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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-17
To BE Made a National Bank.

GUTHRIE, o. T, May 16.-(Special)
The Bank of Blackwell is to be converted
into national bank, application having
been made to the comptroller of the cur
rency for a charter for the First National
bank of Blackwell. The institution will
have capital stock OF $4,000 and the fol-
lowing board of directors: Marshall e
Richardson. James w. Morse, James NJ
Shelton, Russell Durrell. S. Sherman Shell
ton, George r. Willett and John Hudson.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-17
Small Fires Yesterday.

Yesterday morning at 500 a. m, Police
man johnson turned in an alarm OF fire.
The department responded and found the
located on the corner of Fifteenth and Cen
tropolis avenue. The houses were the
property of r. S. Latshaw. They were oc-
cupied by William Lasister. c. B. Lyberger
and A. B. Hoover. The loss on the build
inSs amounted to $500: contents, $500.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-17
Arrested for Horse Stealing.

OKLAHOMA CITY. o. T.. May 1s.-(spe-
CialD Deputy Constables Dave Hodge and
Clark Parker have made clever capture
in the arrest of jeff Ingalls,. whom they
charged with stealing four horses from the
men who captured him and the animals
were found in his possession. ingalls, is
wanted also for chicken stealing.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-17

the honor to acknowledge the receipt of
your letter of January 81, informing me
d was named Dewey in my honor. and
beg to express my appreciation of this
honor and also hope that at no distant
day may have the pleasure of visiting 1t.
Yours truly GEORGE DEWEY"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-17
FOR AFTERNOON TEAS.

When ladies serve tea to visitors in the
afternoon. it is a graceful act to serve
saucer containing two or three teaspoon
fuls of GrapeNuts and some cream.
The Grape-Nuts can be kept dry in
dish on the tea table and are ready to
serve instantly, as they require no cook
ing.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-17

State Senators Lewelling, thinner. Ander-
son and Reeder acted as judges here to-
night at an interstate cakewalk and gave
first prize to local couple-Harry Col.
bert and Gertie Hawkins-over Doc
Brown and partner. of Kansas City, and
numerous other celebrities from abroad
Doc Brown got second money.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-17
She Took QuicksiIver.

TOPEKA, May 16-(special) Mrs. Charles
Spendlovc, who was married recently.
quarreled with her husband last night, and
this morning tried to commit suicide By
taking quicksilver, which she scraped off
the back of mirror. A physician was
called in time 10 save her life.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-17
Increased Capital stock.

JEFFERSON CITY. May 1G.-CSpecialD
The Mexican Gulf Agricultural Company.
of Kansas City. filed a statement of in
crease of capital from S1O0 GOO to $500 900.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-17

| Your complexion as we'll as your tenn
| per is rendered miserable by disordered
| liver. Improve both by taking Carter s
| Little Liver Pills.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-17
SCHOONER "EDNA AND EMMA,
Bodies of Captain Richardson and Wife
Wrecked Off Frying Pan
Shoals Last May.

Reference has been made from time
to time in The Messenger to the wreck
of the schooner Edna and Emma, Cap
tain A. K. Richardson, off Frying Pan
shoals, about the 1st of May, the YES
sci having been overturned and drifted
as derelict out to sea. The following
Associated Press dispatch, under date
of Philadelphia, November 18th, was
received last night:
Private advices were received here
today from st. Pierre, Miqueloh, a sea-
port on New Found1and coast, telling
of the wreck Of the Philadelphia and
Baltimore schooner Edna and Emma
and the loss of the captain, his wife and
the crew of five men. The Edna and
Emma sailed from Wilmington, N. c.,
on April 14th, with a cargo of lumber
for Baltimore and this city Months
having elapsed and no word of the
vessels whereabouts having been re-
ceived, she was given up for lost. Re
Gently she was tOWed into st. Pierre
bottom up. When the ship was right
ed, in the cabin were found the bodies
Of Captain Richardson and his wife. A
water-stained diary kept by the cap
tain gave meagre information concern
Ing the disaster. Ihe record stated
that the Edna and Emma had expert
enced good weather until May 1st, when
fierce northeast storm overlook hec
and she was dismasted. Later, the
rudder became jammed and in this dis
abled condition the schooner was driv-
en- about at the mercy of the wind and
waves. One by one the members of
the crew were washed overheard, and
Captain Richardson and his wife
sought refuge in the cabin. AT this
point the story of the diary ends. Ow-
ing to the illegibility of some portions
of the handwriting the point at which
the Edna and Emma met with the dis
aster could not be learned"
Mr.. w. N. Harriss, of the firm of
George Harriss, Son & Co., ship brok-
ers, in speaking of the wreck of the
Edna and Emma said that the vessel
cleared from Wilmington about April
18th and was wrecked on her second
day out. She had a cargo Of 145,00O feet
of lumber from the Hilton Lumber
Company, consigned to dealers in Bal
timore and Philadelphia The lumber
was of a very inferior grade, being
odds and ends, gathered together about
the mill and was not of very great
value. 1t was kiln dried and is most
probably practically worthless now.
1t is of interest to note that Captain
Richardson's father. who was also a
sea captain, lost his life in a wreck on
this coast during the winter of 1898.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-17
A BLOODY AFFRAY
Over the Dispensary Scandal - Five
Men Wounded.

