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

MI. George Foster Peabody of New
York is a southern man.0Charlotte
News.
Then he ought to have better sense
than to be touring the south with Mr..
Conference who says hat the ulterior
lobject OF the men engaged in this
Icrusade of education is social equal
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-06-21

After all the racke our government
has made over the kidnapping Of Per
dicaris it would be funny if it should
turn out that he is nc. an American
citizen.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-06-21

A noted e York bachelor IS TO
marry a rich widow, who has been
his client since the death of her for
mer husband. In this case the law
yer's advice TO the widow was doubt
less to husband her resources.-At-
lanta Journal.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-06-21

It seems hat hatred of Carter Har-
rison was worth more to Mr.. Hearst in
Illinois than a dropsical pocketbook.-
Washington Post.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-06-21
Death Of a Soldiers Home Inmate
Specia to The Messenger

Raleigh, ~. c., June 17.-At the
Soldiers Home this evening Alex. Ste
venson died very suddenly of argrua
pectoris.. He was from Forsythe
county and entered the home 2 years
ago and was aged IL He served I'm
Company G.. Fifty-third regiment
North Carolina troops.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-06-21

Only one remedy in the world that
will at once stop itchiness OF the skin
in any part of the body; Doan's Oint-
ment. At any drug store, so cents.
The daily sentinel., 1904-10-15

Superintendent Mcclure hardly
knows what the county would do
W without him as a superintendent of
schools? We believe that the gentle
man who the democrats have placed
in nomination would fill that position
with equally as much grace and far
more capacity than the complaisant
Mr.. Mcclure.
The daily sentinel., 1904-10-15

The defense of the extravaganza
of the county officersby our republican
contemporary is almighty weak.
For what those officers did for that
publication in presenting it news
paper plant. they ought to do, or at
least attempt to do. something in
return worthy of account.
The daily sentinel., 1904-10-15

A thousand democrats need to be
registered in Mesa county in the
next week. The stay lat homes
among the democrats this year will
be few anu far between. The repub-
licans have many a time in this county
piled up the majority through the
apathy of democracy.
The daily sentinel., 1904-10-15

The canvass that the democratic
candidates are making in the county
has no flies on it whatever. 1t
means business and there is little
sentiment. They believe that they can
fulfill the duties of the office satisfac-
torily to the taxpayers and they ask
their votes on that basis.
The daily sentinel., 1904-10-15

Tho "big fve'' have told the
county central committee of the re-
publican party that they will be quiet
in this campaign. Watch them bob
up in command after election is over
to rule the roost if the republicans
should win.
The daily sentinel., 1904-10-15
COUNTY TICKET.

For Representative:
Herman W. Kluge ......................Pa Palisade
For Judge:
Henry r. Rhone. e................. Grand Junction
For Treasurer:
James rage. .......-..-....-.- w nlteWater
For Clerk and Recorder:
w. G. Boyer r.............. Grand Junction
For Sheriff:
Charles F. Schrader Grand Junction
For Assessor:
D. Is. feugh... .ohlpes
For Superintendent of Schools:
c. b. Pitts .Collbran
For Coroner:
DIR. A. G. Taylor. Grand Junction
For Surveyor:
Charles w. Haskell s.......G Grand Junction
For Commissioner First District:
James u. Harris s..............G Grand Junction
For Commissioner, Third District:
L. s. Barnard ..........................-. Mesa
The daily sentinel., 1904-10-15
Intended for Business Men.

asserted
behalf
considerable than
ity in his favor
Why explained hypothesis
labor unions
flame Naturally property
proscriptve policy
by he resent
pol
remember that the wage himself like privileges of
alliance allowed
privilege organizing would in time ruthless
slave kelly
working America a revolution.
believe Peabody exercised
will labor making
upbuilds And the Peabody policy
has persecution and simple.
which shall all the line in all occupations
and the initial step the disruption of labor unions OF
At thought might business
sufferer tina" the boe The workers constitute more than three
Everywhere will found that business prosperity dependent
we'll paid labor And labor best paid intelligent and lawful
organized
The policy of cheap labor digging for
his 10
the Business will necessarily
the 3d. day man uppaned by soo day for just that difference
will circulation
citizenship will be along with it,
camps
What business establishments there?
The city of Pueblo. mnufac
turing working
will inevitably decline So
where the blight labor decends
The Sentinel has tried to enumera involved
cheapenng
Peabody
andu
Would
puted maste of the situatio wi hat WOO
10
the osazaton
meansc ion
prescription and vain blot
The daily sentinel., 1904-10-15
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

