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, 1901-07-04
CRIPPLE CREEK OFFICIALS
INDICTED BY THE GRAND JURY

Cripple Creek, Colo, June 30.-In-
dictments against between twenty and
twenty-five former and present officials
In the Cripple Greek district and n few
private malefactOrs We're found yes
terday by the special grand jury EN-
paneled by Judge Seeds on the petit
ton of o taxpayers three weeks ago.
Fourteen true bills were returned,
some of them containing several
names. Only four arrests were made
last night, but others will follow as
soon as the parties for whom capiases
have been issued can be located.
The arrests made are as follows:
Barney Hage, former fine collector of
Cripple Creek; Charles Gray, John W.
Ward and Tom Furber, all eX-police.
men of Cripple Creek.
These We're arrested on the same
charges. which were conspiracy and
secreting witnesses, larceny as bailee
and embeZzlement, and accessory af-
:er the fact to larceny. Several months
ago Ferdinand Poefthke, "A stranger
stopping at the Manila house, was
robbed of 81, 100 by two women who
ne had invited to his room to drink
Deer. The grand jury gathered inform.
alton 10 the effect that the policemen
indicted secured the money from the
girls and made n settlement with the
victim. giving him n small portion OF
the cash and inducing him to leave
town and not to appear against the
thieves. The indictment is brought on
this charge.
The other Indictments cover n wide
range Of crimes from participation in
contracts by public officials, misappro-
priation of public funds, bribery and
compromising felony.
The four arrested last night We're
taken before Judge Seeds, a%rraigned
, 1901-07-04
CHIPLEY
WILL DEFEND HIMSELF

Denver, July lin answer to the as
sault of the Denver dailies on his ac-
ton in paying upwards of the sum of
$1,000 on warrants from the reve-
nues of 1889, State Treasurer Chlpley
has addressed the following letter TO
each of them:
Denver, Colo, June 30.-In view Of
the criticism made upon and the con-
troversy arising owe the payment of
certain warrants from the of
1889. and in view of the partial in
formation that has appeared in your
columns, desire to say that | am pre-
pairing a full statement of the matter
to be transmitted to his excellency,
Governor Orman, rs the executive head
of the state. This statement will be
n full and complete history of the dis
bursement of the total fund of about
100000, of which all but about $780,
o was disbursed by my predecessors.
This statement will be furnished YOU
for publication as 500 rs it can be
made complete.
l paid out his balance on something
over 300 different warrants and in the
statement the names of the parties to
whom these warrants We're originally
issued, the amount of each warrant,
the Interest on each warrant and the
names of Ii various n~ssiguees will be
given.
] write this letter without any solicit
tation on the part of my friends or the
1.-THE officers of state. and until YOU
Fan have the full facts before you, /
think It is due to me both individually
and as n state officer that you refrain
from further comment until the full
Information is furnished both you and
he public.
Believing that my acts ARE not only
entirely legal, but were for the best In
%terests of the state as well. because
they were only taken after due con.
sideratlon and the most exhaustive eX
animation into the facts. in connection
with able legal advisers, / feel that
! can support my action and rest my
vlndicntiOn upon the facts ms they ap-
pear from the records of my office.
Yours very truly.
j. y. CHIPLEY.
State Treasurer.
, 1901-07-04
MANY ARE INJURED in DENVER
BY THE WRECK OF A PAVILION

the dust. Many of these sought shelter
in the pavilion. When the heavier
wind came up, with its accompanying
and binding clouds of dust, a cry
arose TO get out of the pavilion, that 1t
was unsafe.
Many took advantage of the warn
ing, running out with their eyes closed.
Hardly had the warning been given.
however, when the wind picked up the
stand, moved it a few feet, racke IT'S
timbers and tore them apart, and Ii
dropped the whole affair. a wreck.
The following is a partial list OF
those most seriously injured:
j.. w. Fleming, druggist; former
county commissioner; left leg fractur'
ed; taken home. Was resting easily
last night and is not in danger.
John f. Field, deputy state engineer
right leg broken in three places. Rest
ing easily.
Bert Hollingsworth, badly hurt and
scalp wound. Doing well at st. Luke's
ID. Ward Baker, scalp wound. Is al
st. Joseph's hospital, where he is get
ting along well.
J. NJ. Houghton, mining broker; head
cut. Taken home.
Thomas Leonard, arm and scalp Gu
and was taken home. Not seriously in
jured.
Washington Aldridge, manufactur
er's agent; head cut and bruised.
II. W. Speer, president Board of Pub
lie Works; slight scalp wound ant
hand cut. Is at home.
Fred Worpel, scalp wound. Is doing
well at st. ~Joseph's hospital.
C. NJ. Dwyer, manager of f. & c
cellars; right ankle severely sprained
Is at his home.
Francis Bouhey, cook; severe scalI
wound and back hurt. Resting wei
at st. Joseph's.
w. H. Enrich, b~ookkeeper; scalI
wound. Taken TO st. Joseph's.
Fred Hanscome, Inter Ocean hotel
scalp wound. Resting well at st. Jos
eph's.
Fred Miller, clerk; chest bruised
Treated at police surgeons office ant
went home. Not badly hurt.
r. C. Cunningham, undertaken; arm
broken. Taken home.
Francis Du Plane, scalp wound. II
at home.
Alfred A. Eearthstone, leg broken
Resting well at st. Joseph's.
William Daggs, Portland, Oregon
Pullman porter, leg broken.
George Buchanan, arm broken
Dressed by his father and taken home
hand injured. AT his home.
Frank Leonard, knee strained ant
! body wrenched. Is at home.
, 1901-07-04

