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THE WltlffiLNGTOK MESSEKGER, 'F s PAY 1 PENALTY J (Continued from First Pagc.j plain view the swaying, convulsive bodies. ' FAULECG OF THE TRAP The drop fell at precisely t; ocioc ' and six minutes later Dr. L. 3. Evan. county ohvsician f !Rlad?n. inn rr W. H. G- Lucas pronounced Sellars dead, but Brown did not die until two minutes afterwards. WAS CHOKED TO DEATH. :Brown died of strangulation, though !a all probability he felt no pain. It H thought that the drop rendered him un- conscious. That his neck was not broken Is attributed to the fact that he stood near the hinges, which were on one end of the trap, and this prevented a very sudden fall. CROWED GATHERED SOUVENIRS. As soon as the bodies of the negroes were cut don scores of people made a rush for souvenirs and ?t was only a few minutes before the ropes had been cut in pieces and the sheeting, which ha,l surround the Sao.s. ,m ,n.o small bits, MURDERED 'VOiIAN3 HUSBAND Avl FATHER-IN-DAW. t fK ,., .. V .v, ,i Both the husband of the murdered woman and her father-in-law obtained pieces of the rope. The latter, Mr. John 'Packer, got possession of the knot of rope which was under Brown's left ear. They also looked upon the two negroes after they iiad been placed In their black coffins, which had been placed in the rear of the scaffold earlier n the day. THE iDEAD BODIES. Sellars remains were turned over to his wife and those of Brown to hi3 brother and mother. The last men- tioned came rrom her home in Georgia School work; Rev. Thomas H Law, last week to see her son alive once southern representative of the Ameri again. The bodies of both negroes can Bible Society; Rev.NL C.Vass, re were carried overland to Carver's turned missionary from Africa; Rav Crook, where they were interred. fnd ?lrs! Little.returned mission- inent ministerial and many prominent FIRST FOR FOURTEEN YEARS. iay members of this state. Rev. D. L. The hanging of Sellars -and Brown is Crafg, of Hendersonville, the stated the first that has transpired in Bladen '.clerk, is here attending the meeting. county in over ten years. The last was J? a"e Sftlf , . ",. . ... will be as large as any recent meeting, that of a negro. Jim Johnson, about , Already 250 delegates have been assiga fourteen years ago. At that hanging, e(j homes. as the-one today, Deputy Sheriff Bui- it is expected that the reports of the iard officiated in an important ca- i various committees will show an in-r-acity. ' crease in both membership and collec- .rAiT5iT tt" n.i:vnn tions. The last report shows that there , me personnel oi xne guara mat ren- j dered such faithful service at today's execution was as follows: Alex Smith, J. W. Smith, J. C. Bui- lad, A. E. Lair, Olm Sugg, L. P. Tatum, B. A- Do wninsr Tt V Tatuin Wiling, Xi. ' . latum. !. L. 'Davis, J. Wash Clan, W. C. Sui- while the sports have not been sub Lin, W. 'H. Butler, N. M. Smgletary, , mltted as yet, it is thought that there tt j. J Evans, J. L. Roberts, Guss Bul Iard. J. W. Shawfc Charlie Jones, H. G. Harrelson, J. H-T-S. Clan and D. J. Skipper. THE NEGROES CRIME. The crime for which Sellars and litcwn were punished was one of tht i:i os t ghastly and brutal the h'story of unlawful deeds. It was the ravish ing and killing of Mrs. Blanche Pack er, wife of Mr. Georgo Packer, on the morning of 'September 3rd last ' At the tinie the young woman was aione at her home, a mile from Clarkton. She was in the k'.tchen of .the house baking pies vhen she was seized and dragged to a nearby thicket and fearfully outrag ed Then ehe was killed in a most brutal manner, her head being crush ed in by a blow from a pieci of fence rai:. Signs showed pla'nly how the de fenseless woman had fought desperate ly for her honor and life. The subse quent arrest of the two negioes, th3 evidence against them and the narrow escape they had from lynching in Wil- m.ngton, while they were b-eaig taken to Raleigh for safe keeping in the pen itentiary, is too well known to need re hashing now. It is all st;ll fresh in nind. as