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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-08
Man Must Forget.

NO." he said impatiently, II never
could dictate my work. To dictate one
must be able to forget the presence
of the stenographer, and hat is be
You'd me-"
Her eyes were full of earnest SYM
pathy.
But couldn't you get a man stenog-
rapher?" she asked.-Town Topics.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-08

And the band played Dixie. That Is
the bulletin from the convention hall
in st. Louis of the proceedings yester-
day. This followed the speech Of tenn
porary chairman John Sharp Williams.
Don't you know it raised a Rebel Yelf'
in that building.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-08

1t begins to look like Mr.. Bryan has
had his day. There is no more chance
for him in the democratic party. If he
wants to be a party leader he has got
to seek the position elsewhere than i'll
the democratic party. A man of less
vanity end more common sense would
have found this out by this time.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-08
An Even

(Which SIDE DO you think will win
tie Russians or the Japanese?"
well wien l LOOK at the portrait Of
a Russian general | always think he'll
tie other side to death, and
when l see the picture of a Jap gener-
al l can't see how the Japs al pos
sibly lose"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-08
No Countfn, on ,Em.

Greene-Yes. my wife's upstairs get
ting ready 10 so out. Oh. here she
comes. T. bet anything she'll ask
Aunt Jane # her hats on straight.
Mrs. Greene-Aunt Jane, l wish you'd
see if my skirt hangs even.-Boston
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-08

The three things which created the
yesterday were John Sharp Williams
speech. the mention Of Mr.. Cleveland's
name and Dixie played by h band.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-08

Jennie knew II was impolite when
dining out to say she disliked anything.
So one day she went to luncheon with
a little friend, whose mother asked her
to have some fruit which Jennie Gid
not like, but she did not want to be
rude, SO this was what she said:
mo, thanks; I had all I wanted Of ii
the last time."-Philadelphia Ledger.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-08

Some Comicad Sayings
By Little Men and Women

nAPA-why do you drink SO much
ice water, Betty? 1t makes you
ell the more thirsty.
Betty-Yes, i know, papa; but it
whets my appetite, and there's to be
wafies for supper.
Bobby 10 Sister-Where do 'spose I
went this afternoon?
Sister, don't know-where?
Bobby-Why, / went to o garden
fake.
Bobby said papa, show can you
put down nine strokes so that their to-
tai will equal one:"
why" answered Bobby refectively.
mine strokes just about equals one
~spankin'r'
Papa, is that an American half dol
lar?'
"Yes, Tommie. Why"
"Oh, yes,'now / see the broiled chick
en- ON the other side.'
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-08
~Cdrs0pdrill0

1t promptly neutralizes the acid in the
on which the disease depends. COM
pletely eliminates it, and strengthens the
system against Its return. Try Hoods.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-08

The Latest.
Another childhood pleasure one
With science we must grappIe-
A genius TAI arisen now
And made a seedless apple
When Johnny eats his modern fruit
The ease is a for Benny:
No need TO s him for the core,
Because there isn't any.
Philadelphia Post.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-08
Rheumatism

What is the use of telling the rheumatic
that he-feels as if his joints were being dis
He knows that his sufferings are very
much like the tortures OF the rack
What he rants to knoU fs la will per
|manentiy cure his disease.
That, according to thousands OF grateful
testimonials is
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-08

Bobbie three years rold)-Muvver,
what was / crying about anyway?
Mother-Why, because you broke
your balloon.
BobbieAOh, / remembek Boo-hoo!
Boo-heo-hoo!
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-08

Il an ordeal which ar
women approach with
iniescribahle fear, for
nothing compares with
the pain and horrer of
childbirth. The thought
Arizona republican., 1904-05-21
LAPS OUTNUMBERED.

rew Chwang. May 20.-Reports of the Japanese retreat to Feng Wang Cheng are officially confirmed. The Japanese numbering 10000 came upon the Rus aiuns numbering 32.O00 In a strong po- -ItIOn on Monday, sixty miles west of Feng Wang Cheng. It being unwise to risk a battle, the Japanese retreated in good order and with great rap.dity.
 Unofficial Russian authorities say a pitched battle was not fought, but 2 rumor says that there was considerable loss on both sides during clashes with the Cossacks harassing the fllnks of the Japanese The division was pre- sumably executing al reconna, ,ssance. The pursuit was checked when the main body of the Japanese was re- Joined. This apparently accounts for the withdrawal to an unknown destin- ation of the warships and transports from Tower Hill, ten miles north of I<ai Chaun, Liao Tung peninsula, and of renewed defensive activity at New Chwapg.
 According to the latest authentic re- ports received here. there were two divisions on the Yalu river, one moving on Kai Cheng. and the -other toward I.iao Yang, and it is believed that the Russians concentrated and struck the enemy south of Liao Yang, driving them back The reports say the losses were heavy.
Arizona republican., 1904-05-21
A PUEBLO COMMANDMENT
The Worst Hailstorm on Record Yes.
 terday.

