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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-06-21
Russians Accused of Barbarity.

Toxic, June 1S.-A total of 500 sur
vivors of the japanese transports Sado
and Hitachi, destroyed by Russian
warships, have arrived at southern
ports.
The Russians permitted S10 nom
combatants to leave the Sado but
their whereabouts are unknown. The
Japanese officers and soldiers who
were detained on board the Sado had
prepared to commit suicide, but
changed their minds when the Rus
slams suddenly departed. There was
apparently no chance given the nom
combatants on board the Hitachi to
leave. and the Russians raked the
crowded decks of the crippled trans
ports with Shrapnel. The japanese
denounce this action as barbarity. in
dicating the clear intent Of the Rus
slams to kill defenseless men. instead
of a simple desire to destroy the
ships.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-06-21

recruits in favor of a declaration for
revision of the tariff. The Senator
claims that In his interview with del
egates and members Of the national
committee he has found a strong SEN
timent in favor of reciprocity. espe-
cially with Canada. The Senator
would not say that he expected to get
such plank into the platform. as he
clearly understood that the stand
patters" are in control and will be
likely to have matters their own way.
However, he is determined to make
fight before the committee for the in
sertion of a revision-plank
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-06-21
Believed that a Big Land
Fight will Soon
Occur
FORCES EQUAL

The Japanese Attack on Port Arthur
Has Been Delayed-An the injured
War Vessels Have Been Repaired
and Both Russian Fleets Are I'm
Fighting Trim-kuropatkin Is As
suming the Offensive and a Great
Battle is Expected Within a Month.
400 Men Wounded I'm the Vafan-
gov Fight Reach LaO Yang
Trustworthy News from Port Ar
thur-AdditionaI Details Of the Va
fangOw E3gagement.
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FUNERAL DAY
Hundreds of the Victims
of the Steamer SlO-
cum Buried
325STILL MISSING

After Three Days OF Searching, 5S1
Bodies Have Been Discovered
Enormous Crowds ThronS the
Streets Through Which the Funeral
Corteges Pass and There Were Evil
dences of Great Grief on Every
Hand-The Unknown Dead Buried
by the City-A Deep Hole in the
Bed of the River Discovered, Filled
With BOdies-A Bond Issue PrOpOs-
ed for Relief of the Distressed.
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tie weSt coast of Aouiori nress,,,,.1 -.
The Russians recently searched tw.
merchantmen and TO one of then, ,hev
transferred the Engiishrren ,aLs-
from the japanese transport Sal,
They then permitted the y@>saIs =,
depart untntured.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-06-21
commencement Exercises OF the v
NJ T.

Lexington, Va, June 1s.-The Virginia
Military Institute began its annual
commencement exercises today. The
programme consisted of guard mount
and an athletic drill. tomorrow Rev.
Baker P. Lee. of Ken,ucKy, VIII coma
duct religious exercises. Tuesday there
will be parades. an artillery drill. and
a review OF the cadet battalion by the
board of visitors. The graduation ex-
ercises will be held Wednesday, when
Cadet E. Hammond Johnson. Of Nor
folk, Va. will be valedictorian and
Governor Montague will deliver the
diplomas and degrees. >:
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-06-21
Princeton Defeats Yale.

New York, June 1S.-In the presence
of 22.006 people the Princeton baseball
team defeated the Ya.e nine today.
In base running ana general all
sround work, Princeton proved to be
far superior to Yale. Yale put up a
stubborn fight
The score
The score R II. =.
Princeton ..4o1 020 00s-10: 13; 1
Yale ...-....11 III o08 1904; s; 4
Batteries: Byram and Cooney: Bow
man and Winslow.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-06-21

London. June 1s.-The admiralty to-
day received cable message from thu
China station announcing that the
British torpedo boat destroyer Sparrow
Hawk struck an uuncharted rock on
Chesney island. as the mouth OF Yang
fze-Kiang yesterday and sank Ne
lives were lost.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-06-21
Programme for the Re.
publican Convention
this Week
ADVANCE GUARD

Many Delegates Have Already Arrived
in ChicaSO-COrteIyou Will PrOba-
bly, be Made Chairman Of the Ma
tiOn-Chief Interest Centers i'm the
Vice-Presidential NominatiOn-New
York Delegates Opposed to Fair
banks-A Fight Will be Made for
the Insertion of a Tariff Revision
Plank.
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GUESTS AT A WEDDING.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt Attend
Marriage of Miss Helen Roosevelt
and Theodore Robinson.

