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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-07-17

Dr. George D. Barney OF No. iol Third-st.. Brook
lyn who came into some prominence last winter
through tuberculosis experiments which he con-
Quoted with Miss King subject said yesterday
that he had not heard OF her since last
spring He knew little or nothing about the ante
cedents OF Miss King, she called herself, though
she was a married woman. beyond what naturally
came 10 his knowledge in the course of his relations
with her as a physician. He added that his inter
est in her ceased the relation OF experimental
and subject dissolved.
Miss King. DR.. Barney said. a woman or
average health. had had experience a
nurse but not a trained nurse. She thirty
years old, married and had a child. He asked
IL tuberculosis might not have attacked Miss King
after her cure last winter. He replied that II was
possible, but very unlikely. In view or what he
knew of her temperament, in connection with the
facts published in the newspapers, he had little
doubt that she had committed suicide.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-07-17
DIR. BARNEY SAYS SUICIDE.
BODY OF MISS KING EXHUMED AND AU-
ToPsY HELD-No SIGNS OF TUBER-
CULOSIS.
TuY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIBUSE.I

Dover. y. j.. July 16.-By direction OF Prosecutor
Mills the body Of Miss Emma II. King was ex-
burned to-day and an autopsy performed by
Dr. Noble II. Adsit. OF Succesunna. assisted by
Dr. r. L. Cook of Dover DR.. Adsit said after the
autopsy that they had found the organs In per-
fecty healthy condition and that Miss KING
health had been excellent. The lungs were sound
and showed no signs Of tuberculosis. but there
were signs OF the presence or an irritant poison
either arsenic or strychnine A chemical eNamina-
ton OF the contents OF the stomach will be made
before the inquest, which will be held In Succa-
sunna Friday.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-08-29
THE VENEZUELAN SITUATION.
Conditions Improved and Two War
Vessels Can be Spared.

Washington, August 22.-The state
department is in receipt of a cable
gram from Minister Bowen at Caracas
saying that he could spare two of the
war vessels now in Venezuelan waters.
This. information is taken to mean that
the situation in Venezuela has inn
proved so far that little danger now
threatens American interests. Upon
the receipt of the information contain
ed in Minister Bowen's dispatch the
navy department Immediately ordered
the Topeka and Cincinnati north. The
latter vessel will stop at Cape Haytien,
and if in the opinion of our state de-
partment representative there, the
presence of an American Warship is
desirable much longer, the Cincinnati
may relieve the Machias. If h pros
poets are that the situation will soon
warrant the withdrawal of our war
ship, the Cincinnati will proceed on
her journey home and will shortly be
followed by the Machias. which is now
at Gonaives. The Marietta will remain
in Venezuelan waters as long as Min
lister Bowen desires her, after which
she probably will be ordered to Colon
to insure the open transit of the 18TH
mus which the United States guaran-
tees by treaty.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-08-29
WILD b a
Crashes Down Incline With Fatal
Results.

Kansas City, Mo-. August "a cable
train crowded with passengers escaped
from the control OF h gIipman IN
charge at the top of the ninth street
incline this evening and dashing down
at a terrific speed. crashed into a train
standing at the bottom. w. B.. Taylor,
gripman Of the descending car. was kill
ed instantly, n a scole or more pas
sengers were bruised but as most Of
these were quickly taken away by their
friends the number Of the injured and
the extent of their 1njurines are not
known.
The train at the bottom vas being pre-
pared for the return tip bu1 had not
been switched to the second track, when
the descending train, beyond control.
came dashing down the incline. Pas
sengers in both trains became panic
stricken when the impending disaster
was foreseen and in the efforts to es-
cape from both. many had narrow es-
capes from death.
The incline which a been the scene
of several fatal accidents is 800 yards In
length and starting at the top of the
bluff at Penn and Ninth streets, de-
sends at an angle of So degrees TO an
elevated platform.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-08-29
SAFE e
Dollars stolen from n
Small Safe I'm the Office of the Will
mington Railroad-Some-
one Knew the mbination.

A small safe in the office of the Will
mington Seacoast railroad, at Ninth
and Orange streets. was robbed OF about
$45 sometime Sunday betwee 6 and 7 o..
m The combination of the safe is very
simple and it is believed that some one
opened the safe, tool the money and
again locked the safe.
Mr.. Lucien ID. Bishop is ticket agent
and after selling tickets for the $50 D..
m. train, he put the none and a lot
of tickets in the safe and locked ii.
He states that he is positive that he
locke the safe, and says that after
doing SO he went to Wrightsville Beach
on the $50 p. m. rain. When he re-
turned to the city on the train which
arrived at 1:15 p. m, he opened a
window to sell tickets for the 7:30 D. m.
train. When he opened the safe he dis
covered only two S. bills were in the till
in which he had left the money and
tickets. He ran over the days sales,
and INT the money and found that
1t was short about $45. In the safe
there was $35 in silver but it was not
molested. 1t is stated, in fact, that
there was about $3.50 in the safe, but
Mr.. Bishop says the safe was locked
when he went to open it, making the
presumption strong that some one knew
the combination n that after the
money was taken the safe was again
locked by the thief.
Who committed the robbery is not
known but the railroad officials are
thoroughly investigating the matter.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-08-29
ANenGinG of a Murder.

