The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-01-12
CLIPPINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
CURRENT

Monday was a cold day for the
blind tigers In Charleston Twenty
n OF them were convicted In the
city court Twenty-seven persons
charged with violation OF the dis
pensary ordinance applied for Jury
trial and will be Tie at the Febru-
airy term Of the court Three de-
PENDANTS were found not guilty sa
Monday, and two OF those indicted
were not to be found. -Four OF those
who pleaded guilty to the charge OF
violating the ordinance were fined
325 each. and seventeen were fined
$50 each or sentenced to ten days'
confinement in the county Jail. All
Of those convicted and sentenced
pleaded guilty to the charge made
against them. The 'demnition total"
of the ines imposed upon the vio-
lators of the ordinance was $3.50.
The city and state would get more
out Of the business II blind tigers
were regularly licensed to do bus-
ness. The ~Spartanburg Journal In
noting the convictions OF the blind
tigers in Charleston, says: Where
upon the thermometer dropped to %
and stayed below freezing all day.
Rain, sleet and snow commingled to
celebrate he occasion."-Charleston
News and Courier.
While Mr.. Bryan was net present
In body at the Mcclellan dinner in
New York on Monday night he sent
his greetings from midocean by wire
less telegraph, and this Is what he
said: William J. Bryan sends greet
tngs to the democrats assembled at
Sherry's. / wish you a Happy New
Year and hope you will have a bril-
liant success. My heart il with you.
Do not forget the western democrat,
who polled ~6,500.00O votes in 1900"
such Is the report maze IN a On
patch to The Baltimore Sun, at least
but we confess that we shall await
confirmation of it before we believe
that even Mr.. Bryan. who Is not
overmodest of himself. could make
such a bald presentation of his per-
sonality and introduce a leering
skeleton at the feast. He might
nave left the remembrance Of him
self to the company and not come
forward to insist that the democracy
should not forget its little Willy
Charleston Post.
1t seem that great pressure is be-
ing brought to bear upon Charles f.
Murphy, the Tammany boss. to have
Tammany declare in favor of Will
liam r. Hearst as the democratic
nominee for the presidency. lam
many Is under some obligations to
Mr.. Hearst and his newspaper, but
appears to be reluctant to take the
proposed step. At present all that
1t sees it's way clear to do is to
promise that the organization will
not be committed to any one prior
to the state convention.-R1chmond
Times-Dispatch-
The college student who resents an
nffnrf 70 hn-o Es~
right to defend himself as any other
person. He may be so constituted
that he does not regard an assault
committed upon him by college stu
dents as any less to- be resented han
an assault made 5y thugs In the
street. The distinction between be-
ing mauled and bruised by a mob
of mice young men, and a mob OF
unpretent' GUS toughs is altogether
transcendental one.-Norfolk Land
lark.
Dispatches from Pekin say tina
Russian junior officers in Aanchurfa
are so certain Of winning In the
fight with japan that they despise
tire enemy. Now Russia is, OF
course much more powerful than
Japan, a little stronger in tonnage
or sea and vastly stronger in foot
and horse ashore: but Russia must
do her fighting extensively; her ar
my will be far from it's base of sup
plies and there must therefore be az
limit to the size of the force that the
car can keep in the 7eld in Nam
churia n Corea. Japan Is near at
hand with just about a half million
trained soldiers And these men,
Judging by their conduct in the Ja-
pan-China war and by their de-
meanor alongside of European and
American troops at the taking OF
Pekin, would be despised only by
fooE-Columbta State.