NATIONAL TICKET.
For President:
ALTON B. PARKER. R.................N New York
For Vice President:
HENRY G. DAVIS. West Virginia
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-29
VAR VIEWS OF EXPERTS.
Imminence of a Great Battle-The
mysterious Third Army.
rrRoM THE TRIBUNE BUREAu.l

Washington, June 2S-General Kuropatkin's
report Of the new positions Of the Japanese
forces sustains the military view here that an
important engagement between the opposing
armies is imminent unless there is authority for
the statement from St. Petersburg that the Rus
sian commander has decided to withdraw his
command northward. There IS some slight
reason to credit the report since Kuropatkin's
message to the Car contains the information
that tho Russians IN the engagement Of June 20
I'm the Mo-Tien-F en-Shui and Tia passes found
themselves IN the presence OF a superior force
again.
There IS a growing impression that the Rus
SLAMS have failed of some important. not to say
vital expectations OF their leaders. else 1t would
not occur that retreat is so frequently necessary
before the advancing enemy. The japanese
plan of campaign in Manchuria appears TO have
been sagacious TO the extent of furnishing forces
OF sufficient strength to GUST the Russians and If
1t shall appear that the Russians are still bent
on a northward march. American military ex-
perts say there will shortly be left no other
conclusion than that the Japanese are in a po-
sition of advantage. Just how valuable or en-
during will be that advantage, no one here will
undertake to guess but It leaves the situation
very much TO the immediate profit of the Japa-
nese. whatever the future may produce with
its employment of the latent powers of the Rus
SLAMS.
To-day's news is not considered, however as
removing the likelihood OF n collision. since
there is n feeling that the Japanese may have so
arranged their plans as To compel a fight
gardess of the Russian intentions to avoid bat
tie. There has been some discussion to-day OF
that mysterious third army of the Japanese.
command of which little has been heard in
weeks and which must be somewhere In Man
churia. The possibility of IL has suggested the
reproduction OF the Won Moltke policy of using
a third army for flank attack. If there is to be
a big battle, American officers figure out that
it is likely to take place near LIao-Yang, If they
correctly judge of the relative positions and the
movements of the RussaIls and japanese.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-29
See opposite page for subscription rat

On May "A Michael J. Degnon of the Degnon
Contracting Company, made the following state
ment TO a Tribune reporter:
Forty-second-st from Fourth TO sjxtb-ave
VIII be restored by my company to its normal
condition, with nothing TO obstruct traffic, by
week from next Saturday night. This promise
can be depended upon. The worst of everything
rs IN sight just now. but we are making rand
progress, and the merchants and others inter
ested viii not have TO wait longer than ten days
and possibly We can get everything shipshape a
little before.
Mr. Degnon's promise, published in The Trib-
une the next day, May % excited much inter
est, aroused feeble hope and caused a close
watch to be kept on the men at work in Forty
seeond-st As the days passed evidence accl
mulated that the contractors really intended
10 Keep their pledge. There was great actiyity
ali along the line, obstacles disappeared rapidlv
under the extraordinary pressure and The Trib-
nne was able 10 report that on Saturday even
ING June g. Forty-second-st. presented an I'M
broken surface from Fifth-ave. 10 Broadway
while from Fffth-ave. east to Park-aye. the
transformation, though not complete was re-
markable and gratifying. In consideration OF
me efforts put forth TO accomplish these results.
there was a general willingness 10 give credit
70 the Degnon Contracting Company for hav-
ing recognized at last it's responsibility for the
protracted miseries which its operations In
torty-second-st had caused. and for an honest
though belated determination 10 finish the ioh
as soon as possible
But II quickly became evident that tho work
mus rushed along was of a makeshft charac-
yer ana or no real value TO the public Scarce
~ nae the surface Of the street been restored
ana The Hitter removed when the vorkmen
began to tear II up again. and from that
DAY 10 this they have done with It as they
pleased, in exact accordance with their for
iner practice The shopkeepers who Thought
Their troubles were over have been subjected 70
just The same sort Of abuses which had worn
out thelr patience during years of affiiction.
ana some OF them are sure that special hard.
SHIPS have resulted from their published com.
plants. In short, II is hardly possible TO doubt
mat The contractors, when they promised ia
restore PROFESSIONALS Ito its normal condi.
uon by June q, with nothing to obstrrct traf
nc, mad no expectation or intention of really
nn'shing their work that date planned Ia
reproduce the old chaotic conditions almost
immediately thereafter, and were merely de
srous TO avert an avalanche Of public indigna
non by pledge which meant nothing. Theil
sudden ana active efforts 10 clear and nave thu
street. wEich al the time seemed honorable and
deserving OF appreciation, now look cheap AM
lapudent. They set out to fool the public. OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-29
THE BIGGEST SHIP AFLOAT

