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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-04
WHY MRS. RUSSEIh FAILED.
The Much Talked Of Note Had Moth
ing to Do With the Matter.

A Washington Special to the News
and Observer contains the following:
THE real reason why Mrs. Rus
sell. wife OF Ex-Governor Russell. was
not appointed postmaster at Whining
ton, has at last leaked out The
news come from an inside source that
the reason was a very different one
from the one that has been generally
accepted The accepted theory has
been that she lost the office because
of a letter written by Governor Rus
sell to Miss Darby. He said he wrote
lend me 500 and she says he wrote
send me s1O0.' That letter had moth
ing to do with the matter. Mrs. Rus
sell lost the office because of a state
ment her husband was quoted rs
making about the negro. Here is
what the Washington Post quoted
Ex-Governor Russell as saying:
The truth is, the negro is going
to fare pest when his position is most
subordinate. Financial and industrial
equality is as bad in the eyes of the
whites as social equality. The negro
who gets very prosperous is to be
pitied. for Straightway he is IN a slt-
uation where danger confronts him.
Let him but own a fine farm, FLOODED
horses and cattle. and dare to i d in
d CdIAldSSs dllu Il "SAS Oil
agent I wouldn't make out a policy
on his life. In plain English, to get
above his ordained station in life is.
generally speaking, to invite assas-
sination.'
TT was not this utterance that
cooked Mrs. Russelrs goose, but Ly-
man Abbott's use of it He compar-
ed Russell to Lucy Parsons and de-
nounced him roundly. Other preach
ers and writer's took it up. their edf-
forials and comments upon it poured
into the White House. Russell could
not deny in toto, though it was claim
ed that it was a private conversa-
ton. Never mindi The negropholists
and philanthropists who make a spe-
cialty OF coddling the negroes were
after Russell's scalp. n Roosevelt
did not dare offend them. They have
votes. they influence votes in doubt
full states, they demanded .RusselRs
head, and to win favor with them the
President refused to let Mrs. Rus
cell sell stamps at h city OF Will
mingtou. The note to Miss DARBY
was q good enough Morgan for
Southern consumption"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-04
MEETING.
Frances Willard Memorial Meeting
VIII BE Held Thursday Evening
Thursday Evening. ..

The w. c. T. U. Will hold a France
Willard memorial meeting Thursday
evening at so'clock in h lecturs
room OF the First Baptist church. Tho
following programme has bee ar
ranged:
Opening Prayer-Rev. Fred ID.
Hale.
Solo-Miss Nellie +. King.
AddreSs-Rev. y. NJ. Watson.
Male Quartette-Messrs. Wiiliford.
Dushan. Brown, O'Keefe.
Reading-M. Z. Blair.
Duet-Mrs. c. d. Weeks and Mrs.
Muse.
Reading-Miss Bessie Hank'nx.
The public is cordially invited to at
tend. No admission fee will be charg-
I'd. but free-will offerings viii be
received
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-04
BUILDING THE SUBSTATTON.
Work of the Cape Fear Electric Pow
err COnpany-On the Track of Rob-
berS.
Especial to The Messenger.)

\SpeCldl ~ II NICSoCiSSiI
Fayetteville, March 1.-Workmen
| are making the excavations and lay
| ing the foundations of the Fayetteville
| sub-station of the Cape Fear Electric
| Power Company, on Falls,
J Cape Fear river, by which electric
| transmission will be made of the
| water power to the mills and other III
dustrial plants of Fayetteville and vi
| cinity. The poles lave been set to
| the Holt-Morgan and Tolar-Holt-Hart
mill villages, and workmen are ex-
| tending the line along Blount street
| to the business centre of the city.
! This important part of a great enter
| prise gives great satisfaction to the
| community.
Yesterday afternoon Chief of Police
Flowers and Deputy Sheriff Mono
| CHAN received a telegram from Latta,
| S. c., stating that five men had brok-
en- open Doth the ~postoffice and bank
at hat place. They escaped with
| $500, and were last seen sixteen miles
from Fayetteville.
| A telegram was received here this
morning announcing h death in
| Wilmington of Mr.. John Mecham, and
his remains will be brought here for
| burial tomorrow. He was formerly a
| resident Of this city, n was the
| father Of Mrs. VIM.
In today's Messenger DR.. j. II.
| Marsh charges that the correspondent
| forced the paper to take sides against
him in the account of the decision
of the Marsh-Highsmith hospital suit.
Let us recapitulate, and see how this
stands. 1t is part of the court record
tina the judge did sustain the demur-
rers of Highsmith's counsel. n or
| dered the case dismissed. 1t is part
OF the court record that, in the coun-
ter case of Highsmith VS.. Marsh
and Hospital Company, counsel Tor
Marsh entered a demurrer, which the
fudge did not overrule. 1t is certain
ly true that, until the result OF the
appeal to the Supreme Court is known
the dismissal of )the case against h1ni
exonerates DR.. Highsmith's charac-
ter. 1t is certainly true that this
| writer asked the views of at least
twenty persons, and all but one
thought the settlement satisfactory.
Therefore only the gist. and nothing
| more, of proceedings in court was
given. AS % the snuendo
about a notorious character" this
correspondent has we'd upwards or
go years in pretty fair keeping In
this community, and a afford to
let it pass.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. w. Bolles, OF Will
mfngton will visit friends in Fay
e~tteville, where Mr.. Bolles formerly
resided.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-04
RAISE PRICE OF LUMBER.
Advance i'm Cheaper Grades Decided
On by n. c. Pine Association.

