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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-01
Clear Indication Of Talent.

claim the picture of "The
which painted by Bonheur The picture
artist like
the painter of it. Bonheur distin-
artist animals When eigh
old she exhibited pictures Goats and Sheep
which indication
list of pictures "Haymaking' 'The Horse
Fair, Others made her throughout
Europe.
In the picture called large OF
number of leading them
building
trees, through which horses
going Grace Farmer,
Seventh Grade 420 Queen Avenue N.
Sumner
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-01

tex blaCKmdrft
1887 Ninth Avenue s.
B Eighth Grade,
Horace Mann School.
.
Brave MOIlie Pitcher.
That great and kind act OF Mol
ly Pitchers during the reyolu-
tionary war have a great desire
to claim. l should like to show
my love for my country as she
did in going to give the soldiers
water to drink; and, seeing her
husband fall, she picked up his
gun and held his position the rest
of that day. Not only did this
show her. kindness and bravery,
but her unselfishness and above
all, her love for her country.
Selma Nelson,
720 Twenty first Av. S.
B Sixth Grade,
Monroe School.
Z
Strange Animals and Fruits.
I should like to have led the
life and written the books that
Paul Du Chaillu did. By what he
says in his books, he must have
led a wild and exciting life in
Africa. like exciting books and
I should like to be the, author Of
some. He has large collection of
many strange animals and fruits
which he made on his trips to
Africa.
Wellesley Armatage,
1900 Fremont Avenue S. =
B Sixth Grade,
Margaret Fuller School.
z
ga. Kind, Cheerful Look
Almost everyone OF US would
enjoy being great, but it does not a
one whom I should like to have b,
that noted nurse of sick soldiers
many, lives. Without her the arm
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-01
A Hero of the Frontier.

Above all things should like have Daniel
when he explored Kentucky He afraid when
stayed the while his brother
left wife children explore the clark and bloody ground
He fought against Indians escaped
/ prefer Daniel Boone because he brave.
A Fifth Grade, Willie Skinner,
$780, Everett School, 504 Marshall Street NE.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-01
-. A Wtzard in ElectricIty....s -

49, A Wizard in Electricity. = st!G9fz fa2 r
like Thomas Edison invented
the electric light photograph is known all the
his
electric lights used the modern buildings He
tricity. Fred Swenson,
= Grade 2911 Harriet
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-12-23
STATEMENT FROM w. G. HUNTER.
Gives Detailed Account of the Shoot
ing OF William +. Fitzgerald.

New York. December ia cop Of
the statement made before the court Of
third instance In Guatemala by w. G.
Hunter. Jr. son Of the United States
minister to Guatemala regarding the
shooting Of William A. Fitzgerald has
been received here. Hunter says:
81 lett the iesation of h United
States on the afternoon OF Thursday
November 20. 1902 in company with the
Hon. lanes G Bailey. secretary OF le-
CATION. tor my accustomed daily walk,
and upon reaching the Plaza de Armas
as usu II abo. b o'clock. we took a seat
togethe;, facing the MUSIC stand in front
of the statute of Columbus. We had
been seated there but a few minutes
engaged in conversation when William
A. Fitzgerald, whose presence was un-
known to me n without a word being
said, or anything being done to provoke
an assault, SeiZe1 me by the coat collar
with his left land and with his right
STRUCK me a severe blew under the left
eye which drew the blood; and while
thus holding me firmly down on the
seat, drew a revolver which he snapped
two IL three times in my face. Re-
covering fro mtbe shock of this assault
which for a moment dazed me and the
SURPRISE at the presence af the assail-
ant whom 1 had not previously seen. I
at once sprung with superhuman effort
to ny feet. thrust him from me. drew
my 1~evolver and shot the would-be as
sassir dead in self-defense, firing five
shots, the contents of my weapon in
so doing. Immediately after the
tragedy 1 walked quietly a short dis
lance from the scene of the occurrence
and surrendered to the local authorities.
(SiSned.) wv G. HUNTER. JR-"
M Bailey made a statement confirm
ing that of Mr.. Hunter.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-12-23
DEPARTMENT or COMMERCE
A Favorable Report VIII he Made by
Committee To the House.

