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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-18
A Disadvantage of Dissention.

William Waldorf Astor, before he
set out for his English home, said,
according 70 an exchange, apropos Of
the Russo-Japanese war:
Nations engaged in war not only
harm each other, but they lay them
selves open to harm at the hands OF
all sorts of other nations.
In fact, two nations at wal ara in
the defenseless and gullible position OF
a certain English married couple.
'.The couple will fall out and cease
to speak TO one another for a year or
more at a time. They have a beauti-
tul country house, and there B a GER
ain elderly matron, a great bore, who
visits them continually.
someone asked this matron which
Of the pair was always inviting her.
She answered frankly:
Neither invites me ever, but since
tey don't speak to each other, each
always thinks ! am the others guest
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-18
The NORTH SEA INCIDENT.
INQUIRY BEING MADE BY GREAT
BRITAIN AT HULL.
After n.Impartial Investigation, Il Re
port Will be Made Which Will Form
the Basis of the British Case-Pres-
ence of Japanese Boat Among the
Trawlers is Again Denied.

Hull, England, November l5.-The in
quiry which Great Britain conducts
on her own behalf into the North sea
incident opened today, Vice Admiral
Bridge and Butler Aspinal, an admiral
ty court lawyer, whose report will
form the basis of the British before the
international commission at Paris, con-
Quoting the inquiry. DR.. Herbert
embassy.
The correspondent of the Associated
Press learned that the board of trade
collectors, who have been preparing
the case, have found no evidence to
suggest the presence of torpedo boat
among the fishing fleet.
The evidence of the witnesses was in
substance that the trawlers took the
Russians for British warships at ma
neuvres When the firing began the
trawlers ran. The skipper of the
trawler, in reply to questions, declared
that there We're no Japanese trawlerS
and no japanese present and that no
Japanese agents made any suggestion
to him whatever. 1t would nave been
impossible for the trawler, he added.
to screen a torpedo boat.
a of the North sea hospital
ship Alpha made h rather important
statement that all the Alpha's lights
were extinguished soon after the fire
commenced.
Both Admiral Bridge and Mr.. Aspi-
nall, who are conducting the inquiry
on the most impartial lines, indicated
by questions that the trawler which
separated from the fishing fleet might
POSSIBLY ave been taken for a torpedo
boat by the Russians.
a suggestion by the Russian consu.
that the Smelling was due to the traw-
1ers failing to stop when blank shots
were fired and the fact that the lights
were extinguished on al least one traw
Ter is considered here to in some de-
gree to explain though not to xcus
the attack by the Russians.
DR.. Woodhouse holds a merely watch
ing brief. Neither he nor the Russian
consul here are in possession of any
evidence tending to prove that Japa-
nese torpedo boats Were in the neigh
borhood of Dogger bank or that Japa-
nese exercised any influence upon the
fishing fleet.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-18
Especial to The Messenger.)

lSpecldl TO Tne heSSenSer-1
Richmond, Va. November ia
highly interesting meeting OF the stock
holders of the Atlantic Coast Line was
held mere today, with an exceptionally
large attendance, nearly so per cent. OF
the stock being represented.
The stockholders approved OF the
purchase by the directors Of the Jack
sonville and Southwestern railroad in
Florida for 1865, 900. They also author
lied the placing Of a mortgage of ST.
900, 900 on the property for the purpose
of extending the line eighty miles, in
addition TO the ninety mics already
completed, retiring certain bonds of
the road and completing the payment
for the property.
A dividend Of % per cent on the COM
mon stock was declared-20 per cent.
payable January 2, in common stock
to the registered holders, and 5 per
cent. payable January 20, in dividend
certificates of indebtedness of the com.
pany.
The capital stock was increased from
$50, 665, 900 to $50, 900, 900.
The following officials were unani-
mously reelected:
Board of Directors-H. Walters,
Michael Jenkins, Waldo Newcomer, w.
G. Elliott, Baltimore, Nd; NJ. F. Plant,
New York; F. w. Scott, Richmo2r 1.
Va; Alexander Hamilton, Petersburg ),
Va; E. b. Borden, Goldsboro, N. c.;
Donald MacRae, Wilmington, n. c.; f..
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-18
MEETING OF A. C.I. STOCKf0.
All The Officers Of The Road Re-eleCted.--A Div
dend of Is Per Gent. On the Common
Stock. Capital Stock Increased.

