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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-08-26
In Financial and Real
Estate Circles i'm
Washington
IN

Banks OF the City Against Thomas
+. wasgaman, Prominent Real Is
tate and Insurance Agent and Treas
urer OF the Catholic University-Ef-
forts to Set Aside a Deed of Trust Go
That Institution o Nearly . MIL
lion Dollars-FUnds OF Many Other
People i'm his Hands-Univcrity Au-
thoritics Some Time Ago Dissatis-
fed With Manner OF Conducting
Funds by Him.
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outpost and were driven off with a loss
of six killed.
Lao Yang has experienced two days
Of brigh. weather and there Is a touch
OF autumn in the air. The rainy season
has apparently terminated.
The military inactivity is credited
here TO the fact hat the japanese are
concentrating all their attention on
Port rthur
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Ingraham. of the First PRESBYTERIAN
church az st. Louis.
Mrs Aaybrick went on board at
Antwerp and until the last few days
therew ere but a small number of
those on board who knew her as Mrs
Maybrick- / made the captain OF the
aware OF the situation, and
he did his best to ensure her having
rest and secrecy"
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THE sBvAsroPoL INJURED.

Toxic. August 2l-s a. m. Admiral
Kataoka reports hat as the Russian
battleship ~Sevastopol was emerging
from Port Arthur yesterday h struck
a mine after which she was seer to
be listed to starboard. She was towed
back into the harbor.
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Into StateSboro LynChing
Ordered by Cover
nor of Georgia.
MILITARY COURT

composed OF State Guard Officers la
Investigate the Action of the Mill.
tary Guard-Composiion OF the
Court-Statement From Governor
Terrell-Ihe Action OF the Mob a
Great Surprise To Him-I7sc Trial
Proceeding Quietly When He lett
GeOrgia-He Denounccs the Action
Of the Mob-No Defense and No
Apology for the Men who Defied tise
Law-Cvil Court Urged to Bring the
Lynchers 10 Justice.
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ukao Yang. August 8.-According to
tn latest Information from Port Ar
thur a furious Japanese attack through
ont August 18th and August 10th was
rNdlsed with terrific loss This news
was received here with the greatest
JOY.
There has been no serious fighting
in this region but there has been a
small skirmish at Anshanshan where
Japanese troops attacked q Russian
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Mrs Florence MaybriCk's
Arrival in New
York City.
HER STATEMENT

Thanks and Gratitude to
Her American Friends for Sympathy
n Efforts to Secure her Release
Rest Awhile and Then Come South.
To Visit Norfolk and Mobile-Imni-
ties Facilitate Her Landing as Quiet
Iy as Possible-Her Journey froru
ROuen by Way of Antwerp-Cn-
known ON the .Steamship-State-
ment From her Attorney.
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CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have AiuaJs Besght
Signature ss.ss se: Of lGMzZzZx
AWARDED.
For Construction OF the New Hope
Valley Railroad.
Especial to The Messenger.)

lSpectaI 10 the Messenger.)
Raleigh, n. c., August 2s.-The
contract for building the New Hope
railway was today awarded by
William Moncure and others. 81 b
directors, 10 the firm Of Terrell & Noe
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s~n.. II Kind You Hsw Nxzys Bauett
a's, e GMMzu
Automobile Records Broken.

A~utoI1OblIe ecdfd BfOkeh.
cleveland. O.. Aug. 23.-No worlds
records were broken 1T the second
lays automobile-races here today. The
best time for the day was in the last
regular event the ten miles open, when
Kiser went q mil In 81 sconds-
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Husband Of the Original Mnnehaha Now Running
VcePresident Populist Ticket

