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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-19
PHILIPPINE BILL PASSED.
BY Tot OF 139 to 1888 In the House
Mr.. Cleveland Bitterly AssaiIed-
Senate Considers Bill For Gavcrn-
mcnt of the Canal Zone.

Washington. April 1.-THE Senate
devoted the entire day to the consid-
Grafton OF the bill for the government
OF the canal zone. and Mr.. Morgan
again occupied the floor the greater
part of the day. The discussion re-
lated principally to the details Of gov
erning the canal, but some considera-
tion also was given to Mr.. Hale's
amendment requiring the use OF Amer
lean bottoms n the shipment of canal
supplies to the zone. The eonsidera-
ton Of the bill was not completed
when the Senate adjourned.
Washington. April 1.-THE House
Of Representatives to-day passed the
Philippine bill, 139 to as, following
which there was an extended debate
over a resolution to permit Colonel
Thomas w. Symons, of the engineers
corps of the army. to serve IN the
advisory board for consulting engi-
neers, in connection with internal i'm
provements in the state of New York.
After several fiery speeches had been
made in opposition to the resolution.
IL was adopted by an overwhelming
vote. Consideration of the general
deficiency bill was begun. although no
n addressed himself to the meas
ure. MI. Hamilton (Mich.) dis
cussed the question of capital and la
Dor, while MI. Cochran (Mo.) criti-
cised the "~Usurpation of the Legisla-
tive Power by the Executive"
He took issue with Bourke Cochran
regarding the disposition of the
| speaker to reassert the dignity Of the
House n inquired VIVA evidence
have we OF that?"
Mr.. Cochran attacked ex-President
Cleveland for forcing his financial pol
icies on the public, which, he said,
were at variance with those of the
majority Of voters, and said that Mr.
Cleveland's arbitrary way of doing so
was a menac to constitutional gov
eminent. Mr.. Cleveland was a man
whose friendship means destruction.
whose touch means paralysis and
| whose support neal dishonor." The
ex-President had been exiled never
again to reinstate himself in the con-
idence of his countrymen." He said
that now that the country was return
ing to patriotism and sanity, ne would
commend to hose in charge of the
booms Of certain men seeking the
Democratic nominations, to bear in
mind hat one Of the circuitOuS routes
possible or imaginable vas a %certifi-
cate of good character from Mr.. Cleve-
land, late Republican President Of
the United States"
Mr.. Williams (Ill.) criticised the
| Philippine bill, which, he said, was
opposed by many Republican members
| as Outrageous legislation against the
| Filipinos," by guaranteeing to the
| railroad companies the capital in
| vested in construction. He declared
| the people of the Philippines would be
| forced to pay a subsidy for every rail-
road built in these islands. The Phil
| ippine comission, he vehemently as
serted, was the American agent Of the
archipelago. And if law goes into eff
feet, he said, amid Democratic ap-
plause, "who knows but that some
Machen, some Beavers or a Perry
Heath will not urn up as superinten-
len of railroad construction in the
Philippine islands,"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-19
He Talked Far Too Mich.

There goes, a young man whom !
saved from going to the dogs through
drink" remarked a court stenographer,
according to the New York Press. He
is a tip-top fellow and has plenty of
ability, but two or three years ago he
began to let red liquor get the best of
him. He a a good position at the
time n l don't think he exactly neg
lected his work, but it got to be 4
common thing to see him standing
around barrooms in the evening about
t~wo-thirds full and talking foolish. A
few Of his intimate friends too the
liberty of giving hin a quiet hint. AS
usual in sucn cases. he got highly in
dignant and denied point-blank that
he had ever been in the least under
the influence. All the same, he kept
increasing the pace until it became
pretty easy to predict where he was
going to land, and it was at hat stage
Of the game I did my great reforma-
ton act.
Il was sitting in an uptown restau-
rant one evening when he came in with
some fellow III took a seat at a table
without seeing me. He was just drunk
enough to be talkative about his pri-
cate affairs and on the impulse of the
m / pulled out my notebook and
took a full shorthand report of every
word he said. 1t was the usual maud
lin rot of a booty man n included
numerous very candid details of the
speakers daily life.
Next morning 1 copied the wikole
thing neatly on the typewriter and
sent it round to his office. In less than
half an hour he came tearing in to me
with his eyes fairly hanging out of
their sockets.
"'Great heavens, Jack he gasped,
what is this, anyhow
Its a s~tenographic report of your
monologue at IS last evening" /
replied. and gave him a brief explana-
ton.
did I really talk like that?' he
asked family.
81 assure you it is an absolutely
verbatim report said i.
He turned pale and walked out and
from that day to this he hasn't taken
a drink. His prospects at present are
splendid. All he needed was to hear
himself as other heard him"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-19
is OVER.
1t Proved a Great Success I'm Every
Way.