Pueblo, Colo, May 2O.-Pueblo and vicinity was visited today by the worst hail storm ever known in this section of the country.
 Chunks of ice averaging two ounces in weight fell during the storm and tho damage to crops, roofs, telephone, teIe- graph lines and skylights cannot yet be estimated. Fruit trees in the vicin- ity are stripped and early vegetables were pounded into the ground, while every hot house within the storm rad- jus is a total wreck.
 Some of the hail stones measured fourteen inches in circumference. In several instances the largest stones punctured shingle roofs and fell clear through the floor. Nearly one hundred persons were slightly injured by being struck with the big hail stones.
 Horses ran away on all the main streets of the city, but no casualties were reported from this cause as the animals were too dazed to move rap- idly.
Arizona republican., 1904-05-21

heretofore have not gone out was the tremendous superiority of Admiral Togc's fleet. Second thought has caus- ed the admiralty officers to discredit the reports that the Japanese battle ships Shikishima and Fuji have also been destroyed. It is believed that the Russian refugees from Dalny, who cir culated the report on their arrival at Che Foo probably confounded the Shikishima and Fuji with the Hatsuse and Yoshini. But official advices do show that the Kasuga, which rammed the Yoshini, was damaged, and the opinion prevails that she must be sre- iously injured, compelling her with drawal from the fleet fer time.
 Views prevailing in high official naval circles were set forth in the following statement today to the Associated Press:
 We are not rejoicing at Japanese disasters. It is the fortune of war. We are sorry for disasters that caused the loss of 700 men. It is not the sailors mission to destroy life, but only to destroy the enemy's ships. The Japanese loss evens up the naval forces at Port Arthur. We believe our squadron will go out again as soon as the cripples are ready. That may be accomplished within a fortnight. The battleship CZarevitch is the only ship which continues to give trouble. It must be our mines laid off Liao Tishan promOntory which caused the disaster to the Hatsuse. The fact that two mines were necessary to sink the Hatsuse is a vindication of the battleship. A single mine could not of itself have done enough harm to sink such great ship so quickly. The case of the Petro- pOvlovsk led to nasty judgments against battleships generally. But then the discharge of a mine caused an ex- plosion of her magazine and boilers"
Arizona republican., 1904-05-21
HOW THE SHIPS SANK.
Official Report of the Japanese Disaster
 at Port Arthur.

St. Petersburg, ay 20.-Grand Duke Alexander has received the following dispatch under today's date from Vic eroy Alexieff "The following report by mail from Rear Admiral Wittsoeft Gin command of the naval forces at Port Arthur was received on the night of May 1920.
 Three of the enemy's battleships and three cruisers appeared to the east CI the morning of May 15. Their movements were watched from Liao Tishan and Golden Hill After cross ing the meridian of Port Arthur this squadron turned eastward and appear ed to be getting into battle formation Then an explosion was observed under the third battleship which was of Fuji type. The vessel stopped, heeled over to the starboard and then sank by the bow, sending up a quantity of steam.
 Two cruisers approached and it was observed from Golden Hill that they lowered their boats, after which the battleship gradually righted herself and appeared to recover from her in- jury.
 At that minute another three-fun- neled battleship of the Shikishima type approached the scene of the accident and a mine exploded under her midship section, causing a similar explosion to that occurring in the case of the bat tleship PetropavlOVsk. In the course of one minute she sank. The third iron clad put out to sea, the cruisers re- maining on the scene of the disaster.
 II sent sixteen torpedo beats to har- rass the enemy and, should a favora- ble opportunity present itself. to attack the ships separately. The cruiser Novik went out to the passage in order, if necessary, to support the torpedo boats, but the cruisers got up steam at this juncture and drew in toward the shore The Japanese cruisers opened fire with all their heavy guns on our torpedo boats. but the latter re- turned to pert without loss.
 "The damaged iron clad then disap- peared below the horizon with her at tendant cruisers, escaping from the pursuit of our fleet.
 Tn the meantime night had fallen, the wind had freshened and there was a rough sea. On the morning of May 16 three torpedo boats approached the scene of the disaster. I sent the Novik against them and they put out to sea.
 The ship which blew up in Kerr bay CDalny) was evidently a cruiser judging by her tunnels and fighting tops, which are visible at low water.
 According to reports received from the coast, three torpedo boats cover ing an attempted landing in Kerr bay were damaged by our light artillery"
Arizona republican., 1904-05-21
Only One More Remains To
 Be Announced
DR. NELLY Is ONE CHOSEN
For Many Years Prominent in the Church's Quadrenniums and Ere quently Candidate for Bishopric Honors-As to Missionary Bishops.