Columbia, S. c., November 15.-As "a
ences in the state board of liquor con-
troll there was last night a bloody
shooting affray at Sellers, a railroad
station in Marion county, near the
home of J. Dudley Hazelden, ex-chair-
man and now a member of the state
board. There was a general fusillade,
pistols, Winchester and shot gun
being brought into play.
AS result Ben Sellers is perhaps
mortally wounded in the abdomen, and
his father, John c. Sellers, is seriously
hurt, with a Winchester ball in his
shoulder. HaZelden has a ball in his
leg, his brother, Luther NJ. Hazelden
late adjutant of South Carolina. is
slightly wounded in the side and their
brother-in-law, DR.. H. A. Edwards,
formerly state inspector of dispensa-
ries, is sprinkled with bird shot j.
Abrey Evans, a former wholesale
liquor salesman and cousin of Hazel
den, was unhurt-
Yesterday morning Hazelden taxed
Ben Sellers with being the author of a
letter charging Hazelden with official
and personal impropriety in receiving
whiskey in quantities from wholesale
houses and in using it in a question
liShed in connection with other bitter
articles in the recent dispensary wran-
gle. There were hot words but no fight
yesterday.
Last night HaZelden and his three
friends were driving through Sellers
station when they met Ben Sellers. In
formation is meagre and it is not
known who precipDtated the difficulty
Ben Sellers was shot and his father
ran Ito <his rescue. The other three
parties were with HaZelden in buggies
AS yet no fatalities have resulted.
HaZelden was unable to attend a meet
ing Of THE state board today, called
for the purpose of giving a hearing to
Commissioner Douthit, disc charged
without hearing by the Hazelden or
majority faction of the board The
courts ordered him to have a hearing
by the board.
The discharge Of Douthit and his
clerk, d. A. G. QUITS, the result Of bit
ter feeling in the board, led TO long
and scandalous controversies in the
press between QUITS and Hazelden,
which indirectly caused the bloody af-
fair yesterday. The people of south
Carolina are greatly perplexed ovei
the dispensary problem.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-17
DISMAL SWAMI CANAL.
A New York Syndicate Trying to Sc
cure This Waterway.

Baltimore, November l5.-Negotia-
tons are pending for the sale of the
Lake Drummond Canal and Water
Company, which owns and operates the
Dismal Swamp canal, which was for
mally opened for traffic last month A
New York syndicate is anxious To se-
cure control OF the properly AMI has
made an offer for the purchase Of the
securities CT the company.
A formal offer. IL is said. has been
made TO Alexander Brown & Sons, who
financed the company. When asked
about rumors OF a consummation OF
a deal with the New Workers today.
Mr.. Brown admitted that a deal is
pending, but declined TO go into de-
tails.
The total capitalization of the COM
pany is s2,200.0o0. of which s1.200.CO0 il
first mortgage per cent. 30-year gold
bonds and s1,00O,0o0 common stock.
The canal was originally surveyed
by George Washington and was con-
Structed early in the century. Ii was
taken possession OF by the government
during the civil war, at the close OF
which 1t was returned to the Dismal
Swamp Canal Company in a dilapida-
ted condition.
The Lake Drummond Canal and
Water Company acquired the proper
ties, franchises and privileges and re-
habilitated the waterways. The Dismal
Swamp canal begins in the state Of
Virginia on the south branch of the
Elizabeth river, about six miles from
Norfolk and extends in a southerly
direction about twenty miles to the
Pasquotank river, in the state of North
Carolina
The canal is one of a chain of inland
waterways extending along the At
lantic coast from Cape Cod, Mass, to
Wilmington, n. c., through Long
Island sound, Delaware and Raritan
canal, Delaware canal, Delaware bay,
Chesapeake and Delaware canal, Ches-
apeake bay, Chesapeake and Abe
marie canal, and Dismal Swamp canal,
Albemarle sound, Pamlico sound, Core
sound and Bogue sound
1t is understood that If the deal is
consummated the locks at both ends
of the canal will be abandoned and the
waterway widened sufficiently TO per-
NIT the passage of larger vessels than
those that now ply the course.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-17
TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.

