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The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-11-04
SITUATION is PUZZIING.
Japanese Are SIioming Greater Ac-
tivity-Wcather Is Fine and Crisp.

Mukden, Nov. 1.-The situation is
rather puzzling. Neither side appdr-
rently is willing to assume q genuine
offensive, although the japanese are
showing greater activity. They are
fortifying themselves, however, as if
they intended to winter in their pres
ent positions. TWO Russian cavalry
detachments on Friday night carriel
out a reconnaissance along both sides
of Hun river in the direction of Ma
chanting and Sandiapu and Saturday
night some volunteers reconnoitered
the Japanese trenches in front OF Lone
Tree Hill. Firing from three signal
posts created great excitement in the
japanese lines.
The weather is fine and crisp. The
curing smoke Of camp fires is every
whore to be seen. Some Of the Russian
officers scurry about in automobiles.
Yesterday there was a splendid spec
tac!e when Major General Kondrato-
witch distributed 418 crosses of st.
George to his Siberian division for
services covering the fighting from Va
fangow to the retreat from Lao Yalsg.
The division has been constantly in the
thick of the fighting. Many of the he
roes designated for decorations have
since been killed Or are scatteredin the
various hospitals between here and
Harbin.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-11-04
STILL POPULAR AT HOME.
Governor Aycock Addresses n Wayne
Audience-Improvem 10 Electric
Light Plant
Especial to The Messenger)

Especial to The Messenger)
Goldsboro, n. c., November 2..-The
city electric light plant is undergoing
extensive repairs under the excellent
supervision of the superintendent, Mr..
John s. Dortch. For some Tine past
the street lights have been very unsat-
isfactory, a circumstance which was
due to the fact that the boilers
would not generate sufficient steam &c
carry the load of lights which had
been placed upon them. Today Mr..
Dortch Is unloading two two hundred
horse power boilers. which will be
placed In position and when they are
located there will be sufficient steam
power to furnish all the light that the
wires can carry. One of the old boil
ers has already been taken out OF po-
sition to make room for the new one
and the other old boiler will be taken
out as soon as one of the new ones
has been placed In position.
The members Of the Country Club
are just now making some phenomenal
catches of fish in their spacious fish
pond over at Genoa. The pond szyas
copiously stocked w>Gh black bass last
fall from the government fisheries.
These fish have already grown TO 4
large size and the club members are
just beginning 20 enjoy the delightful
and exhilerating pastime that catching
fish affords as well as the foothsome
feasts incident thereto at their we'll
appointed and commodious club rooms,
which are situated close to the banks
OF the pond, in one OF the most beau
tiful rustic sites that Wayne county
affords.
Governor Aycock was greeted by a
large crowd OF the sturdy farmers OF
the Sasser's mill section today. where
ne made an address. The governor
has lost none of his popularity among
the people OF his county and it Is evil
dent from the applause which greeted
every climax in his eloquent Grafton
that he has lost none of his ability as
q speaker.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-11-04

superintendent OF public instruction
for his loyal support and his interest
in examining the histories used In the
public schools OF the state She urged
the importance OF having only such
histories taught to the youth OF North
Carolina that would give the truthful
facts relating to the war and the south
1t was decided tina, the children's
chapters Of North Carolina remain
auxillaries to the mother chapter.
A few changes were made in the by
laws of the constitution.
Mrs. Moffitt suggested that the
Daughters OF the Confederacy publish
a paper in connection with its work
to be used as the official organ OF the
state division The suggestion was re-
ceiyed with the general approval O.
the convention and Mrs. JARVIS. our
able honorary vice president was ap-
pointed to take charge OF the work
One morning session was given up
to the reading of chapter reports,
which showed fine work being done in
marking the graves OF the Confeder-
ate dead. sending laural wreathes for
the graves OF the veterans who DIE,
contributions to memorial windows for
Father Ryan. also contributions TO
other memorials including the George
Davis memorial to be erected in Wit
nlington.
An oil portrait of the late Matt II
Ransom will be placed by the Daugh-
tiers in the North Carolina room OF
the Confederate museum in Richmond,
Va
Morganton was selected as the next
place of meeting for the convention.
The following officers for the ensu-
ing year were elected:
President, Mrs. II. a. London, Pitts
boro: First Vice President, Mrs. Hun
ter Smith, Fayetteville: Second Vice
President, Mrs. W. S. Parker, Hende--
son; Third Vice President, Miss Tate.
| Morganton; Recording Secretary, Mrs.
Williams. Newton; Corresponding Sec
retary, Mrs. Aston, Pittsboro; Treas
| urer, Miss Mary Oliver. Newton; Reg
| fstrar, Mrs. A L. Smith, Charlotte:
Historian, Miss. Rebecca Cameron
| Hlllsboro. G. NJ. s.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-11-04
Death of Miss Ida n. Mooney.


