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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-30
SHOT FROM
A Prominent Physician of MaysviIIe
Ohio, Assassinated.

Marysville, Iowa, November 26.-Dr.
H. A. Hamilton, a prominent physi-
clan of this place, was shot dead to-
lay. Alfred Aim, who has accused the
doctor of causing the separation Of
Ain and his wife, is under arrest on
the charge of firing the fatal shot.
No one saw the shot fired n the ply
sician died fthou making any state
ment.
DIR. Hamilton left his residence soon
after breakfast to go to his barn, which
is situated in a dense grove. He had
passed within the line of trees when d
shot disturbed the silence. A homer
later he staggered back towards his
house where he fell dead.
Members of his family carried the
I~ifeless form into the house and then
spread the alarm The little town was
soon the scene of great excitement and
posses were searching for the assassin.
The grove was surrounded and then
searched. Not a trace at the mySteri-
Gus slayer could be found, the sheriff
OF Marion county overlooked no clew
and when he heard of threats said TO
have been made about Mr.. Ain he de-
cided to take him into custody. Ain
is 35 years old
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-30
COUNTESS CASTELLANE SUED.
An Injunction by a Creditor to Prevent
Paying Out HerIncome

New York, November 26.-Samuel
Untermeyer applied TO and obtained
today from Justice Fitzgerald, sitting
in the supreme court, an injunction or
der returnable on Monday next against
Count and Countess Castellane, and Geo.
Gould. Edwin Gould, Toward Gould
and Helen NJ. Gould. as trustees ID
the will of Jay Gould, restraining them
from paying Anna Gould Countess de
CasteIIane. any part of the estate in
the hands of the trustees, or from ap-
plying any part of h trust fund to
the debts of Anna Goud or to her sup
port or that of her children until the
further direction OF the court
The plaintiff in the suit is Anton j.
Dittman. Who sues as assignee OF
Asher Werthemer, a London br1c-a-
brac dealer.
The complaint, which is a long print
ed document. contains copies Of drafts
drawn by Werthemer and accepted in
writing by the Count and de
Castellane. amounting to upwards OF
1886, 900, of which $3.50 0 n upwards
are past due.
1t is alleged hat Anna Gould has
SIS. 600. 600 held in trust for her by her
brothers and sister and that her income
IS about 5000, 900.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-30
r BILLS
For the Next Session Under Prepare
ton by subcommittee

Washington, November 26.-The riv-
ers and harbors committee of the house
met today and began the preparation
of it's appropriation bills. 1t was de-
cided that no hearings will be granted
except in special cases. The impression
among the members is that the esti-
mates of the engineers approved by
the secretary of war, will be closely
followed in making the bill.
The subcommittee On ways and
means continued its preparation of the
war revenue reduction bill today.
During a part of the committees ses-
sion former Speaker Reed was present
as a visitor. The democratic members
of the committee thus far have taken
no action as to their programme re-
garding the bill. If the republican
members bring the bill into the house
with a rule preventing amendments, II
is probable that the democrats VIII
prepare and offer a substitute, other
wise amendments will be offered by the
democrats in committee of the whole.
The subcommittee Of the approprla-
tons committee Of the house having In
charge b legislative Appropriation
bill, began work today and decided to
call before it officials of n congress
sional library and of the state and
treasury departments. THESE Officials
will be heard tomorrow.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-30
SHOT BIZ SAILORS.
Two Men Attacked by sailors from the
Amphitrfte.

Norfolk. Va. November ss-Tonight
three sailors from the United States
monior Amphftrit@Eari Morick, ]. G..
GTlen and John BoydVttacked Watch
man Joseph King and a negro long
shoreman. Joseph Hopkins. at the
Merchants and Miners Transportation
Company's wharf. Morick was armed
with a shot gun He first attacked
Hopkins and shot him in the back and
thighs with No 4 shot. King came to
Hopkins assistance and was shot in
the lefs temple. but not fatally hurt.
as nESt OF the shot eTssered his hat.
which Mas filled with holes. The three
sailors were promptly arrested and
locked up In the police station to await
the result Of the shooting. The injured
men Were 20 their homes. The
sailors are said 20 have been tntoxf-
Gated. Morick accounted for having
the shotgun in his possession by uv-
ing that he was preparing 10 go hunt
ing.
1t Is understood that the Amphitritc
VIII sail tomorrow for Port Royal.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-30
THE STRIKE AT TAMPA.
Ia General strike Inaugurated-Every-
thing TO be Tied Up Today