A Georgia negro murders his grand
parents.
The election result in Kentucky ia
still undecided.
Mayor Smith, Of Charleston, S. c.,
is renominated.
The Knights of Labor general as
sembly convenes.
No juror is yet secured in the Molin-
eux murder case.
The National Grange is in session at
Springfield, Ohio.
"A Paris newspaper announces the
fan of Ladysmith.
Investigation of the Hilton trophy
shooting has begun.
The National Municipal League is in
session at Columbus, Ohio.
Five persons are killed by an expess
train collision near Amsterdam.
Another big company is formed to
develop iron mines in Alabama
Britishers are bowling over spoilt
canned meats furnished the troops.
A New York syndicate is trying to
purchase the Dismal Swamp canal
The Guatemalan export tax on ba-
nanas causes a scarcity of the fruit.
The treasury department. wants to
buy $25,000,0O0 of government bonds.
Thaddeus E. Horton Cfrom South
Carolina) of the New York Times, is
dead.
A Florida Judge declares an arrest
for violating the anti-cigarette law IL
legal.
Tree men are killed in freight train
wreck on the Norfolk and Western
railroad.
AT Sellers station, S. c., a fight oc-
ours, over the dispensary affair. Five
men are wounded.
President Mckinley sends a warming
to Aguinaldo as to treatment off Span
ish prisoners.
The Tennessee supreme court sus-
tains the law prohibiting the sale of
cigarettes in the state.
The Pope's official organ declares
that he will not take the side of either
in the TransVaal war.
The Kentucky appellate court enjoins
Judge Toney from proceeding any fur
ther with his election mandamus case.
The case against the captain of the
VamOOSe for entering the line during
the Columbia-S Shamrock race has been
dismissed.
The authorities of Americus, Ga,
are in trouble over the refusal of a
dozen ladies to submit to compulsory
vaccination
The New York cotton exchange will
try to discover how individuals secur-
ed the government special cotton re-
port before it was officially given OUT
The Russian minister to Korea says
there is not the slightest truth in the
reports of strained relations between
Russia and Japan over the first named
country.
The Hamburg-American steamer
Patria, when near Dover, is found
ito be ON fire. Just as the $50 passen-
gers are getting into boats the steamer
Ceres comes along and picks them up.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-17

OF 10000 plum puddings for the troops
in South Africa There puddings will
aggregate upwards of ten tons in
weight.
Cape Town, Friday, November TO-
A dispatch from Buluwayo, dated No
vember 3rd, says an armored train pro-
ceeded south close to Machudi, where a
culvert was found damaged.
The Basuto police, the dispatch adds,
report that party of Beers have been
.ooting and damaging property.
A fort Tuli dispatch, under date of
November 3rd, says:
There is great activity in the Boer
camp south of here. A accommodating
party sent along the line heard heavy
firing in the distance. The party re-
turned to Colonel Spreckley's camp, on
which the enemy was advancing in
force. 1t was shelled at midday, stam-
peding every horse and mule, but not
touching a man. The Beers num-
Der 400.
1T appears the Beers surrounded
Bych store, where a small party stub
bornly resisted, ultimately retiring to
the bush and gaining Fort Tuli An
officer and five troo :ers are missing
from Spreckley's force, which has been
out some days accommodating the enc
mys' force. and which had several
skirmishes on returning to Fort Tuli.''
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-17
ALL MANDAMUS CASES STOPPED BY
THE APPELLATE COURT.
ELECTED BY ONE MAJORITY.
The Courfer-Journat's Figures Givo
Goebei One Plurality Republicans
Adhere to Their Former Figures.
Many Precincts to BE Thrown Out.
County Board to Make supple-
mental Return. Declaring IntImiaa-
tion OF the Board.