The following notice from The Wash
ington Star will be of interest to many
old time Wilmington people, who knew
the venerable lady whose death it rec
ords. Miss Moore and her sister, the
late Mrs. Harvey, were the ladies who
presented the tablet that was placed
by the Colonial Danes on the walls
of Old Brunswick church several years
ago. She was the last of her immediate
family all of whom lived to a ripe old
age, and all of whom loved the Cape
home.
Mss Ida N. Moore of No. 1879 Q
street, who died last Saturday evening
at the Venerable age of ninety years,
was the last immediate member of a
family which had resided in the Dis
trict for the greater part of a century.
She was born in North Carolina, a
daughter of Colonel Maurice Moore of
that state, and was therefore a lineal
descendant of the Colonel Maurice
Moore who was one of the early colo
nial magnateS and who founded the
town of brunswick, on the Cape Fear
river, and also gave land for the old
church Of st. Philips, whose walls still
stand. This cd church was a cherish
ed relic of the past, to the mainten-
ance of which Miss Moore contributed
generously.
James E. Harvey. long prominent here
in nd n6 ~io1 -nY-ly n
American minister to Portugal during
the civil war. Miss Moore made her
home with them in Washington and
with her sister after Mr. Harvey s
death
About five years ago Miss Moore, who
up 10 that time had been wonderfully
active, became hopelessly bedridden
as the result of a fall, and shortly af-
terward suffered the great misfortune
Of the death of Mrs. Harvey, which
occurred in March, 1900. Since then
Miss Moore had been patient suffer-
er. often at the point of death, but as
tonishing all who knew her by her
calmness and courage under her affiic-
tions. in what the poet Heine eloquent
ly termed "a mattress grave,
Owing to her retiring disposition and
the almost merging of her existence
with that of her sister, Mrs. Harvey,
Miss Moore was not well known to 50
many people as was the latter. Those
who did know her admired her as a
devout christian of the Episcopal COM
munion, possessed Of fine and culti-
waited mind, a sympathetic heart and a
gentle dignity of character. She was
a members of the North Carolina Soci-
ETY. of Colonial Danes and ably second
ed her sister in many charitable and
philanthropic works, though she pre-.
ferred always that her own name be
not known in them.
Her funeral will take place from st.
Thomas church Tuesday afternoon at
o'clock and she will be laid to rest
in Rock Creek cemetery.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-11-04