the deed. arrei, trial and punishment have all occurred within two months and a half. The negroes were tried Iaa month and the execution today is tne result of that trtaL NEGRO BADDY CUT. Shortly after the hanging a negro man and a hrother of Geor;e Packer, rusband of the murdered woman, got into an altercation on the load just cutside Elifcabethtown and the negro vas severely cut .with a knife. It 1 s?aid h? was Insolent to Packe . BETTER WIRE SERVICE. Some Progress 3Iatle1 hut Considerable Repair Work Yet to lie Done, as a Result of tlie Stoa'in- New York, November 15, WJiile" con siderable progress had been made in repairing the damage wrought by Sun- .. i- t.; . 1 t.A.! day night's gale, conditions today had by no means become normal. After 1 more than 3C hours of steady work the repair crews sent out .by the tele graph and telephone companies had succeeded in patching up the main lines, but the wires in many cases were worked under most discouraging con ditions and were unable to handle the great mass of matter that had accum ulated. Good coanect?ons had been established between New York, Phila delphia and Boston, but beyond those points' emergency circuits were still in use. Wall street was in much better condition than yesterday. Direct com munication between the cotton ex changes of New York and New Orleans, which was entirely cut off yesterday, hod been established by the Western Union, and there were two wires be tween New York arid the cattle and grain markets in Chicago. In Eastern Maine, where more than 1.200 telegraph and telephone poles were blown down during the storm, the wires were still out of service. To Preach Dedication Sermon. Rer. A. F. Beard, of tNew York, hon orary secretary of the American Mis sionary Association, who has largely fchaped the policy of the congregational to the intensity of the recent contro church in behalf of the education of ' versy. the negro, will preach the sermon at j The opposition to tho ministry fcailed the ordination service of Rev. William the resignation as a great victory, Ferris, in Christ Congregational church i which will speedily lead to the fall of this evening at 8 o'clock, ' " j the entire ministry. . - rnKSBYTERIAX SYXOD. 01st Annual Session Conines In Dur ham Bishop Cheshire Will Make Address on the Divorce Question. Durham v r v- , , AJUraam. ov 1. -The nlnety- first annual ses&ion of the Presbyterian T" f 1 . ' terlaa church thit tne First Presbyterian evening at 7:20 o'clock.. ooock.. ine session 7nu hoId trough next Friday, there teg two business sessions and two sessions of a devotional nature each day. - - . The session was called to order by Dr. A T Graham of Davidson, the retiring moJrator of the synod, and after the organization was completed he preach ed the opening sermon. The election of a new moderator for the ensuing year completed the business of the first night's session. . Tomorrow morning the synod will convene at 9:30 o'clock and at 11 o'clock there will be devotional which time there will be communion, Another business session in the aftcr- noon then a deotional meeting at nfeht will comprise the work of the seJ?Jn' aX' J . 5 morning. Rev. J. B. Cheshire, bishop the North Carolina diocese of the Episcopal church, is expected to ad- dress the synod at 10:30 o'clock on tho divorce question. Bishop Cheshire is chairman of a diocesan committee ap- "pointed by his church to confer with other religious bodies on the divorce question. He is expected to reach her. on the morning train and the plan now is to allow him the use of the floor immediately after he reaches the church. There will be many prominent Pres byterians in attendance during tne session of tho synod. Among these will be Dr. and Mrs. W. W- Moore, of the Union Theological Seminary of Rich mond; Rev. A. L- Phillips, of Richmond who is at the head of the Sunday waa at that time in the state a totai of 401 churches and 174 ministers. The membership of the Presbyterian church in the state at that time is shown to have been 37,500. The total collections for the last year amounted to $301,000. lur tms amount ito.wv wt-m iui lvil&p. nn4 m 4n. hnma mleelnrs. will be an Increase shown in all or these items this year Special to Ra leigh Post. SUIMU-3IE COUKT OPINIONS. Decisions llanilexl Iovn in Number of Cases. a Iar:re (Speci-al to The Messenger.) Raleigh, N. C, November 15th. -Opinions filed were as follows by the supreme court: Hill vs. Dalton from Forsyth, 'new trial; Redd vs. Cotton Mills from -Rockingham, no error; Reynolds vs.R. R. from Surry, no error; Pratt vs. Chaffin, from Stokes, affirmed: Oil Co. vs. Grocery Co.