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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-08-12
IN PICTURESQUE GARB.
A Party OF Moro and Igorrose Chiefs
Gail on the Presilent-ney Were
Quite Adequately Clothed

Washington. August s.-Picturesque-
~ but quite adequately CARRIED. a party
Of eight Moro N Igorrote chiefs. con-
shutting a part OF the Philippine exni-
Dit at the St. Louis exposition. today
faid their respects TO President Roose-
Welt at the White House. The ex-
changes between the chiefs and the
President were informal. but happy IN
their tone. Through Antero, n bright
fifteen years old Igorrote boy. who act
ed as interpreter, the Moro. Datos
and the Igorrote chiefs express
ed their pleasure al being received by
the President and told him he Nigh:
depend upon their loyalty TO the Amer
lean government.
President Roosevelt after shaking
hands with eae one OF his little brown
visitors replied that he was glad of
the opportunity to greet them. to well
come them to the national capital and
to assure them that American govern
ment desired to promote their welfare.
prosperity and contentment. AS the
Presidents kindly expressions were in
terpreted to them by Antero, the Daos
and chiefs nodded their heads in ap-
prevail and smiled their thanks.
The reception took place in the Pres
idents private Office and adjoining
cabinet room. While it was in progress
the members of the cabinet arrived to
attend the regular semi-weekly meet
Ing. Each, in turn was presented t.
the F~ilipinos, who paid them the high
est respect known to thei people
Before the conclusion of the recep-
tion, the chiefs, through Antero pre-
sented to the President some handsome
native gifts, including c~uriously carv-
ed pipes. abeautifully embellished spear
and two shields, one of closely woven
native grass and the other of wood,
covered with hide. After they left the
executive office, the Fflipinos, were
shown through the lower apartments
OF the White House.
The Moros were CARRIED in native
costumes Of brilliantly colored Japa-
nese silk blouse, and tightly fitting
trousers, all deliberately figured and
ore turbans of the same material
visited loosely about their heads. The
~Igorrotes wore complete suits of spot
less white duck, relieved by orientai
scarfs Of brilliant colors.
The visitors were taken to the wal
department and driven in carriages to
all the public buildins.
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DYNAMITE UNDER A CAR.
A Dozen Or More Persons Places in
Jeopardy of Their Lives.

Richmond. Va. August 9.-By the ex-
plosion of a stick of dynamite under a
car of the Tazewell Electric Company
at Tazewell. Va. his afternoon, a
dozen or more people were placed in
jeopardy of their lives. The dynamite
was put into the flange of the track by
unknown persons. and when the explo-
sion occurred the passengers, number
ing about half a dozen ladies and as
many men, were panic stricken, but no
one was injured beyond severely shock
ed. The car was so badly damaged
that the passengers had to be trans
ferred in hacks and taken hastily tc
the train. The affair caused a good
deal of excitement in the neighborhood.
There is no clue 20 the perpetrators OF
the crime.
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Report of Crop Conditions.

Washington, August 9.-The wealth
er bureaus weekly summary of crop
conditions says:
Generally we'll distributed rains
heve benefited cotton in Texas, but
in the central and eastern portions Of
the cotton belt, the crop has suffered
from excessive moisture. many fields
being grassy. and too rapid growth.
rust and shedding are reported from
nearly all states west of the Mississip-
pi. West Of the Mississippi. with n
exception Of Louisiana, is in a good
state of cultivation, and complaints
of rust and shedding are less aumer-
Gus than in other districts.
In the Atlantic oas districts and
Tennessee tobacco continues promis-
ing, bun in the Ohio -aaley 1t is suf-
fering from drought.
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~
huropatkin is ready to defeat the
plan for cutting off Liar
iang. Ine japanese forces are con-
centrated in three groups-the frs,
at oimoucheng. Hadcheng and New
enTsang, Inc con threatening LII
nan n Lao Yang. and the
thlrd threatening Sikseyan. Lao yang
ana Aukden. According to Chinese
Teports. the Japanese are massing i'm
the direction of Saimatsze. evidently
Lao Yang, n a strong col.
Nnin Is ascending the Lao valley from
new Chwang. also for The purpose of
thanking LAO Yang.
A reliable Chinese merchant da
cares this column includes ten thous-
n chinese, Japanese subjects from
the Island of Formosa- This most
unweicomed development may induce
otner Chinese to join the japanese.
1t is hard to tell a Formosan from a
Manchurian.
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Pueblo, Colo, Aug. S.-Organized
sarching parties secured the banks
Of the river today in the hopes of find
ing the remaining bodies of the vic
Tins of Sunday nights wreck at Eden.
Late tonight the number of identified
bodies was 20: unidentified dead three.
The list of those reported missing has
been growing all day. and has now
nearly reached forty.
One searching party - still out near
the scene OF the wreck. The party
which went south brought in five bod
les tonight.
A c%oroner's jury was called which
viewed the scene of the wreck today
and examined a number CT witnesses
this afternoon.
TIL coroner has issued a public cali
to all having any information concern
ing the wreck to come before the Jury.
The examination into the causes OF the
disaster will be exhaustive. -Four
railroad men were examined this after
noon before the jury adjourned until
tomorrow morning. Their testimony
was mainly as to h amount OF rain
that fell during h storm in h neigh
lbOrhOOd of the wreck. District Attor-
ney Low has stated that the matter
will be gone into thoroughly and the
coroner is making every effort to Sc
cure all the Information possible for
the jury.
Again the morgues and undertaker's
establishments were beseiged by anX-
iouS relatives and friends. The work
of Identification is proceeding slowly,
as the bodies now being recovered are
in bad condition. Many mistakes are
being made, in several cases the mat
ter hanging in doubt since Sunday
night.
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The Weekly Crop Bulletin.

