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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-10-26
Admiral Bunce Is Dead.

Hartford, Oct. 81. - Rear Admiral
Francis NJ. Bunoe, u. S. N, retired, died
at his home here. Admired Bunce's
death was not entirely unexpected, as his
family had been warned to expect the
worst. Last May cancer of the tongue
developed and an operation in Boston re-
suited in the removal of the admirals
tongue. In September the disease at
tackled the throat, and the patient grew
weaker from that time, fighting hope
less battle with the courage which has
always characterized the man. Two
weeks ago he took to his bed and had
been practically confined there ever since.
Francis Marvin %.slnce was born D I'm
Der 25, 1896, and vas appointed A Ahe
naval academy MaY'2s, 1852. He s
with distinction inl the civil war, ,noIq,
part in the bi6cSGa of Wilmingto. "A
in the capture of Morris island, SEW
Carolina, July 10, 1868. He commanded
the expedition which cooperated with
General Gilmore in the reduction of the
confederate works on the island and was
in the attack on Fort Sumpter. September
s, 1868. He served on the monitor Pataps-
co in the seige of Charleston. In Novem-
Der, 1868, he was wounded by the pre-
mature explosion of a she'll in the turret
OF the Patapsco. He was on the staff of
Admiral Dahlgren and received honorable
mention time and time again for gallant
conduct. He received captoin's com
mission in 1888, and was made commo-
dore in 1893. In 1898 he was given the
rank of rear admiral.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-10-26

San Francisco, Oct. 2l-Edna Wallace
Hopper, the actress, is wealthy woman.
according to the terms of an appraisement
OF the estate of her mother, Mrs. Josephine
Dunsmulr, just filed. The appraisement
fixes the value of the property that Mrs.
Dunsmuir died possessed of at $2O6 .526, to
all OF which, with the exception of $50, 900
IN trust for her brother, Miss Hopper is
the heir. Nearly all of the estate is repre-
scented by rich farm at San Leandro. Cal.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-10-26
Sad Accident at Rutte

Butte, Mont, Oct. 2l.-William Dough-
erty, bricklayer, was killed and Peter
GORDON, also a bricklayer, was seriously
injured in disaster at the new Open.
helmer building on Galena street, near
Montana.
The two men with several others were
working on the fourth floor which is the
roof, when the platform beneath them
gave way. The trouble is said to have
been caused by the pulling out of the
joist floors.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-10-26
Ambassodar Choate Is Home.

New York, Oct. 2l.-Joseph H. Choate,
United States ambassador to Great Brit
ain, former Vice President Levi P. Morton
and General Francis V Greene were pas
sengers on the steamer Philadelphia.
which has arrived here from Southampton.
Mr. Choate wac met at the steamship
pier by his law partner, A. w Evarts. He
was unwilling to discuss the reasons for
his return home or to talk about the
Isthmian canal treaty.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-10-26

Japanese dolls are usually most elap
orately and gorgeously attired, for u.
princely families keep these toys an0
pass them down to their Descendants
The brocaded silks for the doll roDes
are specially woven in miniature pa
terms on small looms. The Woous.
dolls are often beautifully carved an0
enameled.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-10-26
Columbian Rebels Lose

Kingston, Jamaica, Oct 22.-Letters re-
ceived here from Panama say the Colon
bian rebels lost heavily in battle near
there last Tuesday. The rebels are con-
centrating in camp in the neighborhood,
and both sides are preparing for a clash,
which, it is expected, will largely deter
mine the fate Of the revolution.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-10-26

from it. For amounts up to $1,000 the
postmaster general has authority to re-
live postmasters.
OF the stamps stolen l,776,O00 were /
cent and 100000 cent clamps. They
got $50 81, 307 81 and los S. stamps, but
Inspector Stuart said they would have
difficulty in disposing Of the larger denom-
nations.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-10-26
CH|CAGOPOSTOFFICE ROBBED
$75, 900 IN STAMPS STOLEN.
The Plot Equals the Recent San
Francisco SmeIter Robbery--Abso-
1utely No Clue to the Thieves
Robbery Took Many Days Work.
Bored Through Half Inch Steel.