Tampa, Fla, November 2s.-The al
most general strike here this morning
was a great surprise, in view of the
plans as presented last night. The
trades assembly changed its ideas at
Ia later hour and without notice to any
Ione, hence the surprise, as all interested
had been given to understand there
would be no strike. The strike was
not general in all the unions as many
men were at work, but they will be con-
trolled by tomorrow and things will De
lat a s~tandstill. Hundreds of buildings,
brick and wood, under construction
are now at a standstill. Laborers of
all classes except the typographical
union are out where there are any num-
beers of them. Leaders declare that by
tomorrow night they will be able to
control at least 1900 men who are not
organized, but who are in sympathy
with the movement.
| There has been a little Incorporate
talk on the streets today, but nothing
in the way of a demonstration. Strong
leffortS will be Ia to get the unions
Everywhere to boycott Tampa cigars,
and railroad men belonging TO the
unions will be asked not to handle the
shipments. All members of Resistencia
Union are working.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-30
THE AMERICAN ARTILLERY.
A Competitive Test of New Inventions
to ~ucreas Its Effectiveness

Washington. November es.-The ord
nance bureau OF the war department Is
preparing to make q comprehensive
test next spring OF the very latest in
v~entions in field ordnance with tho
purpose OF selecting a gun which viii
bring the United States artillery
branch ZIP TO an equality with he best
foreign artillery.
American gun-makers have been noti-
fled that this trial will on
March Goth, next. and most OF nem are
planning TO have pieces OF ordnance in
the competition. which Is expected to
be thrown open TO foreign inventors
and ~gun-makers in order to secure the
very best results. The date named is
just beyond the time of 10 days allow
ed by the war department for the COM
pletion of a working model of a piece
OF field ordnance on the general line OF
the French gun. Which may conse-
quently be placed in the competition
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-30
FREE SILVER NOT DEAD.
Senator Teller Says It will be a Live
Issue for Many Years.

Denver, Colo, November 26.-Sena-
tor Henry NJ. Teller, Of Colorado, who
left for Washington tonight, speaking
of the effect upon the silver question.
the defeat of Bryan will have, said
that he did not intend to abandon the
silver question because of the result of
the recent election
1.-THE silver question is not dead. he
continued, and will be a live question
in American politics for years to come
and + am firmly of the opinion that we
will ultimately return to the bimetallic
system-in my judgment, the only sys-
TEN that "a secure stability OF prices
and equity between the creditor and
the debtor"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-30
THE PORTER LYNCHING.
impossible to Get n Jury TO Convict
the Persons

Denver. colo, November 26.-The
Rocky Mountain News today prints the
reply of Sheriff Freeman, of Lincoln
county,. to the letter of District Attor-
new McAllister, of Colorado Springs,
concerning the prosecution of the per-
O who lynched Preston Porter az
Limon. Colorado, recently After al
leging that he was influenced into TAX
ing Porter from Denver to Dimon by
the assurance of leading citizens OF
Lincoln county that he would De al
lowed to pass through Limon
ed 10 Hugo. where he would De per
mi+ted TO place Porter in the county
TAIL. Sheriff Freeman declares that II
would be impossible to get a jury In
Lincoln. or any adjoining county that
would convict any n charged WIZ
participation i'm the burning OF Porter
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-30
CORN KING.
George H. Phillips I'm Control OF the
Market-His Big Deals.