aPrepared fer The Messenger.)
The convention of the North Carolina
division of the U. D. c., which met in
Fayetteville on the 26th and ad-
journed on the 2Sth of October, had a
most delightful time.
Too much cannot be said in praise
Of the hospitality Of the ]. E. b. Suart
chapter, whose guests the delegates
were, and the people of Fayetteville,
to the convention.
The delegates, with their hosts ana
hostesses, were charmingfy entertain
ed by the ]. E. B. Stuart chapter at
an evening reception in the knights
Of Pythias hall on the night Of the
opening day of thee onvention3 at an
afternoon tea given by Mrs. Herbert
Lutterloh at her lovely home on Hay
mount; a reception followed by n
dance given by the F. 1. L. I. and &
drive to Tokay, the hoSpitable and
elegant home of Col. and Mrs. Whar-
ton Green, where they were entertain
ed from until 6. The guests signed
their names in the guests book, with
Confederate flag on the cover, using
the ink out of an inkstand which had
been the property of Jefferson Davis.
Miss Keppler of ASheville presided
st the meetings-she having been first
vice president until the death of Ms.
F. a. Olds when she succeeded as
T resident.
The morning session of the first day
was opened with a prayer by the Rev.
Isaac Hughes, followed by an address
of welcome by the president of the
]. z. B. Stuart chapter, Mrs. Hunter
G. Smith, also an address by Mr.. J. H.
Myrover, whose talk was a gem OF
fine oratory, highly appreciated and
enjoyed. Mrs. Henry London respond
ed gratefully in behalf of the conv ven
ton.
After the preliminary exercises the
convention adjourned to hold a memo
rial service for the late president Mrs.
Mrs. F. "A. Olds. Many beautiful and
fitting tributes were paid to her men,
Dry.
There were several matters of I'M
portance and interest brought before
the convention, but too many togive
a detailed account.
The 23rd of August was selected as
the day for the presentation of the
crosses Of honor to the veterans This
day was chosen in honor of the Fay
etteville independent Light Infantry.
the second oldest military company in
the United States, as it is the anniver-
sary Of their organization, and-as
Miss Hettie James added-we shouIu
honor them. because they always wor,
the gray. The plan for a monument
to the North Carolina Confederate
dead to be combined with the Stronach
memorial was laid before the conven-
ton by Miss Moffitt of Raleigh. 1t
Is to be in the form of an aisle and
will be placed at the entrance to the
Confederate monument i'm Raleigh
Each chapter in the state will be asked
TO contribute stone and the nome of
to contribute a stone and the name of
MIS- Brooks, matron OF the Soldiers
Home in Raleigh, read an interesting
report on the home, telling how the
veterans enjoyed its many comforts
and adding that she would let 1t be
known later the needs of the home.
Mrs. Wills, chairman of the historical
committee, gave a decidedly interest
Ing talk on the work done by this conf
nhittee. She paid a. compliment to the
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-11-04

We see that on January 1st next
new law goes into effect in Norfolk
regulating attendance at the theatres
and other places of amusement to sell
tickets of admission to the number OF
seats in the building. This does away
with standing room tickets and
seats in the isles. 1t is a good thing
for the safety and protection in case
of fire or other disaster, Of those who
have been so fortunate as to secure
seats, but it is hard on the theatre
managers and the public generally on
occasion of popular play or perform
ance.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-11-04

The death of the young man whose
body was found on top Of the bank
building in Montgomery, Ala, should
be warning to all young men to live
within their means. While his death is
still a mystery, there can be no doubt
that he met his death while attempting,
in some manner, to use criminal means
to make good his shortage either in
living expenses or in his accounts with
his employers.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-11-04
RECENT ENGAGEMENTS REPORT.
Ell


st. Petersburg, Nov. IA dispatch
from General Kuropatkin under cur
rent date announces that the engage
ments were reported last night.
General Sakaharoff, telegraphing
yesterday. reports that reconnois-
sances were made October 30 on tie
Russian flank in a southwesteriy di-
rection to a chain of mountains south
of the village of Sandzytsy where VOL
unteer sharp shooters and half q
squadron of Cossacks drove a campa-
ny of Japanese infantry and a squad
ron OF cavalry out of the mountain
range. The Russians advanced three
miles southwest The same day Rus
sian cavalry made a strong reconna.s-
sance on the left bank of the Hun river
towards the fortified village of Futey-
anduadzy. The japanese were driven
out and the Russians occupied the vii
lage- The Japanese retired to a. fo-ti-
fed position mile and a half south
and opened a cross fire on two Russian
batteries. A squadron OF Cossacks at
tackled japanese battery and the
Russian scouts advanced. but meeting
with earth work and wire entangie-
ments they retired. The Cossacks lost
forty men killed or wounded.
General Sakharoff says:
The cavalry retired after haysog
ascerta1ned the enemy's numbers and
position
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-11-04
Strike i'm West Virginia Coal Mines.

