, but this
famous remedy cures all stomach troubles
BY cleansing. purifying, sweetenine and
strengthening the mucous membrane. lining
the stomach.
Mr.. S. S. Ball. ct R~zvenswood. W. Va. szys-
II was troubled with sour stomach for twenty years.
Tor baby"
kodo1 Digests What You Eat.
Bottles only. $f.oo Size holding az times the triaa
size. which sells for so ceuts.
Prepared bS 6. Q. DeWlT1 q 90. CHICAGO
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-25

The time-worn Injunction. Never
put of till tomorrow what you cal,
DO today" is now generally presented
in this form: do it today" That is
the terse advice we want to give you
about hat hacking cough or democrat
iZing cold with which you have been
struggling for several days, perhaps
weeks Take some reliable remedy fol
ii today-and let hat remedy be DR..
Bosche's German Syrup, which has
been in use for owes thirty-fve years
A few doses of il will undoubtedly re-
Heve your cough or cold and its co.'s
tinued use for a lev days viii cure
you completely. No matter how deep
seated your cough, ever If dread o n
sumption has attacked our lungs,
German Syrup viii surely effect a cure
it has done before in thousands
Of apparently hopeless cases OF luns
trouble. New trial bottles, Csc: reg
ular size, 75c. At all druggists. R.
r Beilamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-25
DIR. L. Ii. Gasque Dead.

Mrs. H. c: Twining received a tele-
gram late yesterday evening from
Marion. S. c., announcing the death
of her father, Mr.. z. II. GasQue. Mr..
Gasque suffered Il stroke OF paralysis
last January and has been an invalid
since that time. Mr.. and Mrs. II. G.
Twining will leave for Marion this
morning. Captain c. w. Gasque, who
is a son of the deceased, left for Mar
ion yesterday afternoon.
Mr.. GaSque passed away yesterday
evening at $50 o'clock.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-25
GIFT APPRECIATED.
Georgia Vitrified Brick Co. Made Gift
to James Walker Memorial Hospi-

The Georgia Vitrified Brick Paving
Company, of Augusta, has given
enough brick to the James walker
Memorial hospital to pave the drive
under the covered driveway. The gift
was made through the firm of Roger
Moore's Sons & Co., the agents of the
Georgia Brick Company. The citizens
appreciate the gift very much and it
shows that the company is a very lib
eral one, to make a gift to an institu-
ton not in the state where the COM
pan is located.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-25

10. NET recein>ts 80 bales: gross re-
~eirts ! e7s hale. :: sales III bales: stock
Total toSay at Il sssperts-Net re-
ceipts 1851 bales: exports to Great
Britain $3.50 bales:
s.sa bales; stock sseyoA caaes.
Consolidated at all 81 80 49,
ceipts 455s bales: exp eo,,iasa.
Britain 12. SIS bales: to tn e
a. los bales: to Mexico 50 baA
Total since SEPTEMBER LIST -
ports-Net receipts s.ssLs42 ba>
ports TO Great Britain 2.o3e.sss 49,.
10 France 647 ia bales: to the e III
nent 81. 200 bales; to Japan sS.oef bA "
to Mexico 2S.4u bales.
Spot cotton closed quiet: middftaA
uplands 1IOo: middling gulf 14.5: sales
s11 bales.
Futures closed firm. March 13s3.
April 1852: May 1854: June 13ss: July
I404: August 1851: September 1242:
October u.S5: November I-5S; Deem
Der .1I.s2-
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
Chicago. March 23.-The leading fc-
tures ranged as follcws:
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-25
Turkish Troops Surround AIbanians.

Salonica, Macedonia, March %
Twelve battalions of Turkish troops,
commended by Shakir Pasha, have
surrounded 10000 Albanians at Ba-
baIepe. Shakir Pasha has asked for
-reinforcements. Ten additional bat
taiions will be sent to him. Pending
their arrival Shakir Pasha is negotiat-
ing with the ATbanians,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-25
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
FINANCIAL

New York. March 23.-Money on call
easy at IL to Ia per cent: closing bid
Ia per cent; offered at IL per cent.
Time loans steady n more active;
sixty days 3 per cent; ninety days ga
to 81 per cent: six months 80 10 4
per cent. Prime mercantile paper Az
TO 8 per cent. Sterling exchange firm,
with actual business in bankers bills
at S4.S7.1O to $4.S7.15 for demand and
at $4.S4.35 to A.S440 TO rsixty day bills.
Posted rates $4.S6 and "a. So. CONNER
cial bills S4.S4 to $4.S4k. Bal silver
55E. Mexican dollars 44A.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-25
Argument Against Eight Hour Bill.