Los Angeles, May 20-When the gen. eral Methodist conference adjourned at o'clock this evening, seven of the eight bishops to be elected had been chosen and the eleventh ballot taken just before adjournment, probably has resulted in the election of the eighth. District bishops thus far chosen are as follows: Joseph F. Berry, of Chicago; Henry F. Spellmeyer, of Newark, N. J.; William F. Mcdowell, of New York: James w. Bashford, of Delaware. O.. William Burt of Rome, Italy; Luther B. Wilson, of Baltimore, and Thomas B. Neely, of Philadelphia.
 William Burt was elected on the fifth ballot taken last night. Dr. J. w. F.. Bowen, colored, candidate for episco- pal honors, twice announced today his withdrawal from the race and on the tenth ballot his strength had dropped to sixty votes. Bishop Luther B. Wll- son is. at present the presiding elder at Baltimore, Md. He is the youngest man of the seven men elected to a bishopric at this conference. His age is 42. Bishop Thomas N. Neely is the oldest of the men elected and has been a candidate for office at several conferences.
 The episcopacy committee recom- mended in it's special report to the conference this morning the election ot four missionary bishops.
Arizona republican., 1904-05-21
SERIES OF STEAMSHIPS.
KuroPatkrn's Outposts and Detach
 rnents Of Japanese.

St. Petersburg, May 20.-The follow ing dispatch from General Kuropatkin to the czar dated at Liao Yang May 19. has been received:
 "A detachment of Cossacks engaged a detachment of the Japanese advance guard on May IS, north of Feng Wang Cheng in the mountainous region. The fight began in the morning and lasted until 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon. The Japanese were successfully dis lodged from four positions extending over fifteen miles. The pursuit of the Japanese was stopped at Datiantsy, fourteen miles north of Feng Wang Cheng. Our casualties were six Cos sacks wounded, two horses killed and eight horses wounded.
 There is no trace of the enemy in the valley of Tsan Hoka, so far as the road leading to Tchangouline pass, eighteen miles north of Feng Wang Cheng, or in the valley of the Ali river from Samatsa to Kuan Dian San on the road to Doun Sian Lintsa. \ squadron of Japanese cavalry which left Kuan Dian Sian on May r for Samatsa was reDuIsed by one of our patrols at Schaogo twelve miles from Kuan Dian San. The patrol retired without loss. Japanese infantry 2,OOO strong advanced on May 15 toward Salitszaipudza. which was evacuated on May 16th.'
Arizona republican., 1904-05-21
HEAVENS OPENED
Disastrous CIOudbWStS in
 Colorado Yesterday
It Is Feared That There Will be a Great Loss of Life A Tremendous Destruction of Property.