A comprehensive plan for the work
of the naval war college during the
summer months is being considered by
the officials of the avy department.
The plan contemplated entails the dis
cussion of several problems and one OF
them, of considerable interest, con-
Germs the defense of the Atlantic and
Pacific coasts of this country through
the use of the Nicaragua canal, which,
for the purpose OF the problem, is to
be supposed to be in existence. An
other problem relates to the defense of
the coasts with the Straits of Magellan
as the connecting link between the At
lantic and Pacific oceans. The third
problem concerns operations of an
American feet against a European ma
ton of superior strength.
, 1901-07-04

Kansas City, Mo-, July Missouri
and Kansas are suffering from hot
winds that threaten great damage to
corn. Atchison, Kansas, reports the
greatest drought in northeastern Kan
sas since 1850, IA warm wind blowing
from the south almost increasingly for
the past seven days. Abilene. Kansas.
reports 1O5 degrees weather, with
many fields in South Dickinson county
ruined. \ Mexico, Missouri, dispatch
says he thermometer in that part of
the state registered 101 yesterday and
today, and that If rain does not come
o the farmers will have to put their
stock on the market Immediately TO
a V IT.. Sedalia. Missouri, reports 1O3
in Ii shade, with the statement that
another week of like weather will
make corn "A failure in central Mis-
souri,.
, 1901-07-04

Denver, June 29.-Denver & Rio
Grande special agents and sheriffs in
the southern part of the state are
securing the country for bridge burn,
ers. If the incendiaries are caught
there is strong probability that they
will be lynched.
Another bridge on the Denver & Rio
Grande railroad was burned last
Thursday night. 1t was on the branch
road near Antonita. A train was
due while the bridge was burning, but
he fire was discovered and the train
tagged in time to prevent an accident.
Strenuous efforts We're made to save
he bridge, but 1t was almost totally
destroyed.
, 1901-07-04

Washington, July 1.-Beginning to-
day no war revenue stamps will be
required on bank checks, drafts and
telegraph messages, and business men
in banks throughout the country will
find themselves with more on hand
than they anticipated. There is no
doubt that n great deal of money will
be lost throughout the United States
on account of these stamps, not much
indiviG Lally, to be sure, but in the ag-
gregate n very considerable sum. II
is estimated that S2,5OO,OOO will be the
amount lost throughout the United
States,
, 1901-07-04

San Francisco. July 1.-Two i'm
portant military events occurred ut
the Preside yesterday-the retirement
Of Major General W. X. Shufter and
the mastering out of four volunteer
regiments. General Shafter went on
the retired list mt noon, when he form
ally transferred the command of the
Department of California to Major
General S. NJ. t.. Young. In the after
noon the Fo~rty-fourth, Forty-ninth.
Forty-eighth and Thirty-elghth volun.
teer regiments We're mustered out.
The mastering out of the four regi,
ments required the services of eight
paymasters. over 81 100000 was dis.
bursed.
, 1901-07-04

A bias relief of Clodion, representing
fawns, nymphs and cupids at play, has
been discovered in a Paris nunnery.
The relief was carved for the Princess
Louise of Condo. in the eighteenth CEN
tury, and when she became a nun the
figures were covered with plaster. A
Prussian cannon ball at the time of the
siege of Paris Clipped off the plaster,
showing the sculpture beneath. A
French antiquarian society intends to
present 1t to the Carnavalet Museum,
though the price asked for it is $40, 900,
, 1901-07-04