ton, in the old South Church, before a big
| gathering of Indian sympathizers, intro
duced the old Indian fighter as one who
! had something to say. With white face
and trembling hands, the intrepid warrior
who led one of the greatest cavalry charges
ever known, that at Cedar Creek, got up,
after one last agonizing appeal to me to
save him, and said
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: I've fought
Indians for thirty years. In all that time
] have never knows the Government to
keep treaty with the Indians and have
! never known an Indian tribe to be the first
to break one That's all.
THE day after the all night conference
resigned my position as editor and called
church meeting in Omaha 1t resulted
in all the ministers and the prominent men
OF the city sending telegram to Washing
ton asking that the order be rescinded.
The request was refused. 80 began a
suit in habeas corpus proceedings, based
on the Fourteenth Amendment of the
Federal Constitution The case was tried
before Judge Dundy, and the contention
was that the Indians we're citizens OF the
United States and were entitled 10 the
protection Of the law
Judge Dundy held that the Indians
were not citizens. but released them. all
the same, and old Standing Bear was al
lowed to carry out the dying wishes of his
son.
1t was at this time that Mr.. Tibbles met
the Indian maiden Bright Eyes, whom he
afterward married While the case was
being tried he wrote to DR.. Dorsey an
ethnolog st in the employ of the Smthso-
Man Institution, who was then at the reserva-
ton at Omaha. for Indian witnesses.
DR.. Dorsey sent Bright Eyes. who was
the daughter of Chief Iron Eyes. She WAS
beautiful and well educated. Justice Miller
of the United States Supreme Court, who
was also interested in the case, said she
was the most remarkable Indian girl he
had ever seen.
After Judge Dundy's decision. Bishop
Clarkson of Nebraska and James Cook
urged Mr.. Tibbles to continue the fight.
He did so with vigor and for the next five
years lectured on Indian reforms all over
the United States. To push the matter
still further one Presidential election
day Mr.. Tibbles went to Omaha and in
duced John Elk, a full blooded Indian. to 60
to the polls and vote.
The election officers refused to allow
Elk to cast ballot, and through Mr.. Tib-
bles he brought suit against the United
States Government for $4,000 damages.
In the end he was defeated.
Then Mr.. Tibbles tried to get Congress- to
pass an act enfranchising the red men, and
finally succeeded in getting passed tho
Dawes Severalty bill This he regarded
as giving to the Indians substantially the
rights for which he had been contending.
To celebrate the victory, a great meet
ing was held in Boston, at which, besides
many other notables. there were present
Longfellow, Helen Hunt jackson. Thomas
Wentworth Higginson, E. E. Hale and
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Marks ITS Work Leave on a Man.

From HE Nsu 0rlqaHs Times Democrat
The observation has been made that you
can tell a violinist by the fact that he car
ries his hest on one side. SO. too. you can
tell the cornetist, as rule. by the peculiar
quicker Of his lip. The upper lip is generally
drawn In the centre, and is inclined TO stick
out just little beyond the normal line.
Cavalrynen. II in service long enough
have bow legs and will generally stand with
their feet some distance apart. as IL making
room for horse between their legs. The
painter generally has The mark OF the palette
pole On his thumb. The pianist has big
hands. Men and women who scrub floors
generally have big knees. whence We get the
medical term housemaid's knee. These are
only some OF the ways we have of telling
what man does, and. ] may add, these are
the easier ways,
OF course, there are many cailinRs In the
world which make II easy 10 class persons
who follow them " we are the least BIT ob.
servant. We know the Judge, for InstarSe
by his measured speech and the dignity he
assumes. There Is hut little chance OF max.
ing a mistake in the lawyer or the doctor,
though members al these professions have OF
late years shown tendency to dress and
act more like ordinary mortals. Doctors are
not az prone Ia wear side whskers now as
they VI ID TO be. and the lawyer haa come
20 drees NOR" Ike the business man.
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MAS Fl. TIBBLES A MAN
OF MANY ADVENTURES