The weekly crop bulletin for this
state for the week ending last night
says:
Continual cloudy and showery wealth
er prevailed during the week, which
kept the temperature below the normal.
and proved not very satisfactory for
the principal crops. The soil has been
kept too wet for the completion Of lay
ing by cotton, which should be In full
progress. and a number Of fields in the
central part OF the state are becoming
very weedy. All crops have made an
excellent growth, and are looking
healthy and fresh; corn in particular
has made satisfactory advancement
and the stands are everywhere consid-
cred the best for a number of years.
Cotton Is growing rapidly; but in most
sections IT Is feared that the growth is
too rapid and hat too much of the
strength is taken up by the weed. The
squares and the fruit. however. are well
grown, and are we'll distributed over
the plant. The crop has suffered con-
siderable from the continued wet spell,
being caused TO shed. and this com-
plant is becoming general In the east
ern and central counties. and in a few
scattered places in the western. A
number of fields are showing indica.
tons of rust. Nc serious damage, how
ever. has been reported from either Of
these causes. Threshins wheat ana
oats Is nearing completion in the west
ern part OF the state. and the harvest
ing and housing Of oats n in progress
In the extreme west; but the work has
been Interrupted seriously By the vet
weather. The hay in the extreme west
ern counties is excellent. and some han
been saved in good condition: but this
work also has been checked by the
rains. and much had has been spos3ed.
The pastures In that section are excel
lent. Tobacco curing rs general now in
the eastern and central counties. the
leaves are curing well. and-fhe crop
may be considered a fair n there Ss
some complaint OF rust and of Leaves
turning yellow. Irish and sweet spota.
toes are turning out well. The reports
In regard TO h peanut crop r more
encouraging this week than heretofore;
h majority OF the reports seem to
indicate a fair crop: there are. h1wev
er. a number OF complaints OF poor and
slightly backward stands. Gardens ana
cabbages are excellent. especially In the
western part of the state some black
berries have been picked. Pears. peach
es and grapes are a fair crop.
Rains in inches for the week ending
s a m. today: Raleigh, IA: Hafteras.
ESQ; Charlotte. 4Te: AsheviIie. 1-So:
Wilmington, 40: Goldsboro, "a;
Greensboro. 246: Lumberton. LII: New
Bern. 3.3s: Weldon. 2.3z.
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DETAILS OF THE CAMPAIGN.
Republican Executive Committee
Meets i'm New York.

New York. August 9.-The Repub.i-
can executive committee met today and
devoted most Of its time to details re-
lating to the headquarters, such as fine
division of duties among differen;
members and authorizing employees to
take charge of work of various kinds
which will put the machinery in mo-
tom
Soon after the meeting adjourned TO-
day, Chairman Cortelyou saw Govern
or John z. Hill, of Maine, and F. NJ.
Simpson, chairman of the Republican
committee of that state.
Maine holds an election of state Off
GERS and Congressman on September
18th, and while there is no doubt about
the success of the Republicans, they
desire to make majorities as large as
possible for the moral effect it will
have on other states. The campaign in
that state has already begun.
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ON CHARGE OF MURDER.
Oner Was Taken and Lynched.
Awaiting Trial.