The bazaar given by h ladies of the
Howard Relief Company to secure non
ey to help pay for their new piano
which was recently put in t cub
closed last night after having given
pleasure to hundreds of people, and
at the same time increased t;la piano
n The bazaar vas a grand euccess
in every a
This was the first time the club had
ever been thrown open to the public
and they did not fail to lake advan-
-tage of it. Some Of the booth which
were filled with all manner of nice
things Were completely emptied by the
time the bazaar closed last night.
A large number OF children visited the
club yesterday afternoon and enjoyed
themselves for several hours.
An entertainment at the Howard Re-
lief Company. these words mean pleas
ure. and if the entertainment is open
to the public they never fail to at
tend.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-19
Do 1t Today.

The time-worn injunction. Never
put off It'll tomorrow what you can 90
today is 10Y generally presented in
this form: do it today!" That is the
terse advice we want to give you about
that hacking cough or ~demoralizing
cold with which you have been strug-
Cling for several days, perhaps weeks.
Take some reliable remedy for it to-
day-and let that remedy be DR.. Bos-
chee's. German Syrup, which has been
in use for over thirty-five years. A few
doses of it will undoubtedly relieve
your cough or cold. and its continued
use for a few days will cure you COM
pletely. No matter how deep-seated
your cough. even if dread consumption
has attacked your lungs, German
Syrup will surely effect a cure-as it
has done in thousands of apparently
hopeless cases of lung trouble. New
trial bottles, 25c; regular size, 75c. AT
all druggists. R. r. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-19

IIl-hea1th in woman is generally trace
able to disease of the delicate wornanly
organism. Many women have been re-
stored to happiness by the use of DIR.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription. If there
is an invalid woman, suffering from
femsie weakness, prolapsus, or falling of
womb, or from leucorhea who has used
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription with
out complete success DR.. Pierce would
like to hear from such person-and il
will be { o her advantage to write as he
offers, in perfect good faith, a reward of
$500 for any case of the above maladies
which he cannot cure.
ct feel it my duty to inform you that I had
been a sufferer for many years from nervous
ness with all its symptoms and complications,n
writes Mrs. o. n. Fisher. of 1861 Lexington Ave,
New York, N. Y. 81 was constantly going 20
see a physician / was induced to ask DR..
Pierce's advice. I then took FIVE bottles of Fa-
vorite Prescription / am not now cross and
irritable, and I have a good color in my face;
and one thousand Of comfort, for I am a new
woman once more"
The dealer who offers a substitute for
uFavorits Prescription - does so to gain
the little more profit paid on the sale of
less m~eritorious medicines.
DR.. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser is sent free on receipt of stamps
to pay experse of mailing only. Send Fl
one-cent stamps fof the p~aper-covered
book, OF 81 stamps for the cloth bound.
Address DR.. R. v. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-19

The Charlotte Observer of yesterday
closes an editorial on the Atlantic and
North Carolina railroad fight with this
paragraph:
This whole business must of neces-
sity be dealt with in fragmentary
fashion, as the case develops, but The
Observer has thought that it saw the
end from the beginning; and when the
testimony is all in and all the court pro-
ceedings ended, when Finch and McBee
are securely locked in the penitentiary
and state control of the Atlantic and
North Carolina railroad is confirmed
as the settled method of management
Of this property, it will, If it please
God. review the full facts. from first to
last. not forgetting to mention that for
the first time in the history of North
Carolina a chief justice has refused
a right which has never heretofore been
denied the poorest criminal-the right
to waive examination and give bond
for appearance at court"
We were of the opinion that The OBJ
server has ever since the application of
Mr.. Finch for a ~receivership for this
road, held to the opinion that the rail-
road should not be under state control.
We must confess that we do not take
in the meaning of the sentence in the
above quotation. Does The Observer
mean to say that the state ownership
should be determined as the proper
or does it simply predict that such will
be the outcome of the present investi-
cation?
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-19