Washington, March 2S.-The House
committee on labor today listened to
an argument against the eight hour bill
by Fuller E Galloway treasury Of the
Unity Cotton Mills at La Grange. GA.
The enactment Of the bill would, he
said. affect the cotton industry of the
south adversely, when. because of its
infancy it should be encouraged.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-25

July - o.S-2 oSsH % eseO
Cash qustations were as fellows:
Flour u and steady; No. = spring
wheat so TO 81: No. 3 so to 90: No. . red
91k to s5k: No. . corn 50h: No. = yell
low 5lh: No. . oats 3SA to $50 . No. }
white 3SZ TO Al: mess pork per barrel
s12.s71k to $500: lard per 100 bounds
Sc. 72h 10 Sc. 30; short ribs sides Qoose)
Sc. SO to Sc. 62h; short clear sides (boxedb
s7.25 to S7.37E: whiskey basis OF high
wines s1.2S.
New York March 23.-FTOUR-Dull
n nominally lower. Rye iour weak
Rye weak.
WHEAT-Spot steady: No. .. s1.02.
Options displayed excessive
losing over a cent per bushel unde"
heavy liquidation. In the last hour
they rallied on covering and a better
western cash demand. closing un-
changed to &c net lower. May ass;
July 91S; September 81.
~CORN-Spot dull. No. 2 nominal
Option market was more active closing
unchanged TO CSC net lower. May SOS:
July 54%.
OATS-Easy: No. .. 46ha.
LARD-Weak: western steamed s7.25
compound Ga to 6B.
PORK-Dull.
RIcE-FIrm.
SUGAR-Raw firm: refined firm.
EGGS-Ffrm; state and Pennsylva-
MIA nearby average finest II to q.
POTATOES-Ffrn; Long Island $500
10 1881: Jersey s2.75 to 1912: state anC
western sacks 1856 to S2-75; Jersey
sweets $50 to s4.00.
PEANUTS-Steady: fancy handpick-
ed 54; other domestic 81 to 6k.
CABBAGES-Firm; domestic per ton
$3.50 to $500: Florida per barrel and
crate $500 to 81. 25.
BUrTER-Firm: extra fresh cream
cry p to 24h; state dairy IA to q.
CHEESE@Steady; state full cream.
fancy small colored September IL;
small white September IL.
COTTON SEED OIL-Trade in cot
ton seed oil was only moderate, the de-
mand being chiefly for spot Futures
were quiet and lower TO sell. Prime
crude fob mills % to 30: prime sum-
mer yellow 36h: off summer yellow
nominal: prime white Al; prime winter
yellow Az
NAVAL STORIES.
New York. March 23.-Turpentine
weak 59h to 60. Rosin weak.
Savannah. Ga. March 23.-Turpen-
tine dull at IS; receipts ia casks; ex-
ports 10 casks. Rosin firm: sales 395
barrels; receipts TAG barrels: exports
615 barrels. Quote A = G ID $3.50: II
S2.55; h $3.50: Ct 1886: II S2.T0: | 1885:
\ $3.50; NJ 1875; y $3.50: w G. %. 40:
" W sA.00.
Charleston s. G. March e3.-Turpen-
tire noT1inal: quotations omitted.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-25

Oficials OF Tobacco Companies Re-
Elected.
New York. March 23.-Tne directors
Of the Consolidated Tobacco. the Amer
lean Tobacco and the Continental To-
bacco Companies. have reelected the
officials OF the respective companies.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-25
Ban johnson Sells the Washington
Club.

Washington. March 23.-Ban B John
son. president of the American Base
ball League, has sold h washington
base ball club to Thomas c. Noyes anu
William J. Dwyer. both of this city.
A manger has not been selected.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-25
COTTON.

