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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-10-19
POLITICAL OUTLOOK IN NEW
YORK.

Mr.. John J.. Mahon, the Baltimore
democratic politician, who has just
Ispent ten days in New York city
tells the Sun of his city that Mr..
Hearst cannot be elected. He says:
I'm my judgment, Hearst is beaten
inow, and I think after the votes are
lcounted he will be eliminated as a
political factor in New York or any
where else. He has surrounded him
lself by a lot IF smart fellows VINO
know their business and who are max
ling a hot campaign for him., but 1t
won't win. His methods have been
pushed beyond the limit n the reac-
ltion has set in.
Thousands upon thousands of DEM
ocrats who never scratched a ticket
Ibefore will vote directly for Hughes.
Hearst may carry New York city, but
he will be beaten badly in Brooklyn,
which was his stronghold in his may
orally fight, and up the state he will
be showed under. From what I learn
ed he is showing up strong in only
two places in the state-in Erie coun-
ty and Schenectady county. There he
is making a formidable fight, but the
people who are fighting him do not
regard MIN DIS lihely " coiiy ILL.,
other portion Of the state.
From what I had read in the
newspapers and heard before I went to
New York I expected to find the town
in an uproar about the election and
the street n crowded with poll
lticians. I was surprised at the lack
of excitement in the city. There is nc
serious alarm there that Hearst may
ibecome governor. He is regarded there
as a dangerous man, and most people
appear to think it would be a calami-
ity to the state, as we'll as to the dem
,~ocratfc party, if he should be elected
BY those who really know the situation
there is not the slightest fear enter
tanned of his election. On the con-
Itrary, they think he will be showed
under so completely that he will never
again figure as a political force"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-10-19
IMPORTANT RAILROAD DEAL.

The Greensboro correspondent OF
The News and Observer sends that
paper the following account Of a rail-
road deal just closed in that city.
which IL carried out will mean a great
deal for the piedmont section Of cur
Estate.
A railroad deal fraught with great
for North Carolina was
iconsummated yesterday, whereby an
air line connection with four trunk
lines of railroad will be made for thar
of North Carolina, now being
RETARDED in development for want OF
competitive railroad facilities. The
embraces all that piedmont
ton, High Point, Greensboro and Win
Iston-Salem.
The parties to the deal ave unhm-
!fted capital, and for some time have
been trying to get into this territory
for an investment.
1t is authoritatively stated this
morning, that on yesterday, W. L:
IVanBrunt and Dee Allen, purchased
tand took charge of what is known as
the Captain NJ. L. Jones railroad prop
i%erties. being the line of railroad Il
EIIlllCS 1oIS,
Thomasville in Davidson county. Sub
sequent to the purchase a meeting was
held at which Dee Allen was elected
president and general manager, w. L.
Van Brunt, Of 100 Broadway New
York, vice president, and George =:
,Cowper, of Broadway, secretary ana
treasurer. 1t is also that
the principal Offices of the new COM
'pany will be moved to Denton, and
Immediately thereafter the work OF
Extending the line south will be push
ed vigorously. One of the first activi-
ties will be an extension of the line
from Thomasville and Denton on south
ito connect with one or both OF the
southern trunk lines, and from Thorn
lasville an extension will be projected
making connection with the Norfolk
and Western. 1t is understood that
lCaptain Jones, who is largely inter
Tested in gold mining in Davidson and
Montgomery counties, has not parted
with all his interest in the railroad
properties and will retain active con-
'nection with the enterprises.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-10-19
HEARST AND THE LABOR VOTE.

