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Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-06

colony, which he established on the
lake shore, east of New Orleans and
set then to building a brig. When the
Spanish fleet visited him Galvez want
ed the commodore to capture a port
to the east. The commodore not hav-
ing pilots acquainted with the coast
was unwilling to attempt it, where
upon Galvez said if he would not un-
dertake it he would do it himself.
'The fleet went as near as the COM
! modore thought safe, when Galvez
with his brig approached the fort and
demanded it's surrender. Awed by
the appearance of the fleet this
they speedily did. After this adventure
the fleet sailed toward the west and it
is conjectured that Galvez. seeing the
rapid extension of the English Ian
guage, suggested if the commodore
| should name any place after him the
name should be Galveston, which was
complied with, and thus was derived
the name of the city as it is known
| today"
! In 1910 Lafitte and his pirate band
for the Louisiana coast tested the ca
/ pacities of the harbor, and not long af-
! ter this it was occupied by the forces
of the Mexican republic, when Lafitte
was made governor of the island under
Mexican authority.
During the next twenty years many
thrilling adventures took place on the
island between the Mexicans, pirates,
Indians and whites. After the annexa-
break of the Mexican War the first
Texas regiment to join General Taylor
was composed of six months men
raised and organized in Galveston and
commanded by Albert Sidney Johnston.
The city of Galveston was incorpor-
ated in 1889. and the first railroad to
be built was the Galveston, Houston
& Henderson. which was hegun in
1855, and in 1860 the Galveston bay
bridge was completed and trains were
run into the city. In 1863. during the
Civil War, the battle of Galveston oe-
Cured. After the war the growth of
the city was rapid, and when the jet
ties were finished in 1896 the bar was
gradually reduced until vessels of the
heaviest tonnage could enter the har-
Dor as easily as at New York or San
Francisco.
This improvement places the Gal
weston wharves in such close prox-
unity with the sea that vessels re-
quire only one hour to reach deep wa
ter, while the railroad and wharfine
systems combined provide terminal
facilities that are unexcelled any
where in this country
Cause of the Catastrophe
This was the thriving condition OF
affairs at Galveston just prior to Its
destruction on that fearful night five
years ago, and which, to quote D.
b. Henderson, the Galveston county
commissioner. was the most misunder-
stood phenomenon that has ever oc-
Cured, and 1t is astonishing that SO
few of the people who passed through
1t and had opportunity to observe its
progresc and effects are able to give
any satisfactory explanation of it,
To those who have given the matter
serious consideration It is surprising
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-06
Founding the City

Spain sent to Galvez. who was gov
ernor OF Louisiana from 1850 to 1885. a
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-04-11
READ ALL THIS
YOu Never Know the Moment When
This Information May Prov Of In
finite Value.

It is worth considerable to any cit
izen Of Wilmington to know how tn be
cured of painful annoying and Itch
ing piles. Know then that Doans
Ointment is a positive remedy for all
itchiness of the skin, for piles, eczema,
etc. One application relieves and
soothes. Read this testimony Of its
merit:
c. S. Hollen, printer on the Morning
Messenger, residing at 419 Grace
street, says: 81 had used several rem
edies to get relief from itching piles
but without any good results. Learn
ing Of Doan's Ointment / procured it
at Hellamy's drug store 1t acted I'M
mediately and proved Sc effective that
| am entirely cured of the affiiction. |
found it to be an excellent remedy"
For sale by all dealers. Price 80
cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co.. Buff
falo, n. Y, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name Doan's and AXE
no other.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-04-11
CHANGE THE INSCRIPTION
North Carolinians Object to tin,
Legend on the Appcmattox Monu
ment.

There is no little argument concern
ing the inscription on the monumenr
erected by North Carolina Veterans ut
Appomattox, to be unveiled on April
10th. Major Dixon, state auditor, it
will be remembered, in a statement
giver to representatives of the press a
few days ago, said he did not see the
Pluribus Unum," our national motto,
meaning II of many.
1t is learned hat Col. James T.
Morehead, of this city, has written to
Major Dixon, asking if it is too late
to change the legend" on the monu-
ment so it will simply say Marks the
spot where the last CUE was fired and
that by a North Carolina Brigade"
Col. Morehead is always interested in
matters of this kind and his sugses-
tons are always heard with interest.
General w. r. Cox, whose brigade
fir d the lest soll"y .hc"e. has written
20 NJ. Dixon endo:.iny his protest and
append'ng tile following.
Il fully endorse your view. as TO the
inscription Oh the monument ut Apo
E,lttox, and might add otlier views. l
have written to Chairman Henry A.
London, of the monument committee,
that l did rot propose to be present at
the unveilin3,
An effort is being made by Il number
of others to have the inscription clslng-
cd and it is thought that something
will be done at once in order to have
the inscription changed before the uli-
veilins.-Greensboro Telegram.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-04-11
PECULIAR RAILWAY ACCIDENT
Spring On Tender of Passenger Train
Give Way.

