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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-19

Captain OBerry Remarks on the s..
Louis Conventton-sUncle Jlmme
Scott, Critically III.
Special to me Messenger.)

Goldsboro, y. c., July 14.-Uncle
by his wide circle of acquaintance.
Is critically i'll at his home. over at
Greenleaf- He has passed the four
score and ten mark, and il Is feared
that his advanced age ana growing In
firmities will prevent him from re-
gaming his health. He was born and
raised not far from where he In now
making his home. He has been a cot
ton buyer on this market for more
than forty years. and there is no man
in the county better known than
Uncle Jimmie. II he has an enemy he
is not aware Of it He has lived an
exemplary life. and the many kind
nesses showered mon him in his de-
Ginning health while the shadows are
frightening is a very fit expression of
the high esteem in which he is held by
the people of the whole community.
Throwing rocks at train Is q PERM
cious habit which the colored youth Of
this section seems to have acquired of
late. 1t has jus developed that some
negro boys threw rocks at the passen-
so boii ol TIE allSIltlC anu NNOTIn
Carolina railroad last Tuesday morn
ing just as the train was leaving New
Bern. The window glass was shatter-
ed all over the car, and IL 1t had not
been for the curtain in the parlor car,
a lady who was sitting next to the win
dow would have been injured. AS il
was b was very much frightened.
and had not gotten over the scare
when the train reached this city.
Miss Pearl Fort Is giving 2 house
party at the h~ospitable home OF her
father. Colonel w. b. Fort, near Pike
Vile this week. She has some visitors
from a distance and cutie a number
Of young people from this city, who
are enjoying the splendid social event.
The party will last throughout the
week. 3,
Captain N. O'Berry has just return-
ed from the st. Louis convention. He
says that one of the things that i'm
pressed him most vas the passing of
Organism. He is confident that the
Nebraska orator has lost his hold on
the American people, but he says that
Z. person who imagines that Mr.. Bry-
a has no admirers is simply mistaken.
There were numbers of people in the
convention who would be glad to see
Mr.. Bryan nominated for President.
Judge w. r. Allen, who has been
spending some time at the Atlantic
Hotel in Morehead City. arrived home
today to spend some time before going
out on his itinerary. There were sew
eral matters awaiting his disposal
which he has been at work on today
= Tomorrow he will hear a habeas cor.
puS proceedings in the case of a negro
h mas been jailed by a justice OF
the peace on the charge Of selling Ii.
quor. Counsel for the negro have be
gun the proceedings to 1iberate the
negro. and it is very probable tha,
they will succeed. The evidence upor
which he was convicted. it is claimed
does not justify the verdict.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-19
PAUL KRUGER Z
Former President of the Transvaal
Passes Away at Clarens-Wants to
be Buried by the Side of His Wife,
I'm His Own Country.

Clarens. Switzerland. July 14.-Paul
Kruger, former President OF the
Transvaal republic. died here at }
O'Clock his morning from pneumonia
and ~supervening heart weakness. Mr.
Kruger lost consciousness Monday
His daughter and son-in-law were
with him at the time of his death He
had been out once since his arrival
here. at the beginning of last month
The ex-President's body was en-
balmed and this afternoon the remains
were placed I'm a vault. pending funer-
al arrangements. Application viii be
made to the British government 70,
authority TO transport the remains to
the Transvaal. In the meantime they
will be temporarily inferred here.
Mr.. Kruger. who was staying at the
Villa Du Boichet. had been gradually
failing for a long time. but he was
able to attend to his affairs. read the
newspapers and received visits until
Saturday. A change for the worse set
in on Sunday. He became unconscious
Monday. and remained SO until his
death. Mr.. Kruger was tended by his
" physician, DR.. Heymann, and by
his secretary. Mr.. Redel.
On several occasions Mr.. Kruger
had expressed a desire to be buried
beside his wife, in his own country.
The post examination of the body
showed that Mr.. Kruger died OF senfle
pneumonia. caused by sclerosis of the
arteries, which made rapid progress.
during the last few weeks. The ex-
Presidents state of health was kept
secret.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-19
News from Port Arthur.