1t looks like Mr.. Hearst has gotten
into pretty hot water with federat-
ed labor men in New York. The COM
of the Central Federal Union
to see Mr.. Hearst and his
managers for the purpose Of ascer-
|taining what terms could be made
makes a report through its chairman,
who is indignant at the way his COM
was treated. About all they
get out of Mr.. Hearst was the
declaration II am as independent now
as was last fall and the further
statement that there would be no
fusion except, perhaps, in some Of the
upstate counties here the democrats
are sincere in their efforts to get
rid of the bosses" 1t looks as if MI.
Hearst is in danger of losing the
lvotes of the independent labor party
and of the members of the labor fed
Grafton.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-10-19

\ We do not take to the idea of Rev.
Sam Jones body being taken to At
lanta to lie in state in the capitol.
When a high official dies his body is
allowed to lie in state and be gazed
at by such of the public as are actu-
ated by idle and morbid curiosity.
That custom is bad enough, but it
has become to be looked upon as 4
necessary proceeding due to the pub
lie because of the mans official posi-
ton at the time of his death, but no
such plea can be made in the case of
a private citizen, no matter how popu-
lar or. renowned he may have been,
and there is something repulsive in
the idea of displaying his body to the
public in order that great crowds Of
men who were perfect strangers to
him and who cared nothing for him in
life, should have opportunity to gaze
on his face.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-10-19
CASTOR
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
s' Rssss sss Of &lMNzNzx
SHORTAGE IN q. S. TREASURY
A Discrepancy Of $4,000 Said to Have
Been Discovered-May Necessitate
q Recount of the Money in the
Vaults of the Treasury.

"
st. Louis, October 1.-THE Republic
today prints the following:
"Three expert accountants from the
treasury department at Washington,
working under a deputy United States
treasurer, counting o than $20,0OO,-
900 in the vaults of the United States
s~ub-treasury, have discovered a short
age of SCI, 200.
John E. Wilkie. CHEZ of the United
States secret service is in the city but
declares that his mission has no con-
nectiOn with the examination. He
says he is here merely to attend the
bankers convention.
United States Sub-Treasurer Thos.
J. Atkins admitted that the experts
are in st. Louis but said no definite
statement would be made by him until
the representatives from Washington
had finished their Investigations.
"a mans reputation" said Mr.. At
kins, is worth more to him than the
loss Of SCI, 200 is to the government.
If an error was made in checking mon
ey from the vaults to one of the cages,
a recount of all the money on hand
would reveal the error, and also the
presence of the full amount of the
money which should be in the vaults.
"The present investigation will de-
termine whether the accounts balance.
Until then nothing can be said and it
would be unjust to connect the name
of any employee with the discrepancy
at this time"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-10-19

Senator Burton, of Kansas, will
have to go to the penitentiary, as the
federal supreme court has refused to
grant a r~e-hearing in his case. His
sentence was six months in prison and
a fine of two thousand. five hundred
dollars. He, of course, expects no re-
lief in the way Of pardon or reduction
by the president of his sentence. The
term for which Mr.. Burton was elect
ed will expire next March, but he will
not get out of prison until after his
successor begins the new term.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-10-19
WILMINGTON, n c.
REGISTER AND VOTE.

Remember the attorney general has
decided that under the law the regis
tration books viii be closed at shutdown
on the 9th inst. The democrats OF
New Hanover who have not register
ed or have moved from the precinct
in which they last voted should see
TO il that their names are on the prop
er book before that date. Those who
have moved from one precinct to an
other in the four months preceding
the election do not have to register
but vote in the precinct from which
they have moved; but all who chang
ed their place of residence from one
precinct to another more than four
months ago must register. This IS
an important matter. No one can
vote whose name is not on the proper
registration book when they are closed
on the 9th.
Every democrat in the county should
see hat he is properly registered. We
want to poll a big democratic vote
this year. 1t is necessary to do so in
order 10 give New Hanover county
her proper place in the conventions Of
the party. She loses influence and
her full rights by the small represen-
tation she has at these conventions
because of the light vote polled at
the elections.
Democrats should take as lively an
interest in the election this fall as
If the success of the ticket in the cOun-
ty depended on every democrat cast
ing his ballot.
We vote for a number of superior
court judges on a state ticket. 1t IS
important that these candidates should
get a large vote. They must be elected
by an overwhelming majority. We
must show the country that the DEM
ocratic party in this state is as strong
as it ever was. To do so the people
must turn out on election day.
We are glad to know that the Hon.
H. l.. Goodwin, the next congressman
from this district, will make three
speeches in Wilmington before the
campaign closes. When he comes 70
fill his appointments the democrats
should turn out in full force and give
him an old-time Wilmington greeting,
and help him "whoop things up.
Those who ZONE out expecting to
hear a good speech will not be disap-
pointed. 1t will make you feel better
to neal some good democratic talk and
and you will go home realizing that
it is a duty you owe to your party to
vote, and determined to do that duty.
Come out and hear Mr.. Goodwin speak;
be sure to register and be still surer
to vote. Do these three things and
you will feel better satisfied with
yourself.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-10-19
FAVOR COLONEL T. C. JAMES
Want Him Made Inspector General to
Succeed the Late Colonel r. III.
Balm - Governor Being Strongly
Urged to Name the Man Who y
Wilmington's Choice.