Chicago, November s6.-Corn foe No
yember delivery sold today on the boArd
OF trade at so cents per bushel-the
highest price since 1894 when. owing
to a protracted drought the market ad-
vanced close to the so cent mark. Since
that time the coarse cereal has sold al
most down to 20 cents per bushel.
That there are vast qualities OF corn
in the country is well known. but
George II. Phillips. a member of the
Chicago board, taking advantage Of the
fag-end of a protracted bull deal on the
local exchange, which had resulted in
the depletion OF the contract stocks OF
corn in Chicago, gradually picked up
ali offerings and today apparently
shows that he has effected the most
perfect corner in the recent history
of the board. Practically no contract
corn is coming to market
Phillips did little to dvanc the
market today-it advanced on the ef-
forts of shorts to cover. When so cents
was bid Phillips sold leo. 900 bushels or
so and checked the advance. The mar
ket opened one cent higher than Satur-
day at 46 cents, rose to so and closed
at 40 a net gain of 4 cents.
Whenever the clamorous shorts"
howled up the price in the face of unre-
sponsive takers, he pushed to the front
of the line and let out more corn. Some
of the dealers though the juvenile look
ing S~peculator waS in straits n was
running to wind up his string. They
jumped on the market and tried
to sell corn at Az cents. Phillips
turned instantly from seller to buyer,
from bear to bull, and snapped up
every nan who was offering to shade
the price that he was making. The de-
cline stopped at once. Phillips showed
to the corn pit that he was it's master;
that he could regulate it at will. The
fellows who tried to get some of the
corn kings money in the delusion that
he was weakening are now wondering
where they will get off on Friday.
Phillips conduct today won him great
praise: Few men have been able to
keep a cool head under like circum
stances. He parted with 300, 600 bushels,
about one-tenth of his holdings. He
bought 100, 900 when the bears tried to
drag him off his pedestal. He made
$50, O00. Apparently he is going to
keep the settling price around so cents.
If the shorts are meditating a coupon
on the last day they may wake up to
find that Phillips has closed his line.
He claims now tina he cannot be
squeezed whatever may happen. AS
long as he keeps on selling more than
he buys and holds the market down to
so cents he is seemingly too nimble to
be crowded off the market with his
corner. Other spectators have been
broken by buying at a big price in or
der to hold up the market and playing
their funds on margins.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-30

and other property. Some 5000 logs
have gone out, taking with them the
false works OF the two railroad bridges
south of Barboursville. The loss is es-
itimated at $4,000 to $4,000. The tracks
of h new Guyandotte Valley railroad,
just completed TO Salt Rock. a dis
lance of eighteen miles. has been al
most ruined. The river Is rising above
and still more damage is expected.
M~iddleSboro, KY, November 10
Cumberland, Powell and Clinch rivers
ihave overlooked their banks. doing i'm
mense damage to farmers. The lower
portion of Powell valley is inundated
and those living along its banks have
been compelled to move TO higher
lground- Benjamin Turner. of Middles-
Iboro. was drowned in the flood while
trying to swim his horse across Yellow
Icreek.
Richmond. Va. November Ga
heavy wind and rain storm swept over
parts of the state about 2 o'clock
this morning. While Richmond is said
to have been about the center of the
disturbance, h damage here was on
fined to the twisting of branches from
trees and the derangement Of wires.
At West Point, thirty-six miles be-
low here, the wind reached the force of
a tornado. The Neale academy was
~unroofed. The residence of w. H. Bell
was destroyed. and several other
houses were seriously damaged. High
water is reported up the James river,
and Lewis tunnel, in Allegheny coun-
lty, on the Chesapeake and Ohio, was
lch0ked by q landslide. No loss Of life
is so far reported.
Augusta, Ga, November pa tor
nado struck the village of Siloa, nea
Union Point, last night. Considerable
damage was done to property but there
was no loss of life. J. E. bolivar. a
large farmer and stock raiser, had his
house and barn blown down n many
head Of stock killed. The school house
in the village was blown down..
Memphis. Tenn, November 26.-Sev-
eral lives were lost in the floods recently
in West Tennessee, north of DyerS-
burg, a woman and two children in a
buggy were thrown in a slough by the
Icrumbling of the roadway and all were
drowned.
A mail carrier was drowned in Caney
lcreek, near Glymph, Lauderdale coun-
Ity, while attempting to ford the
stream. A section hand on the Illinois
lCentraI railroad was drowned at the
lSouth fork of the FOrked river.
Charleston, w. Va. November 90
The continuous rainfall of the past for
ty-eight hours has caused a rapid rise
in all streams in this section of the
ISldte. Inc mas almost reacn-
ed the danger line here and people in the
lowlands are already moving out. The
Kanawha at $50 o'clock tonight was
27.4 feet and rising at a half a foot per
hour. All Knawha Falls. thirty-six
miles above, the river is 2S.6 feet and
stationary. At least four more feet
were expected. The Elk is oil Of its
banks with Is feet. stationary. at Clay,
five miles above. The rainfall here for
twenty-four hours ending at s o'clock
a. m. oda was 81 inches.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-30
The Key West Strike Ended