Liverpool, March 23.+ .. m.-Cotton:
Spot in limited demand. prices easier
American middling fair 7.90: good milo
ding 7.74; middling 7.S4: low middiiEs
7.H: good ordinary IA: ordinary IA.
The sales of the day were 5000 bales
export and included 4.s0 American.
Receipts 1000 bales. including $500
American.
Futures opened quiet and steady ana
closed stea5y. a-ce,i~~~ t%sljng =.
o. c: March 7.3T; March and April
7.34; April and May 7.31; May and June
f.29; June and July III: July n Au-
September and October 6.57:- October
and November s.07: November and De
cember 5.9I.
PORT RECEIPTS.
Galveston firm at l4c; net receipts
4.sSS bales.
Norfolk; net receipts 300 bales.
Baltimore nominal It 1875.
Boston dull az 14c; net receipts 147
bales.
Wilmington, net receipts 10 bales.
Philadelphia steady at H.25; net re-
ceipts 81 bales.
Savannah; net receipts 942 bales.
New Orleans steady at 13Ac; net re-
ceipts $500 bales.
Mobile nominal at 14Ac; net receipts
24S bales
Memphis quiet Il 1+c: net receipts
| 1.19l bales.
Augusta nominal at 14c. net receipts
As bales.
Charleston steady: net receipts S
| tales
Cincinnati dull: net receipts e52 bales.
Louisville nominal.
St. Louis nominal at 14kc; net re-
CENTS 80 bales
Houston steady al 14c: net receipts
1871 bales.
| New York, March es.-cotten quiet a,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-11
CALLAHAN HOME.
Talks of Eastern Athletics and Tells
OF Boat Race Weeks Ago.

ID. a. Callahan returned yesterday
afternoon, from New Haven and New
London, Conn, well pleased with his "trip.
lie was delayed 80 long IN going east
that he failed TO reach New Haven UNI
Ill the noon Of the day on which tho
second bah game was to be played be-
TWEEN Yale and Harvard, and while he
was delighted with thousands Of other
Yale men. at seeing Yale win, tha
qualification was sadly dampened by
the Yale defeat at New York, the Sat
urday following
Mr., Callahan followed the boat races
on the pilot boat, at New London, so
that he Saw the whole thing" He
says the university race was hardly
a practise pun for New Haven oars
men who just took things leisurely all
the way up the coarse, ana finished
fresh as daisies. and feathering their
oars with the same easy grace as
marked the earlier stages Of the race.
The crimson never toucha" them.
The trouble with the Cambridge crew
was mainly that Il contained too many
members OF former crews, and who
could not be got out OF the old style
OF rowing, and the result was a hybrid
stroke that WIS neither fish, nor flesh
nor good red herring" Coach Colson
could have done much better with
perfectly green crew TO start with, Mr..
Callahan says the Yale crew was the
finest that ever sat I'm the Unverfty
boat, surprising even the famous crew
of 1858. and that had this crew been
pushed. Il would have made the race
under 20 minutes The freshmen race
was a "corker;' one OF the best and
most exciting ever pulled on the
Thames, The way the Yale c0Xswain
yelled at his crew was caution. He
fairly made that megaphone howl, and
II was his yelling that made this crew
lay down TO It's work so that 81 won.
though only by 10 feet The losing
crew was completely backed aud
done up, and the winners were not
much better or.
MIR. Callahan saw Syracuse beat Cor
nell, to the establishment OF all ithaca,
and the rest OF the world lie ascribes
the fine performance Of the Yale ar-
ward athletic team tn London to Train
err Murphy, who got Shlck into his
finest form, and the Harvard contin-
gent are glad 20 give him the credit
even though he be n Yale trainer
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-11