The Baltic. which starts on her maiden voy-
age across the Atlantic this week, was built
primarily with view to securing enormous
freight capacity, although she has excellent ac-
cOmmOdatiOns for passengers. This steamship
embodies the same principles as the Celtic and
the Cedric, also belonging to the White Star
Line. She is one Of the few vessels now afloat
which are longer than they are. The length Of
the Celtic and her twin sister is 200 feet The
Oceanic surpasses them by four feet, the Kaiser
Wilhelm II by six and a half and the Baltic
by twenty-five. 1t is easy TO understand, there
fore, that in respect TO displacement the Baltic
is practically without Il rival Although the
two freight steamers built at New-London for
Mr.. Hills use on the Pacific are much shorter
they are deeper than any OF the vessels Just
named, and perhaps they will carry as much
freight as the new White Star liner. Unfortu-
nately, however. they are not now running
The Baltic, then, has the honor OF being the
biggest ship in actual service on any sea-
No attempt has been made TO obtain speed
with the Baltic. She is not expected TO travel
faster than sixteen and a half or seventeen
knots an hour For the whole transatlantic
voyage she will need at least one day more
than the Oceanic and two days more than
the Deutschland. To a great many people
who cross the ocean the difference will. not be
the steadiness of so huge a vessel will prove
strong attraction. To the owners Of the vessel
Of course. low speed will be advantageous be-
cause it affects the fuel consumption. The en-
gines OF the Kaiser Wilhelm ii develop close
TO 10000 horsepower, those Of the Oceanic
about $1,000 and those Of the Baltic are rated
at only 1900. The amount Of coal burned
bears fixed proportion to the power deYel.
oped. Though the Oceanic and the Kaiser
Wilhelm III make better time than the Baltic
one Of them should consume twice as much fuel
daily, and the other fully thrice as much. It
costs a great deal of money TO run express
steamer. and their owners sometimes ask them
selves whether speed pays.
The Kaiser Wilhelm ii just now enjoys the
reputation Of being the swftest of all the ocean
liners. few days ago she made the run from
NewYork to Plymouth at the average rate of
23.5S knots an hour. The best previous rec
ord that of the Deutschland 23.5 knots.
AS the former vessel has more powerful engines
than the latter ii is doubtful whether the Ka-
ser has yet shown how nimble she can be.
Her designers hoped that she would develop
fully 24 knots, but she has never done so for
whole voyage. 1t reported few weeks
ago that she had maintained that speed for a
single day, after being equipped with new pro-
pellers. The statement has not been verified,
but il is credible. 1t may suit the purposes Of
the North German Lloyd Company to show that
they have the fastest steamer in the world and
at the same time refrain from exhibiting her
superiority fully. When the Cunard Company
begins to run those long talked of 25-knOt boats
perhaps the world may discover that the Ger
man steamer has never done her prettiest.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-29
TILE RATTLE.