The many friends Of Colonel TIC.
James not only in the city of Whining
ton but also in other portions Of the
state are advocating his appointment
to the position of Inspector general of
the North Carolina National guard to
fill the vacancy caused by the death
of the lamented Colonel T. H. Balm.
of Goldsboro. Colonel James is most
excellently fitted to fill the position
and it is hoped that Governor Glenn
may see fit to name him. On several
occasions Governor Glenn has express
ed himself as being always glad to
serve the people of this city and he
now has an opportunity of showing
the people how he feels towards them
by naming their choice for this posi-
ton.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-10-19
NASH-TAYLOR
Wilmington Young Man VIII Toda,
Claim q Bride in Pittsboro.

This afternoon in the Episcopal
church at Pittsboro Miss Annie Taylor
and Mr.. E. Strudwick Nash will be
united in marriage and several from
this city left for Pittsboro yesterday
to attend the wedding. In the party
We're Mr.. Nash's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
H. K. Nash, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert n.
Nash, Miss Mary Nash, Mr.. Benjamin
Bell, Jr., MI. Plat Davis and Rev. r.
w. Hogue, rector of St. James Epis-
copal church, who will perform the
ceremony.
Miss Taylor is a most charming
young lady and has a host of admir-
ers in this city where she has often
visited relatives. The groom-elect un-
til recently lived in Wilmington but is
now located in Charleston where he
and his bride will make their home.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-10-19

Such grave charges of peonaga IN
southern Florida are being made TO
the government that after a %consulta-
ton between the president and Attor-
ney General Moody it has been decid-
ed that Assistant Attorney Genera
Russell shall make a tou Of the state
for the purpose of probing these
charges and to look after the pending
prosecutions for the Offense in Florida
and other southern states. The latest
information is from Miss Emma Stirl-
ing, Florida agent for the Humane
Society.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-10-19

The Washington Post quotes Sen
ator Elkins as saying that the republi-
can of West Virginit favor Mr.. Roose-
welt as candidate for president in
1908, and that if the call from the peo-
pie all over the country is strong
enough Mr.. Roosevelt should bow to
it and renounce his decision Of two
ago not to run again. The call
from the people will probably be
strong enough, but the question is
what will the politicians in that party
.Say?
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-10-19

The New York Sun announces that
persons who buy diamonds for
Christmas presents will have to pay
twenty per cent higher for them than
they did last Christmas. That is not
Ibothering us at ell. We are more
about the price of groceries
and breadstufs. Who cares If there
lis an advance in the price Of dia-
Imonds? The man who is able to pay
Icne hundred dollars for one can af-
to pay one hundred and twenty
for it.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-10-19

The September bulletin OF the board
of health for this state gives mortuary
report of 10 cities and towns for
the month OF August These have an
aggregate white population Of 1o4.05 81
and a negro population OF 66.650.
Among the former there were 80
deaths and LIS among the latter. OF
deaths from typhoid fever 20 were
among the whites and IL among the
negroes; from consumption, II whites
and 16 negroes; from brain disease, s
whites and 2 negroes. In Wilmington
the temporary, annual death rate"
among the whites was 20.2 and among
the negroes 80.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-10-19
STORM DELAYED VESSEL
Battleship Louisiana, With Secretary
Taft on Board, VIII Arrive at Hamp-
ton Roads Today.