Norfolk. March 1.-At the eighth an
nual meeting of the North Carolina
Pine Association. held in Norfolk today
at the Monticello Hotel, it was decided
to make an advance in the price of the
cheaper grades of lumber of from fifty
cents to one dollar. A persistent in
crease in the cos of production is given
by the Association as the ground for
the increase. No change will be made
in the prices of higher grade lumber.
Forty of the largest lumber manu-
f~acturers in Virginia and North Caro-
lima were reported at the meeting and
ten officers were elected,
John L Roper, president; H. C. Fos-
burgh. vice president: r S. Hohen.
treasurer; John r. Walker. secretary.
The new directory is composed of
John L. Roper. Frank Hitch. r. q
Cohn, J. S. Deal. E. c. Fosburgh. q
Norfolk; E. NJ. Wiley. OF New York;
George T. Leach, Washington, N. c.;
r. J. Camp. Franklin. Va; George w.
Truitt, Suffolk, Va; j. D. Biggs, VIII
Jamestown. N. c.; George w. Jones.
Berkeley. Va. and w. p. Jackson. Sails
bury. Nd.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-04
Prominent Resident OF
Wilmington Passed
Away Yesterday
GERMAN CONSUL
For a Number of Years Mr.. Eduard
Peschau Had Been Imperial Ger
man Consul at This Port-Came to
This Country From Prussia i'm 1854.
Engaged i'm the Mercantile Bust
ness Here for Many Years.

ali. Eduard Peschau died yesterday
evening at $50 O'Clock at his home No
ool Grace street. He was taken sick
about one week ago with an attack OF
acute indigestion and for the past few
days little hape had been entertained of
his recovery.
Cristian George Eduard Peschau was
born in A~etenbruch, Prussia, on the nth
of April. 1885. His father, Rev. George
Ludwig Peschau, was a Lutheran min
lister.
When IL years of age. in 1854, Mr..
Peschau left his native land and came
to America. For a short time after
reaching this country he lived in Hobo
ken, New Jersey. but soon moved to
North Carolina He came to Whining
ton where he accepted a position as
pookkeeper for Julius Sampson. later
j. and H. Sampson, large dry goods
ana clothing merchants. This firm
a store on the wharf near
tde present location of the store of d.
L. Gore & Company.
MT Peschau made his first venture
IN business just after the civil war.
opening a general grocery store. He
mad a store both in Wilmington and
Iumberton.
years alone. Mr.. Peschau formed a
partnership with H. W~estermann. and
the nrm was known as E. PeSchau &
WeStermann. ship brokers and chand-
fers. After this partnership had exist
ed for several years the partnership
was dissolved and the firm became E.
feSchau- Mr. PeSchau remained in this
business until some years ago when he
retired from active business.
Just after the civil war Mr.. Peschau
was made German vice consulate and
he held this position until December 1.
1874 when he was commissioned by
Emperor William LIST Imperial German
consul. On January IA, 1875 an e%xequatur
was issued by President Grant and
signed by Hamilton Fish hen secretary
of state. Mr.. Peschau held the posi-
ton of I~L1perial German consul until
about five years g when he resigned
on account of i'll health. His son. Mr..
George l.. Peschau then took charge Of
the office as acting Imperial German
consul and holds hat position at the
present time.
Mr.. Eduard Peschau was married to
Miss Joanna Bauman. eldest daughter
of the late John G. Bauman. on No
cember Is, 1868.
The deceased is survived by
& wife and ten children, three
daughters. Mrs. Frank H. Stedman
and Misses Lydia and Alma Peschau.
and seven sons, Messrs. Geo. L., Henry
b. a. f., E. V. H., John B.. William
A. and Ernest F. Peschau. He also
leaves one sister. Mrs. Lydia Pronge,
who lives in Bedeckesa. Germany.
Mr.. Peschau was one of the most
widely known men in Wilmington and
for many years and until his health
failed, was one of the leading business
men of the city.
The deceased was a member Of Cor
nelius Harnett Council, No. 231, Royal
The time of the funeral will be an
nounced in tomorroW's paper
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-04
ANOTHER BID FOR THE 4. & N. q.
Proposition Made by the Raleigh =
Pamlico Sound Railway Co.-NO
Change In the Telephone Situation
New Bank for Dunn.
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh, y. c., March 2.