A hattie of considerable magnitude seems 30
Lave been fought or to be impending, in Shing-
King. So much is made practically certain by
official dispatches from the seat of war. Gen
eral kuropatkin reports frankly that on Sunday
the japanese advanced against his forces and
drove them back. They did more than that.
They gained full possession Of the three chief
mountain passes near Hai-Cheng and Lao
Yang Six hours Of severe fighting were re-
CURED TO accomplish this in which the Japan
csc seem TO have suffered less than the Rus
slams They attacked the Russians with su-
perlor numbers and also with superior strategy,
outaanking them at both sides. The Japanese
army chiefly engaged is spoken of as the Iaiu-
Shan army The reference is not TO Taku-Shan
the coast of the COrean Gulf, but to another
place of the same name inland, little north
west of Feng -Wang-Cheng.
Now the situation is this: The Japanese are
close to Lao Yang and Hai-Cheng the passes
which they have taken being less than thirty
miles away from those places They are also in
command OF pass leading north of Lao Yang.
SO TO threaten the road between that place
and AIOukden. There is no indication at what
point the chief Japanese strength will be de-
veloped. They may pour through against Hal
Cheng or against Liao-Yang or between those
places TO cut the Russian lines asunder, or yet
north Of Liao-Yang to cut it off from Moukden
ana lDuS 10 SURROUND Tue NuOlt Oh .
army. AS for the Russian plan of campaign, it
consists in opportunism General Kuropatkin
seems to he waiting for the japanese 10 take
the initiative in the hope that when they do at
tack him he will be able to defend himself. We
have hitherto shown how heavy are the odds
against his being able to do so, and the actual
reports of the case indicate that he IS not able
to hold his ground. If the Japanese feint back
ward, he follows but when they strike resolute-
~. as on Sunday, he is forced to retreat.
Now II is reported. on what is said TO be good
authority. that he is about TO retreat northward
to Moukden. To do so would be 10 abandon
Hat-Cheng, Liao-Yang and New Chwang. We
can scarcely believe that he is making so great
q sacrifice. To do so would be to confess that
in all Southern Manchuria the japanese have
been too strong for the Russians 1t may he
that that will ultimately happen. but surely the
great fighting general" of Russia will not sur
render so important n place without a harder
blow than any that has yet been struck.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-29
FOURTH OF JULY TETANUS.

No less than 400 deaths from lockjaw oc-
Cured in this country last year, shortly after
the Fourth of July. in consequence of indiscreet
methods of celebra ting the nations birthday.
Iii addition 10 these cases there were nearly
four thousand more in which the symptoms Of
the same disease appeared, but which did not
terminate fatally, to say nothing of injuries
which made ten persons totally blind and sew
enty-five others partially so. The accuracy of
the record is beyond doubt. The statistics were
collected in a particularly painstaking manner
10y The Journal OF the American Medical AS
ISOLATION Whether or not there will be an
even more horrible story to tell this season, no
one can yet say. There has been steady and
rapid increase in the amount Of harm done in
this way within the last few years. How much
longer it WIFI continue remains TO be seen. Not
until August, perhaps, can q complete census
he takeH again and a fresh comparison be in
stituted.
The chief source Of the mischief is now clear
~ recognized In the vast majority of instances
the development of the symptoms Of lockjaw
followed the infection Of comparatively trifing
wounds by blank cartridges fired in toy pistols
To a mucn smaller extent the giant irecracker
also contributed to the same end. 1t has been
estimated that if the children and adults who
INDUCED their patriotic instincts by making a
paper caps lin their pistols and torpedoes, not
over one in twenty of the casualties reported
would have been possible.
The responsibility having been thus fixed the
question arises how can the evil be most eff
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-29
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
IFRoM THE TRIBUNE BUREAU