Denver, Colo, May 2O.-Floods in Colorado and Wyoming today, due to heavy rains and cloudbursts, caused loss of life and heavy destruction of property, as well as demoralizing rail- road traffic and suspending telegraphic communication in northern Colorado. Great damage was caused by hail in the southern part of this state. In addition to this. a wreck OF the Rio Grande road near Chama, N. M, just across the Colorado line, caused one death and injured two score more Of people. Perhaps the greatest property damage was done along the Cache iE
 Poudre river, at whose head a cloud
 burst occurred. An immense volume of water rushed down the bed of the river overflowing the banks and spreading out over the lowlands.
 Thousands O. acres of the richest farm lands in Colorado were inundated, crops were ruined, stock drowned and buildings wrecked. The great force of the flood tore away wagon and railroad
 bridges and destroyed the roadbed of the Colorado & Southern railroad in the neighborhood of Ft. Collins The Russian quarter in the latter city is completely under water tonight and 300 people, who were unable to escape from their homes, are in danger of drowning. They are beyond the reach of human assistance tonight.
 The towns of Livermore Belleview, La Porte, Wellington and a portion of Fit. Collins are under from three to five
 feet of water and in some cases water reaches to caves of the houses. The water system of the city of F't. Collins has been seriously impaired and all of
 the irrigation canals and ditches are
 badly damaged. Twelve big reservoirs along the Cache La Poudre are threat cred with destruction.
 A few of the houses have entered the current of the river and have been swept down stream and perhaps shat tered or sunk and their occupants drowned. It is known that two lives have been lost, one man at La Porte and a Russian child at Ft. Collins. Fears are entertained for the safety of
 Chris Mason, his wife and five children, who live in the bottoms half a mile above Ft. Collins. Their place must be
 surrounded by water and perhaps sub
 merged. Rescue parties are in read
 mess at Fort Collins and with the first
 break of day they will leave for the
 bottoms.
 The crest of the flood is expected to
 reach Greeley at midnight. Ranchmen
 and other dwellers along the bottoms
 are moving to high ground. Cache La
 Poudre river runs through one of the
 most thickly settled and richest agri-
 cultural districts of Colorado. A large
 portion of the northern part of the
Arizona republican., 1904-05-21
A CONSEQUENT WRECK.

Pueblo. Colo, May 20.-A special to the Chieftain from Salida says:
 One man was killed and forty-one people injured in a wreck on the Den ver and Rio Grande railroad near the narrow guage line, between this city and Alamosa at 8 o'clock this evening. It is impossible to learn what was the cause of the wreck, but it is believed to have been caused by the spreading of the rails of the road which was much softende by the recent rains.
 Frank Evanston, the engineer, was the man killed, he having expired while he was being taken to Alamosa for treatment. The entire train left the rails and was piled uI. in a shapeless mass beside thetrack. It was several hours before the victims were all re- moved from the train and not one of the passengers escaped without some slight injury. The rails were torn up for several hundred yards and traffic was delayed about eight hours.
Arizona republican., 1904-05-21
FINAL RAIL ROADS
Injunction Against Arizona
 Eastern Dissolved
Ths Situation With Respect to Inter. ference by the Defendant Railway Is Practically Unchanged.

Florence, Ariz., May 2O.-(SpeciaD.- Another phase of the contest be- tween the Phoenix & Eastern railroad and the Arizona Eastern concerning the right of way through the Gila River canyon was disposed Cf at Flor ence today by the dissolution by Judge Doan of the injunction heretofore granted the Phoenix & Eastern. The complaint was demurred to on the ground that it did not show title in plaintiff. It was contended by the defendant that if there was no title there could be no rights to be inter- fered with by the defendant and that therefore, there should be no injunc- ton.
 The question of title was not passed upon by the court, but the demurrer was sustained and the injunction dis solved, the court, however, stating that if the defendant should do any of the acts from which it had been restrained another injunction would be issued on the aplication of the Phoenix & East ern. For practical purposes this leaves the matter very much where it stood before.
 The court gave some judicial advice as to the construction of the railroads through the disputed territory. The court stated that the Phoenix & East ern should continue to build from the west as it had been building and that the Arizona Eastern should build con tinuously from the east, that is from some other railroad, San Carlos or from the boundary of the San Carlos Indian reservation westward until it reaches in the regular course of rail- road building the disputed territory.
 The demurrer was argued for the de- fendant by Eugene S. Ives and for the plaintiff by Mir. U. T. Clotfelter. One of the reasons urged for the dissolution of the injunction was that standing as 1t did, it put the defendant at a dis advantage in a contest in the interior department between the two roads over maps filed. While the court did not pass upon this theory the effect of the order was to remove the disadvantage of which the defendant complained without charging the actual status.
 This arrangement with the under standing as to the future course of the defendant is quite satisfactory to the plaiCtiff inasmuch as it will enjoy the relief asked for in the application for the original injunction.
Arizona republican., 1904-05-21
LOST IN WYOMING FLOODS
Six Persons Have Been Drowned and
 Many Are Missing.

