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2 THE WILMINGTON MESSENGER, FRIDAY MAY 30, 1902. Entered at the Postofflce at Wllmlng ton. N. &.u Second-Class Matter. April 13. 1879. THE HAGUE TRIBUNAL. The value of the plan ot arbitration established at The Hague conference between nations and individuals of dif ferent countries is about to be testeo The tribunal is about to have its firs case. It Is a claim of the CathoII church of California against the gov ernment of Mexico, and the amount i' about 51,000.000. The reference of th case to The Hague tribunal has beer arranged by Secretary Hay and th Mexican minister at Washington. Each side will choose two arbitrator! and therP four will select the fifth fron The Hague Tribunal eligible list. The money demanded is a trust tunc in the hands of the Mexican govern ment. known as the ' Pius claim." or which there is much interest overdue. The object of the promotors of Th Hague conference and establishment o the arbitration tribunal was to put ; stop to wars between nations. Whil there Is no possible danger of a war be tween the United Stales and Mexict growing out of this claim, the pr ogres of the trial will be watched with great interest and the results anxiousl; iiwaited. Should the arbitration cour find ajrainst the claimants, that woul be an end of the matter so far as oui government i3 concerned; but shouK. the court declare that the Mexicai government held these funds in trust for these American citizens and shouk turn them over to them, and Mexico should refuse to do oO. what then? No weighty matters are Involved Ir the case but it will be a test of the sys tem. Nations are like people; arbitra tion is all right with the one who wins, but all wrong to the other side. Arbi tration between nations will hardly be of much effect unless the winner is ;iMe to back up his established demandr by force of arms, which is the very thing this court of arbitration was es tablished to prevent. THK COTTOX I'ICKnit. The time is not far distant when this ma nine will as necessary to cotton cul ture as the gin, or as the reaper and the thrashing machine are to tlv wheat grower. "What then will become of th farmers who now raise a few bales of cotton, or even a few score? The broad plains of Texas and the fiat lands of the other states of the far south will monopolize the production of cotton in the United States. The small planter and the farmer of the hill country wil not be in it. Hand picking cannot compete with that by machine He will have to turn his attention to other croDs. and the sooner he realizes thi and begins to act upon it the better It will be for him. Those who stick to the old belief that human hands are the only things tnal Will ever pick out cotton are going to get badly left. Machines can be made. and will be made to pick out cotton as xieatly. as thoroughly, and a hundred time more rapidly than human hands; nd that time Is rapidly approaching. When it comes we will hear no more of hundreds and thousands of baled of open cotton left on the large plantations for want of labor to gather it; but w will hear of the small farmers leaving their fields unpicked because of the ex pense of hand picking compared with that by machine On experiments with the latest cotton picker the folllowing is from The Charleston News and Courier: "In a letter to The Manufacturers Record, Mr. W. H. Morgan, of Shep pardston. Miss., who has had forty years experience of cotton planting in that state, describes the operation ot the "American Cotton "Picker" on one of his plantations last fall. His account Is of Interest to cotton farmers general ly, and we give the points of his letter "The machine was employed the greater part of the season, at interval but Mr. Morgan sees no reason "why it should not do continuous and practi cal work where the conditions are suit able: that is where the lands are level and free of impediments and well cult I vated." The ridges or beds on which the cotton Is grown should b? left as lov as possible, the crop free of tie vine? and grass, and the rows as long as pos sible and room left at the ends to turn freely. The machine will pick not 1 than SO per cent, of the cotton that I? open, at any time, and under favorahl conditions will pick more than 90 pe cent. It does not injure the fcotto' stalks or bolls at any stage of growth. At no time was more than 6 per cent, n the cotton knocked out on the ground and this can be saved by hand pickers follow"- the machine, if necessary. In his forty years' experience In the Mis slssipni Delta. Mr. Morgan has foun that the loss of an average crop wher hand picked, has been from 20 to 25 pe cent. from inability to keep up with ! and the loss is frequentl 50 to "5 per cent. In weight and 10 to 20 per cent In grade, so that the macmnc be its the hand pickers in tne ueita. He Fooled tbe Sursreons. ah rtnrtnrs told Renick Hamilton, ol We5t Jefferson. O.. after suffering 1 months from