The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-10-13
New York Bull Leader Advises Far
mers Not to Sell.
Mrs. Roosevelt to Accompany the Pres
ident 10 RaIeigh-A Mad Cow
Causes Excitement - Construction
Work on the Raleigh and Pamiico
Sound Raiiway-Ofher News Notes.
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh N. C., October 10

VIII accompany Lne PRESIDENT TO IA
leigh and to other points In the soush.
Never was SO nuch interest shown IL
the visit of any person to Raleigh as
is exhibited as regards the coming OF
the President. The one desire is that
there shall be ,ain before he comes
but the prospects for it are faint IN
deed, the weather bureau people nav
lug given up il; despair. A few of the
old weather prophets who pin th6ir
faith on the moon say that it changes
on the 14th. and that then there will
be ain.
Tie supreme court took I'D the sixth
district today. Among the attorneys
present are Thomas H. Sutton, Charles
u. Pose and n. =. Sinclair. all of Fay
etteville.
DR.. Richard II. Lewis. secretary OF
the state board of health. has return
de from Boston. where he attended the
annual meeting f the American Public
Health Association. which embraces
the United States. Canada and Mexico.
DR. Lewis has been elected a vice pres
ident of this great health organ'za-
ton. the largest in the world. He
heard a brilliant address on yellow lev
er by DR.. John Guiteras of Hawai-.
Cuba, who said splendid work was
being done at New Orleans in the
fight AGAINST yellow fever. 1t is showo
beyond any question that the disease
is carried by the mosquito, and this
is now settled without any shadow OF
doubt.
In north Raleigh this morning there
was a great commotiOn. Telephone
messages were sent to the police that
a cow had gore mad and was attack
ing everybody in reach. The animal
broke out of a lot and tool to the
street. tossing one woman and pursu-
ing several children. The people turn
ed out. armed ana the wild beast w"s
shot and killed. 1t is thought that re
COW had been birten by a mad dog.
The sheriff of this county received a
very strange letter today and also a
postal card. both from Halifax this
state, requesting him to arrest ami
hold some gypsies. who II here sew
eral days ago and are in camp in the
woods not far from the state fair
grounds. The letter said: "Ketch 4
hax of dark skin people. They are
nigh Raleigh camp, to identify q wOm-
an and newbOrned babe l will ap-
pear to High Shaft, a detective. Run
away from hear, Hally Fax. N. c." The
sheriff could not understand these epis-
ties,
This morning an infant child of Ros-
coe A. Num-, Esq, of New Bern, died
at the home of insurance Commission
er Richard A. Young, after several
weeks illness. The infant was a grand
child of Chief Justice Nichols. of Louis
lana.
The final work is being done at ne
Soldiers Home in fitting up the sec
ond floor of the new dormitory, where
Is rooms are almost ready Tor use.
These are to be furnished by various
chapters of the United Daughters OF
the ~Cpnfederlcy. Superintendent
Brooks says that the following chap
ters are fitting rooms to have them as
signed to them: Chicora. OF Dunn
Laurinburg and Confederate Grave. of
Mount Olive. No doubt other chapters
will be speedily heard from.
At the Agricultural and Mechanical
College a flag staff SO feet in height
is being erected. from which the flag
will be displayed. Strange to say there
has heretofore been no flagstaff at the
college.
The Raleigh and Pamlico Sound rail-
way construction is to be pushed mprc
rapidly than ever before. The control
of the road is now in the hands of the
ley president. Clarence Haines, OF
New York. and the new stockholders,
thought several Of the old stockholders
oopfir,o opI ,n%os~ +L~.~
President and General Manager J. NJ.
Turner becomes now general manager
and there are 10 intimations as to
whether there will be n change Of ahls
status.
In the state museum a number OF
large n very handsome Transparent
cies are being placed in the windows,
illustrating mining and other indus
trial scenes in various parts of tie
state.
The county superintendents of odu-
cation in three counties. Brunswick,
Surry and Iredell. have failed to make
their reports to the state s~uperintea-
dent. and as a result no figures can
be prepared for the public as to the
results of the years educational work.
At Don TO-DAY Daniel ). Sully, o
New York. who is at the head of Bull
movement in cotton. delivered an ad-
dress before the farmers and business
men. A great many people called on
him while here and he talked ve:y
freely. He predicts lac. cotton, il the
farmers will only mold on to it. 4
great many of the small farmers are
ceiling.
The number of pupils at the Roman
Catholic O~rphanage here has now
reached so, 80 of these being orphans.
There are a number of seminarians
there. taking a curse of study.
In the supreme court room, each of
the five justices has a little den on the
upper floor. in each one there being a
set of the North Carolina report AMI
other necessary books. In these they
generally write their Onions. In these
little Offices a great deal of work is
done and they are very convenient and
quiet. All have been reprinted within
the past few dayS,ssand generally re-