Il. Short, Lake Waccamaw. y. c.; J.
J. Lucas. Society Hill. s. c.; j. II. Es-
till, Savannah, Ga
Oficers-H. Walters. chairman os the
bosrd, New York.
r G.. Erwin. president, New York.
Alexander Hamilton, first wee pres.
I6ent. Petersburg, va.
c. S. Gadsden, second vice president,
Charleston. s. c.
T. NJ. Emerson. third vice president,
Wilmington, n. c.
j. r. Kenly. fourth vice president and
general manager. Wilmington, n. C.
James F. Post, treasurer, Whining
ton, y. C.
h. L. Borden, secretary and assistant
treasurer. New York.
r. D. Cronly, assistant secretary, Bal.
timore, Md.
w. R. Sullivan, assistant secretary
New York.
]. Moultrie Lee, assistant treasurer
Savannah, Ga.
c.. c.. Olney, assistant treasurer
Charleston, S. c..
w. p. Jones, assistant treasurer
Richmond, Va.
j. J. Michigan, assistant treasurer
Baltimore, Md.
II. NJ. Emerson fra ffc u,anaoar Wi.
mington, N. c..
II. G. Prince. comptroller, Whining.
ton. y. C. .,-,-
w. G.. Elliott. general counsel, Balti.
more, Md.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-18
New Inlet Life Saving Station Destroy
ed nv Fire.

Norfolk. Va, November 1e--Furtner
advfces from the Carolina coast reports
that the New Inlet life saving station
was destroyed by Sundays hurricane.
and that several OF the crew stationed
there Were lost. 1t is said a tidal wave
washed across the strip of land ssparat-
ing the pecan from the sound and car
med the station building away. The
news was brought to Elizabeth City
today by seamen.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-18


mura Fushimi, a near
mperor OF Japan. who hasV
Washington as a guest Of the
today called at the White House to
his aspects to the President and
convey TO him the sincere good wishey'
hope for the Presidents continued good
health and happiness.
Prince Fushimi was attired In the
uniform Of a lieutenant general OF In
Japanese army. The Prince n his
suite were ushered into the Blue room.
Roosevelt. accompanied by Assistant
Secretary Of State Francis b Loomis
and Secretary William Loeb, Jr..
greeted them The greeting between
the President and Prince Fushimi was
cordial.
Prince Fushimi addressed the Presi-
dent in japanese, his remarks being
interpreted by one of his suite. He said
in part:
His imperial majesty was pleased 10
eon1de to me the agreeable duty of
conveying to you, MI. President. the
assurance OF his sincere good wishes
and friendship and fervent hope for
Your continued good health and happi-
ness.
His majesty also charged me 10 CON-
hrm to you his desire that the
historic relations OF amity and rood
correspondence which have always,
since the days of Commodore Perry,
united the great republic OF the west.
with n empire OF the legendary east.
and which have contributed in no small
measure to the progress and prosperity
OF Japan. may n still loser and
stronger with the passing years
The Presidents response follows in
part:
Ever since the empire OF Japan-a.
rs invitation of this country-enterei
upon the career OF modern and inter-
national progress which has led to such
brilliant results, the relations Of tie
two countries have been those OF I'M
broken friendship. / that thoss
relations may continue forever. grow
Ing always more friendly and more ex-
tended, and / trust that this visit OF
your imperial highness may result In
that increase of mutual good will be-
tween his republic and the empire Of
Japan which will naturally come from
more intimate acquaintance and wider
knowledge OF each other"
The President and Prince Fushimi
then chatted ~animatedly for ten min
utes.
Their conversation was continued
through an interpreter and related
principally TO Japanese history and TT
Eerature. with incidental reference to
R"sso-Japanese war. in which Prince
Fushimi has played a conspicuous part,
The President returned the Princes
call in the afternoon and in the even
ing entertained the prince and the Dip
lomatic corps at dinner at the White
House.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-18
To Preach Dedication Sermon

Rev. A. f. Beard. of New York, hon
orary secretary of the American Mis-
sionary Association, who has largely
shaped the policy of the congregational
church in behalf of the education of
the negro, will preach the sermon at
the ordination service of Rev. William
Ferris, i'm Christ Congregational church
this evening at s O'Clock.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-18
Aged Veteran Found Guilty OF Man
slaughter.