Washington. Dec. is.-The house
committee on interstate commerce to-
day ordered a favorable report on the
department OF m bill. The
vote on reporting it stood s to ,. The
provision for including the bureau OF
labor in the Wv department. was re-
tanned on a tie vote.
The bill as il vii come from the house
committee will embrace within the pro-
posed department Of commerce. tne
light house board. the light house ser
vice, national bureau of standards,
coast ano geodic survey. bureau OF i'm
migration, fish commission, bureau OF
statistics Of the treasury department.
bureau of foreign of the state
department, fur. seal and salmon fish,
cries. bureau Of labor and census and
three new bureaus-insurance. manufac-
facturers and corporations.
The province n duty OF the pro-
posed bureau OF corporations Is. under
the direction of the secretary Of COM
merce TO gather. compile. publish and
supply useful information concerning
corporations engaged I'm Interstate or
foreign ommerce.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-12-23
1.-THE SOLID SOUTH
Subject of Judge speer's Address BE-
fore the BunaI Independent Club.

Buffalo, n. Y. December 19.-Hon-
Emery Speer, judge of the United
States court for the southern district
Of Georgia, was the guest OF the hide
pendent club - its second annual din
ner tonight Two hundred guests. In
GLIDING Mayor Knight and other prom
inent men Of the city listened TO an
address by JEage Specr on the subject
The Solid South"
1t is u~ndeniably true. that speaker
said, that the political attitude Of h
southern people toward the government
Is directly ascribabIe To the swift be-
stowal by the reconstruction acts OF un-
limited manhood suffrage upon the
members Of the African race which he
asserted, was no par OF Lincoin'g plan
for the restoration OF the union. The
solution Of the race problem said Judge
Speer. will be found In the enactment
OF impartial laws for white and black
alike. which viii admit { o the fran
chise the intelligent. the upright and
the responsible OF both races ard ex-
Jude the vena.. the ignorant and the
worthless.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-12-23

The order recently issued by the post
master general against continuing in
the public service women clerks who
marry has been supplemented by an or
der issued by Mr.. Machen, general SUI
p~erintendent of the rural free delivery
system. That order requires every wo-
man employed in the division to send in
a written statement setting forth
whether h Is married or single, the
name Of her husband, If she has one,
and his occupation. The evident objeci
OF the circular is to ascertain whether
the husband Of women employed In the
department are also in the government
service.
For some years there has been a rule
in the Treasury that two persons of the
same family should not be given en-
ployment in h a department. and while
the rule a been administered with
great liberality, 1t has been sus-
pended s far IS to allow a husband
and wife to retained on the rolls. In
almost all the departments. however
there are women employed who have
husbands in the public service, both
parties being retained through political
Or social influences.
When the late Logan Carlise was
chief &lerk of the treasury and his faith
er vas at the head of that department,
the rule against two of one family be-
ing employed was rigidly enforced. II
happened that in the enforcement of a.
rule, Logan Carlisle dropped a young
who was appointed at the in
stance Of q Kentucky representative.
who called on the chief clerk for an ex-
PLANTATION of the discharge Of his consti-
tuent. The explanation was made
w~hereupon the representative inQuired
If the rule was enforced in ell cases
where two of a family were in Office.
Mr.. Carlisle said 1t vas
I think / can name a case where the
rule has not been invoked" said the
irate congressman.
81 know the case to which you refer"
said Mr.. Carlisle. Unfortunately, In
that case, / have no authority to act.
The secretary was appointed by the
president, with he advice and consent
OF the senate. But I don't mind saying
to you confidentially that / think the
old nan should get out-"-Lincoln Jour
nal.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-12-23
A MYSTERIOUS S S
The Albany La n CuIebr. Under High
speei-Bclieved That Dessin.sfs. 10
La Gunira.