Richmond, Va, November 2-Ac-
cording 70 advices received here today
from the Kanawha, w. Va, coal fields,
there is a strike on in some OF the
mines along the Chesapeake and Ohio
railway, with a prospect of all mines
in that region being tied up in like
manner in the near future, unless mat
ters in dispute are settled before the
end of this week. These advices say
that the strike was brought about by
the operators posting notices diserimi.
mating against Union men,
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-11-04

We see it in an exchange that the
Honorable E. Spencer Blackburn, re-
publican candidate for congress in the
Eighth district has received eight thou
sand dollars in cold cash from the re
publican campaign committee. If this
be true the Honorable z. Spencer
should be very we'll content with his
defeat (Which he will have to put up
with whether content or noD for if
elected he would not receive but ten
thousand dollars, barring perquisites ct
cetra, and out of this ten thousand
must come all expenses of life in Wash
ington. We would suggest to friend
E. spencer to take the eight thousand
and stay at home.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-11-04
VERY GOOD PERFORMANCES.
Fair Sized Audience Greeted Prescnsa
tion OF Urls Last Night.

A fair sized audience greeted jean
ne Fowler at the Academy OF Music
last night in the presentation OF Iris"
The company Is a very well halanced
one and Frederic Sumner as Lawrence
Merow1th and James E Wilson as
Frederick Maidonado were very good
IN their respective parts. Iris Beiiarny
lsiiss Towler) Is an excellent actress.
Dut at times she lacks enthusiasm
The play Is all right Of It's kind. but
the plot Is not Of the highest order and
was rather distasteful TO some.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-11-04

They say that Tom Taggart is eoin,
10 carry Indiana First we'd heard a
Toms running for anything--Atlante
Journal
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s The Japanese can no longer be called
a heather people Minister Takabfra
is to be operated ON for appendicitis.A
Atlanta Journal.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-11-04
Columbus, Ohio, May 40, 1903

= Columbus, Ohio, May 40, 1908
Six years ago had severe attack oi
Infarnmatory Rheumatism. was laid mp
In bed for six months, and the doctors I
had did me no good They changed med
icines every week and nothing they pre-
scribd seemed to help me. Finally be
gan the use of S. S. S. My knee and elbow
joints were swollen terribly, and at one
time my joints were so swollen and pain
full that could not close them when
opened. I was so bad that I could not
move knee or foot. was.getting discour-
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S., but as I saw it was helping me contin-
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and have never had return of the disease.
s. S. S. purified my blood and cured me
of this severe case of Rheumatism after
everything else had failed. I have rec
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goes directly into the circulation and at.
tacks the disease itself. 1t purifes and re-
stores the blood to a healthy, vigorous
condition. 1t contains no potash, alkali or
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-11-04

Hives are a terrible torment to the
little felix's. Instant relief permanent
cure, at any drug store, 80 cents.
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u. ID. c. CONVENTION.

j. Z. Il. Stuart Chapter Entertain
ed Delegates i'm Most Hospitable
Manner.
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The Swift Specific Company, Atlanta, Ga.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-11-04

mother houd be source ALL but the sE6ering and
danger incident makes its anticipation OF misery
Mothers Friend the which relieves OF the great
pain danger which dreaded
seve trial is only painless but all the danger avoided
gloomy; other distressing conditions
made ready for the coming event and ene
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-27

OF copper wire buried In the apparatus
must all be wound with fine silk
thread, or covered with rubber ineu-
iation, while where the wires Join. that
there may be no loss OF energy and
no Interference from other electrical
Impulses, the union must be made with
bits OF solder there being over 1000. 900
OF these joints In a standard board.
There Is hardly mechanical trade
which Is not represented In the manu-
facture OF the Bell telephone apparatus
and most OF the machinery has been
invented IS required. Bits Of steel
and copper are stamped out and
shaped BY the hundreds OF Thousands
for uso in the switchboards. BraldinR
machines are constantly at work max
ing the familiar green silk covering Of
the wires which are exposed to view In
the houses and offices.
The making OF the telephone cable
which appears 10 the ordinary observ-
er Ike lead pipe involves many in
tereating processes. for that lead COW
ering must be perfectly air-tight and
the wires within II free from moisture.
These wires. as many as 1900 being
placed In a single cable. are each wrap
ped IN paper and after this n done
and they are assembled IN the sheath
they are thoroughly cooked IN huge
oven 10 drive out any grace 81 mois-
ture. The finer work OF construction
carried on in Chicago ~ done IN fac
tory building which affords over twen~
ty-One acres Of floor space and accom-
modates nearly 5000 employees.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-27