Key West, Fla, November 26.-The
strike of the motormen and conductors
of the electric street Runway sysem,
which has been in progress here for
several days, has been settled. The
cars resumed their schedule today.
The settlement was brought about by a
committee of arbitration The
go back on the old wage scale, which
has been in force since the line has
been in operation. AS a result the pres
ident of the Motormen and Conductors
Union has resigned and a successor has
been elected.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-30
Attempted to Seize a Steamship

Atlanta. Ga. November 26.-Special
from Mobile. Ala, says an attempt was
made by the insurrectionists in the re-
public of Colombia to seize the Norwe-
|gian fruit steamer Bratten, which put
into the port of Santa Maria, November
|22nd. It was the captains intention to
take aboard a cargo OF fruit Soon as
the steamer reached dock, the revolu-
.tionists prepared to seize her according
Ito the story Of the officers and crew..
Finally the Colombian government
ordered the vessel to stand out in the
stream, out Of the range Of the guns
that lined the wharves and streets Of
Santa Maria Before this order could
Ibe obeyed, it was found necessary to
place the ship under guard of a body
tof government soldiers. The captain
was obliged to return to Mobile without
la cargo.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-30
THE GATTIS-KILGO CASE.
10 Testimony by the E~efense-The Ar
gument Begun.
Especial to the Messenger.)

ISpecla TO the MeSSenger.D
Raleigh, y. c., November 26.-In the
100000 libel suit of Rev. T. J. Gattis
against President Kilgo. of Trinity col
lege at Durham, today Kilgo moved 10
dismiss for failure to show malice. The
motion was denied and the defence
then moved for an appeal. This was
also denied. The defendant offered no
testimony. Argument began this even
ing. Friends of DR.. Kilgo claim tina
Dhe plaintiffs testimony sufficiently
proved his innocence of Mr.. Gattis'
charge.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-30
THE CALL DECLINED.
Rev. b. w. Spillman Will Not Go to
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Cases
Especial to the Messenger.)

Raleigh, y. c., November 26.-Rev.
B. w. Spillman, Baptist mission and
Sunday school worker in North Caro-
lima, declines h call to the pastorate
of the church in Baltimore.
Samuel Mangum, the constable charg-
ed with numbering Peter Griffith in this
county, is n back to Jail without
bail privilege. Oscar O'Neal, charged
with being Mangum's accomplish. is
allowed to give 1000 bail.
w c. Douglas has gone to Carthage
10 appear as cousel in the notable
case of Scott and Petit, policemen there,
charged with numbering n McIver.
They are charged with having shot
him down and with shooting him after
he had fallen.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-30
Akron Rioters Sentenced

Akron, o., November 26.-Judge
lKohler today sentenced five of the
IAkron rioters who were convicted to
date. Harvey Earl. Frank Sicles,
David David and Oliver Morgan were
isent to the Ohio reformatory for in
definite periods and James McCelland
Ito the p~enitentiary for one ear Thorn
las Ryan, charged with attempting to
lbribe a witness in the Epply case at
tempted suicide by hanging in h Jail
to-day.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-30
Judgment Against Guatemala

washington, November 26--lt Is I'M
OFFICIALLY. but reliably, reported to the
state department that Mr.. elmer, the
British umpire in the arbitration or the
case of Robert II. May, an American
citizen, against the government OF
Guatemala, a rendered a judgment,
in favor of the claimant to h amount
of $40, 900, American gold.
Mays claim was for ~subventionS in
a railway contract with the govern
ment-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-30
ANOTHER FREIGHT CASE.
The Seaboard Excerpts to Rates I'M
posed by Railroad Commission
Especial to the Messenger.)