Norfolk, Va. Nov. ,b.-Frederick G.
Kingsley. aged rs years, a veteran in
mate Of the Hampton National Soldiers
Home was found guilty Of mansaaugh-
te- in the United States court today.
Kingsley was indicted for the murde-
of Captain A c. Paul, ALSO an inmate
or h home. The prisoner plead self
defense. His counse moved that the
verdict be set aside inasmuch as IL lis
not in accordance with the Indictment.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-18

plain view the swaying. c~onvulslve
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-18
NEGRO BADLY CUT.

Shortly after the hanging & negro
man and a brother of George Packer,
husband of the murdered got
into an alteration on the road just
outside E~lizabethtown and the negro
was severely cut with a knife. 1t Is
said he was iRsolent to Packe:
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-27
SYNADY.

MT. Upmore-n you haven't decided where you will spend the winter, I can recommend the Bermuda islands. I have had two delightful winters there.
 Uncle-My word, Teddy, you are growing fast!
 "Yes; they water me too much. Why, I've got to take a bath every morntng!" --The Jester.
 MT. Gaswell-I've thought of that, but my wife objects. She says she can't stand the smell of onions. She wants to go to the Isle of Pines, or something like that. Chicago Tribune.
 Geraldine-"Wh on earth doesn't Cholly get to work and do something? Gwendolin-"Oh let him alone-he'd be sure to do 1t wrong If he did. It's better as 1t is. Cleveland Leader.
 Tom-Old Biffkins caught me in the act of kissing his daughter last night
 Jaek-Serves you right. You ought to go slow about such things. Tom--I did. That's why got caught.
 Chicago Daily News. Travers-'I hear you are featuring on the Strenuous Life?" Palavers-'Ye got tired of hustling, and it's so much easier to tell other people what to do than it is to do things oneself. De troit Free Press.
 Veterinary-so your new bull pup Is sick? What seems to be the. matter with him?
 Owner A little of everything, guess. While we were away this afternoon he chewed up and swallowed the dietion- ary.-Detroit Free Press.
 She was magnificent in ball attire.
 By what right, sir, do you tell me shall not wear this gown?" she de- manded with flashing eyes. Before we were married. your old ia ther asked me If I could keep you in clothes, and assured him could, ]" re- piled he, and met her look of high defl- ance with a look of steady determina- tion.-Puck.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-27

lives because their natures are not de- veloped. You can afford to bear extra burdens for long while in order to fit them for the burdens of life. They will thank you for it in after years.
 Just a few words to the boys and girls. If you have the opportunity do not waste 1t. Make your school days count to the hest advantage. It means work-of course it does; but you need never expect to get anything of value without an equivalent. Many of the common laborers of to-day who gain a miserable livelihood at the hardest kind of labor will tell you that they brought the troubles on themselves by idIing away the golden hours of school days. The more the work the better. You need to exercise the body to keep it strong and in the best of health, and so you must exercise the brain if you would have a healthy growth. Do not go to school just to avoid heavy work and make yourself a shirk or an idIer, but go resolved to stand at the head of your class and earn the place by sys- tematic, conscientious study. Your en- tire future depends on the foundation you lay in youth. Appreciate the sac r1fice your parents are making for your benefit and show them it is not in vain. -Gleanes.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-27
mo RAIIRnan wnRK.