Chicago, Oct. PA sensational rob
berry, which netted the perpetrators S74,-
6l0 in stamps, was discovered here when
the wholesale stamp department Of the
postofiice was opened for business. A rapid
investigation developed the fact that the
burglars bad crawled under the flooring
for about 300 feet, bored hole in the bot
tom of the vault, secured the stamps and
escaped, carrying their booty in a wagon.
The work of forming an entrance to the
vault had evidently been going forward
with the greatest patience for many daye.
1t is believed, however, that the intention
OF the thieves had been to enter the cash
iers vault, in which there was $35 900 in
money, and stamps valued at hundreds
of thousands OF dollars. The bottom OF
the vault is of steel half an inch thick.
In this 81 holes were bored until a space
Is inches square-just enough to allow the
entrance of mans body-had been 30
weakened that it was possible to take out
the whole plate with little difficulty. A
dry goods box stood over the hole thus
made and concealed the work OF the rob-
bers while it was in progress. When dis
covered today the finger marks of one of
the burglars were still discernible on the
dust of the box, which he had pushed to
one side.
So carefully had the job been planned
that men working in other parts of the
building had not the slightest inkling of
the daring robbery being worked almost
under their noses.
The robbers drove up to the southeast
corner of the poetofice in wagon, the
tracks Of which could be seen plainly to-
day. The building is temporary affair,
and the men had only to open little door
to admit themselves under the flooring.
To reach the vault it was necessary to
crawl about 800 feet over odds and ends of
boards which Uttered the way. The route
had been carefully studied, for detective
who went under without knowledge Of
locations BECAME lost and was nearly over
come by the foul odors before assistance
reached him.
Having secured their plumber the rob-
bers loaded, it into the wagon, drove
across a vacant lot and turned into Wa
bash avenue in front of the Art building.
OF the stamps taken S47l2 were in post
age due" stamps and $2260 in special de-
livery stamps. So the convertible stamps
amounted to 1867 ,S2S, but of these $472S
were Pan-American stamps of and l0'
cent denominations.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-10-26

The workmen OF Kewanee, ILL.,, are
preparing to start cooperative store
with a capital of $4,000. There are
500 shares of $50 each.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-10-26
Fire at Buffalo Exposition.

Buffalo, N. Y, Oct. 2l.-Fre DESTROYED
the New England building Of the Pan
American exposition.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-10-26

+. G.. Spalding, chief clerk of the whole
sale stamp department, discovered the
robbery when he opened the vault Satur-
day. Mr.. Spalding at once notified Post
office Inspector Stuart, who hurried from
his home and at once began an investiga-
ton, assisted by his deputies and squad
of detectives from the city hall. After
completing the search the inspector said:
'It was the largest stamp robbery ever
done in the history of the postal service in
this country. To get to the vault the men
entered through a trap door. A few feet
in they encountered brick wall, which
they dug through rather than move
around looking for a clearer route. The
wall, like Others under the building, is of
flimsy construction and it could not have
taken them long to pick way
through it. A hundred feet or so further
on they ran against another wall, and
this also they dug through. On the way
they also encountered a number of pipes,
and as the walls are but two feet and in
some places three feet above the ground,
they tunneled under the pipes. Their
whole course is plainly marked IN this
way.
'The wholesale stamp vault. like the
cashiers vault and the money order vault,
is supported by brick wall. 1t formed
square and before the robbery was air
tight. In this the robbers broke two holes
possibly to secure more air, for the place
undoubtedly was very foul, or to have an
extra place OF egress in case of discovery
For light they used dry batteries, one Of
which they left behind. This battery one
of my men discovered. 1t and the wagon
tracks are the only ciews we have at pres
ent
'"The space under the vault is large
enough to allow a man to stand upright,
and their work must have been com
paratively easy, with the drills and steel
saws which they used. The stamps We're
arranged in 20 pound bundles and the
weight of the load they carried off must
have been 500 pounds. Evidently one man
handed the packages down to Others wait
ing below. AS their progress must have
been slow corrying even one bundle
through all those tunnels, crawling ON all
tours, Judge they worked for hours get
ting their booty to the wagon.
Evidently they felt perfectly secure,
though somewhat disappointed at missing
the cashiers vault, where there was $685.
600 in cash and a great quantity of
stamps. can not tell now how many
men worked at the Job. Every effort will
OF course be made to recover the prop
erty and capture the men who took It,"
Postmaster Frederick f. Coyne IL in
Washington. He is responsible for the
lose until an act of congress frees him
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-10-26