- from Forsyth, error; Yow vs. Hamilton, from Randolph, no error; Chaffin vs. Mfg Co. from Davie, petition dis missed; Wingate vs. Parker, from Ro wan, no error; Howell vs. Parker, from Stanly, error; Eatton vs- Crowell, from Stanly, new trial; Harrison vs. Tel. fj0. from Rowan, new trial: Owen vs. Meroney from Rowan, revised; Stewart vs. Ttailrojad from Rowan, no error; James s vs. Armstrong from Rowan, affirmed; Grocery Co. vs. Rail road from Davidson, affirmed; Blair vs. Oakley from Union, no error; Eon- j don vs. Bynum from Chatham- error; In re Boyette from Lenoir, remanded to the Judge for further findings: Lumber Company vs. Railroad from New Hanover, error; Avery vs. Stew art from Craven, error: W. H. Green vs. Telephone Co. from Halifax- re versed; I. E. Green vs. Telephone Co. from 'Halifax, reversed; Leroy vs. Ja cobosky from Pasquotank, no error aa to Jacobsky and new trial a? to Weisel: "Wool vs. Fleetwood from Per quimans, affirmed: Allen Bros. vs. Tompkins from Franklin, per curian affirmed; I.emmond vs. "McCain from Union, per curian affirmed: Iddings vs. Tel. Co. from Iredell, per curian. af firmed; Wall vs. Smith from Rock ingham, dismissed for failure to prosecute; Hutchins vs. school com mittee from Durham, motion to ad- j vance allowed and set for end of 13th district, (next week). i ENTIRE MINISTRY MAY FALL. w Ilesignation of Minister of War Andre Hailed as a Great Victory by the Opposition. s Paris, November 15. Krenerai Andre today resigned the portofolio of Minis ter of -War, and Jlenery Berteaux, a member of the chamber of deputies and jo. successful broker on the bourse, was nominated as his successor. This change in the ministry is the culmination of fierce assaults upon the administration of the war office, in the course of which the chamber of depu ties was the scene of frequent wild dis orders, including the recent special as sault upon General Andre. These events stirred the pubUc to a high pitch of excitement, and particularly army and parliamentary circles, where a. suc cession of duels evidenced the bitter ness. Jeneral Andre's letter of resig nation asserts that the attacks against the war office were merely a device of enemies of the government to under mine the republic. The news of the resignation of Gen eral Andre created a sensation, owing EETING OF A. G. Ail The Officers of The.Road Re-elected.--A Di dend of 25 Percent, on the Common. Stook....Capital Stock Increased. (Special to The Messenger.) Richmond, Va., November 13. A highly interesting meeting of the stock holders of the Atlantic Coast Line was held here today, with an exceptionally kuge attendance, nearly 90 per cent, of the stock being represented. The stockholders approved of the purchase by the directors of the Jack sonville and Southwestern railroad in Florida for $665,000. They also author ized the plaoing of a mortgage of 2, 000,000 on the property for the purpose of extending the line eighty miles, in addition to the ninety miies already completed, retiring certain bonds ol the road and completing the payment for the property. A dividend of 23 per cent on the com mon stock was declared 20 per cent, payable January 2, in common stock to the registered holders, and 5 per cent, payable January 20, in dividend certificates of Indebtedness of the com pany. The capital stock was increased from 536,665,000 to $50,000,000. The following officials were unani mously re-elected: IBoard of Directors H. Walters, Michael Jenkins, Waldo Newcomer, W. G. lElHott, Baltimore, Md.; M. F. Plan:, New York; F. W. Scott, Rlchm6n i. Va.; Alexander Hamilton, Petersburg, Va.; E. C Borden, Goldsbo.ro, N. C-, Donald MacRae, 'Wilmington, N. C.;I. THE NORTH SEA IHCIOEHT. INQUIRY BEING 3IADE BY GREAT BRITAIN AT HULIj. After an. Impartial Investigation, a Itc poit Will be 3Iade Which Will Form the Basis of the British Case-Pres-ence of Japanese Boats Among th Trawlers is Again Denied. Hull, England. November 15.