RA0 AaNL4tOAD h"Ahs
 The widening of the railroad cut in New Haven isn't the only great rail road work now in sight. There is planned for Buffalo. New York, a joint station for all railroads. to cost s15.- OOO, ,0o0. The Pennsylvania road propos- les to establish a terminal at New York that will cost sS7. .oOo. 900, and another, just announced, at Chicago that will require the expenditure of sSO. .OOO.O 900. Still more expensive is the projected Grand Central station in New York. which, with s17, 100000 for the depot pro per and s25,OOO.OOO for terminal facili- ties, will total s42,OOO,Ooo.
 Perhaps the work of improving the railroads of this country will never be done. but if it ever is the roads will earn something for their stockholders if they are not oyer-eapitalized. It is interesting to try to think what the fu- ture of the railroads of this country will be- They are great affairs now, and still growing. And their bonds and stocks are growing at a rate that scares some people. But when those people look back little they are able to see that the big railroads have So far been able to grow up to their financial situation.
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has succeeded in bringing coal into the heart of the coal fields of France and underselIing French coal companies. German commercial representatives are all over France. displaying samples of their goods, while American manufae- turers and merchants invariably de- pend upon their consuIs to open mar kets for them. Given a reciprocity treaty between the United States and France. says the consul, Americans could. practically monopolize the for eign trade of France if they would send representatives to work up business. All dealers in piping, machinery and tools of any kind that he has ever talked with tell him that they would rather buy American goods than those of any other country. They think that whatever is made by Americans is bet ter than similar goods produced in any other country. They tell him that they can sell American-made tools or ma fchinery better than any other machine ", solely on account of the superior reputation of our products. Our manu- lecturers do not enjoy all the advan- tages that they ought to derive from this reputation, because they do not work the field as 1t ought to be worked.
 To begin with reciprocity treaty is in
 dispensable.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-27
SEND THEM TO SCHOOL

Ia is often asked why the boys and
 girls do not attend school longer.
 Many-by far too nnany--of them drop out at ten or twelve, and 1t is seldom that the boys attend after their four
 teenth or fifteenth year. This should
 not be so, and it would not be the case if parents used the proper encourage ment. Because a boy gets restless in the schoolroom his parents need not conclude that it is a waste of time to send him. He will do well If encour- aged and kept at 1t. It is poor econo- my to put the boy at work when he ought to be in school, unless it is ne- cessity. Give him the best education he can get, and fit him to do something in the world. Because you succeed ed with but little education is no reason that your son should be deprived of all he can get. Conditions have all changed in the last thirty years. It re- quires more skill and training to rise in the world than it did when you were a boy. Your son will become better mechanic, a better farmer, as well as a better business man by having a good education. Your daughter will be. a better housekeeper, better wife and a better mother by having all the advan. tages that the public schools of, our land afford. You can afford to stint your children on fine clothes, fine hous
 es and fancy food much better than you can afford to starye their intellects and compel them to narrow, sordid
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rno NorAnLn nrrrnAxor6.
situation.


 Two notable utteranees concerning the Christian ministry have just been made by two college presidents.
 T could give from the circles of my personal acquaintanceship, says Pres ident Harper of Chicago university. the names of fifty or more young men who within five years have given up their desire and purpose to enter the ministry because they were convinced that their work would not be accepta- ble to the churches, for the churches in spite of their real knowledge of the present situation, demand, for the sake of public appearance. 3 preaching which would have been acceptable fifty years ago. These young men can not be reproached. Their educational train ing has taught them to think, and they have experienced the intense satisfac. ton which comes from thinking"
 Tn a recent chapel talk to the stu dents Of Dartmouth College, President Tucker urged them to consider serious. ly the claims and opportunities of the Christian ministry. T am not speak ing simply to the avowed Christian men of the college" he said. T am speaking primarily to fifty among the strongest men of the college. It is you who are wanted first. Later the time will come for men of lesser power. I do not ask if you are Christians. The best way which know for man to become a Christian is to ask himself, What is the greatest and best thing which can do with my life? I do not ask if you are what you ought to be morally, The call to service is in itself the sublfmest call to repentance
 Both these utterances are certainly pretty liberal but they are liberal in very different ways.
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gether in their ties and relations, and hence every effort will be made not to mar the entente eordiale between the two countries by anything connected with the exhibition. To this end, also, a panorama, showing a peaceable tour to French and other Mediterranean ports. has been planned. and this, it is expected. will be so managed as to make a pleasing impression on French visit ors- -.. ....----..
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 A SB 4 R9, HORSY. AhYW4T.