Selma, Ala, August 9.-Charged with
murder in the first degree, Special Con-
stables Ransom, Stanfield and Cherry
are in jail here awaiting a preliminary
hearing tomorrow. The charge against
them is based on the fact hat Edward
Bell. a negro. was taken from their
custody last Saturday by a mob of
negroes, hanged to a tree and his body
riddled with bullets.
Bell was charged with killing anoth>
err negro. After a preliminary hearing
at which he was ordered held for the
crime, he was placed In charge of the
three special constables to be conveyed
TO Jail in Selma. 1t was while on n
way to Jail that the negro was lynched.
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No Replies Yet TO the American
Demands.

Constantinople, Monday, August s.
The American legation has not yet re-
ceived a reply from the porte regarding
the demand upon the Turkish govern
ment for the same favored treatment
in the matter of schools, hospitals n
charitable institutions accorded to 9TH
err powers. However. it is anticipated
by diplomats that the demands will be
granted before the arrival of the Amer
lean squadron at Smyrna.
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Long Automobile Endurance Run
Completed.

New York, August 9.-F. A. Laroche
completed today his endurance trip
to and from St. Louis III an automo-
bile. When Laroche reached n
club house from which he started on
the mountaineering trip. the engine
Of his big touring car had revolved
without a stop for Is days and two
hours, and he had covered $3.50 miles,
and had exceeded the previous worlds
nonstop record by more n 1,4OO
miles. The best previous perform
ance was a continuous run OF 2.010
miles, mae by D. NJ. Wyegel, IN Eng
land.
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Jdps REFUSED in Land
aud Sea Fight at
Port Arthur
RECENT BATTLES

lie Attack on Port Arthur Over
a Thousand Russians Were Killed
There Is No Change i'm the Situation
at Lao 1ang-GeneraI StoesseI Re-
ports About the Fighting ON the
9th of July-The japanese Are
Preparing for an Attack on Sim
mintun-kuropatkin Ready to De.
Feat the Japanese Plans for the
Cutting on of Lao Yang.
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Dispatch from General StOesseI..

IISDulIIl IEOift OCfNNhdI StoNsSSI"
St. Petersburg, August 9.-The fol-
lowing dispatch from Viceroy Alex
Jeff, dated August Z. has oeen receiv-
ed by The Car:
S~toesse reports as fol-
lows: At five in the morning of July
%. the enemy having &C
strong force, their artillery opened
fire along their whole front, followed
by a series of attacks, che of which,
directed against YupiEaza mountain,
was especially vigorous.
AT about eight in the the
enemy were everywhere repulsed with
enormous oSseS
A four in the morning OF July
80, about five divisions of japanese
tool the offensive against our posi-
zion on the Wolf hills. In view or the
enormous superiority OF the enemys
forces. and the weakness of uhe posi-
ton of our troops were 10 re-
tire to the next positions
fighting. The movement was affected
in complete order d the Drotec-
ton of artillery. which by accurate
fire at short ranges implicitly stopped
the Japanese a nee.
Our BOSSES hive not yet been as
certained. but they were net great
The losses of the Japanese were very
considerable. In the engagements OF
July 20 anu q Ihe JopuhNSS
10000 men and a considerable numpe
of siege guns
The morale of the Russian troops
is excellent and their health good
General Stoessel locates Yupltaza
mountain as situated ten miles north
east of Port Arthur and says that the
pan attack on that position was
only q demonstration. the real as
sault of the Japanese being made on
the Russian positions on Wolf hills.
which he points out are only SIX
miles nOrthward and are the rail
road station
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Baltic Fleet Almost Ready to Sail.

Berlin. August 10.-The ST. Peters
burg correspondent of the Lokal An
zeiger says that Rear Admiral Rojest-
vensky. commander of the Baltic fleet,
has hoisted his"fag on the battleship
S~ouvaroff, and that the fleet, which
consists of sixty vessels. including
battleships and cruisers. will leave in
the immediate future. probably on
August 18th. The correspondent says
1T is hoped that the fee: will reach
its destination within sixty days.
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MIR. watson VIII Not Decline.

New York, August 9.-Announce-
ment was made tonight that tae mott
fication of Thomas E. Watson. aS the
nominee of the Populist party. would
take place on the 18th. as frst stated.
and that there was no truth in the
report that Mr.. Watson would de-
cline.
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70 Bodies Recovered and
Persons Reported
as Missing
GOES ON

or These Recovered ~ Have Been
Identified, Though the Work of
Identification is Proceeding Slowly
"A COrcner's Jury Viewed the
Scene of Wreck and Examined n
Few Witncsscs-Thc Examination
Into the Causes of the Disaster VIII
be Exhaustive. and the District At
toriicy Has Stated That the Matter
VIII he Gone n Thoroughly.
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$50 Forfeit for the JenrieS-Mun-
roe Contest Paid In.