Ia Tche Kiao. July 13.-tDelayed in
transmission). h following was re-
ceived from Port Arthur today:
There Is no change in the position
of affairs. Fresh provisions arrive daily.
There are constant skirmishes in which
the enemy suffer the most losses. We
have no wounded or seriously III. On
the surrounding hills. the ChiEese are
constantly heliographing. The Japa-
nese have issued orders that instead OF
attempting to make prisoners the
Russians they are TO be shot"
The foregoing is probably the undated
dispatch sent from Port Arthur 10 Ts
Tche Kiao, and from there to ST. Pc.
tersburg referred to in the Associated
Press dispatch from the latter place
reviewing the situation. II will be no.
ed that there is no direct communica
ton between Ia Tche Kaio and Por
Arthur and there Is ON explanation a
to how the message was sent.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-19
CROWD WAS IN UGLY MOOD.
Popular Outburst When O'Brien and
Day Were Taken from the Train at
Iancaster-Ohcers Fight to Save
the Prisoners

Lancaster, Pa. July 14.-John o.
Brien and Joseph Furman, alias Day,
who, it is alleged, murdered the aged
toll-gate keeper, Samuel Ressler. near
Leaman place, on the night Of July 1,
after a sensational al upon the VII
lage of G~ordonsville. arrived in Lam
caster at 1910 o'clock tonight, in tn.
custody Of Deputy Sheriff Zeigler and
Detective Berger. They were arrested
last Friday at Norfolk.
A crowd Of a thousand or more
people had gathered at the Pennsyl-
vanla railroad station, and there was
a remarkable popular outburSt when
the prisoners were taken from the
train. The crowd made a rush for tn.
murderers. A squad of policemen, with
drawn revOlvers, formed about them
and dubbed their way to a waiting
trolley car. The crowd attacked the
car. pulling the trolley pole from the
overhead wire. Excitement was at a
hig hpitch, and it was only by DRIVING
back the angry crowd at pistol point
that finally the car was got under way.
A gang of men and boys ran after it,
and somebody in the crowd began
shooting, q half-doZen shots being
fired at the car.
At the jail there was another crowd
in waiting, and it was with the greatest
difficulty that the prisoners were f.
nally landed behind the bars. During
h ordeal on the car, O'Brien covered
in terror while Furman took things
coolly.
n accused admitted that they per-
petrated the Gordonsville raid. but de-
MED the'Ressler murder. At the Jail
they were confronted by Alexander,
Craig. who was arrested at Gordons.
vile, n he identified them as his
companions in thai crime. O'Brien
and Furman have been positively
Identified as h men Vho slept in
Eaby's barn. near the toll-gate, on the
night Of the murder, where the razors
Of the murdered man were afterward
found
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-19
DEAD IN A CAB.
Another Mysterious Death. Resem-
bling That of Caesar Young.

New York, July 14.-Charies w. Car
ter, a wealthy manufacturer, was found
dead tonight in certain particular which
bear a resemblance to the recent death
of Caesar Young. He was in a cab
with a young woman, near Prospect
Park, near Brooklyn, when the woman
called for help n shortly afterward
disappeared. Investigation showed that
the man had cen lead for some time.
The young woman insisted on getting
out of the cab against the cabman's
protest, after she had called his atten-
ton to her companions condition. She
walked some distance behind the cab
and at a dark corner suddenly var
iShed.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-19

"A meershaum pipe that would have
brought S5 ten years ago wouldn't
bring more than $40 now" said a tobac-
conist- "Meerchaum pipes - to be
fashionable and popular in America,
but they are not much sought for to-
day.
1T isn't strange that the liking for
them hould have waned. The neer-
chaum IL ar unsatisfactory pipe at the
best. Drop IL, and il In irretrievably
broken. Try to color IL. and for a
month IL tastes like soap.
1T isn't the meerschaum In n OF
these pipes that colors. anyway Ii Ia
a mixture OF beaswax and oil that the
rub into the block before they
carve II. You could smoke a pipe OF
pure meeschaum all your life. n n
your death II would be as white as II
had been at your birth II IS the Oh
and that-which cofor8-
while meerchaum pipes have fallen
in cost and favor. briar pipes have
risen. A pipe Of really fine briar root
costs today from so up TO IS or SO.
In The past I: would not have cost more
than IS at the outside
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-19
ORDERS FOR ~ENcxMPMENT.
Camp VIII be At No-ehead from
August 1Oth-19th-Improvelsents TO
the Times Visitor.
Especial to The Messenger.)