Hyde Park, N. Y, June 1S.-President
and Mrs Roosevelt were the guests OF
honor today at the wedding Of Miss
Helen Roosevelt and Theodore Douglas
Robinson. The bride is a daughter Of
J. Roosevelt Roosevelt who is a
cousin Of the President and the BRIDE
groom son Of the Presidents sister,
Mrs. Douglas Robinson, of New York,
is his nephew.
The President, Mrs. Roosevelt and
Miss Carow were driven to the pictur-
esque little Episcopal church in the VIII
iage where the ceremony was perform
ed. The church was filled with guests
when the Presidential party arrived,
and as the guests of honor entered, the
assembly rose and remained standing
until the President and Mrs. Roosevelt
were seated. Among the bridesmaids
was Miss Alice Roosevelt.
Devon, Pa, June 1S.-President and
Mrs. Roosevelt are the guests tonight
OF Attorney General and Mrs. Knox at
their Valley Forge farm. They Will
remain with the attorney general until
Monday.
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A Great Battle Expected Within a
Month.

General Kurokis Headquarters. in
the Field. via Fusan, June 1S.-Gen-
eral Kuropatkil Is assembling forces
at Haicheng. A great battle is expect
ed within a month. The Russians
again in their attempt to relieve Port
Arthur were permitted TO select their
own battle ground, and again they
greatly misjudged the japanese num-
bers and disposition Of their forces
and again were out-generaied.
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Kuropatkin Assuming the Offensive.

Lao Yang. Friday. June 17-(De-
layed in transmission.)-Ii ac-
tivity on a grand scale is apparent
at Mukden- A high authority con-
firms the announcement that Kuro-
patkin Is assuming the offensive.
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Two Merchantmen Searched.
Toxic. June 18.-4 p. m.-The Vlad-
Evening journal., 1904-03-09
WILL START DIGGING
CANAL NEXT MONTH
Actual Work Is to Begin
Within Five Weeks Says
High Official

Washington, d. c., March 9.-"In five
weeks time at the utmost there will be
nothing in tho way to prevent the United
States from beginning actual work on
the Panama Canal. This may be stated
in The most positive manner"
This significant statement was made
yesterday by high official Of the State
Department who went on to State that
it was now certain that the few legal
details which are at present retarding
the consummation Of the transfer of the
property Of the Panama Canal Company
to the United states will have been over.
come within five weeks and that it is the
intention OF the Government to see the
work is then inaugurated under the own.
ership Of this country. Major Black OF
the Corps OF Engineers. of the army 6.
now on the Isthmus. and 1t Is understood
is making preparations to begin work OF
the canal az the first opportunity.
Evening journal., 1904-03-09
EDITORIAL OPINION
A Challenge For Mr.. sehwsb.
From the Baltimore Sun

From the Baltimore sun.
A Paris despatch states that Mr.
Charles M. Schwab. former president
Of the Steel Trust and conspicuous by
reason of his connection with the Ship
building Trust, may be Invited by an
irate French nobleman TO make his de-
but on the field of honor as a duellist.
II seems that the Baron de Rogniat was
interested in the underwriting syndi-
cate which was TO finance the French
ends Of the Shipbuilding Trust Things
went awry in Paris just as they did IN
New Jersey. The Baron and the steel
master thereupon said very uncompli-
mentary things about each other. Being
bored inexpressibly by the proceedings
In the Jersey Courts and the attack
upon him by ltigants In the temples
Of justice Mr. Schwab hied him to
Paris, only to find that Il is n case of
"ont Of the frying pan into the fire."
The furious Baron de Rogniat COM
fronts him now and demands either a
combat TO the death or law Z suit
'Schwab," says the pugnacicus caul
inspired defamatory articles in news
papers about me. I ag5 glad 10 catch
him here. The public viii not he
sympathetic witll~bim. win trv h
arrange a duel with him, and will de-
iena my hnp7ior and pocket against al
men, Very naturally Mr.. Schwab Is
lpeWildered at this development in high
FINANCE. Nobody in the United states
thinks Of resorting to the field of honor
Ito avenge the wounds which his
pocketbook has received.
Evening journal., 1904-03-09
NEW ENeLlsH Forms.