San Juan. p r., December 1.-THE
United States cruiser Albany left Guile
bra under high speed last night and her
destination was the subject Of various
rumors throughout the feet. The gen
eral belief vas that she was bound for
Venezuela Admiral Dewey and the
other officers on board the Mayfiower
declined to lot the AIbany's des-
tination or explain her mission. but it
was asserted that the plans regarding
the Christmas holidays would not ba
materially modified. The fact that
there has been no cnange in the decis-
ion to send four battleships to Trinidad
and q cruiser to Curacao Is Significant.
because it shows that in the opinion OF
the authorities nothing has occurred TO
warrant q change.
AT the same time, tie presence OF
thea formidable ships at Trinidad ia
expec~ed TO exert a salutary effect. Adj
miral Dewey has issued an order pro-
vidiag for the disintegration of the
feet and directing various groups to
cruise in company under the senior off,
Ger present, as long az the courses do
not diverge.
The following is the latest itinerary
of the warships fer the holidays:
kearsarge, Alabama, Massachusetts,.
Iowa and Scorpion at Trinidad; ILL.,
nois, Indiana aid Hist, St. Thomas.
Texas, Pointe-A-Pitre, Guadaloupe:
Cincinnati and Eagle. Curao; San Fran
cisco, Culgoa and Wasp, Mayaguez:
Montgomery and Topeka, Ponce; Olym-
pia, Nashville Int Machias, ST. Kits;
Detroit aid Newark, Antigua; Prairie.
Dolphin, Atlanta n the fiotilla Of
tugs, San Juan. All the vessels will
reassemble on the morning of Deem
Der 18th.
Ordered to La Guairu.
San Juan, P. R., December 19.-The
United States cruiser Albany has been
ordered to La Guaira. She will return
here Immediately from that port. This
step Is taken il accordance with riders
by Secretary Moody, transmitted
through Admiral Dewey.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-12-23
RUN OVER AND KILLED
rresxhs rr.an cenplexefy levers .
Mans Head frea HIS Beay Hear
fspeciai to The MessenSer.)


Galdsboro. n. C. December n-
socshbound fre.Eht on the Atlantic
Coast Line which passed through This
city about noon today killed . white
man at the So mIe post. which - three
miles north Of MS city. The man was
lying with his head on the rail and the
wheels passed ever his neck seveFing
the head from lie body. The engineer
did not see the man until he saw the
body oil over into the ditch The train
was stopped AMI the conductor notioeo
the section massrr who took charge OK
the remains and notified the
who held an !nQaest this afternoon
Er. Dempsy. the section master says
that the man had Just passed him
about an hour before ne was struck
by the train. When he passed the Sec
ton hands he stopped and asked Nj.
Dempsy IL he could give him some work
TO do. He said his name was Brock and
that he lived about three q . hall
miles southeast OF at. Olive Mr..
Denpsy says he told Brock that be had
nothing for him 10 do md that he soon
left and went IN up the q Nj.
Dempsy says he noticed that the man
s.ed q bottle OF whiskev In his pocket.
but he did not think the fellow was very
drunk. It Is not known whether he lay
down and wen' TO sleep or whether he
intended to commit suicide. The fact
that his head was lying across the Iron
Is evidence in support OF the suicide
theory.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-12-23
Wanted a Warrant for President
Roosevelt.

Chelsea, Mass. December 81 want
a warrant for President Roosevelt"
said Charles G.. White. a well-to-do cit
izen today, at the central police station
Addressing police Captain Grover.
White continued.
He hired Tim Mccarthy and John
Farley to assault me the other day and
L was assaulted by them on Eastern
venue Roosevelt was there in his
carriage and encouraged the men while
they were striking me-"
Then the speaker rambled into a long
string of complaints against President
Roosevelt and the o question The
man was laboring under excitement and
resisted arrest. He was overpowered
n a loaded revolver and a razor were
found on him.. He is held for an ex-
animation by physicians.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-12-23

Valuable Articles S~tolen-Citi-
~.ens subscrib $4,000 for Methodist
Episcopal College.
(specstl to The M-senger.)


Greensboro. n. c.. December le.-The
extensive clothing n gents furnishing
establishment of Chteholm. Stroud.
Crawford & Reese. was raided by
thieves last night and a quantity OF
clothing. hats. underwear. etc., stolen.
Entrance was effected by boring out the
lock Of the rear door. A brace. three
on the spot. The thieves also left two
greasy coats they had been wearing.
showing they were negroes. and indi-
eating the presence OF only two men.
Four overcoats were found i'm e dry
goods box in the back alley and two
pairs OF pants lying on the ground at
the door. Twenty-Five dollars reward
Is offered for location ana capture OF
thieves, and the chief Of police IL send-
ing out Il list of articles and marks OF
goods to all nearby towns.
At a meeting of citizens in the our
house last night h sum Of V thou
sand dollars was subscribed to the pro-
posed Methodist Protestant college.
provided IL is located at Greensboro.
The meeting vas adjourned until to-
nigh; when the Industrial immigration
Asst cation meets and it Is expected
that ten thousand will be pledged with
out any difficulty. Strone speeches in
favor of the college were made by DR..
G.. D McIver. j.. Van Lindley, ]. f.
Murphy. ]. Norman Wills. &. P. Whar-
ton, c. G.. Wright. Chairman w. II. Os-
born and others.
The executive committee of the State
Bankers Association met here yes.er-
day and last night and selected VIII
mington as the place and some time
next July as the time for the annual
session of h state association. for
1903. Charlotte, Asheville, Raleigh and
other cities had also extended invita-
TONS. No other matters of public in
tereS. We're acted uDOn.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-12-23
LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE CT
Fayetteville VIII soon be On the
Circuit with Other Towns.
Especial to The Messenger.)

