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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-25
GRAND OPERA OPENING.
Remarkable Demonstration on the
Presentation of "Aida--A Brilliant
Gathering i'm the Metropolitan Opera
House..

New York, Nov. 21.-Society hail
ed the opening Of the season of Grand
opera under the management OF
Heinrich Conried at the Metropolitan
Opera house tonight with an outpour-
ing of enthusiasm almost unparalleled.
Never In the memory Of oldest opera
goers was such a rush for admission
witnessed. During the early hours of
the evening the lobby of the opera
house was beseigned with hundreds
who almost fought to gain access to
the box office. Before the overture was
ended there was not a. ticket to be had
and it was with the utmost difficulty
that the fact could be impressed on
h crowd which was so dense as for
a while to block entrance to h house.
Tickets in the hands of spectators
reached fabulous figures, s75 to $50 be-
ing in many instances paid for two
stalls, while SO represented the small
est sum that could secure admission to
the topmost gallery.
The remarkable demonstration was in
a great measure due to the magic of
the names of Madame Emma Eames.
this being her temperance after an
absence OF one season, and of Mr.. Ca
russo, who RETURNS to repeat his tri-
uph of last year.
The presentation of Aida, the work
selected for the opening Of the season
was in every respect worthy Of the
tremendous reception accorded to 1t.
The great throng that filed every
seat and every nch of standing
fairly throbbed with the enthusiasm
that hailed the appearance OF Madame
Games as Aida and Mr.. aruso a
Radames. 9th these artists were in
magnificent voice and achieved a dis
tinct triumph. Never has the vas:
auditorium OF the Metropolitan pre-
scented such a magnificent spectacle.
Probably in M other great capital of
the world could be seen such a daZ-
cling display of wealth and beauty.
such magnifcence of costume. sucn
brilliance of gems, as was presented
tonight in the vast "a Of the stalls
in the grand ties of boxes and even In
the upper galleries.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-25
IMPORTANT REFORMS ORDERED
Zemstyo Representatives Declare the
Necessity of Participation by the
People iu the Government of Russia,

st. Petersburg, November 21.-''In
order to secure the proper developmen-
of the life of the state and the people
it is imperativelv necessary that there
be regular participation of national
representatives, sitting as an especially
elected body, to make laws, regulate
the revenue and expenditure, and con-
troll the legality of the actions Of the
administrations
The above is the final form of the
declaration of the Zemstvo representa-
tives in favor of the election of a body
not merely to participate in legislation
as at first reported, but to be entrusted
with the framing of the laws of the
empire.
The meeting today also adopted a dec
laration in favor of granting general
amnesty to political offenders imprisOn-
ed or exiled by administrative. order.
This completed programme. declaring
the necessity of the participation Of the
people in the government was signed
by 1O3 Zemstvo presidents, including 20
presidents of provincial Zemstvo CON-
mittees, out of SO who attended the
meeting.
This document, setting forth the ne
cessity of reform. is all the more Strik-
ing and impressive because the Gems
two presidents, who signed it. while
elected by ZemStvo ORGANIZATIONS, are
confirmed by the government. The sig
natories also included five marshaIs of
the nobility, h elections to which Of
fees are also confirmed by the govern
ment.
The memorial will be presented with
i'm a couple of days to the minister OF
the interior, Prince SZiatopolk-Mirsky.
The Zemstvo meeting will now pro-
coed with the discussion of the remain
der of the programme, which although
it directly concerns Zemstvo work. is
of minor Importance. It consists, first.
of primary education: second OF the
| disorganization attendant On mobiliza-
| ton: third. the relief measures for the
! families of those sent to a and
| fourth, red cross work.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-25
IS SERIOUS
Kentucky Mob seems Determined 60
Lynch the Three Negro Mardcrcrs
OF William Noore-PrisoneS Arc
strongly Guarded by Police and MI
liffa.