In recent years there has grown up
a new schoolofeditorial writer's. Clean
cut terse English, short, crisp sentences
and brief paragraphs are the ideals.
Then there is the bizarre style, that
delights in the unexpected and leads
one down a straight path bordered
with the simple verbal blooms Of Addi-
son and Macauley only to land him in
the ditch containing mud and broken
bottles. Here is a specimen.
Another lesson has been taught TO
the mon who have secrets and do not
tell their wives about their troubles
Another lesson OF where the husband
has failed to gain the counsel Of his
wife and now has left a widow and a
new filled grave. The bloodlng sucking
money shark is the cause and there
are such sharks IN Wilmington.
There are persons. OF course. who
are over-nice in their use of English
who viii ask how q man can leave a
widow and a nawrfilled grave at the
same time. They will insist that a
man wh6 leaves grave, his own or
that OF another person. cannot have a
widow TO grieve for him. But the
writer we contend. was speaking only
Evening journal., 1904-03-09
DEATH OF JOSEPH BOWEN
Man rails From Road cart-Will Move
to California.
Special to The Evenlng Journal.

Special to the Evening Journal.
Newark March 9.-The Rev. c. II.
Kiddcr Of Wilmington. will preach in St.
Thomas Church, this evening at 7.3o
o'clock.
The Daughters of the King of St.
Thomas Church met Monday evening at
the home of Miss Fanny shapleigh. This
organization Is doing considerable charit-
able work.
A number of new books Of fiction and
history have just been added to the town
library.
After an Illness of about four years
Joseph Bowen, aged SO years. died at his
home on Delaware avenue. on Monday
night. He was well-known and much re.
spected.
While driving on Main street on Satur-
day man by the name Of Murphy fel
from a road cart and was rendered un
conscious. For a time 1t was thought hi,
skull was fractured. After he regainec
consciousness he seemed little the wors,
for the shaking up.
In short time Mrs. L. Garllck ant
daughter Alice Will go to California to re.
side. Miss Garlck for number of year.
has had charge Of the d. and A. tele.
phone exchange and was very popular
with the patrons. She will be succeeded
by Miss ola Gregg.
Council met Monday night. Representa-.
tives of trolley projects were present, bu-
beyond considerable talk, nothing def
mite was done.
Evening journal., 1904-03-09
COAL DELIVERY.

Commissioner Pierson In his. rerort
to the Street and Sewer yon,nission
makes a number Of sugEost,ons re-
garding legislation, boX. by the state
and the municipality/wh,cb win prove
Of interest to all l,Eho wish to see a
clean, sanl'aIE and up-to-date city.
Inc ioil Wing recommendation regard
ing me- delivery of coal is sensible and
tiEeiy.
= I would suggest that your honorable
board pass suitable ordinances COM
pelline the delivery Of coal in bags or
side-chute wagons on all streets, used
by the various trolley lines, less than
sixty feet I'm width not for the benefit
Of the street car companies but for
the convenience Of the travelling pub
lie. Many of our streets are so narrow
as to stop street car traffic for ten to
fifteen minutes at a time and thereby
disarranglng schedules and oftentimes
tying up all the cars while some slow
driver Is taking his time delivering a
load of coal. This would not be any
hardship to coal dealers and Of great
their train connections and business
and other engagements.
Our present methods are antlquated
and ntolerable. The annoyance to the
travelling public for about eight months
In the year Is very great. Frequently
every car on the line Is held up while
some surly coal driver proceeds IN the
most lelsurely manner to unload his
wagon. Think what 1t means In loss
l9f time, for time Is money.
II three hundred people are held ur
for ten minutes It means loss OF six
days in the aggregate-time worth the
price OF at least two tons Of coal. II
disarranges everything. You cam
count on catching train or making az
engagement unless enough time is al
lowed for walking the full distance
Let's reform 1t.
Evening journal., 1904-03-09

in spiritual way, and that Explains
1t all
And then we notice the tendeNcy to
coin new words-words pregnant with
meaning, and which are bound ia be-
come popular because Of their ndcesr
sity. 'Blooding" was new to our vo-
cahulary till yesterday. yet who shall
say that our future millions win not
greedily grasp at 1t to express the
elusive thoughts which have long
sought expression We have brood"
and "brooding." and as we have blood.
why should we not have "blooding"?
The question cannot be answered;
therefore "blooding" is good word.
II is refreshing to see In our daily
papers one who is hampered heithel by
tradition nor custom. who rises above
the petty forms sanctioned by usage
land makes grammar and rhetoric as he
would make an Irish stew.
Evening journal., 1904-03-09
MULLIN LOSES HIS SUIT
Court instructed Jury to Return YER
dict For Railroad.