-The in- i.- . x qury which Great Britain conducts . on her own behalf into the North sea incident opened today, Vice Admiral, Bridge and Bu tier -A spinal, an admiral- ty court lawyer, whose report will form the basis of the British before the international commission at Paris, con. ducting the 5nqxiir5'. Dr. Herbert Woodhouse represented the Russian tmbassv. . I The correspondent of the Associated Press learned that the board of trade . solicitors, who have .been the case, have found no evidence to suggest the presence of torpedo boats among the fishing fleet. The evidence of the witnesses was in KiiHtjin th3t ths irawlArc trwtr tho Russians for British warships at ma neuvres. .When the firing began the trawlers ran. The skipper of th trawler, in reply to questions, declared that there were no Japanese trawlers and no Japanese present and that no Japanese agents made any suggestion to h?m w:hatever. It would have been impossible for- the trawler, he added, to screen a torpedo boat. A surgeon of the Xorth sea hospital ship Alpha made the rather important statement that all the Alpha's lights were extinguished soon after the fire commenced. , Both Admiral Bridge and Mr. Asp! nall, who are conducting the inquiry on the most impartial lines, indicated by questions that the trawler which separated from the fishing fleet might possibly have been taken for a torpedo boat by the Bussians. A suggestion by the Russian consu" that the shelling was due to the traw lers failing to stop when blank shots were fired and the fact that the lights were extmguished on at least one traw ler is considered here to in some de gree to explain though not to excuse the attack by the Russians. Dr. Woodhouse holds a merely watch ing brief. 'Neither he nor the Russian r.oi tn 7- I VT , came over a badly working wire- Kin- evidence tending to prove that Japa- , eet Is situated flve and three-quar-nese torpedo boats were in the neign- ter miles north of Cape Hatteras. on a borhood of Dogger bank or that Japa- small strip of land separating the At- nese exercised any influence Upon ths fishing fleet. A Disadvantage of Distention. : William Waldorf Astor, before he set out for his English home,, said, according to an exchange, apropos of Bangor. Maine, to Brunswick, Ga., the BussoTapanese war: - came Into Hampton Roads this morn- ling with nearly all her sails blown "Nations engaged in war not omy : away and with many of her spars miss harm each other, but they lay them- lng. The vessel had a rough time Jn selves open to harm at the hands of the gale which swept the coast Sunday all sorts of other nations. ! and the wind played havoc with every- "In fact, two nations at war ar in I ting above the dock. the defenseless and gullible position of - o n-n rvirti marrM vmn!. ! New Inlet Life Saving Station Deitroy- "The couple will fall out and cease to speak to one another for a year or more at a time. They have a beautl- ful country house, and there X3 a cer- tain elderly matron, a great bore, who risif -t-nn onnrtnnaJlv. "Someone, asked this matron whica of the pair was always Inviting her. cheansweredfrankly: 'Neither invites me ever, but sine? :ey don't speak to each other, each always thinks I am the other's guest STOlh L. B. Short, Take Waccamaw, N. C; J. J. Luca. Society Hill. 8. C; J. H. "Es till, Savannah, Ga, Officers H. Walters, chairman oZ the bojfrd, New York. , " R- G. Erwln, president. New York. Alexander Hamilton, first vice pros ient, Petersburg,. Va. C. S. Gadsden, second vice president, Charleston, S. T. M. Emerson, third vice pres'dent, Wilmington, !N. C- J. R. Kenly, fourth