The candidate for Vice President on the
| Popnllst ticket. 7. H. Tibbles. has had as
I adventurous career as the hero Of a dime
novel. He took part in the border war ir
Kansas, chased horse thieves and fought
| Indians.
He was friend OF John Brown, the A o.
| litionist From Peter Cooper he first re.
q, ceived his present political ideas. His
wife, who died last year. was an Indian
| girl. the daughter OF a chief. 1t is related
that her Indi1 IN name WAS Bright Eyes and
that she was the original of Longfellow's
Minnehaha,
Thomas Henry Tibbles was born in
Washington county, Ohio, in 1870 When
10 he ran away from home and joined
an emigrant wagon train sent ont by Henry
Ward Beecher 10 the movement to settle
Kansas and make II a free State. On ar
irving In Kansas he joined the forces of
the ant-sIavery party in the border war.
Col Titus was in command OF the border
ruffians, and Gen. Donaldson, Federal
Marshal appointed by President Buchanan
was at tho head OF the Free Staters. Dur
ing one Of their first engagements, Tibbles
was captured by the enemy, tried and con-
victed by drumhead court-martial of being
an Aoolitionist and sentenced to be hanged
the following morning.
He was taken to Fort Titus that night
and confined in tent. Guards were sta
toned around it with Instructions to shoot
him II he tried TO escape or his friends at
tempted to rescue him.
The next morning he was awakened
by volley OF musketry. HIS tent was
riddled with bullets and ono OF the guards
rushing in thrust q musket in his face and
fred At the same instant Tibbles invol-
unfairly raised his arm and struck the
gun. The action saved his life, but the
bullet ploughed through one ear and he
bears the a of 1t to-day.
Running out OF the tent. he saw the Free
State forces on a nearby hill and started
toward them on run, In the early light
ar ing at him His enemies behind did the
same thing. and for q moment Tibhles was
between two fires. Seventeen bulletholes
In his clothes one in his shoulder, one in his
arm and one In his leg we're proof of his
narrow. escape.
Els friends were armed with Sharp's
rifles, jocularly known as Beecher's Bibles. =
Selling one OF them. he took part in the
fighting and coon Fort Titus surrendered
As soon as the white flag went up Tibbles
dashed down the hill to find Titus. See
ing him come out OF the fort he ordered
him to stand Up went Col. 1itus's hands
as he exclaimed
Don't shoot: / surrender
In the fight Capt. Chambry OF the Free
Staters was MORALLY wounded, and the
notorious Capt. Walker took command.
The events which Immediately followed
are best told in Mr.. Tibbless own words:
when got old Titus among our boys
Capt Walker put him on a horse and. turn
ing to me, said:
lib, have you a revclver?'
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/ friends
! When he refused ouantrell called for
halter and his men strung Iibbles from q
| limb of a tree. At the last moment they
cat him down, but still he refused to give
the information. They strung him up a
second time and again cut him down, only 10
meet with the same refusal. Then Guam
trell ordered his men to string Tihbies up
again and leave him for good and all.
Quantrell's instructions were carried out
bit Tibbless friends arrived in time to
save him
Following close on the events of the war
began Tibbles's Indian experiences. Gen.
Crook, the famous Indian fighter. and
Tibbles were friends. and both we're ini-
tiatetl into the secrets OF the Indian fra
tcrnity, which corresponds to Free Masonry
among the whites. The sign OF member
ship i. certain scars on the back. the result
of wounds made with knife. TO this day
Tibbles carries these scars.
When. in 1879, Tibbles was managing
editor of the Omaha Herald, Gen. Crook
was in command of the Department of the
Platte with headquarters at Omaha.
One night" saws Tibbles. Crook. who
was a man of very quiet demeanor, came
Whats the natter? | asked.
Tom said Crook after long pause,
I've been on the plains for thirty years
and I've had all kinds Of experiences. but
I've never known anything 80 cruel and
inhuman az the 3e orders from Washington
Carl Schurz was then Secretary of the
Interior, and he had issued an order to
have all the Indians driven of their rcser-
vations and sent to Indian Territory. The
Ponca tribe was sent from their reservation
in northern Nebraska, and on the trip one
third OF them died.
odd Standing Bear was chief of the
Poncas and his only son took sick. Before
he led he asked his father to send his body
back to hi' old home for burial. Standing
Bear promised. and when his son died the
body was put in a box and ten buoGs started
with 1t back to thu reservation.
1T was midwinter. and the little band
suffered great hardships. The chief of the
Omahas, Iron Eye, heard OF their coming