New York, June 3O.-The relief from
the killing heat of last week which
was promised to-day did not material,
lie. Instead. the temperature in,
creased, there was less breeze than the
day before and what little air did stir
was surcharged with heat. There was
an increase in the fatalities reported
to-day over yesterday, the number OF
simple prostrations was not so large.
Up to midnight nineteen deaths had
been recorded and twenty prostrations
The government thermometer reached
81 degrees.
, 1901-07-04

Washington, July There is no in
tention ON the part of the War Depart
ment to reduce the military force In
Cuba at the present time or In the i'm
mediate future, The present force of
nearly 5000 men is held In Cuba ON
the recommendation of Governor Gen
eral Wood and the secretary will de
pend on General Woods advice MS TO
the reduction of the force.
, 1901-07-04

Mr.. Edison, who has been partially
deaf since childhood. was recently
told by a specialist that an operation
might restore his hearing. Give up"
laughed the inventor, IAN advantage
that enables me to think on undis-
turbed by noise or conversation? No.
indeed" The exclamation emphasizes,
in the opinion of the Electrical Re
view, the strong need, by the thinking
part of humanity. of earlids as well as
eyelids.
, 1901-07-04

Two new uses have been found for
the camera, both of which are helps
in detecting violations of law. One is
the photographing of cases OF cruelty
to animals, or the results of cruelty.
This serves a double purpose. a pho
tograph is the best evidence that can
be produced in court. and 1t arouse
public sympathy as nothing else, ex-
cept the scene itself, could do. The
other application is in making pictures
of the smoke nuisance. Many cites
have ordinances against the use of
soft coal, OF. restrictions on the time
during which it may be used; but vio-
lations are frequent. Here again the
testimony of a photograph is lard to
contradict. The name first given to
the hand cameras now 50 common.
seems to have been an appropriate
one They were called detectives"
, 1901-07-04

Fall River easily leads all other cot
ton manufacturing centres in America.
1t has about one-ifth Of all the cotton
spindles in the United States, and more
than twice as many as any other in
dustrial centre in America. 1t makes
S43, 900 900 yards of cloth annually.
Every working day its mills weave
O han 1900 miles OF cloth. II
all the mills could be run on one piece.
the fastest express train could not
travel fast enough TO carry off the
piece as 1t is woven, since the product
is more han two miles a minute.
, 1901-07-04

Count E. de Keratry informs the
Paris Matin that his grandfather was
born in 1898, and his father in 1863,
he himself being born in 1882, so that
three generations have lived in the
seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth
and twentieth centuries. The Keratry
family numbers only twelve genera
lions from 1897 to the present time,
an average of two generations to a
century.
, 1901-07-04
Pittsburg in the FRY.

Pittsburg, Pa, June 30.-Between
midnight Saturday and midnight Sun
day eleven deaths, directly traceable
to the effects of heat, and fifteen pros
tratiOns are recorded. In addition to
this many children have succumbed,
as is evidenced by the burial permits
issued,
, 1901-07-04

Lansing, Iowa, June 3O.-ThIs city
olds fair to become famous for the
many fine pearls found here. one yes
cr'I'y sold for l .SOo. 1t was found
~ benson, n Swcdc, on the clam bed
which produced the famous Queen
Mary, about a month ago. and al
hough weighing less. siNty-siN grains.
: a much finer and more valuable
sem. No less thnn twelve pearls were
!Vund here Ii day last week.
, 1901-07-04

Washington, June 29.-The forthcom-
ing statement of the coinage executed
at the minis of the United States for
the fiscal year ending June 20, 1901,
will show the total coinage 10 have
been Sl36,3IO.T Sl, as follows: Gold.
S09,0G5. Tl5; silver. $50, 2G5, IDS; minor
coins, S2,OO0,5GS.
, 1901-07-04

Baron Benvenuto d'Alessandro, IN
Italian, has invented a mean of check
ing the force of waves by means Of
nets made of waterproof hemp. One
recently tried with success at Havre
was $50 feet long by so feet wide, with
meshes II inches apart. The nets will
break the waves at sea, and will also
be a bulwark for hydraulic works
against heavy surf.
, 1901-07-04

Amid all the demands of the public
purse the Salvation Army has succeed
ed in making a remarkable collection
as a result of its self-denial week. Last
year the week" produced SAP, S45;
this year 1t has raised e47,1s1. Scot
land increased its subscription by
s165, Ireland by e23S, while London
slums collected 9765, as compared
with G645 a year ago.
, 1901-07-04

nliterate white inhabitants in south
ern and border states are mast numer-
ous among the mountains. Kentucky
has 16 per cent, Tennessee IS, South
Carolina IS. and Alabama is per cent
of illiterate whites.
, 1901-07-04