Raleigh, N. c., July H-Orders
for the encampment of the Nat
ional Guard at Morehead City
were issued today. They say the camp
will be under the command Of Brigadier
Gen. Armfield. The date is from August
10th to 18th i~nc.usive. Zach company
is required to attend with at least 15
per cen OF its organized strength.
Cooking utensils end mess halls are
to be provided, mounted officers are
required TO furnish horses. The quar-
termaster general will get troops into
camp not later han $50 p. m, Angus
10th, and Will AVE the camp prepared,
will quarter troops n provide all
necessary conveniences. Two men are
to be detailed from each company to
report to their regimental Quartermas-
ter at the camp at least two days be-
fore August 10th. The troops are to
be fed by the state. The Quartermaster
general is to purchase rationS and is
sue them, assisted by the commissary
general and the brigadier commissary
The officers and enlisted men will re-
ceive the same pay as in regular ar
my. The governor Will review the
troops while they are Ill camp.
Maxwell J.. German, a veteran news
paper man here becomes city editor
of the Times-Visitor. At the end Of the
month the paper will occupy a new and
specially constructed building. IN
which John c.. Drewry, owner, will
| place a $500 press and other equip
| ment. The pape lis to be enlarged and
improved.
a new lodge of MasonS is granted a
charter at Andrews, Cherokee county
The Atlantic Railway Company
which is a bidder for the lease of the
! Atlantic and North Carolina railway,
| has put up $4,000 guarantee in a trust
| company and has so notified the gov
| ernOr.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-19

ST. Petersburg. July l4.-2:l5 a. H.
The people of St Petersburg retired
last night in a happy frame OF mind.
The absence Of a dispatch from Lieu
tenant General Stoessel. commander of
The military forces at Port Arthur. re-
garding the reported disaster to the
japanese last Sunday night, is general
ly attributed to the delay in communi-
eating official news, owing 10 the alb
sence Of the Emperor.
Private dispatches received in st.
Petersburg from Russian sources in
: the Far a confirm the reports from
Mukden and Che Foo. According to
usually reliable sources, the japanese
losses were rs. 900 and the Russian
losses 800.
The city remains in a ferment of ex-
citement and extras are eagerly bought
up, in the hope of finding the long ex-
pected dispatch from General Stoessel.
1t was only late tonight that a dispatch
arrived which. had it become generally
known, would nave tended somewhat
to dampen the enthusiasm. This was
a dispatch from TIA Tche Kiao commu-
nicating an undated dispatch from Port
Arthur, received there July Is. 1t did
not mention the assault or the repulse,
but il is quite possible that the dis
patch was sent from Port Arthur ear
Tier h July 10th. SO that it ammo,
Ie fairly regarded as contradictory evil
Cence.
it is quite certain up to this date
that there is no disposition in any quar-
ter in st. Petersburg to question the
truth of the news. There is a general
conviction that if Ficeroy Alexief de-
cidea to communicate the report to the
general staff, it must be true.
The Associated Press learns that the
war office had some hesitation in giving
cut the dispatch owing to it's dubitatiye
wording. 1t is contrary to the custom
of the war office to publish statements
made with such reserve as Viceroy
Aiexien thought fit to adopt.
There is now good reason to believe
that tae report Of a japanese disaste-
before Port Arthur came from the
Russian consul at Che
Arrangements have almost been com
pleted for the transmission of wireless
reports between the LiaOtiShan promon-
tory. south Of Port Arthur and Che
Eos, whereby St. Petersburg will be
advised daily Of the progress of events
at Port Arthur AS heretofore pointed
out in these dispatches, the authorities
do not regard this as a violation o.
China'S neutrality.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-19
Branch House to be Established at
Richmond.