Rectal instuia, ne wouia tA nniA!s a enstlv ODeratlon was per- tm,ei. vt he cured himself with flvr boxes of Bucklin's Arnica Salve, the surest Pile cure on Eartn. ana ine ves Salve In the World. Ho cents a do . Sold by R. R. Bellamy, oraggist. THREE IMPORTANT MEASURES. tvio cpr'oto hpfore adjournment wil iovo in nacs non three Important measures the Philippine government -Kin tht icthmiAn canal bill and the r,ihrn tariff hill. Rather, we should say, ought to pass upon them, for they are matters that should te setuea uc rT. adlournment of congress, but in v I all probability one of them at least I the canal bill will be leit on tne calen dar This measure Is -of more impor tance to our peopje than either of the others and is the one least likely to.be enacted into law at this session of con gress. The truth Is the canal proposi tion has been investigated and discuss, ed to death for the present. The failure of passage of the Philip pine bill will leave matters In the archi pelago in statu quo as far as the Amer icans are concerned, but will increase the apprehension of the Filipinos as the future and make them more suspi cious than ever of our intentions toward them. The Cuban tariff bill involves the questions whether we should grant concessions to the Cubans In the mat ter of Import duties orr their sugars, and if the proposed reciprocity be adopted, whether the Cuban planters would receive any benefit therefrom and what effect it will have upon the sugar market in the United States. There are nearly as many different opinions on these questions as there are senators to vote upon the bill. Don't Start Wrong. Don't start the summer with a linger ing cough or cold. A few doses of One Minute Cough Cure will set you rign: Sure cure for ccughs, colds, crou4 , grip, bronchitis, all throat and lun troubles. Absolutely safe. Acts at once. R. It. Del amy. HOAR'S REPLY TO PRITCIIARD. We all know that strange things of ten happen in politics; the unexpected mo often occurs that people have al most ceased to be surprised at anything politicians say or do, but whtn a repub lican senator from Massachusetts re bukes a member of hi3 own party for casting reproach upon his people, we are forced to believe we have reached the limit of surprises. During Senator Hoar's speech on the Philippine bill in th senate last week he replied to Senator Prltchard's argument in the following words: "I see that my enthusiastic friend from North Carolina ceks to break the force of these revelations by saying that they are only what some Ameri cans are wont to do at home. It Is be nevolent assimilation over again. It is just what the junior senator from In diana predicted. He thought we should conduct affairs in the Philippine islands so admirably that we should pattern our domestic administration on that model. But did I understand that the senator from North Carolina proposes, if his charge against the democrats there is true, to make North Carolina a howling wilderness, or to burn populous towns of 10.000 people, to get the people of North Carolina into reconcentration camps, and to slay every male child over 10 years old? I know nothing about the truth of the senator's charges. They have never been inves tigated by the senate so far. We had some painful Investigations years ago by committees in this body and of the other house, notably one of which the senior senator from Chicago was chair man. But I never heard that you un dertook to apply io Americans the methods which, if not Justified, at least are sought to be extenuated, in the Philippines." The Appetite of a Goat Is envied by ail poor dyspeptics whose Stomach and Liver are out of order. All such should know that Dr. King's Life Pills, the wonderful Stomach and Liver Remedy, gives a splendid appe tite, sound digestion and a regulai bodily habit that Insures perfect health and great energy. Only 25c at R. R. Bellamy's drug store. THE COLOR LINE IX MINNESOTA. St. Paul and Minneapolis, the twin cities of Minnesota, are making a vig orous kick on the color line against a recent order of the war department Following are the facts on which this vigorous kicking is based: Fort Snell Ing is an army post very near these two cities and it has become quite a popular pleasure resort. The Twenty fifth regiment of infantry was stationed there some time ago. This is a negro regiment. Subsequently It was trans ferred to some other post. Now it if about to be ordered back to Fort Snell iug. Against this order the people and the press of the two cities are protesting most vigorously and the objection based on the color of the soldiers. It i admitted by the protestors that this 13 one of the best disciplined regiments in the service and the soldiers as brave as any that wear the blue. They claim that the presence of the colored men will detract fr'm the advantages of Fort Snelllng as a pleasure resort for the white people of the two cities; that they were not asked to be returned and no bodv wants them there. On this sublect the St. Paul Globe says: "Its (the regiment's) continued stay here in the past did not meet with gen eral approval. Its advent in these elites will not be welcome. Fort Snelllng is in a great measure a popular resort. It Is unfortunately true that Its desira bility in this regard will be materially lessened by the presence there of a colored regiment." What a howl against race prejudice" That Tired Feeling Is a Common Spring Trouble. It's a sign that tho blood i3 deficient In vitality, just as pimples aud other eruptions arc signs that the blood is impure. It's a warning, too, which only the hazardous fail to heed. Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills Remove it, give new life, new cour age, strength and animation. They cleanso the blood and clear the completion. Accept no substitute. I felt tired all the time and could not sleep. After taking Hood's Sarsaparilla a while I could sleep well and the tired feeling had gone. This great medicine has also cured sne.cf scrofula." Mas. C M. - Root, Giltad, Connl . , , Hood's SorcnpRiilla promises to euro and he;.? s tro promise. would be raised by these very people of Minneapolis and St. Paul if the people of Wilmington would make the same protest against an order of the war de partment stationing a negro regiment at Carolina Beach or Wrightsville, our two summer resorts. They would pre tend not to be able to understand why such objection coald be raised. They would say to us: These are American citizens; they are admitted to be well disciplined soldiers and brave men. Why should you object to them simply on account of their color? They would hold ud their hands In holy horror at such race prejudice. But when it 13 their pleasure resort the negro is to in vade It is a different matter entire . I and it Is right and proper to pretest. Chorions Xen Comes from Dr. D. B. Cargile, of Washita, I. T. He writes: "Four bot tles of RIK:tric Bitters has cured Mrs. Crewer of scrofula, which had oaused her great suffering for years. TerribI sor s would break out on her head and face, and the best doctors could give no help: bat her cure is complete and her health is excellent." This shows what thousands have proved. that Electric Bitters Is the best blood purifier known. It's the supreme remedy for eczema, tetter, salt rheum, ulcers, bolls and running sores. It stimulates liver, kid neys and bowels, expels poisons, helus digetion, Luilds up the strength. Only 50 cents. Sold by R. R. Bellamy, drug gist. Guaranteed. ROOSEVELT TIIEX AXD XOW. Thoordore Roosevelt, the president, seems to have forgotten the position taken by Theodore Roosevelt the au thor. In his life of Benton speaking of settling the northwestern boundary line, he says it should have been "Fifty-Four or Fight." That is, we should have gone to war with England before agreetng to such settlement of the boundary line between her American possessions and the United States a3 would give her a port on the Pacific ocean. How 13 it with Roosevelt, th presi dent, in the matter of this land grabb ing by England In the northwest this absurd claim to a large section of Alas ka, a country rich In gold deposits. She not only disputes our right to the terri tory, but has taken actual possession of it and Is enforcing Canadian law there. In the mean time our government is carrying on p long-drown-out and re peatedly interrupted negotiation with the Canadian government for settlement of this and other matters in dispute be tween th- two governments. When our representativpe begin to talk too ear nestly to suit the Canadians about this Alaska boundary, the latter pretend to get md and say If we don't let that alone they will break off negotiations a? to fisheries and other matters in dis pute, or words to that effect. Mr. Roosevelt as president should show In action some of the vleor In words he displayed as political historian and biographer. Ilia Life Was Saved. Mr. J. F. Lilly, a prominent citizen of Hannibal. Mo., lately had a wonder ful deliverance from a frightful death. In telling of it he says: "I was taken with Typhoid Fever, that ran into Pneumonia. My lungs became harden, ed. I was so weak I couldn't even sit up In bed. Nothing helped me. I ex pected to soon die of Consumption, when I heard of Dr. King's New Dis covery. One bottle gave g-eat relief. I continued to use it, and now am well and strong, I can't say too much In Its pralr" This marvelous medicine Is the surest and quickets cure In the world for all Throat and Lung Trouble. Regular sizes 50 cents t id $1.00. Trial bottles free at R. R. I illamy's drug store; every bottle guaranteed. Charleston day, next Saturday, will close the exposition. That the compa ny has lost money is to be understood. We do not suppose the men at Its head went into it expecting receipts to meet expenses. They are now asking con gress to donate $150,000 to pay Its in debtedness. Such appropriation