Lexington. Ky. November M.--A mob
is again forming for the purpose OF
l~ynching Jim Garfield. John Taylor
and Ed Taylor, negroes under arrest
for the murder OF William Moore. n
white man. An attempt TO lynch the
negroes Sunday night. after the muir
der. was abandoned.
The mob later became so threatening
hat County Judge Bullock advised that
the militia be called out. Constables
n deputy sheriffs to the number OF
fifty a already been put on guard at
the jail, and all day policemen have
been called from bed TO reinforce the
night force. The police regard ti=e Sit
uation as grave.
AT IL O'Clock tonight. Colonel Roger
Williams OF the Second regiment, call
ed company c into service. Runners
are going for the soldiers in all parts
Of the city. County Judge Bullock Is
at the jail with the chiefs OF police and
detectives and sheriffs, directing pre-
cautionary means. The police learned
that the mob was forming in three Sec
tons. AT II o'clock a platoon of police
advanced on a crowd OF 800 men at
Gratis Park. The men offered no re-
~sistance, but dispersed in all dlrec-
tons. Severa who had guns exposed
We're locked up. The police dispersed
groups OF men wherever they collected
in the down town quarter.
While a minstrel performance was in
progress at the opera house a halt was
called by the management and IL was
announced hat Colonel Williams asked
all militia men in the audience TO meet
him in the lobby. This caused ex-
element and hundreds of people
flocked to the Jail. The police
stretched ropes across the street bound
ing the Jail n reinforced this with a
living chain OF blue coats. They receiv-
&c Information that two brothers of the
widow of Moore, who with ten children
is left u~nprovided igor, were at the
head of a mounted mob riding from
county. The report hat the
widow had said She wanted the men
lynched melted many TO join the mob.
Information that ii vas planned 10
burn the square of houses IN which the
prisoners lived reached the police, but
they could not spare men from the fail
to guard the street.
Colonel Williams could not get in,
communication with the governor, but
called out the local company on his own
responsibility.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-25

The Bell Telephone COMPANY has
just completed the line between VIII
mington and Mullins S. c., which has
been in course of construction for the
past six months.
The new line puts Wilmington and
the country lying between this CITY
and Mullins in direct communication
with the entire south instead of having
to go around via Selma and Goldsboro
when talking to southern points over
the long distance telephone. Over the
new line it only ITO miles to Florence
and it was v $50 ON the old line.
The line just built follows the Seaboard
Air Line out of Wilmington to Cronly
and then branches off and strikes the
Coast Line at Brinkley. One of the
greatest truck growing sections in the
world is traversed by the new line and
this will be a great convenience to
those living in own with long distance
connection. The line strike Chadbourn
n at Mullins onnect with the line
from Florence. There "a a telephone
line between Wilmington and Chad
bourn but the service was so poor that
it gave no satisfaction.
The Bell Company struck one of the
hardest propositions they ever met I'D
with when they began the construction
of h line to Mullins. A portion Of Green
swamp had to be crossed and another
swamp near the Pee Dee river. 1t was
impossible to plant poles in the swamp
by digging holes. so the poles were
s~harpened and dropped into the mire.
In many places trees were trimmed up
n just enough foliage allowed to re-
main to keep them alive and the wires
were fastened to these. There was
about -four miles of swamp and to ira
verse. The Bell company is expecting
to do a big business on his line during
the trucking season for the business on
the line which passes through the truck
growing region near Rocky Noun in
creased enormously during the spring
months.
The construction of the new line gives
Wilmington five long distance circuits
where there were only two eight
months ago. An extra set of wires was
strung between Wilmington and Colds
boro last spring to accommodate the
increasing business.
In addition to the outside work, e.
new toll board is being installed in the
central office to be used only for long
distance calls. Formerly a section Of
the local board was used for this pur-
pose. but it was found to be made
auate. The new board is being INSTALL
ed this week
Mr.. McManus, Of the VIII
mington office, has just had the Heye-
building installed with wires so. that
telephones can be placed anywhere in
the building desired. There are fifty
nine offices in the building and a set
of wires is run to each office. The
wires are not placed in the building IN
the old way, on the outside of the wall,
but are in the wall. just as the gas
pines. They are carried through the
elevator shaft and ranch off at each
floor. This is the only building In VIII
mington equipped in this manner.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-25
Who Saw 1t First.