kopCSidh W Lie 9itoSGilecfs
Fayetteville. n. c.. December H.
Acting on the recommendation OF the
committee, of which Mr.. w. J..
Hawley was chairman, the municipal
authorities have granted a franchise.
for entering town with its line. and es-
t~ablishing n or more pay stations,
but not a local exchange. to the Amer
lean Long Distance Telephone Com
pany, Of which Mr.. s. III. MacRae IL
attorney, n which Is to operate from
Petersburg, Va. through his "a q,
to Cheraw, S. c. 1t is probable that the
company will haye it's main office az
the fine location on the corner OF Hay
and Donaldson streets II the Hotel La
Fayette building. adjoining the tene-
ment occupied by the Singer Sewing
Machine Company.
The demand for that class of labor
is SO great that several families from
this town and vicinity have gone TO
Smiley's Falls. to work on the extern
sive cotton mills now in course Of con-
struction at that point.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-12-23
WRITE-UP FOR GREENSBORO.
Harpers' Weekly to Give an Article
on the City-YOung Man Charged
With Seduction.
(Specil to The Messenger

(Specil to The Messenger
Greensboro, N. c., December 19.-Mr.
S. s. Brown, real estate dealer, says
that there is a party from Indiana here
who wants four thousand acres of land.
He wants cheep land as he proposes to
use it exclusively for raising goats. A
Canadian is here to look at some city
lots in the suburbs.
Mr.. John H. Gould, special representa-
tive of Harper's Weekly, went 90
Charlotte this morning litter spending
several days here arranging to have
Greensboro well represented in a Spc-
cIal southern edition of the Weekly to
be brought out abou January Is. A
full page will be devoted to Greensboro
and it will represent cuts along with
reading matter. The Young Men 8
Business Association is cooperating
with Mr.. Gould and will procure for
him much Of the information that will
be needed in the article. The Weekly
will do this without any charge what
ever, nj as it is n of the most wide
ly circulated periodicals in the world
Greensboro, through it's columns, will be-
brought to the attention of hundreds OF
investors.
The last sale on the Greensboro To.
bacco market before the Christmas hoi.
idays will be on Tuesday, December
23rd, and the market will close immedi-
ately after the sale and will remain
closed until Monday, January 5th.
Tom Brown, a young white man from
Randolph county, was arrested at Rev
oIution mills today in response to a tel.
egram from Sheriff Brewer, Of Ran.
dolph, on a warrant charging seduction
A deputy came soon after the arree'
and took the accused to Asheboro. HI
said before leaving that he was perfect
ly willing to marry the girl he ha6
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-12-23

DR.. Hendricks on the S~tand-Laura
Rfggar Also Testifes.

rec Hold, N. J., December 19.-Dr.
Hendricks. one of the defendants fl
the case against Laura Biggar and
Henry NJ. Benefits estate, was one of
the witnesses at the trial today. He
said his only interest In the wills was to
have II probated.
aura Riggar took the witness stand
this afternoon and swore that she was
married to ]. w. Mcconnell IA or Is
years ago. On Thanksgiving day, 1897,
He insisted there were no obstacles in
the way of their marriage.
Letters passed between them nearly
every day and h finally accepted him.
h said she consented to a quiet mar
riage because she did not want the
public to talk about her.
Miss Biggar said that after the mar
riage she n Mr.. Bennett lived to-
gether in New York. After Bennett
was taken Ill she had been in almost
constant attendance on him for eleven
weeks, and her health broke down.
When Mr.. Bennett died she had to go
to a s~anitarium to rest.
Miss Biggar gave practically the
same testimony that her first husband
j.. w. Mcconnell. had given relative to
his visit when he wanted to take pos
session Of their SON. She added that
Mr.. Bennett had told her that he would
try to arrange the matter with her
former husband, but that Ii it came to
a fight he would spend all he was
worth to retain the boy for her. Miss
Biggar said she had written half a
dozen letters 60 Stanton asking for q
duplicate OF the marriage certificates.
h original had been destroyed by
her husband in a fit of anger. She final
ly obtained a duplicate, the one offered
in evidence.
Under cross examination she stated
there were no letters written TO her by
Bennett or by Bennett to her n exis-
tence so far as she knew. She had
signed her name after marriage as
Laura Biggar, n did the same when
b lived with her first husband
Miss Biggar denied that she had writ
ten q letter the purpo-t OF which Was:
"Oh. Molly. / wish papa would do
something before something happens-
Il he dies now / will get nothing.
Affer Miss Biggars testimony the
H6UWXX 001UnEmo6
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-12-23
VERDICT IS MAKsLAUeHTER
Thomas sharkey Gets Sentence for
Murder of Nicholas Fish.