would be as constitutional as a great many others congress makes. The only ques tion, is; Will congress do It not has It the constitutional power. St. Pierre completely covered with lava, is the latest news from that stricken city. Mont Pelee has again belched forth. Her efforts now seem to be to hide from human sight the dis tructlon she has wrought. Does his majesty Edward VII, king of Great Britain and emperor of India, tremble on his throne when he reads in an American magazine that there are 600 persons living who have a better title than he to that throne? One often hears the remark made by Wilmingtonians: How fortunate Wilmington Is. She has been so ex empt from disasters, while almost every other section of the world has suffered. While congratulating ourselves upon our escape, as we read of appalling dis asters elsewhere do we truly appreciate the goodness of the Providence that protects us? Volcanos, eruptions, mine explosions, cyclones these seem to be the order of the day, and thev are following each other in frightfully close order. The latest is a tornado at Union, S. C, re sulting In four deaths and a violent storm at Oak Ridge. Georgia campmeetings must be doing a great deal of good. Five candidates for office attended one the other day. The result was that they got religion, gave up politics, went home and began working for a livelihood. The most democratic sovereign king in Europe, King Victor " Emanuel of Italy, has his train stoned as it enters the city of Naples. The first question tackled by the Cu ban senate was that of compensation of municipal judges, whether by fees or salaries, and a knotty question they found It. i There are several stumbling blocks In the way of Mr. Rath bone, the Cuban postofflce looter, being appointed to a lucretive federal office In the near future. In the first place, he ays he does not want a pardon, but wishes to stav m lail until acqulted on a second trial, and. In tne nxc Place were he vilung to accept a pardon. It could not be granted him undr the Cuban con stitution. Therefore Mr. Rhtbone is likely to remain for m'tth tjne where services cannot t uUlUtd by th government Justice In Canada .-ms to vary ac cording to the location. Gicene and Gaynor seem to feel pT.icct secure, as long as tbey stay m Cuetx r, against forcible return to the United States, but are afraid to have the Question of their extradition tried in Montreal. The ex citing kidnapping of these men not long ago was not by United States se cret service men. bui by officers from Montreal, armed with a warrant for the purpose of getting them within the jurisdiction of the latter province. The house yesterday passed the im migration bill. An amendment was add ed by almost unanimous vote to pro hibit the sale of Intoxicants within the capitol. They may have as well made It unanimous for all knew the amend ment would not get throught the senate. The Atlanta Journal will on June 1st make a departure from the beaten track of journalism in the south. To its six-day afternoon issue, it will add a Sunday morning edition. We are not an admirer of Ceneral Miles, but the under clog in the fight always arouses our sympathy. The war department abused him. The president snubbed him. then by the order last week humiliated him. and now Senator Wellington endorses him. We feel sorry for the general. A Connecticut man of wealth who has been studying Gypsy and tramp life has become so infatuated with it that he and his wife will start out on a tramp tour in a wagon. That foolish young New Jersey bride who committed suicide because her hus band belonged to so many lodges could have better avenged herself on him by Joining one or two women's clubs. Connecticut early In June will hold an election on the adoption of a new con stitution. Under the proposed measure representation in the lower branch of the legislature is divided among the towns, on a sliding scale according to population, so that eigtny-beven towns will be given one representative each, seventv-seven towns will be given two representatives each, three towns three representatives each and one town four representatives. GOLDSnORO GOSSIP. Jon. E. Roblnnon Withdraws from the Congressional Race The City to Take the Electric Light plant. Notice of Democratic Primaries. (Correspondence of The Messenger.) tioldsboro, N. C. May 28. Colonel Jos. E. Robinson, editor of Th Argus, has published a card In which he comes out of the race for the nomination for congress and calls on his friends to support the present in cumbent. Hon. C. R. Thomas. After citing other reasons for his action. Colonel Robinson concludes as follows: "But, furthermore, as a citizen of Goldsboro who takes pride in his town and interest in her progress, and is f grateful for every aid to the welfare and happiness of her people, I desire that Mr. Thomas should receive from my fellow citizens a fit recognition of their appreciation of his valuable ser vices in securing