Newport News, Va. October 16.-The
battleship Louisiana with Secretary
Taft and party on board accompanied
by the battleships Virginia and New
Jersey, en- route home from Cuba, are
not expected at Hampton Roads until
tomorrow morning on account Of a
thick fog which hangs over this section
of the Atlantic coast. A storm prevail
ed on coast during the day and be
cause of the fog, the vessels are re-
quired to proceed slowly. The dispatch
boat Dolphin lay at anchor in Hamp-
ton Roads all day in tie storm, await
ing the arrival of the Taft party, who
are to proceed to Washington On the
Dolphin.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-10-19

A New York dispatch says there is
further promotion in store for Post
master General Cortelyou; that he is
to succeed Secretary Shaw at head of
the treasury department On the lat
ter's retirement on March 18th. The
president is now looking about for a
proper person to make postmaster
general. Now is a good time to turn
his attention toward the south. Our
section ought to have one man in the
cabinet. If Mr.. Roosevelt wished to
do the right thing he would choose
some southerner for that place.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-10-19
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80. BLOOD POISON

The first outward sign Of Contagious Blood Poison is a small sore or
blister. AS the poisonous virus becomes more firmly entrenched IN ne blood
a rea eruption appears o n the body. the mouth and throat ulcerate. he hair
begins &c come out, glands in the neck and groin swell, copper eomed spots
appear Q n the breast, back. etc, and the unfortunate victim hnds hmsen
diseased from head to foot. Mercury and potash do not cureC Contagious
Blood Poison; they shut the disease up in the system and reTove tae out.
ward symptoms for awhile, but when the treatment is left of the trouble
returns. Then the system being weakened from the action of these strong
minerals the disease makes mor rapid Roadway than before. S. S is the
anidote for Contagious Blood Poison. It cues permanently and certainly
by going down into the blood and removing every vestige of the virus. 1t
is free from all minerals and while purifying the hood it builds up the entire
system by its fine tonic effects. S. S S destroys every particle of the poison
and removes all danger of transmitting it to others. S. S. S. cures Con-
tagious Blood Poison because it is a perfect blood purifier. Book with
instructions for self treatmenta and any medical advice free
I'm euvsE SpecngTc H0. n 1AMTa,C q,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-10-19

1t is said Nh. Bryan will stump New
York state for Mr.. Hearst. Mr.. Hearst
had better keep Mr.. Bryan out of that
state until after the next democratic
national convention.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-10-19

II Charlotte and Greensboro can
get up such splendid local fairs why
should they var a whack at the
state fair periodically?
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-10-19

n... sThs Kind You Hare Axays Bought
a's. q IMNzzm

Mr.. d. Sam Cox, of Columbia, man.
ager of the department Of the Caro-
linas for the Carolina investment Com
pany, was In the city yesterday.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-29

patrons Of the Liberati concerts at Lake
Harriet last summer, and before that
sang here in the support Of Patti made
the Orpheum a house divided against
itself yesterday, the lower fooor clam
spring for hin ;ileeal he Sunday
gallery crowd refusing to further favor
high-class Italian operate singing. Fer
~, in ss Ferfyland = more than dnplis
Gates his success OF. two years laggS, q q
T. I NE theirs Kochly sevidently Ger
man acroba tsS< do some wonde fal work
in hand-to-hand balancing and accom-
plish many feats demonstrating enor.s
nous strength in. the hands, arms and
shoulders. Attic they should be mus
.cle-bound, they are unusually light and.
graceful in every movement. s
Two good acts get away before the.
audience is fairly warmed up. The
Hates brothers begin the. program with
an excellent tgadmixture Of funny
falls and some unprecedent side-som5
eersault work, and the Eve Salvaggis,
four women and a man, give illnstras
lions Of the kind Of Partisan acrobatic
dancing that issapt to keep the tourist
away, from his. hotel evenings. The
klnodrome film is good. q
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-29
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BY ". PIX.