vice president and general manager, Wilmington, N. C. James F. Post, treasurer, Wilming ton, N. C. H.' L. Borden, secretary and ass'stani treasurer. New York. R. D. Cronly, assistant secretary. Bal timore, Md. W R. Sullivan, assistant secretary. New York. J. Moultrie Lee, asslsiant treasurer. Savannah, Ga. . C. C. Olney, assistant treasurer, Charleston, S. C. W. R. Jones, Richmond, Va. J- J. Nelligan, assistant treasurer, assistant treasurer. (Baltimore, Md. H. M. Emerson, traffic manager, Wil mington, N. C. H. C. Prince, comptroller, Wilming ton. C- , -. W. G. Elliott, general counsel,' Balti more, Md. RIVALRX BETWEEN LEADERS. Younger Society Matrons in New York .Trying to Inangurate a Reign' of Greater Simplicity in Dress at the Horse Show. New York, Nov. 15. The second day of the horse show brought greater crowds to Madison Square Garden than attended yesterday. This -was particu larly true of the afternoon, -when th promenade was thronged and all of -the T A noticeable foature of th attendance in the afternoon wa? ,v , , , the large number of children who were especially in evidence when the Polo ponies were Judged. TV? the disappointment of a host! of Englishmen- who attended in a body, j the English horses fared badly, and . -ueen Frederica, bred by King Edward, . ' - v. i. lish exhibitors won their first blue rib bon in the class of hackneys, when . Robert WTiitworth, of Halifax, Eng- land, took first prise; took first prise;; 4 ' ' ; 1TS- D. M Grosvenor's horse. Mrs. J. D. M Grosvenor's iRoseberry, was given the blue ribbon o OWT A- rPWI Hi VSnrt-l-lilto hArcA VT tnh Tide, in the class. for horses, carriages j and appointments. Yesterday Roseber- j ry was .beaten by High Tide in the j class for carriage horses alone but to- ; da5' the addition of an eloquent equip- mtrm. "m perieci appouiunents won ment and the honors for Mrs. Grosvenor. . verv, hors show is th attrt of th younger society leaders to inaugurate a reign of greater simplicity in cos tumes. Where others have made up t n jewelry and brilliantly finished crea tions of the dressmakers art, thes leaders are wearing sombre satins And velvets, set off with feathers. Those who arei using Jewels have brought pearls into greater prominence and the contrast between the brilliant costumes and flashing gems on the one hand and the severely plain corsages with feath ers falling across the shoulders on the other is marked. DAMAGE BY THE STORM. Two Men Drowned at Kcnnakec t Tlu SehoonerMurray Pnts Into Hampton Bonds In a Crippled Condition. Norfolk, Va., Nov: 15- Communica tion over the United States weather bureau's seacoast -telegraph vLres was restored today as far south as Manteo. on Roanoke, Island. N. C. At "Kinna keet, N. C, a fishing lodge on the beach was washed into Pamlico sound .byi a tidal wave and two men were drowned. The names of the men wer-2 inot gven in the brief telegram which i lantic Ocean and Pamlico sound. No news had been received from the schooner Myra W. Spear.which strand ed on the Hatteras coast last week, and which It is supposed must have gone to pieces in the storm of Sunday. The four masted schooner Miles M. rMurrar captain Pickett, bound from ed by Fire. , Norfolk, Va November 1C Further j advices from the Carolina ccast reports i that the New Inlet life saying station ; was destroyed by Sunday's hurricane. and thai several of the ctuw stationed- there were lost. It is said a tdai wave washed across the strip of land sparat- T ned the station building away. Tb news- was brought to ESizabeth City today iy seamen. V WCl Found Vnh-rrsl New York. N Press haj reeelv fore giving It publ tlclty has been fully from Rome: Rome. Oct. "Editor of The Associated "You have my full permissi print the enclosed, and give it as wii! a publication as possible. Yours truly, (Signed.) -MARQUISE DES MONST1ERS "Dear Editor: It may interest some of your readers to know that the Mar quise des Monstiers Merlnville. former ly Miss M. G. Caldwell, 'who.lt will remembered founded the Roman Catho lic University at Washington has