from his committee the appropriation for a public building in this pity, which bill has just passed both houses of congress and is now a certainty, and I feel that this recogni tion could be given no more graciously on our part nor in a manner more ac ceptable to him than by giving him our undivided vote in the coming nominat ing convention of the district. It is with real pleasure, therefore, that I now withdraw my name from the fur ther consideration of my friends through out the district, and as an earnest of our cordial appreciation of Mr. Thomaa T believe I can pledge him the unani mous vote of Wayne." The board of aldermen met in special session last night and decided to as sume control of the electric light plant on the first day of June. The clerk was Instructed to notify the board of public works to organize and qualify as re quired to do by law. This board was elected two years ago for the purpose of taking the management of the wa terworks and electric lights out of poli tics. The deed of transfer of owner ship of the waterworks has been pre pared, but as the city will not get its money for the bonds by the 1st of Jun It Is thought that the waterworks will not change hands until the 1st of July. The stockholders of the plant are all northern men. The democratic executive committee of this, the Third congressional dl'tric has been called to meet In this city Friday at 1 o'clock p. m., by the chair man Colonel Jos. E. Robinson, for the purpose of electing a chairman and for the nurnns of naming the time and place for holding the district convention for nominating a candidate for congress Hon W. R. Allen, chairman of the democratic county executive committee, has Issued the following order which will be of interest to the democracy of Wayne and the many candidates who are seeking honors: The democratic primary conventions will be held at the usual voting places In each township In the country, ex cept In Goldsboro township, on Satur day, June 21st, at 3 o'clock, p. m.. and for Goldsboro township, on Friday night, June 20th, at 8 o'clock. The county convention will be held In Golds boro, on Saturday, June 2Sth. at 12 o'clock. 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Dd? lieath kills the bus and feeds the riant. We ask all nho have not Riven it a trial to do so, according? to direc tions, and be convinced of its worth. For Sale To-v THE WORTH CO. New TIillinery NGTON'S BIG RACKET STORE, i- i i : i : 2 i i i i i In our Millinery Department this week we have had an unusually good trade. Our friends in Wilmington and in the surrounding country have kept our ten milliners very busy. We have Just received today raur large ship ments of New Millinery, Hats, Flowers, Etc. To describe our stock of Millinery with our many thousand hats and flowers by the hundred dozen and Rib bons of all kinds, all the new Laces to .1, 4. ,J. 1, 4, ,T, . GEO. 0. BAYLORD, -40 s Room FOR SEASHORE HOTEL S 'hrt Celebrated Burntein Iron Bed, together with Felt Mt- Iron Beds 03.00 tfelt Hattresa!07.50 Eefrigerator 07.50 Toilet Set 02.45 And three floors of the besfTxrfiiture -with lowt v- &S2?KSJ5a--KV b I 1 1 1.1 urn n ULlULi U For Infanta and Children, The Kind You Have Always Bought ff Bears the Signature of A In Use For Over Thirty Years TMC CINTtVM COMPANY. NEW YOB SlTT. & fir A1 rm mm m mm w ioffninnn DEATH. that of Paiis Green. not only as an Insecticide bat mm plant food. Insist on bavins; Bar Death. Do not take an Inferior ar ticle because your merchant tells you It Is Just as irood as Dnsr Deat h or arrowing- squash and cucamber vines as well as tomato plants aid currant buhsv it fa Invaluable. The bafts will destroy the vines n I ess something Is nsed. Dnsr Death kills the Iiuks and makes tbe vine arrow. I1UG DEATH KEEPS TUB T GREO AXI THRIFTY. AT i- : i i i i ! "i i i, : be found and all the little articles U complete the variety as cw be found nowhere in North Carolina would con sume big space and iots of time. We carry all the grades, tho afs class goods as well aa cheap goods We have cut the price on a good many ot out new Hats. .We have a beau tilul' line of gtrmw Braid and Null Hats that are pretty and stylish to sell this week at 69c Also a line of Double Brim lists tkmx have been selling for X1.0Q. we are t sell now for 75c. HEW GOODS. Our Chiffon Hat are world beatsra in white and black. we seli for $1.4 almost ready to wear. Just closed out a New York flower House will sell five btyles of Wreaths that have been S2lllng for 2c now 12e. A big lot of Beautiful Daises, worth 25c. will sell this week at 15c & boa eh. all colors. Three large Roses and foliage amd Three Buds, sen ordinarily for lie, will- sei. this week for 10c a bunco, IS t to dispose of. READT TRIMMED HUTS. We are the larcrest onrra tnr in ern North Carolina. We tnm for bath wholesale and retail trade we trim all Hats free that we sell Hals an terials for. I. ! ! ,i. ! .. - - Proprietor. Furnished barbed tor VL. i V