Under instructions from the court
yesterday afternoon. the jury in the
case of John J. Muliin against the p.
b. & w. Railroad returned verdict for
the company without leaving the box.
In their prayers yesterday morning
Herbert II. Ward and Andrew G. Gray.
counsel for the Railroad, requested the
court to so instruct the jury. Horace
G. Knowles and Levin Il. Nelson
argued against Il.
When court convened In the after
noon Judge Boyce said:
I'VE have carefully considered the
arguments of counsel upon the de-
fendants prayer for binding instruc-
tions TO the jury. And, In view OF the
release in evidence in this case, which
was not before us in the motion for
nom suit, as we'll as upon tie ground
OF contributory negligence. respecting
which we then entertained considerable
doubt (the law pertaining to which.
however we had not then the time to
fully examine and consideD we are
constrained to direct verdict for the
defendant"
Judge Boyce then instructed the
jurors to find for the defendant COM
pany. which they did Immediately and
were discharged from any further at
tendance.
Mr.. Knowles entered an exception
and viii try to secure new trial.
Colonel Benjamin Nields read the
action Of the Supreme Court. and make
a motion for a new trial OF the case oi
the garnishees Of the Fort Scott Banl
against the Pusey & Zones Company
Harry Emmons. on behalf of the gar.
lnishees of the bank, asked the court [,
suspend action on Colonel Nieldl
motion until he could apply to tn
supreme Court for a rehearing OF th'
case Colonel Nields raised a poin
that Mr.. Emmons should have move,
for a rehearing when the Suprem
Court announced it's decree. but tn
judges yesterday decided that MI
Emmors yet has a right to ask for
review In the higher court
Evening journal., 1904-03-09
CAUGHT ATRANDOM

Martin Luther was rehearsing one Of
his sermons in a loud tone when Cath
crime Of Bora, his wife. entered the
room.
What's the ROVE" inquired Katie.
have you lost something?"
mo" responded tho great man. Il
am merely practising what i preach. "
First New Yorker-Are you to oc-
cupy a suite of Offices in the new build
ing now going up
Second New Yorker-1 don't know
yet My lease contains clause re-
leasing me from all obligation IN case
the structure falls down before it is
completed.
Dorothy-Penelope Is a frlghtfully
fluent talker; I couldn't get word in
edgewise.
Theodore-Oh that was only because
you let her get the first start.
Reporter-Then you think the nation.
al prosperity has reached the high
water mark?
Financier-Well, perhaps, not. Still
wouldn't advise any more water foi
the present.
Evening journal., 1904-03-09
How Senator Teller Was Elected.

From the Denver Republican.
Let it never be sorgotten that Mr..
Teller secured his seat in the United
States Senate through the blood
stained Goebel rules OF Kentucky and
which were put in force in the Senate
of Colorado IN order that Mr. Teller
could have the pretext Of claiming an
election. Mr.. Chayoth should have
been content to have the people Of
Colorado pass judgment on his act and
not on the explanations therefor. His
resignation was Of service in that it
opened the eyes of the state and the
nation at large to the election conspir-
acies that have existed and continue to
exist In Denver No attempt at the
condonatloR Of these should come from
him.
Evening journal., 1904-03-09
HEARsr LIE ADVERTISER.

There Is a suspicion that William
Randolph Hearst regards the Presi-
dency as a sort OF first prize in a lot
terry, as something to be won by cash
and advertising. He is turning his
newspapers into advertising sheets. all
proclaiming the glories and virtues Of
this new friend Of the toiling millions.
Hearst. in the first place, lacks mod
esty, and that is about the only quali-
ncatlon for the onioe It would be pos
sible for him to attain. Greeley was
Presidential candidate. too, but that
was because OF his force as a writer
an da thinker and not because he used
display type reading: "Vote for Greeley
the friend of the masses"
We don't strive for the Presidenc,
in this country as rival baseball teami
strive for the penrant a candidate
should have some qualification othe
than his financial ability and his nerve
Hearst has had splendid opportunit!
to mould public opinion and to impress
his personality on the American peo
pie through his writings.
But his lurid editorial utterances floy
from other pens-pens that he ha
hired to write his advertisements. HI
real breadth and capacity appear whel
he moves around the cloak rooms o
Congress. pointed out as a legislativ
freak, without the ability TO even pre-
sent his crazy opinions. In Congress
Hearst must stand on his own bottom
there his hired men cannot act for him
Evening journal., 1904-03-09
GOOD ROADS CONFERENCE
New Law Will be Discussed at Newark
on Monday.

There viii be a conference on Nthe good
roads law at Newark at 10 O'Clock next
Monday morning, for the purpose Of hear
ing complaints and suggestions regarding
the present law. There will also be an
afternoon session.
Members Of tAe Levy Court, President
Horrigan. Of the State Highway Commits
sion and probably the other two members
Of the commission will be present
Representatives OF the Delaware rail
road viii talk about the transportation O.
materials for good roads
The railroad company is interested II
gpod roads and desires the construction
OF good roads to its various stations.
Evening journal., 1904-03-09
HandIino New Kind of co,I.