The springs to the tender trucks Of
the Atlantic and North Carolina 'shoo-
fly broke Sunday morning at Nersc
road crossing, three miles this side of
Newbern, letting the tender down OF
the track, which but for the airbrakes
immediate operation would have cdus-
ed a serious wreck.
The train was bowling along at o,
good clip when at the crossing NELL
toned the springs and slide bars to
the ear trucks gave way under the
weight of coal and dropped the tenders
on the wheels. The sharp fanses
bulged through the bottom of the ten
der, dropping it on the rails. This
caused the coupling between the ten
der and forward car to break, which, Ill
turn caused the emergency brake u
operate. stopping the cars, else they
would have telescoped and, probably,
caused loss of life. The tender vas
dragged about 80 yards before it
could be stopped.
An effort was made to get the engine
and tender on a side track that the
cars might be taken on with another
engine from Newbern, but this could
o be done in time and a train was
made up and the passengers transfer
red and the train went on its trip at !
O'clock, three hours late. A number of
the passengers walked to Newbern,
three miles.-Kinston Free Press.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-04-11
Ambassadors Pepdicament.

While the United States government
does not contribute a cent toward the
housing of it's ambassadors and ENJOYS
in foreign capitals, the English gov
eminent has just been spending a
quarter of a million dollars in merely
r~edecorating and refurnishing it's EN-
bassy at Paris. Ever since the begin
ming of the nineteenth century the en-
bassy has been housed in n of the
grandest palaces of the French me
tropolis. Built two hundred years ago,
it was tenanted during the first en-
pire by Princess Pauline Gorghese, the
lovely sister of the great Napoleon
Some of the furniture in the embassy
belonged to her, in particular the mag
nificent mirror and bed in the state
bedchamber, occupied by King Edward
when in Paris w years ago. 1t was
this bed, by the bye, that got the late
Lord Dufferin into such a funny
scrape. For so gifted a man, who
out difficulty and knew SO many IAN
guages, his French was indescribablv
bad. On one occasion, when giving a
garden party at the embassy, and en-
d~eavoring to entertain the wives ot
SOIIl0 OI Luo CdD!10C uluISI0TS, UelOuS-
ing, it is needless to say, to the ''nou~
veilles couches,' he sought to interes.
them by a remark to the effect that
he took his repose at night in the bed
of Pauline. meaning of course, the ia
state bed which had belonged
eighty years previously to Princess
Pauline Borghese.
The worthy "mistresses," Or as they
would be called here cabinet ladies'
had apparently never heard Of the
beautiful sister of the first Napoleon,
VINO served as a model to Canova for
his Venus, or, At any rate, they were
unaware that the embassy had at one
time belonged Il her. They at once
assumed that Lord Duferin was o n
fiding to them some of the aristocratic
profigacies of his private life, with
the object of manifesting his patrician
disdain and contempt for their bour-
geois r~espectability. They bridled up,
were bitterly offended, one of them
even burst into tears, and there was
no end of commotion, which required
all the tact of Lady Dufferin to smooth
over.-Marquis de Fontenoy in Wash
ingtOn Post.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-04-11
GAIN IN rosroFr1cE RECEIPTS