Especial to the Messenger.)
Raleigh, y. c., November 26.-The
corporation commission recently issued
an order reducing the freight rate on
gum, hickory, persimmon and dogwood
logs on the Seaboard Air Lin so as to
make it conform to the rate on the At
Iantic Coast Line and the Southern rail-
ways. Exceptions were filed by the
Seaboard today, setting forth that the
commissions rate is unduly low.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-03-08
Apologies to Hello" Girl.

GAINESVILLE Gazette:
One of JaneSville's leading physi-
clans has apologized to one of the
"hello' girls at the Central office of
the Rock County Telephone office. 1t
all happened this way:
The physician was greatly veXed one
day at not being able to receive the
number that he called for. He was
politely told each time by the girl at
the central that the line was busy.
Without waiting, the doctor in queS-
tiOn FASTENED to the Central office to
air his grievance. Here, in loud tone,
he told his troubles to the manager.
Without further delay the manager
took the much injured doctor by the
arm and straight to the switch board
he marched him. The doctor stood
there one minute. In that time
tifty-fOur calls were received by three
girls. The physician thought this
sufficient work for dozen girls and
especially when this rate of calls kept
coming all day long. He then asked
for the 'hello" girl that he talked so
harshly with. On being presented to
her he made most gracious bow and
he begged her pardon.
Reader, please bear this fact in
mind when you do not get immediate
connection from the Wood County
Telephone exchange. 1t often happens
that you may want a number that is
already connected.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-03-08
Good Times and Good Terms,

The Ohio society of New York held
its fourteenth annual dinner at the
WaldOrf-AStOria Saturday evening
March 3rd. President Mckinley de-
livered an address ard among the
many good things he said, he had this
to say about the
OPEN DOOR AND GOLD STANDARD
1.-THE statement which has been so
often made is not far from the truth,
once an OhiOan. always an Ohioan.
1t has been some years since | was
your guest Much has happened in
the meantime. We have had our
blessings and our burdens and still
have both. We will soon have legis-
latiye assurance of the continuance of
the gold standard with which we
measure our exchanges and we have
the open door in the Far East through
which to market our products. We
are neither in alliance nor antagoniSm
nor ENHANCEMENT with any foreign
power. but on terms of amity and
cordiality with all. We buy from ali
of them and sell to all of them, and
our sales exceeded our purchases in
the past two years by over S1,000,000.-
900. Markets have been increased
and mortgages have been reduced.
Interest has fallen and wages have
advanced. The public debt is decreaS-
ing. The country is well-to-do. It's
people for the most part are happy and
cOntented. They have good times and
are on good terms with the nations of
the world. There are unfortunately
those among us, few in number, | am
sure, who seem to thrive best under
bad times and who when good times
Overtake them in the United States
feel constrained to put us on bad
terms with the rest of mankind.
With them | can have no sympathy.
| would rather give expression to
what | believe to be the noblesU and
almost universal sentiment of my
cOuntrymen in the wish not only for
our peace and prosperity, but for the
peace and prosperity of all the nations
and peoples of the earth"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-03-08
Errors of Refraction Corrected

Hypermetropia far sight, myopia
near sight, astigmatism irregular
sight, aSthenopia weak sight, presby.
opia (old sight, strabismus (sQuint or
cross eyes, and all other visual i'm
projections durable with glasses.
Many are afflicted with one or more
of these eye troubles without being
aware of their true condition. The
sight may be but slightly impaired at
first, but if neglected. these difficulties
generally grow worse and sometimes
lead to utter blindness besides affect
ing the general health. When two,
three or more diseases exist at the
same time, or in the same eyes as is
often the case, Compound lenses are
required. Anton P. HirZy, Grand
Rapids, makes a speciality Of fitting
these complicated and difficult cases
and guarantee satisfaction, even where
others have failed completely.