/ SOMETHING EXCEPTIONAL IN
EPlSTpEARY FIcTl ON. Writers have
frequently rresorted to- letters as media.
for telling their stories, but they have
usually felt seriously the limitations Of
the plan and their inability to overcome
them. d. Y. Lucas, in his Llstener's
Lure, Kensington comedy, however,
has shown that the method may be used
most effectively, not only in introducing
two or three or four characters, but at
least dozen, and not only in workine.
out more than usually entertaining
and quietly charming romance. but in
Interviewing, with the romance, delight
ful little essays, informing tales Of
travel, intimately personal tho brief ex-s
cursions in philosophy and religion, and,
with all these, not a little very trench
ant satire on modern society. His suc-
cess makes the book one Of the note
worthy pieces of literature Of the season.
The center Of interest in the story is
to be found In Lynn Harberton and
Edith Graham, the former literary man
and guardian Of the latter, who is en-
;ployed as his amanuensts. They part.
Lynn to go to northern Africa, Edith to
go to London, where she is to become
secretary to Mrs. rWilberforce Pink, an
eccentric old lady Of wealth whose fad
Is to take up new fads. Edith is one
who, rather than talk herself, makes
others talk to her. In the whirl of va
rious fads and their devotees around Mrs.
Pink she meets many people and has
many experiences, including several
matrimonial offers. OF all these things
she writes to Lynn. Lynn, in turn,
writes of his travels, of his opinions, his
philosophy of life, his religion in SO far
as he has any. These letters are the
thread on which hangs the tale, but there
are, dozens Of other letters crossing and
recrossing and affecting the interests
which bind Lynn and Edith across the
miles that separate them. For example,
there is Adelaide Fielding, friend, who
writes to Lynn Of the musical fad OF the
season in London thus: 5zc6. sr<
1--WE have all talked Richard Strauss
today-Domesttc Symphonies with real
isttc tone productions Of babies sucking
their bottles"
Again the same friend writes to Lynn:
Why don't you give up ornamental
literature and write some trenchant
pamphlets to tell England a few truths
not the least among them that there
will never be any hope for the country
so long as its girls try to be boys and
its women men and work is shameful.
Your musty old DR.. Johnson would have
let them know it. have no great opin-
ion Of the modern young man, but have
less of the modern young woman, with
her slang and her bridge, and her hook
ey and her cigarets" s,
Altogether the book is for those who
read not for excitement, but to make
the acquaintance of good and entertain
Ing people, who, tho they may be ficti-
tious creations, are worth remembering
and are good for one to know; for those
who with their fiction want substance,
not froth; for those who want to think
as well as be amused. '.-
The Macmillan company, New York. $3.50.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-29
The Ute Indians are toying with sudden
Rooseyeltfsm: - - :. j. 80 Z
A Little Show Of Envy.

- w or. = -. ~ -4 49, . e. d.
A friend Of Minneapolis calls T h e
Journal' IS attention to an editorial
in the Morning Gilhartley Of Duluth,
which on the 25th of October
devoted considerable space to the abuse
of Minneapolis and misrepresentation
Of Mayor Jones. The Morning Gilhart-
ley has never loved Minneapolis since
the citizens Of this city led in the move
ment for forest reserves, and interfered
with plans Of land spectators resident
in Duluth. That is understood to be
and is doubtless the inspiring motive Of
this fling at Minneapolis.
Mr.. Jones appears to be disliked in
the same quarters because he happens
to be a university graduate. It seems
to be against Mr.. Jones, In the view
Of our Duluth contemporary, that he
should be native Of Minnesota, ma
tive of Minneapolis and a product edu-
cationally of her public schools and
state university. It is also very much
against him in the same quarter that
he should be a gentleman and highly
esteemed for his personal qualities.
Prejudice on that account may prevail
in Duluth, but it dcesn' t in Minneapo-
lis.
We wish to assure our solicitous
friend Of Minneapolis that Mayor Jones
cannot suffer here by nasty assaults Of
this kind, calculated to arouse preju-
dice against him on the part Of the