a large number of the hide-bound
political papers proceed on the theory
that "Ceasar a do no wrong" that
is, whatever their party O must
be right and they chime in and follow
like dumb cattle. Not SO with the New
York Press. a strong administration
organ. 1t strikes right out n has
this to say about the republican legis-
lature of New York:
"A colossal structure of corruption
is the monument the New York leg
islature of 1904 has raised to the re-
publican party. Not a single act
this session it a voluntarily per-
formed can be marked with sItisfac-
ton by the party Of the state in it's
appeal to the voters for their indorse-
ment of the splendid performances of
the republican national administra-
ion."-Greensboro Record.
Whenever the editor of a republican
newspaper sees something in his party
which he does not approve and has
n courage to say so, democratic edi-
tors step up n slap him or h Shout
der and say: Good for you; You are
an honest man." Whenever the editor
of a democratic paper sees 1T to criti-
else the conduct of an Official elected
to office by his w party those same
men rush into print in their papers to
denounce him as a traitor a-.d forth
with read him out of the party. In cur
opinion a man al criticise the i.nprup-
er actions of officials of his own party
and still be as good a party man as
those who cry down such CRITICISM. In
fact when matters come to a pinch he
will be found a stauncher adherent of
his party's principles.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-19
FROM LAST TO FIRST

People used to take plain
cod liver oil for coughs, colds,
throat and lung troubles after
other remedies had failed.
SCOTS Emulsion is the
modern idea of cod liver oil
the first instead of the last
resort when such ailments
appear.
The taste of the oil is not
apparent and the oil itself is
partly digested makes it
easy for the stomach. SCOTS
Emulsion is a quick, reliable
help at all ages.
Wen send you a sample free upon request
SCOTT & BOVINE, 400 Pearl Street. New York
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-19
Wreck on the Alabama Great South.
ern.

Meridian, Miss, April 13.-The
passenger train over the Alabama
Great Southern railway, which left
this city for Birmingham at 2:45
o'clock this afternoon, was wrecked
Jour miles from here, resulting in the
death of Engineer Charles Childs. of
birmingham. INT the serious injury
of five others. The engine, postal
and baggage cars were wrecked, and
n coach was badly broken up.
The train ran into an open switch.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-19
The Best Family Salve.

DeWitt's Witch Hazel gives instant
relief from Burns. cures Cuts, Bruises,
Sores, Eczema. letter and all abrasions
of the skin. In buying Witch Hazel
Salve it is only necessary to see that
o get the genuine DeWitt's and a
cure is certain. There are many cheap
counterfeits On the market, all of which
are worthless, n quite a few are dan
gerous, while DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve is perfectly harmless and cures.
Sold by r. r. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-19

w nan
who suffers
from i1l-health
casts a shadow
on her own hap
piness and the
happiness of
others. She
cannot help it.
Those who suf-
fer ca I
emile and c;po
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-19
A Cure for Hearache.

Any man. or child suffering
from headache. b~iliousness, or a dull,
drowsy feeling should take one or two
Of DeWitt"s Little Early Risers night
and morning. These famous little
pills are famous because they are a ton
ic as well as a pill. While they cleanse
the system they strengthen and re-
build it by their tonic effect on the
liver and bowels. Sold by r. r. B=l-
lamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-19
light And DARk,

Day and night, sunshine and shadow
are not more different from each other
than a healthful from . sickly woman.
The healthful woman carries light and
sunshine with her wherever she goes.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-19

This is the fifteenth of April. Sixteen
days from now all voters liable for poll
tax who have not settled with the sher-
iff will be barred the right to vote in
the fall elections.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-19

Crayon portraits Of J. Edward Ad-
dicks are selling for only so cents. But
Mr. Addicks' chances for the senate,
il upon the market. would probably
sell for even leSS-Atlanta Journal.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-19

Senator Burton's remarks since the
sentence of the court was passed upon
him show that conviction is not al
ways followed by cOnversion.-Atlanta
Journal.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-19