Jim and Fred, brothers of six and
four years of age, were fond of argu-
ments between themselves, says The
Chicago Record-Herald. They were
arguments that never went beyond the
wordy stage, but on occasion became
somewhat heated.
They were out day with their
nurse when they happened to pass or
old house hat was a landmark in the
ne~ighborhood. Instantly the spirit al
dispute was aroused. Said Jim thf
elder: Il saw that house first"
Fred picked up the gage of battle
promptly and replied: mo, you didn't:
1 saw it before you did"
mo, you didn't persisted Jim. y
saw it before you were born. cause
IN older than you and passed by here
fore you were born"
This was convincing, even to Fred's
infantile mind, and for some time he
was silent. Then after a pause he an
nounced triumphantly: 81 don't care
if o are the oldest, 1 saw it before
you. When I was dust 1 blew by this
house and saw it,
Jim was silent.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-25
BEFORE THE "
Sailor Got Thirty Days for Interfering
With an Officer.

John Dwyer. the sailor who got IN
trouble saturday night by Interfering
with an officer. was tried before Mayor
Springer yesterday and got thirty days
on the county roads. The man belongs
on one OF the British cotton steamers
in port and unless the captain OF the
vessel sees proper to pay him out he
viii have TO continue TO shovel dirt
on the roads OF New Hanover for some
time after his vessel has departed.
Neither OF the men whom the sailor
caused to escape ave been caught.
Tim Mccall and Boston Shaw. two
negroes. were indicted for being drunk
n disorderly and were given twenty
lays each on the county roads.
Several other cases were disposed OF
in which the defendants were charged
with being drunk and down and were
dismissed upon payment Of a small fine
and the costs.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-25
STEAMER STILL AGROUND.
All Efforts to Get the Sicilian Prince
Into Deep Water Have Failed.

New York, November 21.-With her
nose poked fast in the sand of Long
Beach, l. l., the steamship Siciiian
prince tonight is being lightered so
that at the food tide tomorrow morn
ing she may be moved into deep water
and brought TO her dock in this city
Efforts to get the big ship free from
the ~treacherous Long Island sands were
futile today and after several attempts
word was sent TO the city and arrange
ments made to begin Immediately the
work of taking out her cargo The
prince line officials realizing that the
task OF getting their vessel OF today
was remote, sent down barges and tugs
and ali the passengers We're brought up
to the city today and the immigrants
to the number OF 541 sent to Ellis Is
land. Tonight the reports from Long
Beach say there il no sea on and that
the vessel Is lying easy.
Captain Hanks and his crew Of sew
enty men are still on the ship
About n hour before h vessel
struck yesterday a child was born to
one OF the italian passengers
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-25

eight Inches tall. Robson plays ine
a both On the offensive and defen-
sive. He il one Of the best line buck
ers In the south and hardly ever fails
TO make a substantial gain when he
hits b line He hurdles well and il
also strong In his interfering. On the
defensive ne backs up the lire beauti-
fully. Robertson was full back on A.
and NJ. In 1902 and played that position
on Carolina In 1903.
Carpenter. right half back, is q
years Old, weighs 80 pounds. and Is
I'VE feet, ten inches tall. He played
right half back on the V r. L. team
for, four and captained IL in 1902.
Carpenter is undoubtedly the best man
IN his position in the south. He plays
a magnificent offensive game and is
one of n best ground gamers playing
football today. He is very hard TO
tackle and when tackled often advances
a few yards more before being downed.
Virginia knows him and il is safe TO
predict that he will play a star game in
Richmond. Carpenter Is in a class by
himself and Carolina Is fortunate in
having him.
Bear, left half back. is 20 years old,
weighs $50 pounds, and is five feet. five
inches tall. Bear played quarter back
on v. P. 1. two years. Bear is one of
the best players on a southern team
this year. He is a fast half back and
makes long gains on almost every run.
His strong point is his interfering. He
has plenty of grit and plays a hard
game. Bear is a very valuable mar.
s. Newton. right half back. is %
years old. weighs IT, pounds, and is
six feet tall. Newton plays a good Of
fensive game.
Winborne, half back and full back,
is 70 years old, weighs $50 pounds. and
is five feet, eight inches tall. Winborne
is a fast man Inc is one of the most
promising backs in the University.
Seton, right end, is % years old.
weighs 157 pounds, and is five feet
nine inches tall. He played end on
Clemson two years and IS a fast man.
Seton plays good bail and is one of the
fastest ends in the south.
r. r. Brown, coach, is "a years old.
He played half ack on Dartmouth in
1900. He coached v. P. l. in 1902 and
1903.
c. NJ. Barry, coach. % years old. He
played half back On Georgetown Uni
versity for four years. He ~captained
the team in 1901. He was assistant
coach there in 1902 and coach in 1903.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-25
Notes I'm the Cuse.