en tirely repudiated her former creed. In an Interview with me the other day, she said: 'Yes, it is true that r have left the Roman Catholic church. Since I have been living in Europe my eyes nave been opened to what that church really Is. and to its anything but sanctity. But the trouble goes much further back than this Being naturally relig ious my Imagination was early caught by the idea of doing something to lift the church from the lowly position which it occupied in America, so I thought of a university, or higher school, where its clergy could be edu cated, and, If possible refined. Of course In this I was greatly Influenced by Bishop Spalding of Peoria, who repre sented it to me as one of the greatest works of the day. When I was 21 I turned over to them one third of my fortune for that purpose. 'But for years I have been trying to rid myself of the subtle yet overwhelm ing influence of a church, which pre tends, not only to the privilege of being 'the only true church.' but of being alone able to open the gates of heaven to a sorrowful, sinful world. At fast mv honest protestant blood has assert ed itself, and I now repudiate and cast off the 'Yoke of Rome.' So saying the Marquise politely dismissed me. J'lt will be remembered that the Mar quise des Monstiers Merlnville and her sister, the Baroness von Zedwitz, are the daughters of the late William S Caldwell, and his wife, who was a Breckinridge of Kentucky. Shortly be fore his death Mr. Caldwell became a convert to Roman Catholicism, and let his children to the care of Irish Roman Catholics in New York, whom his wife had met in church circles. The younge sister married some fifteen years age a German nobleman, a Lutheran, and has since then . also left the Roman Catholic communion. The elder has been In very bad health for some years, from having- to occupy a position be fore the world as a prominent Roman Catholic which was not a real one, and Into Which her extreme generosity led her; as -a. young and Inexperienced tgirl. Now at last her own mind has asserted itself and she returns to tho cred of her ancestors." Mary Gwendolyen Caldwell is the daughter of William Shakespeare Cald well, who after being a theatrical man ager in England settled in Richmond, Va., and eventually made a large tor tune In building gas-houses in Chicago, St. Louis, Mobile and other cites. He married Miss Breckenridge, a famous Kentucky beauty. Miss Caldwell and her sister Lina spent the summers at Newport, where they had a magnficent house, and usually passed part of the winter, when they were not abroad, in New York. On the death of her father Mis3 Caldwell Inherited $2,000,000 and October 19th, 1S96. she was married to the. Marquise des Monstiers Merlnville, a French nobleman, by Bishop Spald ing, of Peoria, the guardian and admin istrator of the estate of Mis3 Caldwell. At the time of her marriage Miss Caldwell was a very handsome woman, about 35 years of age and a devotsJ Roman Catholic. She had previously shown her devotion to the church by giving $300,000 to fund the Divinltv college of the Roman Catholic Univer sity in Washington. Some seven year3 previous to hr marriage Miss Cald well was eniraged to Prince Mura'. grand son of the king of Naples. Th engagement was broken because th prince insisted that half of Miss Cald well's fortune should be settled upon him. " The- Divinity college of the Roman Catholic University In Washington known as th Marv Gwendolyn Cald well Hall of Divinity. SONS OF" REVOLUTION. Annnal Meeting Held in Rnleish and Officers Elected To Etah!Mi River Gauze. (Special to The Messenger.) f Rayleigh, N. C. Nov. IS- The annual meeting of the North Carolina Sons of the Revolution was held here this even ing. Tho following officers were elect ed: Thomas S. Kenan, president; F. H. Busbee, vice president; Marshall Delany Haywood, secretary: B C. Beckwith," assistant secretary; Herbert Jackson, Treasurer; Rev. Robert Brent Drane, chairman. W. E- Stone was added to the board of managers. A banquet followed the meeting. Weather Observer