as a variation of two ten-thousandths
of an inch from the standard thick
ness is defect which condemns the
instrument.
Receiver for Every Trnnsmitter.
While in one portion Of the great
factory, transmitters are made by the
thousand, elsewhere receivers are
out in equal numbers. The receiver,
in its ordinary form, is familiar as
a hard rubber cylinder. with one end
faring outward and surrounding q
small opening back of which is a
diaphragm. In that rubber case, there
is no magical black powder but there
is apparatus so delicate that it will
transform the minute telephone wave,
which may have travelled a thousand
miles. into exact reproductions of the
sounds caught by the transmitter and
sent on the long journey.
The central feature Of the receiver
is in the shape of that emblem of
good luck, the horseshoe. II is, in
fact, a horseshoe magnet around the
poles of which are wound many coils
of fine wire. Through this wire flows
the current and as it fiuctuates be-
cause that pinch Of powder In the dis
tant transmitter is varying its resist
ance, the changing power Of the
magnet keeps the diaphragm of the
receiver vibrating, setting in motion
the sound waves which fall upon the
listeners ear.
Every Part Tested.
The thousands Of trananitters and
receivers which constitute a part of
the days work in the factory receive
a great deal of careful attention after
they have been finished. When a new
al L. - In r,Ia Axr
company anywhere in this country the
subscriber receives an instrument
which has been so carefully tested that
It is known II will do good service
whether the person using II be talking
over a line one thousand feet or one
thousand miles long. Here in the fac
tory are men who spend their entire
working day listening to the words
which are flashed through the new IN
struments. The men who do this work
are especially selected after their hear
ing has been rigidly tested and they
become so expert that many instru-
ments are rejected for variations in
the volume or quality OF sound so
slight that no one else can detect
them.
While every instrument is known TO
be capable OF successful operation at
the end OF a thousand-mlle line. Il is
obviously impracticable 20 have a
thousand miles OF coiled wire IN a sin
gle room. so the engineers have de-
vised an ingenious apparatus which
develops an amount OF resistance as
the telephone current flows through II
equal to that found In n line Of the
desired length.
Voice-saving methods are used 10 as
slst the testers IN their work and the
man who holds the new receivers 10 his
ear Listens 10 the tones OF a phono-
graph. The tests are made by COM
pairing the new instruments with those
OF n known capacity but 30 highly
trained are the specialists IN this part
OF the work that merely listening at
the receiver shows them ~ once even
slight defect.
1000 Employees Kept Dusy.
The making OF transmittcrB and re-
ceiyors II small part " che activities
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-27

into contact with the nails and the
line remains unbroken; the magnet
holds them all securely.
At last he even attaches fatiron
to the hammer, and still II holds.
After various experiments of this
kind the performer tells his audience
that Mahomets coffin was formerly
supposed TO hang between heaven and
earth in equilibrium between two
masses of lodestone. This has been
pronounced impossible, but the per-
former assures his audience that the
things could be done.
He has a metal box In which lies
doll. He places 1t upon the generator
or box. and holds the magnet over II.
AS the magnet is raised, the box fol-
lows II steadily. As long as the mag
net is held up, the box containing the
doll remains suspended between the
generator and the magnet.
The performance is repeated with
tlatlron instead of a doll in a box.
Although the illusion, II skillfully
performed, is perfect, the means and
apparatus and, consequently, the ex-
PLANTATION Of how the trick is perform
ed, are almost absurdly simple.
All the articles lifted by the magnet
are strung with black wires. The mag
net itself has a wire fastened to the
middle OF the bend or arch above and
ending in a book below the armature
or little bar that is placed across the