San Francisco. Cali. August 9.-The
final instruments Of h forfeit of $500
have been posted for the Jefries-Mun-
roe contest. the date Of which Is set
for August 26 next. OF the total amoun.
Of forfeit, Jeffries has paid in 5000:
Munroe $500 and the same amount
has been deposited by Yosemite Club.
under whose auspices he battle will
be fought.
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Rheumatism

What is the use of telling the rheumatic
that he feels as if his joints were being dis
located?
He knows that his sufferings are very
much like the tortures of the rack.
What he pdnts to knotr is Will per
manently cure his disease.
That, according to thousands OF grateful
testimonials is
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Great Land and Sea FIGHT

London August 10.-Tne Daily Tel
Che Foo correspondent re-
ports that az great land and seal fight
occurred at Port Arthur on August 8,
and that the Japanese were repeatedly
repulsed. Over a thousand Russians
were killed. the correspondent says.
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No hange i'm Situation at Lao Yang.

ST.. Petersburg. August e.-Lieute1-
ant General Sakharoff telegraphs that
there is no change in the situation
around Lao Yang.
A Russian cavalry detachment has
made successful raids towards New
Chwang, burning a village and alarm
ing the apanese
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Repair shops and IS Refrigerator
Cars Burned.

ST. Louis, Mo-, August 9.-The re-
pair shops of the American R~efriger-
ator Transit Company. including 65
refrigerator cars, burned today. The
loss is $400, 600, fully insured. The
fire is supposed TO have been caused
by a spark from a passing engine.
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No Truth in Rumors OF Japanese
ReyerSeS.

% London, August 10.-The Toxic cor
respondent of The Times says he
learns from the best authority that
there is no truth whatever in the Rus
sian rumors OF japanese reverses with
heavy losses ait Port Arthur.
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Mukden, August 9.-The japanese
are using the Shan Hal Kwan and Yam
o railroad for provisioning the
army and mobilizing troops for ATTACK
Mukden.
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Cabinet Considers Turkish Situation.

Washington, August 9.-Secretary
Hay occupied considerable time at the
cabinet meeting today in a presenta-
ton of the latest phases of the Turk
ish situation. z
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pools and swamps, till their
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mined, will find S. S. S. a
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plications that so often
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Good blood, good appe-
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S. S. S. being a purely
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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-08-12

Mr.. Roofs game of knocking Mr..
Davis merely because he Is an oppo-
nent is older even than he says Davis
is.-Atlanta Journal.
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1t promptly neutraliZes the acid In the
blood on which the disease depends, conf
pletely eliminates it, and strengthens the
system against its return. Try Hoods
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To Relieve Kuropatkin's Army.

ST Petersburg, August st is re-
ported in military circles thai Lieu
tenant General Linevitsch is marching
with troops from the direction OF
Vladivostok 10 create a diversion In
the rear of General Kurokfs army,
with the object Of relieving General
Kuropatkin's force.
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Slnmintun is the northern terminus
of n Shan Hal Kwan railway. From
k~oupangtze. about 20 miles southwest
OF Sinmintun. a branch line connects
with Yinkow, which is about So miles
southeast of Koupangtze. A Russian
corresponding of the Associated Press
in a dispatch from T~atchekiao, about
a month ago, said it was believed that
the Shan Hal Kwan railway was then
under the control of tine Japanese.
with the consent of China. As early
as March 18th last the Shan Hal Kwan
correspondent of the London Daily
Mail asserted that the Chinese had
received official authorization to turn
over the plant of the railway to the
Japanese. The Japanese are in con
troll of the Gulf of Lao Tung and
Mould the statement in the dispatch
from Mukden o to be correct, it
would indicate that they are landing
troops at Shan al Kwan, the southern
terminus of the railway and trans
porting them to Sinmiltun. The
strategic importance of the possession
of the railway, which was sought by
the Russians early in the war is APP
parent.
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Mr.. E. NJ. McIver, of Jonesboro, was
Wilmington visitor yesterday.
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L FARM FOR SALE on Myrtle Grove
Sound. containing 446 acres. 10
miles from Wilmington, 60 acres
cleared. j. W. and w. NJ. Hardi-
son., Holly Ridge, N. c. sw-2w
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AR. George Hurst, OF Jacksonville,
-. C.. was I'm the city yesterday.
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plans of the Japanese.

Lao Yang, Saturday. August g.
delayed in transmissnon)-General
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WANTEDeFTVE HUNDRED CORDS
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