IFROM THE TRIBUNE SOfSEAO'i
wasbinpton June 2S.-President Roosevelt was
invited TODAY to attend the annual encampment
of the Pennsylvania National Guard at Gettysburg
on IuIv o. and the unwilling of monument to the
199d Nevy-York Volunteers the battlefield wnere
EarIv was repulsed the latter ceremony TO take
place on July u. He told the veterans who calieu
that he would be glad to attend, but as ne "oulu
be at his home at Oyster Bay on the days se' A'iS
presence was out of the question
President Roosevelt to-day bade official goOdoy
TO two Cabinet members. Attorney General AhoA
and Secretary Cortelyou OF the Department. oA
Commerce and Labor will both sever their cohiec-
ton with his administration on June 3D. Nlctof n
1re+caIf and Paul Morton who to assume
charge of the departments or commerce anu 49,
and the Navy respectively. are expected in Wash
tnrton before the end Of the week. and will prob
ably attend Fridays Cabinet meeting. On tnal
day, William H Moody, now Secretary OF the
NAVY will become Attorney General
The President has decided on July Is as the oate
or his return from Oyster Bay after his first nome
going which will be on Saturday next lie VIII
probably remain in Washington from July q until
after the middle Of August. when he will again pc
take himself TO Long Island remaining there until
his final return to Washington in the latter part
Of September.
Two carloads Of White House effects Will start
for Oyster Bay tomorrow morning. One or the
cars will contain the Presidents horses and the
other typewrters, stationery and records that are
needed by the clerical force accompanying the
Chief Magistrate. The executive offices will be In
the second story of the building occupied by
Is the building used by the Presidents office force
last wear and while 1t is not all that could be
desired for the purpose it is the best obtainable
in OXyste
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-29
FAvoRs ROOT FOR GOVERNOR.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: The Republican party confidently expects 10
carry the State this fall. and to that end every
energy will be bent. The result, however. is not
yet such a certainty that afford to be care
less safely neglect the slightest advantage
In this great struggle the personality of can
didate for Governor will be important factor
and may very possibly determine the result. There
fore 1t is essential that the party should select
for the head the State ticket its strongest avail
able man. But who is strongest available man?
To that question there be but one answer
Ehu Root.
Many other respected leaders have been men
toned for the nomination. but IL cannot be claimed
that any other would be strong candidate
the former Secretary of War There are other
men who could. and probably would, be victorious
With Root however should be taking no
chances; success would be certain. His name
would strengthen any ticket at the very least it
would pull through some local candidates In close
districts, and IL would help materially even such
But II is said that Secretary Root does not want
the nomination. Was Fairbanks anxious for the
Vice Presidency2 Did not Hanna once try 10 avoid
q Senatorship? And not Roosevelt nominated
for Vice-President against his wllP Elihu Root Is
a good Republican. and his loyalty TO the party
nominees will overcome this reluctance when he
realizes that his consent VIII make the ticket i'm
pregnable.
Nominate Root. lie will obey his party's call
Keep up the high standard set by the adninistra-
tions of Roosevelt and Odell. and take New-York
definitely out of the column OF doubtful States.
STANLEY III. RENTON.
Brooklyn. June "a. 1904.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-29

fectuaIly averted? A number of physicians
have suspected that the germs of tetanus' Whlch
often abound in dirt, were introduced INTO the
cartridges in the process Of manufacture, IlaFlnS
first obtained access to the material useu tor
wadding through lack Of cleanliness on the
mart of the operatfves The makers of car
tridoes however. have led 1.-THE Journal OF the
American Medical Association TO regard lhaI
theory with skepticism. Hence the presumption
is that the infection resulted from carr! my
into tho wound 3 little outside dirt as 1t does
when lockjaw follows an injury 10 the piIe
foot from stepping on an old nall Ii TINS DE
correct view of the matter, it Is douDt1u!
whether any previous inspection OF STOCK Which
is exposed for sale by persons designated by
rho BOARD of Health would do mu9h good 1t
might he impossible thus to find fenough evil
dence To warrant confscation and destruction
of the cartridges In the course OF tlhe' Vi
course. n considerable number of parents ana
guardians will perceive the danger so dlsunctiy
as TO prevent their children from using Toy
pistols Still, education is a slow process ana
those who need 1t most-the 1Ilterate-hay
never be reached by it at all. A complete pro-
hibiton of the sale of,toy pistols by law, there
fore seems to be the best if not the only, policy
10 be adopted The suggestion looks severe;
hut so grave a situation certainly demands
resort TO radical measures.
Parents and other people who are charged
with the care OF little folk should bear in mind
during the next few days the wisdom of sum-
moning doctor to pass Judgment upon every
injury inflicted by a toy pistol, no matter how
slight Such a wound should not be treated
like cut or n burn. 1t should be cleansed with
antiseptlcs before it is dressed Furthermore,
it will be judicious to make prompt use OF the
antitoxin of tetanus The value of this or any
other remedy after the development of the dis
ease is open to question. The efficacy of the
serum depends mainly upon its employment
soon enough to act as a preventive. No one
knows this better than a trained physician.
Hence the sooner he is asked to deal with the
case the better the prospect of fortunate
SEQUEL