Answer to correspondent: BLOOD -
alive Is one who bleeds you
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-23

Reading no new novels we give but
little consideration to the craze for
novel writing. About ten new novels
appear every day in the year, we sup
pose. There is a novel out that will
Interest many people in the south. It
is called Henry Bourland," and is
said to be a vivid picture Of this great
in the south by h United States gov
|ernment that fastened it upon the great
white race OF Southland. 1t shows too
the terrible greed of the sharks after
the war had ended. So a~nti-southerr
a daily as the Chicago Record-Herald
in a notice Of the book has this:
THE inevitable destruction of the
|old-time south under the regime set
up in the reconstruction period is the
theme of Albert Elmer Hancock's nov
el. . The story brings out splendid
lily the oft-iterated act that while the
civil war was the end Of the tragedy
for the north, 1t was but the beginning
for the south. Wherefore it is
possible TO look the truth in the face
and speak of it as one sees it without
Iimpugning the good motives of any
lparty or power. The edge of bitterness
has worn off, and a writer may, if he
sees the events Of reconstruction in a
light not creditable to the statesman
ship of the north, say so without fear
or favor or the imputation of section
alism.
Henry Bourland" is an endavor to
express alphabetically the adverse
conditions that rendered it impossible
for wealthy planters to retain their
ideals and traditions as social forces"
Whether the novel is of any value or
mo we cannot undertake to say. 1t
may have merit or it may be chaffy
land inartistic.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-23
TWO POINTS CONNECTED WITH
THE BIBLE.

There is ready for the printer a Bible
with new marginal readings-a work
of revision and correction. 1t has been
prepared by a committee appointed in
1896 by the General Convention of the
church. The work is COM
.pleted and the result is said to be that
a faithful effort has been made to give
an ineligible meaning to every part
of the Bible. The fine English-so un-
approached in it's rythmical effects, in
it's beautiful. commanding wording
lis not touched save in a few places to
make palmer the meaning Of the word,
the teaching of the Holy Spirit. In
struction has beer the chief end sought.
The report says:
With regard to textual questions,
lin the books OF the Old Testament, a
number OF renderings have been
introduced in case where a different
Ireading appeared to give needed help
flor the understanding Of an otherwise
lobscure passage. These are distin-
Iguished from merely alternative rem
behring's of the present text by the word
or preceding them.
I'm regard to various readings in the
Greek Testament the commission has
been careful ia avoid committing Il
lChurch to the acceptance of any par
ticular view of disputed matter of tex
tual criticism"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-23
A SENSATIONAL PRAYER
Made at the Opening of the Virginia
Constitutional Convention

Richmond, Va, July 1S.-The session
of the constitutional convention lasted
forty minutes today was marked
by the most sensational event of the
session so far. The Rev. George H.
Spooner. of Trinity Methodist church.,
was introduced by President Goode to
offer "a
After asking the guidance of heaven
upon the members of the convention,
and their labors, DR.. Spooner said: L.
I'VE thank Thee that this is not a
pagen state. We thank Thee that it is
not a C~onfucian. nor a MOhammedan
state, but a Christian state, and a part
of a great Christian nation. We thank
Thee that the principles of the Divine
Christ are woven into the fabric Of the
laws which form the foundation of our
greatness. We "a Thee hat the
word Christian is inscribed upon the
standard of the constitution and tina
in the hearts of her. r citizenship
Virginia willevers honor it."
The Rev. John Harmon, of Union Sta
ton church. who was On the floor, twice
responded Amen" in a strong voice.
The members of the convention as soon
as the prayer was finished began an ami
mated discussion, many of them declar-
ing that it was a most remarkable eff
fort, saying it was "out of season" while
one member remarked hat he thought
Mr.. Pollard, who offered the proposition
to eliminate the word Christian
should be given fifteen minutes to re-
ply. A tidewater delegate was severe
in his criticism Of the praye On the
other hand there were several members
who expressed qualified approval of the
prayer.
Mr.. Green, Of Danville, presented a
memorial from the Richmond district
Methodist conference protesting against
the indiscriminate granting Of liquor
licenses, reciting that it was destroy
ing the morals of the youth of the
state.
Mr.. Richmond, of Scott, presented a
memorial from colored residents of his
county protesting against wholesale
Acknowledgement and division of the
school fund.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-23