The dryest place on the earth 4.
little town of Payta, on the coas. %.
Peru, where seven years is the Nv.
age interval between two rains !
old times the water supply of p,. %
was brought down from the my,
tains every night by a herd of iEI
donkeys, who returned in the cod l,
the evening. "
, 1901-07-04

One size smaller after usingAllen's Foo.
Ease, a powder. 1t makes tight or ne,
shoes easy. Cures swollen. hot, sweatip,
aching feet, ingrowing nails, corns AMI
bunions. All diu ggists and shoe stores
Csc. Trial package FREE by mail. Al.
dress Allen S. Olmsted. LIE Roy. NY.
, 1901-07-04

An unusual feature OF a recent thun-
derstorm at Ishinomaki was the album
dant fall OF hailstones. Just as they
were coming DOWN in torrents a flock
OF giant wild geese came flying in mid
air through the center OF disturbance,
and four Of them fell to the ground
struck dead by those glacial pebbles.
, 1901-07-04

Some Of the London docks appear to
be absolutely swarming with rats. At
Millwall G,47O rats were destroyed last
year, but 1t is admitted that In pro-
portion to the numbers present the
numbers caught are very small.
, 1901-07-04

A Mr.. Hogshead has had his nam,
changed by the courts. Some, men never
, 1901-07-04

Have you tried Russ Bleaching Bin.
the famous bag blue that delights N.
laundress7 All grocers sell 1t.
, 1901-07-04

The fool who says II know gets mo,.
credit than the scholar who says 4
think"
, 1901-07-04

Did he leave his family anything, :,
badly hurt or sick, are they prS,iai
for? These are vital questions KS
Western Life and Accident Co. WIZ,
the best policy in the world-LIfe AZ
dent. Health, separately or all comIl
ed. NJ man or woman can affori /,
take chances. A policy for either u
from eighteen to sixty. Send age and ~
cupation for particulars. Agents want
in every town. No experience reaui,'3
Write to-day. WESTERN LIFE. Ayi
ACCIDENT CO., Denver. Colo. ~
well. now we can settle down Al,
think abou Christmas" Settle dov,
Get stirred up. o mean.'
, 1901-07-04
Pence In tn. Phnlnpin..

Pence In the Philippines is bor,,
prove profitable to all concerned. VIVA \
conditions, whether. they be In the psr'gnl
pines or in the human stomscb ulnp
equally disastrous. II your stomsoh n
rebelled. there is oae authority tbs, hl
quickly subdue It. 1t is Hostetter'sa I, y
ach Bitters. and IL cures constipatio,n ~
digestion. b~iliousness, n~ervousnse y
dyspepsia. See that n private rs,,sst
stamp covers the neck of the bottIss ens
, 1901-07-04
KILLED

The average man thinks other ns,.,
need church more than he does. ''V4'
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-03
Real Estate transfers

BY deeds recorded yesterday at the
office of the register OF deeds the fol-
lowing transfers of zeal estate wera
made:
By Milton D. Hays and wife, Of
Pittsburg, Pa. to the Pittsburg Lumber
Company, corporation existing under
the laws Of North Carolina, the lands
on the west bank of Northeast river
and the saw mill and machinery on the
same. formerly belonging to the &. w
Pike Lumber Company, and bought at
public auction by the present purchas-
ers. Consideration $500.
BY Andrew Smith and wife, to Thos.
H. Wright, a house and lot 33 by 165
feet on the east side of Fourth street
between Wooster and Dawson streets.
Considera ton SIS.
By David S. Morgan and wife, of
Pender county, to Daniel L. Smith. Of
New Hanover county. tract of land
containing Is acres more or less and
situated on the Holly Shelter road near
its intersection with Clear Water
branch. Consideration SIT.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-03

One Days Labor of the States Execu-
tive Officer
Especial to The Messenger }

tSpeCldl Inc MSSS6QSer.)
Raleigh, November 30.-The governor
pardons Moses M. Cass. who eighteen
years ago in Surry county was convict
ed of horse stealing, escaped from the
penitentiarE, went to Wilkes county
and lived a good life there. He is now
81 years old.
The governor employees Burwel1,
Walker & Cansler. of Charlotte, to rep
resent the corporation commission in
the suit which the sheriff of Washing
ton county has brought, through his
best friend, Senator Ward, against the
corporation commission to force the
latter to list this year for taxation the
franchises of the railways.
Governor AycOck offers $500 reward
for the arrest of the unknown person
or persons who have either abducted or
murdered Nellie CroDsy. of Elizabeth
City.
Governor Aycock appointed c. C.
Lyon, of EliZabethtown, solicitor of the
Seventh district. to succeed c. M. Nc
Lean. who died yesterday. Lyon was
endorsed by the bar Of his own county
and by a majority of the bar of Robe
son county. while e. r. McKethan and
d. T. Oates, of Cumberland, aspirants
for the solicitorship. withdrew in his he
half - +J.-.-G as5
OF the forty students burned out by
last nights fire at the Agricultural and
Mechanical college about thirty will go
home. the other ten remaining. Most
OF the thirty Will return after Christ
mas. All the students today got meals
in the city or in homes near the college.
Tomorrow the work of fitting up a new
dining hall will be completed.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-03
REV. JOHN w. Stages LETTER
Accepting the Work OF Raising the
Twentieth Century Fund of $500. 900
for the North Carolina synod
Especial to The Messenger.)