Louisville, Ky, November i5.-Judgc
Sterling b. Toney. whose mandamus
issued on election day for the adr,.s
sion of Honest Election League Ins. c.
tors 10 polling places caused the p n
cipal excitement OF that day. was tofay
restrained by the appellate court at
Frankfort from taking any further &C.
tion in the contempt cases growing put
of the order. Yesterday thirty-nve IL
legged violators OF Judge Toneys ord rs
We're bound over by him in the sum
of $500 each. Today he was proceeding
with the cases and had sentenced one
prisoner TO thirty hours in jail. when
the order OF the appellate court was
received.
Goebel gained fifty-two votes mis- af-
ternoon on the official count of the re-
turns from this city. II was in the
First precinct OF the Eighth ward.
Aside from this there was no change
anywhere in the state today. II Is
thought the canvassing OF the Jeffer-
son county votes will be completed In
a few days. Then the whole question
W
will meet at Frankfort some time be-
tween now and December ith.
One vote is the plurality credited TO
Goebel in the whole state by The Cou-
rier Journal in its table OF election re-
turns corrected up to n late hour last
night. This table includes "A gain of
133 votes in Harrison county. where
the county commissioners threw out
two Taylor precincts.
sols-
change since yesterday, Taylor being
given a plurality OF 3,134.
Frankfort, Ky, November 15.-It is
conceded that the Kentucky election
will remain in a tangle until the meet
ing of the state election commissioners,
the date of which has not been set, but
which will occur in the last week OF
this month. County election commits
sioners in Knox county, who certified
to the vote in that county. will file
supplemental statement with the state
board, stating that fraud and intimi-
dation were practiced by the republi-
cans in every precinct and that the
county commissioners were oVerawed
and forced by mob OF drunken men
to certify the vote. and will conclude by
recommending that the entire vote bo
thrown out. General Taylor received
1,3S4 ma ajority in Knox county.
There is renewed confidence ar, &c
the Goebel headquarters tonight. p. ~
ably as a result OF the decision of rae.
court of appeals today dealing an L.
expected blow to the republicans b. a
ruling which practically decides ad-
versely in advance the mandamus suits
filed by Taylor's attorneys In several
counties to compel the county election
commissioners to certify the vote. 1t
| is probable now that the jefferson board
which includes Louisville. will proceed
TO throw out several precincts In that
city contested on grounds OF fraud, es-
pecially where the state militia were
present or near the polls on election
day. 1t is claimed here tonight that
Taylor's $500 plurality in the city OF
Louisville may now be almost wiped
out
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-17
CAMPAIGN IN PANAY.
Leader of the Insurgents Captured.
Death of Lieutenant O'Horriss.

Manila. November 15.-General
and Twenty sixth regiments moved
from Iloilo Thursday, November 9th, to
Otton, six miles west, for the purpose
of capturing Santa Barbara, the rebel
stronghold ten miles north of Iloilo.
Heavy rains preceded the movement
and the roads were, in places, impass-
able. The same night, Colonel Carpen-
ter, with the Eighteenth regiment and
Battery G, of the Sixth artillery, NOV
ed westerly from Jaro to connect with
General Hughes. Colonel Carpenter
was forced to return to JarO on account
of the roads, and the entire movement
was hampered by lack of proper trans
portation. Company G., of the Twenty
sixth regiment, had the only fighting.
When three miles out of Jaro this COM
pany charged the rebel trenches and
three of the enemy were Killed. one
American was wounded
General Hughes on November 18th
occupied Tagbanan and Guimbal, on
the southern coast, and also Cordova,
in the interior. The enemy did not op-
pose his advance.
Recent orders from Aguinaldo found
in the trenches said: do not oppose
the Americans advance. Burn the vii
lagos as they are evacuated. Divide
the forces into bands of forty. Harass
the Americans on every OCCASION
Araneta, the rebel leader of the is
land of Panay, was captured at Tag
banan while attempting to pass the
lines into Iloilo.
Two battalions of the Twenty-siXt
will garrison Iloilo and Jaro.
San Miguel, visible from Iloilo, has
been burned by the rebels.
1t is reported that an expedition,
evading the navy, recently landed arms
and ammunition on the Antique coast,
and that the rebels threaten opposition
with an armed force of 1000 men. These
stories are not believed.
All ports of the Sulu islands outside
of the American possessions, have been
ordered closed to commerce.
Washington, November ia dis
patch from Manila, announces the
death of Captain Magnus OHorris,
Fourth infantry, who died of dysentery
in the hospital He was appointed to
West Point from Newman. Ga.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-17
REFUSE VACCINATION.
Action of a Dozen Ladies Causes City
Officials Much Perplexity.