Especial to the Mesenge..1
Goldsboro. \. G.. April 1.-THE IT,
ceipts at the postoftice of a town Is n
pretty good index Of the business in-
terests OF the town. Under the admin
istration of Postmaster j. +. Dobson.
the receipts at the Goldsboro postofii -
last year amounted to $15.662.44. Il
gain Of Silica over the year pre-
vious. The fiscal year ended on tie
31st of March. and the reports na se
just been completed. The receipts
mentioned did not include $4,000. "A
money order business, which would
run the grand total up to more than
10000. The postoffice Is now located
III the new government building. and
the officers as we'll rs the excellent ser
vice they render are very popular with
the public.
Under a special act of the legislature
he town Of Pikeyiile, nine miles north
of here. will hold an election on the
dispensary question at the same time
of the regular municipal election,
which is the first Monday in May. 1Ie
town government has petitioned the
county commissioners for the appoint
ment of a registrar and poll holders
for the election, and Mr.. Andrew Hoss
was appointed registrar. with MessrS.
{. s. Smith and j. W. Bryan as poll
holders. An entire G registration
has been ordred for the election.
Through the energetic influence OF
Congressman Thomas, of this district,
three new rural free delivery routes
have been ordered for this COUNT.
They go out from Dudley. Dobbersvilie
and Seven Springs and will no doubt
prove a great convenience TO the peo-
pie in the section through which theS
will pass.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-04-11
AT THE WIRES NJ


When Roberts set out for Kandahar,
his army was swallowed up by a sea
OF mountains, and an anxious nation
heard not a word of the little force
for weeks. When Younghusba1d's
mission, the other day. adventured ov-
er the roof OF the world and Iout.d
themselves in a country as little known
almost as the planet Mars, a lengtnen-
ing wire flashed over Himalayas and
under oceans news of their progress
to London Even when the tiny force
was beleagured by Tibetans the wire
remained intact, thanks to the nge-
NOUS lying of a British captain who
remembered the nursery tale of Hop
o'-My-Thumb.
We are strangers in a strange coun-
try" said this teller of fairy stories
TO he Tibetans. mo person had been
before us to blaze the trail. We are
anxious TO return shortly by the way
we came; therefore this guiding wire.
The Tibetans looked at the wire, ad-
mittad the force Of the explanation,
and, since they desired a speedy re-
turn journey for the invaders, left in
tact the thread that was to guide the
unwelcome guests out of the labyrinth
of passes.
Again when the name of the great
war correspondent, Archibald Forbes
is mentioned, men think of his wonder
full ride after the defeat Of the Zulus
at Ulundi. Over 120 miles of trackiess
country, full of savages,, Forbes rode
to The telegraph station ON the Natal
Frontier, and his brief dispatch to Sir
Bartle Frere was the first news Of the
victory received in London. A day or
two ago what appears likely to be re-
garded as the greatest battle of mod
erntimes ended in the crushing defeat
of kuropatkin. Here was no daredevil
riding by correspondents. A field tel
egraph connecting with the trunk line
on the Siberian railroad took the mes
sage across Asia, Europe, h Atlantic
and the North American continent, so
that Portland readers had a full and
clear account of the battle before the
echoes of the cannonading had died
away around Mukden.
Telegraph or telephone wires are the
aides-de-camp Of today. The "galIop-
err no longer clashes through a nail
of lead" to carry the commander-in-
chiefs message to a distant division.
The impetuous Nolan, who took Rag
lan's message to Lucan, at Balaklava,
tainted Lucan before his own men
and was partly the cause of sending
the Light Brigade into the valley OF
death. Today the Japanese general
has every unit of his forces at his
wires end. His messages r not mis-
understood, and he does not sacrifice
men through ignorance of other parts
Of The field. Recent reports indicate
that Kuropatkin did not keep in touch
with his subordinate commanders.
Oyama thus beat the Russians with
his nerves of wire as Kitchener crush
ed the Soudanese with his bands of
railway steel.-Portland Oregonian.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-04-11

Sent Through the Mail t Durham's
Chief OF Police.

A r.cent Told burglary snd robbery
was partially simplifed last evening
when f)ief Of Police W"odau .~.ceived
a package containing all of ,ne jewniry
that was taken by the robber.
1t will be remembered that a short
while ago the home IF Deputy Sheriff
j. T. Harvard was entered early in
the evening and robbed. Tie robber
secured a watch. with diamond setting;
a lOckat and CLAIM and Il diamond
brooch. In addition to this the thief
carried away some $50 or $40 i'll
money.
1t was d bold robbery. Mr.. Har-
ward was with his family early in the
evening when there was q noise Oh The
outside. He went ont to Investigate and
while out some person attacked Mrs.
Harvard, knocking down her hand as
she attempted to shoot with a revOlves
taken fro mher dresser. In the eX-
element the man made his escape.
Next morning it was found that rho
intruder had carried away a jewelfy
case containing a watch, lOcket, chan,
brooch and the money mentioned.
There was no clue as to his identity
and the robber walked away, the only
clue left being hat he was a ratE.:
large man, about the size of Mr.. Har-
ward, but itWasno t known whether
be vas white Or colored.
On the evening delivery yesterday
there was delivered to Chief of Police
Woodall a small package Oh which
there was a two-cent stamp. This
stamp WAS cancelled so that the post
office could not be. seen, but it was
later learned that it was mailed here.
In this package was all of the jeweiry
taken on that night. The package was
directed to "Chief of Police, Durham,
n. c." a typewriter being used i'll di
recting the package. Their was no
other informatiOn-not Il word from
the genro,Is robber who decided to re-
turn jewelry worth more than $3.50
while he kept the small amount Of
cash.
Chief Woodall at once notified Mr..
Harvard and lie came down and took
possession Of the valuables. There is
as yet no clue as to who mailed the
package. but it is certain that it was
mailed in Wurham. The officers are
still looking into the matter aIu1 hope
yet to have all of the facts that will
clear up one of the boldest robberies
of the recent past.-Durlam Herald.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-04-11