When Dr. Carl stumpf, professor of psychology at the University of Berlin, and a member of the Royal Academy of Science, investigates he Is pretty apt to find something, if there is anything findable. He, with two colleagues, has been studying and experimenting for several months with Van Osten's intel ligent horse Hans. They have arrived at what they think is fair solution Of the problem of the animals intelligence and they say that the secret of his re- plies lies in his powers of observation, which enable him to perceive while he looks at his questioner the instant he has reached correct answer. Thus, they found the horse was unable to tap out 8 correct answer to a question when the person putting it did not know the answer. For example, How many persons are in the group behind me? The questloner,t not looking him. self, did not know the number, and Hans was unable to give correct re ply, and was unable, when wearing binders to calculate or perform the simplest counting. Dr. Stumpf does not doubt the good faith of Van osten, but believes that the horses long expe- rience had taught him to detect by eyesight changes in the bearing of his questinner as he reached the right mum. Der of hoofbeats in spelling or in using the counting apparatus. pr. Stumpt says he talked with the naturalist
 Schilnngs, about this, and Schillings agreed with him and his assistants.
 WelL even if this is so, the horse is a smart horse--smarter than some people.
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'THE BUSIEST MAN IN THE
 WORIDn

q 4
 This is the title that has been borne for several years past by E. A. s. Clarke, 8 Chicago man, forty-two years old, who went to work yesterday in New York as president of the Lacka- wanna Steel company at q salary of fifty thousand dollars year. His ra, pid rise and brilliant success are natu- rally the subject of much comment.
 MT. Clarke was graduated from liar ward university in 1883. His first em- ployment was as chemist in the Pitts, burg steel mills at one thousand dollars a year, and his second as testing chem ist for the Union Steel company in Chi cago. He then became in quick sue cession assistant superintendent, gene ral superintendent and general mana ger of this company. After that he was manager of the Deering Harvester company and general manager of the International Harvester company, Now he is receiving the same salary as the President of the United States as president of the Lackawanna Steel company.
 1t is infinitely more agreeable to chronicle the rapid rise of a man like this by sheer merit than to tell how some lucky stock gambler made his milleions in a day and perhaps lost them the next day. It is inspiring and stimulating to learn what rich and ready reward awaits real business tai ent in this country, but it is eorrupting and degrading to hear of the good luck of man who has had the misfortune Ito make more money than he knows how to use.
 If MT. Clarkels brilliant rise is stinu lating to young men it ought to De still more so for them to know-for 1t is a fact-that there are plenty more such positions in this country for the same kind of men.
 Although the Americans are probably the best business men in the world there Is in this country painful short age in the supply of men of eminent business ability. An officer in a great corporation in New York said a year ago that he knew of twenty Positions in the large corporations which were good Nor a salary of fifteen or twenty thou sand dollars, and which were vacant for want of capable men to i'll them.
 Still the newspapers make one blum. der in the eulogies which they have heaped upon Mr. Clarke. They ascribe his success to his unmerciful exactions both toward himself and toward those under him. He worked necessarily they say, and was never satisfied witf what he or any one else accomplished The moral Is, of course, that all 1 young man needs to do in order to be come the president of a steel company Is to work day and night and live in { state of chronic discontent.
 It Is far better to recognize that MT 1 Clarke Is by nature an abnormal man He possesses powers of thought whicf defy confusion, powers of endurarc, which appear to have no limit and z will power which is typified in a lowe jaw of unusual prominence. Let nt young man suppose that by becoming an owl and a kicker. he will become Clarke. There could be no surer roat to failure and destruction than that. Every man should, first of all, fnt out what his natural limitations ar and then try to make the most and th' best of himself that he can. Chicag' Chronicle.
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SOLOMON ON THE CHADWICK
 CASE

Now that jail attendants have posi- lively identified Mrs. Chadwick as the Mme Devere who formerly was i'm. prisoned in the Ohio penitentiary 1t be- comes plain that notwithstanding all the glitter of her career this woman is nothing but cheap and vulgar adven- turess who has happened to succeed in playing on somewhat larger scale the ordinary game of her class. The only mystery turns on the astonishing credu- lity of her dupes. There be three