Atlanta, Ga, November ia spe-
cial to The Constitution from Americus,
Ga, says: The city authorities of
Americus are i'm a Itangle with the
Christian Scientists here ON the issue
of compulsory vaccination. A month
ago the city council adopted an ordi-
nance requiring compulsory vaccina-
tfon and nearly the entire population
has been punctured. Today one of the
most estinable ladies in Americus, a
Christian Scientist, was brought be-
fore Mayor Hixon for refusing to be
Vaccinated and the mayor sentenced
her to thirty days in the police bar
racks. Before the sentence was exc
cuted Christian Scientists asked suS-
pension until tomorrow when a dozen
other ladies of that faith will be sum-
moned before the mayor. The ladies
declare emphatica1ly that they Will re-
sist vaccination to the end and will go
to jain In support of their position"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-17
Love for Mother Country

Americas Love for Mother Country.
London, November 15.-George Wynd-
Lam, parliamentary under secretary OF
state for war. addressing his constItu-
tents at Dover this evening, said that
Lext TO the affection which the colo-
uies felt for the mother country he
placed the friendship OF America. This
friendship between the Amer can re-
public and the British empire, declar-
ed the speaker, lis one Of the most
dramatic. and may become ore OF the
most momentous and far-reach.ng cpl
sores IN modern history. 1. Goes no.,
however, imply hostility 10 sny other
great power."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-17
August Flower.

''It is a surprising fact" says Prof.
Houton. that in my travels in all
parts of the world, for the last ten
years, I have met more people having
other remedy, for dyspepsia, deranged
liver and stomach, and for constipa-
1ion. 1 find for tourists and statesmen,
or for persons filling office Positions,
where headaches and general bad feel
ings from irregular habits exist, that
Green's August Flower is grand rem
edy. II does not injure the system by
frequent use, and is excellent for cour
stOmachs and indigestion" Sample
bottles free at R. R Bellamys
Sold by dealers in all civilized coun-
tries.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-17
Murdered His Grand-ParentS.

Midwife. Ga, November 15.-Jim
Johnson, a negro about 20 years old,
killed his grandfather and grandmoth-
ct, Frank and Suky Bakers, here today.
The boy was reproved by the old man
for some miSbehavior. He went into
the yard, secured an axe and sank 1t
up to the haft in his grandfathers skull
killing him insta ntly. He then attack
Ell the grandmother, chopping her vic
fously over the head with the axe,
fracturing her skull in several places.
He then fed and has not been captured.
The woman who was, later. found by
neighbors regained consciousness long
enough to give details OF the crime.
She then died
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-17
Fatal Railway Wreck.

Richmond, Va, November 15.-In a
freight wreck on the Norfolk and Wes-
tern road. near Riverton this afternoon
Brekmen Daily and Metz, Of Hagers-
town, Nd. and an unknown negro
tramp, were killed, and Wflbe-t Carey.
station agent at Riverton, was serious
iy injured The engineer and firemen
jumped and saved themselves.
Spreading rails caused the accident.
Many cars were demolished.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-17

Boston, Mass, November 15.-The
session of the general assembly OF the
Knights of Labor began today with
General Master Workman Parsons, of
New York, in the chair. After the ap-
pointment OF committees, the commit
tee on credentials reported that sew
enty delegates were presnt, out OF a
possible los, and that several others
from Canada and the far west were
expected today and tomorrow.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-17
Export Tax on Bananas.

Mobile, Ala, November 1.-THE
steamship Managua, from Guaternalan
ports, arrived has. night with half
cargo of bananas. She reports that
since the Guatemalan government put
on their export duty of 10 cents
stem on bananas. planters have stopp-
ed cuttfng and cargoes of the fruit arc
not ottaiLable.
The steamship Otsri came in this
morning, reporting stcTms in Spanish
Honduras so severe as to wash out
bridges on the Hond uras railroad and
prevent handling Of fruit by rail. The
Oteri brought no bananas.
The captain OF the Managua says 10
cents on bananas is for revenue pur-
poses to defray expenses Of the recent
anri-reyoluttonary operations; that 10
cents a stem amounts to 25 per cent. OF
what planters get for bananas and Is
about all the profit there Is for raising
the fruit The tax was Imposed No
vernber 1st. A committee 6 planters
has gone TO So. the president OF Guate-
nalan TO try TO get the tax removed