can be no successful or serious demand
for the free coinage OF silver"
That puts it very square There is no
use the kick against h pricks. The re-
publicans demoritize silver in 1873
-twenty-eight years ago-and about
killed the silver OF the constitution
The effort to return TO 1t by legislation
has failed. Goldbuggery was stronger
than bin1etallism. The inevitable has
followed In 1904. a fight for its restor-
alton would only invite another defeat.
Let the real democrats pull together,
abide their time, work for the good OF
the country, and when the hour strikes
for a return to the money OF the
fathers Of the constitution, as soon or
late it Will come, then let he fight be
brayely pushed. Towne says: All the
indications in the west now point to
a reactionary platform three years
hence and an eastern man as the plat
form the nominee. Such a result, az
I said, may cause Mr.. Bryan to lead a
hire ticket" Mr.. Bryan is a democrat
Silvel does not alone form a platform
or create a party. He is too true and
too wire to be a kicker.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-23

tinct A few pious people here and
there. are rigid and consistent in their
observance Of the law OF Jehovah. Ito
keep it holy" But It Is much oftene-
"honored In the breach than in the OBJ
servance." And il grows worse with
the lapse OF time. In ten years il will
be so generally disregarded in this
country that it Will have become Euro
peanized and the Sabbath will hardly
be even "a day Of rest" at all. It will
be like IL has been in New Orleans. In
1865, we were in that city. Its ~circuses,
theatres and saloons were all running
at full speed and with colored lights.
You cannot keep the Day OF the Lord
holy" as commanded by making IL a
Day Of fun and frolic. of visiting and
parading. of excursions and drinking.
Very lax views upon this question pre-
walls in the south as elsewhere. Here
is a southern paper. the Jacksonville
Tfmes-Union. that writes OF Sabbath
observance in his wise:
Men under the law should have a
o. ~ oo as liCg plCdSc. pION1 ucO III
so doing they do not interfere with the
OF Others. . Boisterous sports
In an American city would do outrage
to the feelings Of the majority of the
people-to a class who. as a rule, obey
the laws best. and best meet their OBJ
legations as citizens. A day of
rest. not a day Of gloom Gloom is not
restful. Quiet. harmless enjoyment is.
II the ideas of some good people could
be carried out, the Sabbath would be-
come a day whose advent would be
~dreaded-not looked forward to with
pleasure.
Many, perhaps most. persons have
TO work hard six days in seven. What
ever life furnishes them outside of toll.
they must get on the day of rest"
1t is just such views as have helped
to undermine faith in God. have served
to obliterate the Christian Sabbath.
and to turn it into a day Of worldly
pleasure revelries and sin.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-23
ONE BOOK TABLE.

Side Lights on Management World
bourne. This seems to be a textbook.
The author has written other books,
one called side Lights in Russia
The other is on India. Price, 81.
Pages 245 and neatly bound. Publish
ed at Baltimore by ]. G. Pangbone.
"Jocelyn Cheshire" by Sarah Beau
mont Kennedy. Pages 33S. Price $3.50.
York. This is a novel the scene of which
is located in North Carolina in revolu-
tionary days. The Charlotte Presby-
terrain writes of it favorably. Among
other things. it says:
1.-The names, the scenes the history
are all peculiar to this state, and in no
history can you find a more graphic
account OF the Wings and Tories Of the
south. and the bitter relations exist
ing between them. The scene is laid
in Hillsboro. for even in that ancient
time the town was old"
THE Philosophy of Mental Healing"
by Leandcr z. Whipple. Published by
the Metaphysical Publishing Co., 121
west And street, New York city, 1901.
The Education of Teachers" by w.
H. Payne, chancellor of h University
OF Nashville and president of the Pea
body Normal College, Richmond, Va.
3. F.. Johnson Publishing Co. This is
a neatly bound volume Of 272 pages.
The author sets forth his views as TO
teachers and what teaching is. Its
aim ppear to be to elevate and
strengthen the teacher. 1t will be read
with interest and perhaps profit by
| professional teachers and aspirants.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-23