Raleigh, y. c., March I.
Governor Aycock has received another
proposition 10 lease the Atlantic and
North Carolina railway. this coming
from the Raleigh and Pamlico Sound
Railway Company. The Governor said
today that he could not give out the
terms of the proposition. as those who
made il asked him not to announce IL
as yet. He said that the rate offered
for the road is higher than that which
was made by Mr.. McBee. He has now
in hand two bids and Will not be sur
prised IL he receives others. as he has q
let7er from a gentleman saying that IL
the o is to be leased he wishes an
opportunity to make an offer. on behalf
OF i new company.
As yet there is no change in the tel
ephone situation here. The Bell, the In
ter-State and the Raleigh doing BUSH
ness as usual. 1t does not appear that
the arrangement for q merger of the
Bell and Interstate has gone through
SO far as Raleigh is concerned. Every
where else in the state the consolidation
has gone into effect. 1t has been said
that it will be in effect here by tho
first of March. but as yet there fs no
change in the status.
Travelling men who have been in the
eastern part OF the state I'm the trucking
region, say that though the weather
has been so bad that hardly any work
has been done. even in the most favor
able sections. the truck growers are. In
good spirits and anticipate a favorab BILE
season. This applies also 10 the straw
berry In this part Of the State
no farm work has been done, and the
farmers, in order to catch UP viii have
to do as hard work as they ever did I'm
their lives
Z. 2. Hobgood. the president of the
widely known Female School at Oxford
which was recently burned was here.
he is securing much stock In the new
company which will rebuild the school
on a better and larger scale.
The State AntI-Saloon League people
are delighted with the decision Of the
Supreme court In regard to the jug law,
that IL applies to the prohibition ter
ritory in all parts OF the state. Ii is a
knockout for the liquor distillers and
dealers who have been DIN So great
a business as shippers Of jugs.
The town OF Dunn IL to have a Ma
tionaI Bank with $25. 900 capital. Sew
eral days ago when an application was
made for a charter for a new state bank
there. a Raleigh lawyer urged the APP
plicants for the charter TO secure ona
instead for a National Bank. but they
decided to get a state charter.
Sixth District apeals viii be called
next Tuesday as follows: State Va.
Long. Wilson VS.. Green. Bowen VI. Tel
ephone Co. Humphreys-Gfbson Ca ~
Robinson. Isler VS.. Brock, Smith Elk
Parte
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-04
DROPPED DEAD.
Mr.. John Mitchum, an EmplOye OF
the Coast Line, Fell Dead Yesterday

Mr.. John Mitchum, dropped dead
yesterday morning at Z o'clock at the
Coast Line shops. Mr.. MitchUm was
a carpenter and was at work all a
box car when the summons came.
Several men who were on the outside
of the car heard MAtchum fall and
when they looked in the door to learn
the trouble Micthum was lying on the
floor with his face downward He
died in a few minutes. DR.. Chas. II.
Harper was summoned but the man
was dead long before n reached him.
The body was taken to the under
taking establishment of w. E. Yopp
where 1t was prepared for burial. The
remains will be taken to Fayetteville
today. the former home of the de-
ceased for interment
Mr.. Mitchum was a member OF Han
oye Lodge of Odd Fellows and nat
lodge took charge Of b remains. He
was also a member Of the Odd Fellow :
lodge at Fayetteville and when the re-
mains reach Fayetteville the Odd Eel
lows there will TAX Lharge Of the
body.
Mr.. Mitchum lived at No. III South
Eighth street. He formerly lived In
Fayetteville but moved 10 Thu city
about four years ago. He is survived
by a wife and one daughter. Mrs. w.
J.. Johnson of Fayetteville. The cause
OF Mr.. Mitchum's death was heart dis
ase. When he went TO work yesterday
morning he was apparently in the bes;
of health.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-04
BUILDINGS FOR n. AND I.
Pa7ns for Dormis0ry Submitted
Thlk About the A & n. G. Recetv-
ssfip.
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh, March 4. 1904.

Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh. March 1. 1904.
The executive committee Of the
State Normal and Industrial College
for women. at Greensboro. met last
evening and this morning submitted
the plans for the new dormitory.
which will furnish quarters for four
hundred students. having 200 rooms.
The building is in shape OF an E.
with a front of $40 feet. each If the
wings having a depth OF 257 feet.
while the central part. h Z, will be
cos about $4,000. and this will not
cost less. The directors asked the
counsel of state to give permission for
the borrowing of money for erect
ing this dormitory, it being q case OF
distress There were $50 students
at the college and of these 400 are
now there, there not being room for
the others. Two stories of the stu
dents building are being utilized as
a temporary dormitory.
The following trustees were pres
ent: j. Y. Joyner. Raleigh; s. NJ.
Gattis, Hillsboro; A. j. Common, Scot
land Neck; Charles III. Mebane, New
ton; j. F. Post. Wilmington: T. Is.
Bailey, Mocksville; J. L Nelson, Le-
AAOAA 10y II.
Shaw. of Hartford, and ]. D.. Muir
ply, of Asheville. were unable to be
present.
President McIver and Burser E. J.
Forney of the college, and c. T.
Hooks. of Charlotte, the official arch
fleet. were present. At l o'clock the
trustees went before the Governor
and the Council of State to ask au-
thority to borrow sufficient money to
restore the burned dormitory. The
council held two sessions.
1t will probably be ley week be-
fore further steps are taken in re-
gard to setting aside the receivership
of the Atlantic & North Carolina Rail-
way. 1t is not very probable that
anything will be done this week ex-
cept to get a thorough arrangement
and preparation of the States side of
this matter. There continues to be no
enc of talk about it. Some persons
ask why in the world McBee was op-
pointed received, or why any one who
was a bidder for the lease should
be given that position. Others say 1t
was the report of President Bryan
of the road, which brought about the
state Of affairs now existing. This re-
port, your correspondent was the first
TO publish, after it was made last
autumn. The road in September
paid its State tax to the treasury de-
PAL llllcnl, IHS diIiOuIl pSill6 $l,ooV.fO
One wag remarked today that the
next thing to be lone would be for
some New Yor man to have the
State put it in the hands Of a re-
ceiver.
The sword of Lieutenant William
E. Shipp. Ninth Cavalry, U. s. A, who
was killed at Santiago, has \ been
placed in the Hall of History, in the
loan collection and in a beautiful
arranged case.
In the Superior Court here a rath-
err odd case is on trial, in which the
plaintiff sues for $4,000 damages fol
injuries caused by the collapse of the
barn at the city farm. he being al
work in the building when it fell.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-04
Died at the Age OF 131 Years.

New Brunswick, n. J., March l.
Noah Raby died today in n Piscata-
way poor house OF which he was an
inmate for the last forty years. II he
had lived unit, April / next. according
to his own sta sement. Raoy would
have beer 13, years old. He retained
his memory and would recall many in
cfdents of his long career until very
recently. He is said to have been born
in Eatontown. Gates county. North Caro-
lima on April ! 1772 He enlisted In the
navy in 1906 n served on the ship
Constitution and the frigate Brandy
wine, on the latter OF which FArragut
was q lieutenant.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-04
SITUATION IMPROVING.
DR.. Harper Makes statement Concern
ing Smallpox Situation.

The city board of health met last
night in the mayors office in the city
hall. Those present wer Mayor
VIM. E. Springer, DR.. Charles T Har-
per, DR.. T. s.. Burbank, Messrs. M.
Jacob and S. P. Adams.
DR. Chas. T. Harper, city super
intendent, read his report, which
showed that the smallpox situation
which was discussed at a recent spe-
cial meeting of the board, was much
improved, several of the patients be-
ing discharged within the past few
days. DR.. Harper thought that the
disease would soon BE stamped out
entirely in the city.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-04
Base Ball MagnateS i'm Session.