and live rolls and dust chains. The
capacity of the mill is $4,000 feet or
lumber per day, and they have about
25,o00,OOO feet of long and short leaf
yellow pine. They ship to the West
Indies via Wilmington, and kiln dried
boards to the Hannah Box CO., Of vii
mington. At the mill they have sta
bling for IA head, and several COZ
tages, the superintendent house being
a model Of excellent arrangement ana
the fire protection should please the III
surance folks. as the steam pump and
hose and buckets and barrels are
handy to every part of the plant. Z.
Z. Norfeet, the superintendent of the
mills and woods, is not only a worker
but exercises superior intelligence. lie
went into the lumber business when
166, and climbed to the University OF
Virginia, where he studied two years,
and went back to the Camp Manufac-
turing Co, Of Franklin, Va, and was
with them 10 years, and been sever
ally with Minter. of Norfolk. manager
therefore at Petersburg, and with the
Roanoke Railroad and Lumber Coul-
pany-the Cape Fear, also the Angola
Lumber Company, and is a thoroughly
equipped lumherman and genial gen
tleman.
Mrs. Norfieet, who is a Virginia
lady, is in love with this country, as
well as with Mr.. Norfieet, and young
Miss Norieet, q 16 months bonnie
Carolina girl. and has constant music
AT her Wananish home, as she has
bronze turkeys. and ducks and geese,
and Plymouth Rocks an a that.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-04-11

Forty million bottles OF August
Flower sold in the United States alone
since its Introduction And the de-
mand for it is still growing. Isn't that
a n showing OF success? Don't it
prove hat August Flower has had
unfailing success in the cure of indi-
gestion and dyspepsia-the two great
est enemies of health and happiness?
Does it not afford the best evidence
that August Flower is a sure specific
for all stomach and intestinal disol.
ders?-that it has proved Itself the
best Of all liver regulators? August
Flower has a matchless record of over
thirty-ive years in curing the ailing
millions OF these distressing COM
plaints-a C that is becoming
wider in its scope every day. at home
and abroad. As the fame OF August
Flower spreads. Trial bottles, CSC:
regular size, S For sale by r. R.
Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-04-11

The Estimated Loss L. 3 .O0O-The
Plants OF the Tar River Lumber
Company and the Rocky Nount Ice
Company Desfr yed-Once Ii Look
ell rs liz the Town Would Go.
lSoecial to News and observer.l

ESPECIAL TO News and Observer.l
Rocky Mount, N. c., April "A fire
which burst out at three o'clock this
afternoon in the dry kiln Of he Tar
River Lumber Company, laid the man
moth plant of this fine industry in
ruins and consumed other property
nearby, entailing a total loss Of up
wards of 10000 This loss Is partial
ly co.ered by insurance of $32,0 600.
The lumber company carried a poll
cy for $24 900 and the ice company one
for $4,000.
AS stated the rire broke out in the
dry kiln of the lumber company. In
a few minutes, owing to a brisk wind
that was blowing, the entire plant was
enveloped in volumes of far streaming
flames.
The hremen were promptly on the
scene and sprang To the work of fight
ing the fire with splendid nerve and
vigor. In spite of their efforts, how
ever, the Rocky Mount Ice Company's
plant was quickly lost in the surge Of
the rushing blaze. At once the heat
became SO intense hat it was with diff
uIuEts AhC II 1Ooio hCNp tASa@
places. Several buildings in the vicin-
ity caught again and again, but watch
full eyes saw and quick hands ex-in-
guished the flames as soon as they slot
out from the smoking wood, while
steady streams of water played upon
the points OF the structures most Sc
riously threatened.
So fierce was the shelton of the roar-
ing flames that great fire brands were
drawn high into the air and floating
afar dropped blazing OF buildings
nearly half a mile away. In one or
two cases roofs were ignited thus, but
these trifing fires were swiftly and
easily extinguished.
At one time many thought that the
fire would defy all control and lay
Rocky Mount in ashes. 1t broke out
on the southern side of the city and,
driven by the wind, rained huge sparks
all over the section of the town imme-
dialely north of the scene. All honor
to the brave men who fought it and
stayed its destructive course.
At eleven o'clock tonight streams OF
water were still falling upon the smok-
ing ruins.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-04-11