and invited them to stay with him until
spring. Standing Bear accepted. The In
dian agent heard Of the old warriors leav
ing the territory and telegraphed to
schu-z, who sent positive orders to Gen.
Crook to send detachment OF soldiers
to Fort Omaha and drive Standing Bear
and his ten followers back. These were
the orders which had so greatly upset the
General.
He asked me to help him. / told him
It would probably mean ruination for both
OF us. as We would have to fight the whole
Indian ring. We talked 1t over to daylight,
and then decided to give up my journalistic
work and help him:
we shook hands. and with tears in his
eyes Crook promised to do anything for
me but make speech. Although prom
ised then never to ask him to make one,
broke the promise afterward, for In Bos-
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Gov. Long. After the meeting Long
fellow gave dinner and stood at the door
Of his house welcoming the guests. When
Bright Eyes came along, the poet, taking
her by the hand. said to a group of friends:
This is Minnehaha."
The poet evinced great fondnees for
the Indian girl, and on one occasion said:
have been a student Of English all my
life, yet il could speak the language as
that child does would think that I had
accomplished something
Mr.. bibles was always very proud OF
his wife, She died in May. 1893. She was
christened Yosette La Fleeche. Her mother
was q daughter Of Ni-Ko-Mi' Voice Of the
Waters). who was OF Omaha and Iowa
descent.
Bright Eyes was born in Bellevue, Neb.,
in 1884 When years old she entered the
school on the Omaha reservation. She
soon learned to speak English with ease
and rapidity Her intelligence and beauty
made her favorite among the teachers, and
one an Eastern girl. kept up correspond
enoe with Bright Eyes after leaving the
reservation.
This teacher one Christmas wrote to
Bright Eyes and asked her what she most
desired Instead Of asking for new Dress
string Of beads or pretty ribbons, she
replied that the thing she wished for most
was to have good education. Impressed
by the tone of the letter. the teacher made
arrangements with the principal Of school
at Elizabeth, N. j., whereby Bright Eyes
won a chance to obtain her desire.
For four years Bright Eyes attended
school in Elizabeth and took every prize
offered. Then. graduating with highest
honors, she returned to her reservation.
The three years which followed. she often
said, were the unhappiest OF her life, and
but for copy Of Shakespeare and the Bible
she believed she would have gone mad.
One day while reading the rules govern
ing the reservation she discovered q pro.
vision that any qualified Indian was to be
preferred over white person for any
position in the Indian service She resolved
then to become teacher. But innumerable
difficulties remained to be surmo,lnted.
Letter after letter to the Commissioner
Of Indian Affairs and to Mr.. Schurs failed
to be answered. Finally she announced
that she would appeal to the American
people through the press. That brought
a reply and she was sent to Tacoma to try
an examination.
She mounted a pony, rode to Tacoma.
passed the examination and was then told
she could not teach without a certificate Of
good chaI aoter. " hitelaw held gave
her certificate, and finally Bright Eyes
got place as teacher for so a month.
Other teachers were getting $40. On this
amount she fed, clothed and provided for
the members Of her family and the pupils
she taught until she married MIR. Tibbles.
She accomr anied her husband on all
his lecturing tours and was herself an
attractive speaker. Alter lecturing tour
abroad Mr.. and Mrs. Tibblee settled dow,
in lincoln, Neb. MIR. Tribes engaged In
newspaper work and Mrs. Tibbles wrote
magazine articles. Mr.. Tibbles still lives
in Lincoln.
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NO. | answered.
well, here's one, said Walter, and
putting one in my hand and pointing to or
mckless captive, he told me TO shoot him
| dead. '.n"'. ',,'
Il took the gun and after a moment's
thought handed it back to Walker, saying
Il can't shoot a pa homer
Walker replaced the revolver in his
pocket and we continued our march. Two
Kansas histories publish pictures of this
incident, with explanatory notes saying
that Walker is trying TO wTest the gun from
me while am trying TO shoot the old man.
That is decidedly untrue and this it, be-
lieve, the first time that the true story has
, been told"
, In 1855 Tibbles joired the troops under
John Brown and fought the ruffians at
Lawrence, Speaking of his relations with
Brown, Mr. Tibbles says:
John Brown was undoubtedly insane
, and was not responsible for his acts He
committed deeds in those days that to my
mind were cold blooded murder.
He believed that he had been sent by
God to perform mission in life and that