A lazy liver makes a lazy man. Bur-
dock Blood Bitters is the natural, never
failing remedy for a lazy liver.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1904-04-22

Minnesota; the Brookins residence
and ten acres in section 10 to Mr..
Halvorsou Of Genesee, Idaho; the
Ballinger residence to another Ida
no gentlemen; 1870 acres of valley
land to Seattle parties, and ten acres
i'll section seven to Butler and
Newkirk Of Dayton, Washington.
Cosgrove & Hanson sold five
ten acre tracts adjoining w. F.
Martin up the river, and two ten
acre tracts i'll section seven, the last
few days.
II. B. Haney has rented five
acres of alfalfa land from w. NJ.
Richards aud pays $40 per acre
rent. This was seeded to alfalfa
last August. No wonder kenne-
wick lands come high.
JOHN c. Williams, who for a
year past has been employed with
H. L. Beach at his livery barn, left
Wednesday for his old home at
Bowling Green, Indiana. Mr..
Williams has made many friends
during his stay here, who all wish
his success and prosperity i'll the
future.
The Hunt & Haynes Mercantile
Co. offers the lagest and finest
stock of spring and summer dress
goods and waistings kept i'll any
dry goods store i'll our county.
The ladies are invited to call and
examine Our stock.-Respectfully,
HUNT * HAYNES MERCANTILE
COMPANY.
Over 1000 shade trees are being
set out along the streets in town.
The varieties are chiefly, Carolina
poplar, soft maple, American elm,
biicn and black locust. Marshal
Baldwin has a force of men with
him doing the work. They are
also putting i'll water boxes on the
street corners for the water so as to
irrigate the trees aud all the yards
in town.
The firm of Cantril 6, Eakin has
sold its stock of goods to Mrs. d.
l.. Root. Mrs. Root will sell of
the present stock during the next
80 days at greatly reduced prices.
Both Cantril & I;akiA have toe
many other matters needing at
tentiou and concluded that they
had not sufficient time to give prop
er attention to their business and
consequently sold.
A splendid rain fell i'll Horse
Heaven and throughout the valley
Monday night and Tuesday even
ing. Reports from Horse Heaven
are to the effect that the wheat crop
has never looked better in years
than now, and that one of the
largest yields in its history is ex-
pected this year. The Horse
Heaven farmers are anticipating
the pleasure Of rolling in wealth
next fall.
John Bonewitz, father-in-law of
w. S. Metz, died Monday at the
home of Mr.. Metz from a complica-
ton of diseases. The deceased
was IS years of age, and was born
i'll Pennsylvania and resided most
of his life in the state of Illinois.
He came to Kennewick this Win
ter from the latter state. The
funeral was held Tuesday and was
conducted from the Presbyterian
church. The funeral sermon was
delivered by Rev. Ebe of Sunny
side. The remains were followed
totheir last resting place by NUM-
Der of friends of the family, and
residents of Kennewick.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1904-04-22
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.