Her Remains to be Brought From
England and Inferred at James
town.

For about two centuries the body tf
Pocahontas, tie Indian princess, far
famed as the proseryer of Captain
John Smith, has lain in an English
grave far from the scenes Of her ia
t;vity. 1t is proposed, declares Cen
eral Fitzhugh Lee. president of the
Jamestown Exposition company, to
disinter her remains, bring them 10
this country and bury them in the sa-
cred soil of jamestown Island. Tie
cradle OF the white race I'm this coun.
try during the exposition to be he'd
two years hence to commemorate lie
settlement of [ he island. 1t is not be-
Iieved that there will be insur-
mountable difficulty i'm the way
Richmond Dispatch.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-04-11

Feel tired, no appetite, cannot sleep.
work or eat? That's spring tiredness
and will disappear at once if you take
HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea this
month. So cents Tea or Tablets. X,
r. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-04-11

A special from Washington toyester-
day; New York World says Secretar;
Taft is to hold down the presidents
job while. he il in the southwest Mr..
Taft liz already secretary OF war acting
secretary Of state. and IL he wasn't a
man Of giant size there would be
ground for fear of his being overload
ed--Greensboro Telegram.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-04-11

Ii there is no such thing as a beef
trust why should anybody attempt to
tamper with witnesses or thwart an III
vestigati0n. No court or committee
conld possibly discover a thing that
does not exist.-Durham Herald.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-04-11

The Maid-"I suppose a loving wife
suffers as much as her husband when
he happens to be iIl?' The Wife-sYes.
and he usually sees TO it that she suf-
fers more."-Chicago Daily News.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-04-11

When the Russians stopped RUNNING
the other day, in Northern Manchursa.
they looked back and found that there
were no Japs In thirty-five miles of
them.-Waynesyille Courier.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-04-11

"She's a very clever talker. She al
ways hits the nail on the head" Not
always. I saw her with her thumb tied
up Observation-Disclosures Plaindealc..
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-02-22
THOUGH DEAD HE RODE OUT HIS TICKET
from Dead Mans Hand and Passed
Corpse Off End of Destination.

pot and stopped the crew noticed the
old man lying dead on the platform,
and their attention was attracted by
the ticket in his hand. Noticing that
it read to Barnett the fagman and
brakeman picked the body up, carried
it into the train and propped it up in
a seat in the smoking car, much as if
the man were sleeping. The hand,
still grasping the ticket, was extend
ing over the arm of the seat, and as
the conductor passed through the car
he pulled the ticket from the cold fin
gers, punched it and passed on. When
the train reached Barnett the crew
lifted the dead body from the smoking
car, carried it to the waiting room
and deposited it on a bench.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-02-22
BURIED IN HER WORK BASKET.
Widow Cremated and Laid Away as
She Desired.

In accordance with the will of Mrs.
Constance Miller, a wealthy widow of
New Rochelle, N. Y, her ashes were
deposited in an old work basket she
had used for years and buried by a
New Rochelle undertaken in a grave
along side the resting place of her de-
parted husband, John B. Miller,
The strange burial took place in the
Woodland cemetery, and the under
taker, in order to carry out the wishes
of Mrs. Miller, had to scrape away
the snow from the grave of Mr.. Miller
and then dig another grave in the
frozen ground.
Mrs. Miller always had a Fremont
ton that she might be buried alive,
and in order to prevent that she left a
stipulation in her will that her body
be taken to Fresh Pond and cremated
and that her ashes then be placed in
her favorite fancy work basket. The
undertaken placed the ashes in glass
Jar, which was tied in the basket and
then buried