New York, December 1s-The jury I'm
the case OF Thomas J. Sharkey. accused
OF the murder VI Nicholas Fish. the
bankers, returned q verdict today OF
m~anslaughter In the second degree and
recommended that b mercy OF the
court be exercised Sharkey viii be
sentenced On II Snday.
Fish "a killed In SEPTEMBER He
met w wouen on the street and ac-
companied them 20 q saloon where they
were Joined by Sharkey and another
woman The two men had q dispute.
during which Fish was pushed o into
the street n the evidence for the
prosecution was to the effect. that 6har-
key struck F1sA. knocking him down.
He died q few hours later n b hosptt-
Al to which he had beer removed ana
where he was recognized a. the wealthy
New Yorker. Athodgh he bad ou1Ecpc6
from difkerept diseases. the docfoKo IT,
t14ed thn< aIblow wne to 61<1e<
MXEXmm&X#&
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-12-23
Violations of Sherman Anti-Trust

New FORK, December 1s.-Daniel ]. u.
O~'Callaghan, a lawyer Of this city, who
refuses to give the names OF his ell sns.
instituted proceedings today sgainsr
the General Electric Company and the
Westinghouse Electric and Manufa.-
turing Company for alleged violation.
Of the Sherman antitrust law. The
petition alleges that the General Ele>-
trio and Westinghouse companies enter
ed into a written agreement &c limit
competition. regulate prices.
interchange Of patent licenses and d.
vide h territory In which each could
sell goods without competition from the
other.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-12-23
Nomination. by the President.

Washington. d. c.. December 20.-The
president today sent the following
nominations TO the senate
Treasury-Coilector of Customs
Daniel w. Patrick. District of PamIico,
North Carolina.
POSTMASTERS.
North Carolina-Walter B.. Steele,
High Point; Columbus f. Blalock.
Hickory.
South Carolina-John r Cochran,
Jr., Anderson; John w. Dunovant.
Chester.
Texas-James NJ. Kindred, Amarillo;
William d. Mccaslin. Detroit; Ella o.
Vawter, Tompson.
Virginia-Roberr L. Page. Wythville.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-12-23
Can You Imagine

A speck of matter 1-150 Of an inch IN
diameter. Some Of the air-cells In the
human lungs are no bigger than that.
When you have a cold. these tiny cells
are clogged with q OF phlegm. Al
clears the tiny air-passaees OF effete|
matter and heals the Inflammation IN
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-11-15
A FATHERS MISTAKE.


/ Wheeling W., VA Nov 18. Joseph
Jacobusse, fruit merchant. appeared
before a justice Of the peace here last
September and asked that his l3-year
Told son Philip be sent 70 the State Re
form School at Pfuntvtown Jaeobusae
labored under the aelusion that this
school was the State University, where
the. boy could get fine education free.
as he later exposed it in Italian dia-
lect
Yesterday morning lac learned that
his boy was confined with many Of
the Young criminals and incorrigibles
Of West Virginia. and on realizing the
mistake he had made he talked Of sui-
eide. Finally his plight was made
known and several lawyers interested
The justice said he had understood
Jacobusse at the time Of the trial 10
mean his boy was an incorrigible
Communication followed with Super
intendent Dacnell, Of the Reform
School, but he rufused TO turn over
his charge until certain technicalities
We're observed and a mass Of red tape
WAS presented.
The poor Italian merchant scraped
up Sl4 for the expenses and Constable
Darby left for the Reform School at
midnight. but it Is not known whether
the boy will be released on the strength
Of the Justices request, in whichevent
extensive litigation must follow.
On his release the justice must hold
another trial to untanele the remarkable
COMPLICATION.