Richmond, Va, July 14.-According to
a telegram from Norfolk, Armour and
Company will open a branch slaughter
ing house here to relieve the e sit
Uation in Virginia during the western
packing house strike. At the local
branch OF Armour and Company, how
ever. nothing had been heard Of such
contemplated move
The prices of meats here have risen
very little, so far. Pork remains at
the ante-strike figure. There are va
rious and extensive Strengthening houses
already at this point and the work here
is practically unaffected by the strike
in the west.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-19
LIBERAL UNIONIST COUNCIL.
Officers of the Newly Reconstructed
Contradictions of the Fiscal Sys-
tenn Favored.

London. July 14.-Joseph Chamber
L~ansdowne and Lord Selborne vice.
presidents of the newly constructed
Liberal Unionist council at a meeting
in London today, which was attended
by LOO to $500 delegates from all
art of the kingdom. A resolution
"a passed in favor of a complete re-
form of the British fiscal system, ap-
creased powers to deal with hostile
tariffs and dumping and expressing
sympathy with the proposals for pref
erential arrangements between the
colonies and the motherland. The
resolution "a adopted with practical
unanimity.
Mr.. Chamberlain presided over and
delivered a speech at an immense
meeting in Albert Hall tonight, under
auspices of the Liberal UnioniSt coun-
Gil. After discussing at length the
fiscal question, Mr.. Chamberlain re-
ferred to the Irish question. and said
that the council was impressing upon
the governmen n necessity of re-
form in Irish electoral representation.
The leader Of the Nationalist party
in the House of Commons controlled
some eighty votes. which were swung
from side to side, without regard to
the merits of the case under discus
sion and with the avowed object of
making the British government impos-
sible and coercing the British Pariia-
ment to give him what he wanted.
He will fail where greater than he
failed before him." said MI. Chamber
lain, who then asked why should PAL
lament play into the hands Of John
Redmond, by giving him power to
which he was not justly entitled.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-19
japanese Retiring to the ountains.

Ia Tche Kiao, July 13.-GDelayed in
transmiSsion). 1t was expected tina;
the Japanese would attack his morn.
ing. The Russians guns were heard
to the east of TIA Tche Kiao at 6 a. m.
The japanese did not reply.
Russian scouts have ascertained that
the valley OF Kadjouki, south Of Ia
Tche kiao, almost 20 Gadjoy, Is clear
of Japanese.
Further intelligence brought in BY
scouts says that the japanese are re-
firing to the mountains and moving
northeast in the direction of Hal Cheng
n also further north.
The roads to Yin Kow are not imped.
ed. The Russians have captured some
Chinese bandits.
A Japanese officer taken prisoner mad
dispatches showing that in the battle
of July 4th, the Japanese lost over 700
The weather is sultry and there has
been no rain. The Chinese say they dr.
not expect much more rain this year.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-19

-Noon--Sneaayed IN transmission.
II Is reported that the Japanese TROOPS
advancing on Kai-Chou. have en-
fretnched n are awaiting reinforce
ments Heavy firing has been heard
day and night. proving that the Rus
lance. Russian Officers who come into
. Chwang frequently from TIA Tche
kaio. say that the place is well forti-
fed. There are only \ FEW soldiers
here. The gunboat Sivoutch is stin In
the river Lao. and it II believed that
she viii resist. should the Japanese
attempt TO AXE New Chwang. Her
officers and crew say they viii never
surrender.
Last night two Japanese scouts,
dressed as Chinese. rode on horseback
through h city.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-19
Pennsylvania Murderers Taken from
Norfolk to That State.

Norfolk, Va, July A.-John OiBrin
and Joseph Day. two white men, dden-
titled as the alleged murderers OF Sam
uel Ressler, an aged toll gate keeper
at Lancaster, Pa, were taken from h
Norfolk county fail today by Sheriff
Zeigler and his deputies, and the party
left for Pennsylvania. The prisoners
hav repeatedly denied the charges pre-
ferred against them. The Pennsylva-
MIA officers claim that they have suffi-
cient evidence in hand to hang O'Brien
and Day for the murder Of Ressler.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-19
The Cevelands Are Visiting Joseph
Jefferson.