New York, March with the eXcep-
ton of President Hart. of the Chicago
Base Ball Club. all the National League
delegates were present today when
President Pulliam called the annual
schedule meeting of that organization
to order at the Victoria Hotel. Some
routine business was transacted. after
which a letter was sent to President
johnson Of h American League, the
result of which was that a joint meet
ing OF the committees On rules and
schedules from each organization will
take place at the National League
offices tomorrow morning. American
League delegates held only a brief
session..
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-04

Washington, March POSTMASTER E.
S. Parnell. of Junction, Union county,
Arkansas. has resigned his office and in
his letter to the postmaster general
says the action is due to a political
feud, to escape which he is going to
leave the state. His letter follows:
Il beg to tender you my resignation
as postmaster at Junction, Arkansas,
and return here with all papers sent
since my recent confirmation. My rea-
sons for resigning are that my family
have become mixed up in what is
known in this county as the Parnell-
Tucker feud. This is a political feud
and as four members of our family
have been assassinated within the last
fifteen months, 1 feel that it is clearly
my duty to my family and friends that
L leave the state. 1 hope the depart
ment will relieve me at the earliest
possible moment"
Little Rock. Ark, March 1.-The res
ignation of Postmaster E.. S. Parnell
was made known to the Republican
state executive committee some time
ago and at a meeting of the committee
held here. February Goth, c. l.. Jones
was recommended for appointment as
his successor.
The Tucker-Parnell feud had its
origin at FL Dorado. Guy B. Tucker,
then city marshal, headed the faction
opposing the Parnells. In a street fight
several of the Parnells were slain,
Tucker was wounded and Constable
bearing was killed. A few months
later Tucker killed another one of the
Parnells. He has not yet been tried on
that charge. Following these events.
tucker resigned as city marshal and
announced his determination to leave
FL Dorado.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-04
Strong Lodge.

At their meeting last night. Oriental
Conclave No. 1, Heptasophs. elected to
membership the entire membership Of
Jewell Conclave No. 3. Jewell Conclave
having surrendered their charter. This
makes the membership of Oriental Con-
daveo over 800. Speeches were made dur
ing the evening. among them being a
speech by A. II. Morris. past Archon,
and G. W. Bornemann, presiding officer.
both of whom made excellent talks.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-04
WON MEDAL.
This Months St Nicholas Contains
Picture Drawn by Miss Bessie Fish
blate.

In the issue of St. Nicholas just re-
ceived, is a picture drawn by Miss
Bessie Fishblate, the 12-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Fish
blate. Miss Fishblate's drawing won
her a pretty medal and the picture
being placed in st. Nicholas is in
itself a great compliment. The pic
ture represents a young friend of
Miss Fishblate sitting in a chair.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-04

LIVES IN FEAR
A Political Feud Causes
a Postmaster to
Resign
TO LEAVE STATE

The Postmaster at Junction, Arkan-
sas, Gives as His Reasons for Re-
signing, That His Family is Mixed
Up i'm a Political Feud and That for
Their Safety He Feels it His Duty
to Leave the State-The Feud Orig
There Have Been Several Persons
Killed.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-04

81 owe my whole life to Burdock
Blood Bitters. Scrofulous sores COW
cred my body. 1 seemed beyond cure.
b. B.. B. has made me a perfectly we'll
woman" Mrs. Chas. Hutton, Rer-
vile. Mich.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-04

Hives are a terrible torment to the
little folks, and to some Older ones.
Easily cured. Deans Ointment never
fails. Instant relief, permanent cure.
At any drug store, SO cents.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-04

"a dose in time saves lives" DR..
Woods Norway Pine Syrup; natures
remedy for coughs, colds, pulmonary
diseases of every sort.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-04

A household necessity-Dr Thomas
Electric Oil. Heals burns. cuts,
wounds Of any sort; cures sore throat.
roup. catarrh, asthma; never fails.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-04

Some planks which are being toted
up for use in the ext democratic
platform would make much better kind
ling wood than anything eise.-Atlanta
Journal
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-04
Roosevelt's Administration Endorsed

Roanoke. Va. March 1.-The sixth
Congressional district Republican con-
vention met at Lynchburg today.
President Roosevelt's administration
was endorsed and delegates to the
Chicago convention. instructed fo-
Roosevelt. were named. Postmaster
S. Harr Hoge. OF Roanoke. was nom-
mated for Congress. and accepted the
nomination.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-04

OF coIrsa there is such a thing -
actual sEc keless powder. Look on your
pest girls face and be conyinced-At-
lanta Journal.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-04

JUGLAW CASE
Decided that Place of
Delivery is Place
of SAFE
COURT

Decision Reverses That of n Dur
ham Court-The Act Il Held tu
State and Not Merely To the -Four
Counties Named I'm the Title OF the
Bill-CpOn a Special Verdict, the
Defendant Paterson. in This Case
Was Adjudged Guilty.