Charlotte, n. c.. November 30.-Rev.
John w. Stagg, D. D.. accepts the call
of the synod of North Carolina, in the
following letter to Rev. E. W. Smith,
D. D.:
Having decided to take up the work
of raising the $500 900 as North Caro-
lina's contribution to the Twentieth GER
tury fund. 1 deem it proper to notify
you at this time of M decision and of
my purpose to enter upon the work
about the first Of January.
1.-The delay in making known my in
tention was due to the impossibility of
completely severing myself from the
cause of Presbyterianism in the city
of Charlotte and particularly from the
congregation Of which I am pastor. and
to which have given more years of
my ministerial life than to any other
charge which have had. I necessarily
feel toward it and am attached to 1t
in a way I never was to any other
church. The wish of this congregation
and the good judgment Of the officers
Of this church have largely governed
me in coming to a final decision in this
matter.
I'VE have secured Rev. J. K. Fraser
to be co-worker with me so 60 to the
synod of North Carolina not in the
capacity Of an agent or Of a secretary.
but as the pastor OF a church which
realizes that the very vitals Of the
southern Presbyterian church are af-
fected by and that the future Influences
and growth Of the church. to no small
extent, depend upon the success Of the
Twentieth century movement.
Therefore this congregation is will
ing for me to remain its pastor and
tell TO the synod throughout its borders
that it recognizes the Twentieth CEN
tury movement to be preeminent, and
that no individual church or congrega-
tion can afford either by holding aloof
from the work. or by failure to con-
tribute to the same. 20 hinder this great
and. as they believe. God-given con-
ception.
''Nr. Fraser has already entered upon
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-03

Washington, November 30.-The pres
ident today appointed Thomas B. Fer
guson, governor of Oklahoma, vice
William M. Jenkins. removed.
In taking this action the president
attached to the papers the following
signed memorandum:
Governor Jenkins, of Oklahoma, is
hereby removed because of his improp-
er connection with a contract between
the territory and the Oklahoma Sani-
tarium Company. The decision is bas-
ed purely upon his own written state
ments. and his oral explanations of
them at the final hearing. One Of the
duties of the territorial governor Is to
enter into a contract with some person
or corporation. for the keeping Of the
insane of the territory. Governor JeE-
kins made such a contract with the
Oklahoma Sanitarium Company, a cor
poration. the promoters Of which re-
served 10.000 of it's stock for the gov
ernor and subject to his orders. The
stock was delivered to a banker sub
ject to the governors orders and was
turned over to friends whose politica
services the governor thus sought tC
reward. .-..
The governors confessed relations tt
the matter disclose such an entire lacl
of appreciation of the nature Of the du
ties of his Office as to unfit him for thcil
further discharge.
"a sound rule Of public policy ant
morals forbids a public servant from
seeking or accepting any personal ben
| eft in a transaction. wherein he has
public duty to perform.
VA chancellor would not for one mo
ment retain a trustee. who in dealing
| for the trust, reserved an advantage t
| himself The thought is not to be tol
Grated that the president can be les
| vigilant and exacting in the public
| interest"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-03
A ROYAL FAMILY QUARREL
Rumors of Disagreements Between
Queen Wilhelmtna and Her husband

Amsterdam, November 30-Grave re-
ports continue to be circulated regard
ing the differences between Queen Will
helmina and her husband, Prince
Henry. The story. however, that a
duel. resulting therefrom, has been
fought and that the queens aide-de-
camp. Major Van Tot, was wounded, is
absolutely denied by Major Van Tots
brother, who says the aide-de-camp is
suffering from peritonitis.
AT the theatre the Geographic pictures
or the queen are tumultously cheered
nightly while those Of Prince Henry are
loudly Kissed
Queen Wiihelnaina was able to leave
her room today and participate in the
family dinner. Prince Henry her hus-
band returns to Hetloo at $50 o'clock
this evening.