Denver May 20.-A telephone mes sage to the Associated Press from its correspondent at Cheyenne, Wyo., at 11:3O o'clock tonight says Crow river, which runs through Cheyenne, is run ming bank full as the result of heavy rains today. From eight to twelve miles of the main line of the Union Pa cific railroad and several miles of the roadbed of the Colorado and South ern road has been washed out. Several lives are reported to have been lost among ranchers living along the Crow. The river in Cheyenne has spread out over the lower sections flooding dwell ings and business houses. Telegraph wires between Denver and Cheyenne, Wyo.. are disabled.
 A News special from Cheyenne re- ceives by telephone, says six persons are known to have been drowned namely, two Clayton children, Private Hughes of the Thirteenth artillery and two men, woman and a child whose names have not been learned. Besides these many people are missing.
 The Union Pacific tracks at Buford. twenty-six miles west of Cheyenne. are washed cut in many places Two of the company's bridges have gone out and its tracks have been weakened on the line between Cheyenne and Greedy, Colo. In the city of Cheyene, the lengthy embankment on which runs the Union Pacific tracks has been pierced in two places. This embank- ment is holding the flood and the wa ter has accumulated to a. depth of 20 feet and extending over a space two miles wide and several miles in length The openings in the embankment are not large enough to carry off the water and the pressure against the embank- ment is liable to cause other breaks.
Arizona republican., 1904-05-21

Dedication. Progress and development of the Tempe Normal School, President A. J. Matthews. Opportunities for securing an Educa- ton in Arizona, Gov. Alexander O. Brodie. Desert Life. F. NJ. Irish. The VoIksschulen of Germany and the Public Schools of the United States-A Comparison, pr. R. H. II. Blome. Our Faculty. Alice Grier. Our Board. May McNulty. Senior Class:
 A Class Sketch, Jennie Munds. Classmates of Yesterday GA Poem)
 Grace Culver. Junior Class:
 X Class Sketch. Hattie Corbel. The Pilgrimage of the Juniors
 Elma Puisiher.
 The Class of Ninteen-five Mar
 garetha Schwartz. Second Year Class:
 For the Dear old Normal, Ora
 O'DeH. Read one. Send one east. IT, lustrated with thirty-three half tone photographs and numerous cartoons.
Arizona republican., 1904-05-21
JAPANESE ADVANTAGE.

Tobio, May 2O.-The following official statement has just been issued here: "A section of infantry of the Liao Tung forces went in the direction of San ChTsan to reconnoiter and met two sec tions of Russian infantry. The Rus sians were repulsed after thirty min utes. Our casualties were one officer and four men killed and one officer and eight men wounded. The Russian cas- ualties were one officer and forty to fifty men killed. The landing of Jap- anese troops at Takushan began yester- day"
Arizona republican., 1904-05-21
CATTLE AND SHEEP.

Chicago, May Receipts, 1900; steady; good to prime steers, 52O G5.7O; poort to medium, 4.20G425; stockers and feeders, 325M46O: cows, 2.50@4.50; heifers, 2.50@4S5: canners, 1.5O9275; bulls, 225@425; calves, 2.5O@ b.5a; Texas fed steers, 4.0004.6O
 Sheep-Receipts, 6O00; steady to strong; lambs, steady to strong; good to choice wethers, 5.0015.60; fair to choice mixed, 3.75@5.OO; western sheep, 4.75@560; native lambs, clipped, 4.60@ 6.20; western lambs, 5.OO@625; spri2g lambs, 5.0o07.50.
Arizona republican., 1904-05-21
AN EVENING UP.
The Russians Will Soon be Ready tc
 Meet Tono.

St Petersburg, May 2O.-So changed is the naval situation at Port Arthur by the Japanese disasters, that naval of
 ficers say they would not be surprised should Rear Admiral WittsOeft, as soon as his Tame ducks" are repaired
 make frequent trips to sea as Vice Ad- miral Makaroff did. in order to har- rass the enemy's operations along the western coast of Liao Tung peninsula. They assert that the latest advices show that the channel to Port Arthur Is free despite Japanese assertions to the contrary and they explain that the sole reason why the Russian ships
Arizona republican., 1904-05-21
PURSUED BY CoSsAcKs.

St. Petersburg, May 20.--An official report is received to the effect that General Rennenkampffs COssacks fell on the Japanese column advancing on Fcng Wang Cheng Wednesday and that the Japanese We're compelled to retreat a distance of twelve miles. The Russians have evacuated Kai Ping Cor Kai Chou, about thirty-five miles south of New Chwang) without a fight.