Keystone mill and the Monongahela
Coal and Iron Company. The men. he
said. would take these positions.
~Amalgamated Secretary John VII
iiaus received q letter o vice Pres
ident W. c. Davis. OF the Chicago dis
trict today. announcing that h men
employed by the Federal Steel CON-
pany had oeen assessed n day pay.
for the strike fund. The amount Is TO
be sent every payday while the strike
is on. and Secretary Williams says as
there are fully SEQ men employed By
the big steel concern at Its Cnic&ko.
Joliet and Milwaukee worKs. the con-
tribution will mount TO about SS-.eV
every two weeks.
The Chronicle Telegraph avs The
strike has Effected the sheet steel trade
more seriously than was supposed at
first and IL Is impossible 20 place an
order for delivery within three months
The independent manufacturers are
crowded with orders and are obtain
ing high prices for their product. Sales
have been made at s3 a ton. an adj
vance OF SIS a ton owe the price ruling
for 30. IS guage before the strike. and
81 a ton over the price recently an
nounced by the American Sheet Steel
Company. Consumers are unable 10
get deliveries on orders placed with the
SAAaoaaAG @sAA SAN @N iAA - EC&AEC
their supply elsewhere"
Wellsville. O.. July iS.-The storm
centre OF the great strike was today
moved from Pittsburg to this little
Columbian county village. Today h
Wellsville plant OF the American Sheet
Steel Company was not in shape to run
full. and the report that men would be
imported from Vandersrift. Pa. and
other points TO work at the mills caused
President T. J. Shaffer. OF the Amalga-
mated Association. to rush here from
P1ttsburg TO give courage TO the strik-
ing mill men. The Analgamated Of
hcials were smothered by the crowd
which greeted them here A process
sion of several thousand people follow
ed them TO the city hall. where Presi-
dent Shafrer was the principal speaker.
The crowd vas orderly. and Mr.. SHAFT
fers remark were temperate and con-
n he advised strongly
against drink and violence.
The situation at the Wellsviile plant
today was perhaps not satisfactory to
the friends OF labor. Ter men who Md
come out with the strikers at first re-
turned and ii was feared that they
would induce others TO go in.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-23
LITERARY HOTCH-POTCH.

The south should taboo THE Crisis
the last book of the American Winston
Churchill, who was BORN in Missouri.
we think. as was Mark Twain. But
like Mark and George Gable and Wal
ter Page he is so completely metamor-
phosed he is practically a Yankee of
the bluest blood and the "most strict
est sect His last book is an insult to
the confederate heroes, judging from
criticisms made, for we nave never
read a line by this greatly pulled writ
er, and whose course is unworthy of
any man ever born under a southern
sky. He Introduces Lincoln, the auth
or of that wild and inexcusable usur-
patton and unconstitutional act-issu-
ing the Emancipation Proclamation"
When such bitter south haters as Sew
ard and Stanton protested, Lincoln said
it was an absolute necessity as there
was a crisis in the northern waging OF
war. He shocked his cabinet, who
gave protests, by declaring that he
wished to Tree the negroes that they
might kill every old man, woman, child
III liz SOulA DoA oAN AAS
nal indeed, Secretary Wells of o
necticut let 1.-The cat out OF the wal
let" Li1coln's name n memory
should be execrated all over the south,
by every decent man and woman and
by unborn generations. He is a hero
in THE Crisis as are Sherman, the
house burner and city destroyer, Qook
at Atlanta and Columbia) and Sheri-
dan. the mill burner and crop demol-
| Usher, (both modern Goths) and thus
the old war Of lies and SANDER n
wrongs will be kept hot. The Macon
| (Ga.) News has seen the Churchill book
and among other things says of it:
Winston Churchill's latest novel.
THE Crisis is a defense Of the re-
| publican party for arousing the north
to war. 1t justiies the wiping out OF
slavery by blood. and shows the repuo-
lican contempt for the compact De-
tween the states"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-23
A9uinaldo's Offer to Bryan

Lincoln, Neb.. July 1S.-In a state
ment for the Press today, W. j. Bryan
gives his version of the story that
Aguinaldo promised him financial as
sistance in his campaign of a year ago.
Mr.. Bryan says it vas while he was
in New York that two Filipinos sent a
request to confer with him. He de-
clined to meet them and sent a friend
to explain that he did not think it pro-
per to hold a conference. The Filipinos
SAID Aguinaldo was willing to issue a
proclamation promising to lay down
arms. in case of Mr. Bryan's election
and also was willing 10 contribute to
the democratic campaign fund, but Mr.
Bryan efuse to consider either prop
osition, and did not require them tc
furnish any evidence of their right to
represent Aguinaldo.