A variety Of coal has been introduced
here by Fred c. Mccall II is from the
Upper Potomac mines. The coal Is for
steam and smithing purposes. The mines
have been working but short time, but
the product is particularly adapted foI
manufacturing purposes. Mr.. Mccall ex-
poets TO visit the mines which are locat-
ed in Garrett county. Nd. in a short
time. Their present capacity is 1900 tons
daily
Evening journal., 1904-03-09
s4s.75 to the Pacific Coast via Balti-
more G. Ohio Railroad.

The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad will
sell daily from February 20 to April 30,
inclusive, colonist tickets to points in
California, Arizona, British Columbia.
Idaho, Nevada. New Mexico, Oregon
and Washington. To Portland, Ia
coma, Seattle. Los Angeles and other
points in California the rate is S49.75.
to other points prOportionately low
rates. For tull particulars write or
amply to II. A. Miller, 4. p. Agt..
Water and Market streets. Wilmington.
Del, or to the nearest b, & o, ticket
ofice, e,-yfJy, Rnd S,=apx2a
Evening journal., 1904-03-09
Out in Washington State they have in

troduced voting machines. It is
claimed that these instruments are
impartial, not caring a plcSayune
who is elected; and in one district all
the claims have been justified the
machine giving four rival candidates
the same number Of votes. AS no.
body was given the preference, the
machine should be regarded as satis-
factory.
Evening journal., 1904-03-09
Theatrical Notes

Just how impossible it is for even
the most experienced theatrical man
ager to tell how a play will suit the
public, before it is actually presented.
is aptly exemplihed by the history of
THE Earl of Pawtucket," coming to
the Grand Opera House on Friday
night.
This comedy. which ran for nearly
year in New York, despite the fact
that It was moved from one theater to
another, and then to still another-a
thing ordinarily considered fatal to a
piece, "The Earl" being the only play
on record to withstand such treatment
was refused by four or five of the
most experienced managers in New
York who read It and could see no pos
sibilities Whatever in It.
Notwithstanding this, it played to
nearly 100000 and ran through an en-
tire summer-a feat which no other
play ever accomplished in New York
city.
Evening journal., 1904-03-09

II the Senate is trying todecide whether
President Smith and Apostle Ly-
men are ineligible to seats in that
body q has proved its case. Now let
Apostle smoot be investigated.
Evening journal., 1904-03-09
0 Liberty, Thou Child Of Law.

o Liberty, thou child Of Law,
Gods seal is on thy brow.
o Lawl her mother first and last.
Gods very self art thou!
Two flowers alike. yet not alike.
on the same stem that grow;
Two friends who cannot live apart.
Yet seem each others Zoe.
One the smooth rivers mirrowed fiov
Which decks the world with green,
And one. the bank of sturdy rock
Which hens the river in,
o Daughter OF the Timeiess Fasti
O hope the prophets saw!
God give us Law in Liberty
And Liberty in Lawi
e, g, Cutler.
Evening journal., 1904-03-09

There is a trite truth to the effect
that the unexpected always happens.
In the case Of George II. Broadhurst
who is responsible for James K. Hack
etts new romantic play, THE Crown
Prince" it was the expected unex-
pected which happened. Hitherto Mr..
Broadhursts name has been associated
with What Happened No Jones'" why
Smith Left Home" and farces of the
lightest type. His delving into ro-
nance, albeit satirical romance, was a
radical departure for him and it is de-
clared that he has produced a play,
entirely and completely a success,
which is totally different from anything
he has ever shown to the stage before.
Mr.. Hackett comes to the Opera House
next Monday night in "The Crown
Prince"
Evening journal., 1904-03-09
MUST BE PROMPT
Advertisers Desiring Space in the Wo-
mans Edition of The Even
ina Journal.

The Board of Managers OF the Wo-
mans Edition of The Evening Journal
desire to announce that in order tc
obtain space in this valuable edition
IL will be necessary for advertisers "a
get their copy in at once. Inquiry may
be made at the ohiee, Fourth and Ship
ley streets. or to Mrs. Charles G. Rum
ford, 1901 Market stree- adv
Evening journal., 1904-03-09

Porter J. White and Company come to
Grand Opera House on Saturday after
noon and night in Faust" OF the pro-
duction an exchange says:
The opera house was crowded to over
flowing last evening by a representative
audience to witness tho splendid produc-
tion Of Faust" by Porter ]. Whites
excellent company. The scenery was al
new and the stage settings were very fine
making the stage picture beautiful beyond
anything seen at this theatre in a long
time.