H. c. Mitcllem is going iuto the
real estate business. =.
Rev. Bartlett went to North
Yakima OIL a visit.
II S. Anon went to Tacoma
,one day this week.
Z A ten acre tract III section seven
at bargain. Inquire l.. S. Erley.
Mrs. Oscar Olson is back from a
visit to her folks at Wallula.
A large number Of cantaloupes
will be planted this spring.
The ladies' Guild of the Presby-
/terian church will meet with Mrs.
w. H. Collins May 5th.
Daniel Boyd has purchased ten
acres from Rudkin & Fechter three
miles west Of town up the river.
A little boy arrived at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Martin
Saturday.
H. Delepine is bringing in let
tuce which lie planted last October
in the open.
John Sherman has sold 1900
acres of Horse Heaven land which
he has held for about year.
Mr.. Finley has contract to clear
and level 40 acres i'll section IS, be-
longing 10 H. johnson. The land
will be seeded forthwith. :.
/'ihe ladies' of the NJ. l.. church
/hsve decided to postpone the ice
cream social they were 10 have
given, indefinitely.
70. Gibbons has moved his
house from the Villa Tracts UP
town. He purchased a couple of
lots in the Beach addition.
X. D. Wright from Rathdrun,
Idaho, has purchased twenty acres
above Martins place, of Fechter &
Rudkin.
Those wishing to buy McCor-
mick header Or mower should place
their order now.-Kenncwick
Hardware Co, Agents.
Fred G. Bier, manager of the
Lind Hardware Co. of Lind. Wash
ington, spent Sunday with his
brother, H. A. Bier.
/Rev. Bartlett will conduct
Episcopal services at the Presby-
terrain chapel Sunday evening,
commencing at 8 p. III.
Dr.. Pallister is going to spend
some OF his spare time when not
occupied with his patients to raise
turkeys. He advocates hand lais-
ing.
Mrs. H. A. Bier accompanied by
Mrs. Chas, Ebener of Ritzville, de-
parted for Walla Walla, Wednes-
Gay night. Mrs. Bier intends to
Stay three or four weeks.
Charley Dunlap, who has been
spending the winter with Jas.
J N'owell Oh the Cascade Canal at
Elensburg, returned Tuesday to
Kennewick
Mr. Beamer, son of A. Beamer,
superintendent of the Idaho divis.
ioh OF the N. p, has purchased
zen acres i'll section seven from
1hos. Holiday.
"m' Showalter is building two
houses in the southern portion of
~: They will be completed in
.Snort time, when he will rent
them.
w l.
we have limited number of
'eea packages for free distribution
VI seeds furnished by the agricult-
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1904-04-22
CANAL WORK ON
THE COLUMBIA
There will he no Delay In Begin
ino the Work ct Construction.

WASHINGTON, April 17.-There
will be no delay in the initial work
of constructing the DallasCelilo ca
nal, from the foot of the Dalles riv-
er to the head of the Cello Falls as
soon as the right of way has been
obtained and conveyed to the
United States free of cost. This
was the assurance given Senator
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1904-04-22

called Oh him in order to obtain
information regarding this work
for the benefit of the Lewiston
Commercial club.
There already is available forthis
project fro M former appropriations
some SIo5,oo which, with the
amount carried i'll the pending SUN
dry civil bill of 500, 900, will make
S295 900 available for the work
which, is estimated, will cost
S4,I2I,331.
Following IS brief resume of
the history of this projected I'M
provement of the Columbia river.
The project of this improvement
is to overcome the rapids and falls
Of the Columbia river located be-
tween Cello and the Dalles, Ore.
Between the above points the chan
mel is generally narrow rocky
gorge, cbstructed in several places
by rapids and falls.
The first project, adopted by the
river and harbor act of August IS,
1901, provided for boat railway.
This project was later abandoned
and since that time two new pro-
jccts have been successfully adopt
ed.
The first of these two, known as
the Harris project, was printed as
House Document No. 22S, 56th
congress, second session. The
money remaining on hand from the
boat railway project, together with
a new appropriation, was made
available for this work. However,
after further surveys and investiga-
ton by board of engineer officers,
and under authority Of the river
and llarbor act approved June 80,
1902, the Harris project was aban-
doned for the present project for a
continuous canal from Big Eddy,
Columbia river, Oregon and Wash
ington, to Cello, Oregon, Ga dist
ance of about s I-2 miles) and the
improvement of Three Mile Rapids,
Columbia river, about OH mile be-
low Big Eddy, by the re noval of
small Islands, points of rocks, and
submerged reefs i'll order to give
increased width and depth and also
straighten the channel.
This project was approved by
the secretary of war on November
8, 1908, subject to the proviso that
no work should be done until the
right of way and release from dam
ages were conveyed to the United
States free of cost.
A project for expenditure of part
of the available funds was approx
ed by the as sistant secretary of war
under date of December 20, 1908.
This provides for deepening and
widening the channel at Three Mile
Rapids by the removal of small
islands, points of rock, and snb-
merged reefs, the work to be under
taken at once and not subject to the
proviso accompanying the approval
on November 9th, of the general
project. This work is estimated to
cost $152, 339, and is considered as
necessary preliminary to the
building of the proposed portage
railway by the state of Oregon, and
as being the most important work
to be undertaken before the com
mencement of actual construction
of the canal. Specifications have
been prepared and the work adver-
tised.
The approval of the general pro-
iect carried with all authorization
for the expenditure Of $40, 900, for
the preparation of plans and speci-
6cations, and the making Of the
necessary surveys preliminary to
actual construction work OH the