What she wrote. according 70 TIT
Bits:
Dear Fred: As ron are aware. I
shall marry ar. Gotrox this coming
week. VIII you kindly burn all the
little notes I have sent you: I shall
do 50 with yours. Good By. Ethel"
What he wrote:
Dear Miss Ethel: Your request
sEail be complied with And. by the
way. your affianced also holds a few
notes Of mine that / wish you would
prevail upon him to let you burn with
the rest. Ever your friend. Fred
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-25
Mai. WaddelI Incorporating.

Major Hugh Waddell, who was seri-
ously i'll last week al his apartments
at the savoy, has recovered sufficiently
to be taken 10 Wilmington. N C, by his
brother, colonel a. n. waddell, who
was called here by Major Waddells
illness. 1t is expected that Major Wad-
dell will fully while in North
Caroina.-Washington Post.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-25
Lease Point Peter Property.

A paper was recorded yesterday in
the register of deeds Office in which J..
L. Creveling and W. ". B. Van Dyck
leased from b. F. Hall and wife the
property on the edge of Wilmington
known as Point Peter. The parties
lasing the property are to pay $500 a
year for thes anne and they are given
the privilege Of buying ii for 5000.
provided they purchase before January
1st, 1906.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-25
+. F.. Deupp Made Indian Commits
SiODer.

washington, November 21.-PreSident
Roosevelt today announced the appoint
ment of Francis E. Leupp, of this city,
to be indian commissioner vice William
A. Jones resident. Commissioner Jones
resignation and MI. Leupp's appoint
ment Will take effect January 1st. Mr..
Leupp is the Washington correspondent
Of The New York Evening Post and
has been identified with Indian affairs
for many years.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-25
On p Mission.

MI. George L Peschau left yesterday
evening for Marietta, Ga, where he
will be united in marriage this after
noon to Miss Grayson Willingham. The
wedding is to take place at : O'Clock
in st. James Episcopal church, Ma~iet-
ia. Mr.. Peschau was accompanied by
the following relatives and friends:
Mrs. Eduard Peschau, Miss Alma
Peschau. Messrs. John b. and Henry
Peschau and Messrs. J. o. Carr, II. NJ.
Chase and W. c. Crow
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-25
Has Completed Line Be
tween Wilmington
and Mullins.
THE NEW LINE

Trayerses the Great Truck Growing
Section Placing the Farmers i'm Df-
rect Communication With the
Northern Citie-Number OF Long
Distance Lines Leading Out of VIII
mington Has Been More than Doub-
Ied-Line TO Mullins Was a Most
Difficult One to Build-Improyc-
i'm NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Wire.
Connected With Each of the -
Offices in the Heyer Building.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-25
Murderer Caught After IS Year

Dalton, Ga, November 21.-Price
Boyle, of walton, was killed thirteen
years ago, in Chattanooga by a man
named Johnson of Atlanta. Johnson
escaped but was captured Saturday at
Ozark, Ark. Two Of the three eye
witnesses are dead, and the living wit
ness John Burlington, of Dalton, is
wanted by the brothers of the dead
man.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-25
secretary Taft Calls for Panama.