mission was to free the negroes. Before
every fight he would make his men kneel
down and pray.
"Once he captured four ruffians and.
pointing a gun at them ordered them to
pray that the negroes would be freed. In
vain they protested, but the old Captain
was obdurate. They prayed, and prayed
hard.
Later, while at Mount Union College,
Ohio. | got note from Brown. 1t was
Just before his famous raid and he asked
me to meet him.
Twas always a great favorte Of Browns
net him as he desired and he showed me
all his plans. He showed me a whole con-
stitution and laws which he had drawn up
for tie use of a new gJvernment which he
was going to establish in the South.
His plan was to capture the arsenal at
Harper's Ferry. arm all the negroes and
proclaim a new government. l argued
with the old man all night and tried hard
to dissuade him from the project. i told
him it was treason and was bound to fail.
When left him thought he had
relinquished his scheme, but, OF course
the subsequent events proved that he
hadn't"
His Kansas experience only whetted
young Tibbless appetite for adventure
and he next took part In movement to
rid the country of horse thieves. His
very first experience came near being
his last for somebody gave him dose Of
strvchnine in a saloon one night, and a
local doctor pulled him through only by the
narrowest kind Of q margin. Ultimately
they succeeded In breaking up the gangs Of
horse thieves that infested both Missouri
and Kansas.
During the civil war he had a set to with
Quantrell. One day. while in quest Of horse
thieves, he was separated from his friends
men. He was taken before Quantrell
and asked to tell the whereabouts of his
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cutting apparatus. and the resting places Of
the cutters are very much like the pack
saddle. They lie on that with their hands
under water holding The stone which Is being
prepared. and the motion Of the wheel does
the cutting. The action of the water makes
the process more rapid and at the same time
leaves better surface then IL cut In the air.
"Malachlte. which is one OF the principal
jewels made In this way. lie the royal stone Of
Russia. and is moro plentiful there than in
Germany. The Gar Of Russia. when he Is
greatly pleased with any one. viii send him
a vase or clock or some handsome design
Of mslachite. and wherever they are seen the
favor OF the Gar rests. The stones are only
semi precious. not being in the snme category
with diamonds emeralds and rubes. but
even Il small piece Of them 10 expensive.
Malac hite is found In New Mexico. in this
country. and Is even finer than the European
mineral. Chrysoprase Ia another German
stone which has recently become quite fad
for pins and buckles"
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From the Louisrilie Courier,Iournai.
"A boy swallowed a two inch nail, and I
drew 1t out Of him with q magnet" said a
young surgeon.
The boy was a Kentuckian and the nail
at first gave him no Inconvenience. II was
the same as II he had swallowed a piece Of
bread. After two days. though he began TO
have great deal Of difficulty with his breath
ing. and he began 70 cough.
Il was sent for. and ! put the X-rays on
the lad. Up and down and In and out darted
them. and In his right bronchial tube found
the nail. There 1t stuck, hard and fast. No
wonder he choked and coughed.
Il etherized him. / opened his throat, and
put to the orihce OF the right bronchial tube
u good eiectro-magnet. BY Jove!it work ed
Instantly The big nail shot up. and with a
click II attached itself 10 the magnet firmly
! drew II out, and the next day the lad was
well.
"rhe magnet has been used in surgery to
extract bullets and needles with. but ! never
hoard Of its extracting a nail before
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Last Sunday on That ship.

from me bdUinOre Sun.
As a lad almost" said Captain Mytton.
OF the steamer Indore. Il became second
mate OF Nova Scotia sailing vessel bound
from Liverpool to the Provinces. II was on
a Saturday that we left port. and the follow
Ing morning the tug which had placed Va TO
windward of Holyhead left us.
I'VE were making ready for the trip across
the north Atlantic. but our minds were d.
verified from work by seeing the skipper
place a blackboard upon the break OF the
poop upon which WAS written Sunday.
The sKipper. = thorough type Of the seaman.
called all hands aft. He said I want you
to know what is on that board For you
fellows who can't read will spell it Then
deliberately he said: 'S-u-n-d-a-y! You
understand II, don't, your Then he gave
Over II went, and AS 1t took the waves he
said. You all know that was Sunday, don't
your Yes answered the men. Well. he
continued, that will lie the last sunday you
will see on this ship. Aud il was"