Sweet Springs, Mo-, and whose remains
We're laid 10 rest In Bellefontaine ceme-
terry In this city.
The services, which were simple, were
performed by Rev. John c. Shackie-
ford, Of Sweet Springs at the grave.
The funeral train bearing the remains
from Sweet Springs arrived early and
was met at union station by the COM
mittee of 100 representative Mlssourians
appointed by Gov. Dockery and escort
ed to Bellefontalne cemetery, where 30
many men of note have been buried.
In the private car Of Vice President
and General Manager A. A. Allen, OF
the Missouri Kansas & Texas railroad.
which had been provided for the use of
the funeral party, were Mrs. Vest, Alex
ander l.. Vest, Jr., Mr.. and Mrs. George
p. Jackson, son-in-law and daughter Of
the deceased; Mrs. j. G, Thompson, Lee
Montgomery, =. L. Devices, Miss Mil
dred Devices and c. l.. Jackson.
Among those who attended the SER
vice were Gov Dockery and other state
officials, Mayor Wells David h. Fran
els, Senator Stone, members of the city
council and house Of delegates, Thomas
Budget Judge Thayer, Michael Nc
Grath. Judge II. NJ. Priest, Morton
Jourdan and Martin Clardy
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-11
Murderer to be Hanged.

Johnstown, Pa, Aug. 11.-"Wlllle"
Mungen or Frank Davis, as he was
known in Cambria county, will be
hanged at Ebensberg this afternoon for
the murder Of Laura Tayler, his para
mour, on Aug. 10, 1903, Both were coll
ored The trial was marked by dra-
matte protests Of innocence on the part
Of the prisoner, but the jury brought
In verdict of guilty Of murder In the
first degree.
Shortly after sentence had been pass
ed upon him, Davis professed religion,
and made two confessions--th first,
that he had committed the deed for
which he was hanged. and also that he
had. a number of year ago, murdered
woman with whom he was living in
Jacksonville, Fla. by choking her to
death In Jacksonville he was known
as willie" Mungen, The clrcum-
stances OF the first murder was cor
federated by communication with the
Jacksonville officers, who had made
vigorous effort to bring him to Justice.
WHY WEDNESDAY WAS CHOSEN.
Chefoo, Aug II d1;5O p, m)--Wednes-
day Is said TO have been chosen for the
escape OF the Russian warships at Port
Arthur because the Japanese fleet was
then exhausted by the constant bonn
bardments OF the two previous nights.
Takushan mountain, near Port Ar
thur, which was taken by the Japa-
nese Monday night, was re-captured
by the Russians the next day
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-11
RUSSIAN WARSHIPS.
Almost Certain They Have Gone
To Vladivostock.

Chefoo, Aug. II, II y. m.--The cap
tain Of the Ryeshitelni does not deny
that the Russian warships have gone
TO Join the Vladivostok squadron, He
simply refuses TO answer questions on
the subject claiming Il would be inn
proper for him TO do so.
Other sources affirm that absolutely
all the big ships. except the Bayam
which is injured left Port Arthur yes
terday, exchanging shots with the Jap
anese fleet at long range, and 1t seems
likely that the long expected junction
OF the two Russian squadrons win now
occur.
shortly after the arrival OF the Ry-
eshteni here the Chinese admiral, Sab.
sent an officer on board who demanded
that the destroyer either leave the port
or disarm, 1t had previously been as
certained that her engines were dis
abled. The captain OF the Ryeshitelni
agreed to render the engines absolutely
useless. and 10 dlsarm In such n man
ner as Admiral Sab demanded.
The following Is a list Of the arma-
ment submitted, one 75 millimeter gun,
four 7 millimeter guns; torpedo tubes
10 rifles and two revolvers, with a full
supply OF ammunition,
The captain OF the Ryeshltenl re-
quested the Chinese admiral to indi-
cate position nearer the shore, where
the destroyer might lie until the end Of
the war, under the protection Of the
Chinese government
The Ryeshltelni shows the effects OF
long service. Her paint Is scratched
and fading TO yellow, owing to expos
ure 70 the sun, and her dack resembles
a machine shop, but she has not been
damaged by gunfire. although It Is
stated that the ship was exposed CON
stantly for three months TO the fire of
the Japanese.
The passengers OF the Ryeshlteln in
clude two women, one of whom Is said
to be the wife OF Gen, Stocssel This,
however, Is denied,
II Is evident that grave reasons caus-
ed the Ryeshitelni to undertake her
hazardous voyage Presumably she
came here to file urgent dispatches.