Von Herrmann left today to visit various places in Tar and Roanoke rlvtrs to look Into the establishment of river stations with guages to show the rise and fall of wa ter. Among other places he win visit Tarboro. Wllliamston, Greemille, Wel don. Danville, and other points and wlii be absent ten days State Vetrlnarian Ttalt Butler Uf? today for Wayne county, a report hav ing come of an outbreak of rorne kind among cattle. ". Aged Veteran Fonnd Guilty or Maxi- g laughter. Norfolk, Va-.. Nov. ,15. Frederick G. Kingsley. aged 76 years, a veteran In mate of the Hampton National Soldiers Home was found milty of mani'aurti- ' tec In the United States court -today, ngleJt ?dlSted for tbetmnrCfir defense- His counsel moved' that he verdict bo eet aside Inasmuch as it is . not In accordance with the Indictment. V Icahw veri. 0 to tlieS a Dinner iv at the White Washington. Nov mura Fushirai. a near emperor of Japan, who Washington as a guest of today called at the White House his respects to tho President and convey to him the sincere- good wUh and friendship of the Mikado, and Ms hope for the President's continued good health and happiness. Prince Fushimi was attired in tho uniform of a lieutenant general of tho Japanese army. The Prlnce and hla suite were ushered Into the Bluo room, where. In a few minutes President Roosevelt, accompanied by Assistants Secretary of State Francis B- Loomls and Secretary William Loeb, Jr.. greeted them. The greeting between? the President and Prince Fashimi was cordial. Prince Fushimi addressed tho Presi dent in Japanese, his remarks being Interpreted by one of his suite. He aald in jxirt: "His imperial majesty was please 1 to Confide to me the airrwahlA an conveying to you, Mr. President, tho assurance of his sincere good wi.hc ana friendship and fervent hope for your continued good health and happi ness. "His majesty also charged me to con firm to you his earnest deire that tho historic relations Of amity and good correspondence which have always, since tho days of Commodore Perry, united the great republic of the wt. with the empire of the legendary east, and which have contributed.In no small measure to the progress and prosperity of Japan, may grow still closor and stronger with the passing years." The President's response follows In rart: "Ever since the empire of Japan at the invitation of this country entered upon the career of modern and Inter national progress which has led to such brilliant results, the relations of the two countries have been those of un broken friendship. I may that tho relations may continue forever, grow ing aiwaj-3 more friendly and more ex tended, and I trust that this visit of your imperial highness may result fi that increase of mutual good will be tween this republic and the empire of Japan which will naturally come from more intimate -acquaintance and widr knowledge of each other." The President and Prince Fushimi then chatted animatedly for ton min utes. . N Their conversation was conJinueJ through an Interpreter and related principally to Japanese history and lit erature, with Incidental reference to I?v?so-Japanese war. In which Prince Fushimi has played a conspicuous part. The President returned the Prince's call In the afternoon and In the even ing entertained the prince and the dip lomatic corps at dinner at the White House. Rheumatism Is ono o? the constitutions! diseases. It manifests Itself in local aches and pains, inflamed joints and stiff muscles, iut it cannot to cured by local applications. It requires constitutional treatment acting througb tho blood, and the best h a course of the great medicine Hooti'sSarsapariHa which has permanently cured thousands of cases. For tetthnonkib of remarfceMe curt Stnd for Book on Rheumatism, No. 7. C. L Hood Co, LowcS, We Arc SOLE AGENTS For The Genuine WILSON HERTERS tlte bc4t on earth. Call or send early and be ready for the cold wave. Also a complete line of Furniture and House Furnishings. Cash or Credit Wholesale or Retail -Gaston D. Phares Company, 110 and 112 Market Street. V hasV tho