New Orleans, November 21VSecre-
tary Taft and party sailed today on
the cruiser Dolphin for Pensacola,
where the secretary will board the
cruiser Columbia. Both vessels will
then sail for Pensacola. Secretary Taft
was escorted to the wharf here Dy a
delegation of prominent New Orleans
men. The guns of the Dolphin saluted
as the secretary went Up the ships lad
der.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-25
The kaiscr's Son Took fhe

While the Crown Prince OF 6 erman,
was a student at the gymnasium .
Heidelberg he lost heavily on even
ing at cards. n o. appiying 10 nj
royal father for reimbursemd fnt N
received the required number Oh ban
notes bound together like a Eboot
Later. after another disastrous ya1fS.
he wrote the Emperor:
Il have finished the interesting book
You sent me. and am impatently
awaiting the second volue."
In answer to this the Emperor sent
another book Of bank notes. similar 10
the first except that on the cover he
had inscribed Volume Second and
Last"
The crown Prince took the hint and
INDUCED in nc more games OF chance.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-25

Mrs. Maybrick has the Associated
Press TO deny the report that b viii
iappear upon the stage or the lecture
thereby obtaining much vail
Iuable advertisement Of her book % ex-
Post
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-25

Hundreds OF lives saved every year
by having Dr. Thomas Electric OH In
the house just when 1t is needed Cures
Group. heals burns. .c1ts. wounds OF
every sort
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-25

Don't you feel h necessity of buy
ing one OF those new electrical coin
counters which counts 400 coins a
minute? Invention must keep pace
with our prosperity.-Atianta Consti-
tuition.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-25

hold out at Port Arthur as long as
there Is a pea in the dish. and as ior
the soidiers-they cannot help them
selves.-Duraam Herali.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-25

You may consider yourself much
better than somebody else. hut YOU
can't prove il to his satisfaction. any.
how.-Orphans Friend
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-25

weck-Oh
morrow Mig
Sale at r
The Academy
nights this week
Including n special
day afternoon. the
|pany in a repertoire
|ular price plays Tna
be -inaugurated tomoa
splendid production
drama. "a wifeis Peri
with the performance \
a strong line OF SPECIAL
the great feature act OF
which has graced the Eea
tor circuits
At matinee Thanksgfvin1
will be given Little Lord 4
and the children Of wtlmf
hear this announcement IwIfN
delight Little Miss Biatche PicktTy
to appear as the Little kord' and i
will prove the superior OF eny child n
list ever seen here in thte< e~aJoEaeh
role. For the matinee the prices VII
be reduced TO 10 and 90 cersts aAd 4 81
safe TO predict that a "~statndine room
only audience vii. greet the peform-
ance.
For the night p~srfcrancesN tho PFC
will be 10. 20 and so CENTS and "a
for the opening performance touiI oN
night Will be on sale at Piunf 3ner14 As
morning.
II was only by chance that v&hc
agement of the Academy bd oked
Pickerts. They were on thei way
the far south when they were preva4
upon TO play this city and Me1
Cowan Bros other house in N Wv Be3X
The Glenwood post., 1904-11-19
It's a bad time
to swap horses when
you are crossing a
stream"

That was Lincoln's famous reply to
those who urged him to make change
in generals at critical period of the
Civil war.
Lincoln's saying is worth remember
ing, especially when you are asked to
"swap" DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery for a bootless bargain, de-
scribed as "just as good" at the critical
time when health is at stake.
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov-
cry is a medicine which has a record of
nlnety-eight per cent. of cures. 1t is an
absolutely reliable family medicine, non
alcoholic and non-narcotic. 1t always
helps; it almost always cures. Why
should any one who is seeking a cure
for sickness, and is persuaded that the
"Discovery" will cure him, uswap" the
substance for the shadow at the risk of
health?
DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov-
cry cures diseases of the stomach and
other organs of digestion and nutrition.
What is popularly termed "weak" stom-
aCh is the common cause of various forms
OF physical weakness, such as "weak"
heart, weak lungs, weak" or slug
gsh liver, "weak nerves, etc The
entire body and its several organs are
dependent for strength upon the food
prepared in the stomach. The "weak "
stomach cannot provide the food
strength for the various organs, which
in their turn become weak " and unable
to accomplish the work for which they
were designed. Golden Medical Dis
covery" cures through the stomach dis
eases which have their cause in a dis
eased condition of the stomach and the
allied organs of digestion and nutrition
II enables the perfect digestion and
assimilation of food by which the body
is built up into a condition of sound
health. 1t purifies the blood, driving
out the poisons which breed and feed
disease