Buzzards Bay, July 14-Mrs. Cleve-
land arrvet here today and Mr.. Cev-
1and met he at the station. He SEEM
ed in the best Of health. The C1eve-
lands are stopping at the home Of To-
seph Jefferson. They expect to leave
here for their summer home at Sand
witch, N. H., tomorrow morning.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-19

Atlanta, Ga, july 1.-THE effect of
the strike at the packing centres Of
the north n west has been felt here
in the increased prices for fresh meats.
Retailers have advanced the price of
pork two and a half cents a pound, and
a general advance of a dollar a hundred
has been adopted in wholesale beef.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-19
Friends of Judge Parker
Celebrate His Nom
nation
A

Il Held nj Rosemount, Participated In
nv Messrs Cochran. Belmont, Nc
Carren and ROdy-It Is Not known
What Subject Was Under Discussion
No Information Yet ObtainaDle
a. TO Who Has Been Selected Tor
National Chairman-Judge Parker
Thanks His Friends and NeiShbors
for Their Generous Ovation.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-19

met. day by day, and shook each other
by the hand and discussed the various
situations presented.
II am grateful to all OF you which
have come here, and I want to take
this opportunity to shake all OF my old
neighbors by the hand, and TO "a to
each one Of you, God speed.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-19
General Butler Nominated for Con.
greSS.

Nashville, Tenn, July 14.-At Cooke
Vile today, General NJ. G. Butler of
Gainesboro, was nominated by the
Democratic congressional convention of
the Fourth Tennessee district. Hon.
NJ. C. Fitzpatrick, present representa-
tive was not a candidate.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-19
Confirmation Still Lack
ing of Big Russian
Victory
YIN KOW TAKEN

General Stoessel Has Not
Yet Made a Report on Any Recent
Fighting at Port Arthur-The jap
anese Have Occupied Yin Kow. all
the Russians Who Were in the Town
Escaping Without Dificulty-The
japanese Continue Their Advance
on Ia Tche kiaO and There is Con-
tinuous Fighting Along the Siuyen
Roads.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-19
Reports Continued japanese Advance

St. Petersburg. July I+-s:ss p. m.-
A telegram from Lieutenant General
Sakahorf reviewing the situation yes
terday, notes continued Japanese d
vance on Tia Tche Kiao, and continu-
Gus fighting along the Siuyen roads
conyerging on Tangfche. ten miles
southeast of TIA Tche Kiao. The Rus
sian ~outposts apparently were not Of
ferdng serious resistance on either OF
the Siuyen roads or along the N OF
General Oku's advance. There may
be q slight collision at Tangchi. where
General Kuropatkin probably has sit
uated his left wing rear-guard. The
Japanese are utilizing Ka4-Chou TO
land supplies.
General Sakharon also reports the
appearance of General kuroh's out
posts considerably south of Lao Yang.
This is an indication of a general flank
ing movement on Hai-Cheng.
The japanese northern outposts are
falling back on Saimatza. probably due
to pressure on the part OF General
Rennekempff.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-19

Diphtheria relieved in twenty min
utes. Almost miraculous. DIR. Thomas
Eclectric Oil. At any drug store.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-19
Japanese Occupy Yin Kow.

Toxic, July 14.-:40 p. NIT Is re
ported that Yin Kow has been Occu-
pied by the japanese without resistance
upon the part of the Russian troops.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-19
Yin Row Occupied by japanese.

London, July 15.-Tbe Daily Chronicle
Tokfo's correspondent says that on
July 14th the japanese occupied Yin
Kow n that the 800 Russians who
were in the town escaped without diff :
Guilty.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-19
Japs Capture n Steamer Loaded with
Contraband of War.

Che Foo. July IA report has been
received that the China mining and
engineer company's steamer. Hal
Ping. from Shanghai. July sth. was
captured by the Japanese ten miles
north OF Che Foo this morning. loaded
with ~contraeand of war.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-19

Hal Cheng, July L. delayed In trans
mission).-A detachment OF Major Gem
eral Mischenko's army fought a bril-
liant engagement today near the Black
mountains. Some prisoners were tn
ken. The japanese are ~entrenchtng
five miles from TIA Tche Kiao-
The Russian troops are In excellent
spirits and elated over the reports or
the japanese repulse In their assault
on Port Arthur.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-19

Russians Resist the Advance.
New Chwang, Wednesday, July Is