London, KY, August "a report
comes from Ousley county OF a fight in
which Jesse Nealy and a man named
Allen We're killed and five men and one
woman There were no wit
nesses except those engaged in the
fight, and they refused TO give any de-
tails except the foregoing. A man
named Sparks was found dead near
Burning Springs, Clay county, with a
bullet hole through his head A few
months ago Squire Mcdaniel was killed
in Clay county, and Sparks was arrest
ed and charged with the murder. All
his trial he was acquitted. The friends
of Mcdaniel were dispieased with the
verdict, n the supposition is that the
killing of Sparks was to aveng the
murder of MCDANIEL.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-08-29
IN A IA
Train Rocker Captured Last Night
He is Jim Townsend, a Negro, and
Three Witnesses Saw Him Throw
ing at the COIOred Excursion as 1t
Went Out Last Night.

Several times when excursion trains
have been leaving the city over the At
alntic Coast Line this summer, some
one has ROCKIES the train in the vicinity
of the Sixth and Seventh street cross
ings. Last night as the colored excur-
sion train from Darlington was leaving,
the train was stoned at Seventh street
and the man who did it was plainly
seen by Mr.. Bob Everett, engineer at
Independent Ice Company's plant, and
by the fireman John ExLm, colored and
Ed Green, a colored hand at the ice
factory.
Mr.. Everett telephoned to police head
quarters n Sergeant c.. w. Woodland
went out and arrested the man at a
dance hall in the vicinity. His name
is Jim Townsend. He denies the charge
and says he rode on the train to Sixth
street and hat when he got off, some
one rocked him. The witnesses say
they plainly saw him throwing stones
at the train.
This is a serious offence in the eyes
Of the law and Townsend is in a bad
scrape, if he only knew it. He is about
% years of age.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-08-29
Town Burned.

cipal part of Ruskin, a little town seven
miles west of Waycross, was burned
last night. The own was formerly the
home of the Ruskin commonwealth, a
colony of socialists from Tennessee, and
is now owned by J. G. Steffes and two
other former members of the Ruskin
commonwealth. The large building
used as a hotel and officers headGuar-
tiers Of the socialist colony, one store.
the postoffice building and a residence
were burned. There were no facilities
for fighting the fire in the town. There
was no insurance on any OF the build
ingS or contents.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-08-29
CHARGED WITH BURGLARY.
Narrow Escape of n Crazy Drunk
Negro Who Burst in the Front
Door of a Residence Last Saturday
Night.

Amos DeVane, a negro about fifty
years old, was arrested yesterday by
Constable William Sheehan OH a war;
rant charging him with burglary. He
was given a hearing before Justice ]. NJ.
MCGOWAN yesterday but was discharg-
ed and warned what liquor is liable to
do for him.
Saturday night between Q n 10
o'clock while Laura Richardson, color
ed, was with her family in the lining
room of her residence On the southwest
corner of Eighth and Orange streets,
they were alarmed by a noise that
sounded like some one shooting into the
u The noise was at the front door
and when they ran forward they found
that some n had broke open the front
door, smashing the lock. Il is sup
posed that the noise was made by rays
against the door. as dents were found
in it.
Neighbors heard the noise and saw a
negro stagger down the steps ana run
down to Mr.. T. J. Cores store, at Ninth
and Orange streets a block away. He
a his coat on his arm, and when
some one went to Mr.. Cores store. it
was found that the man with the Goa
on his arm was Amos DeVane He had
gone away from the store and was only
found and arrested yesterday. 1t was
shown that he was crazy drunk and as
he did not enter the house, Justice Nc
Gowan let him off upon payment of the
costs
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-08-29

Professor M. c. 8. Noble, OF b chair
Of pedagogy, North Carolina university.
who has beer here spending q few days
with his children, left last night for the
up country. Today he will conduct a
teachers institute at Lucama, will con-
duct one al Elm City OF the 9th and
n at Castalia on the 18th.
Professor Noble has been engaged in
this important work all summer having
swept the state as far as Cherokee and
Columbus counties in the east, and
Tyrell, Davidson, and Orange In the
centre and east.
After conducting the summer school
at Chapel Hill, he attended h National
Educational Association Ut Minneapolis.
Mimi, SO that ii will be eel hat he
has been a very busy man
He viii report for duty at the univer-
sity September 1st. He tells us that the
prospects for the university are tEe
brightest In its history and that 600 to
700 students viii be there this session.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-08-29
THE MONROE DOCTRINE.
London Daily Mail Criticize. yene-
zueia for Disturbance of Com
merce.

London, August e6.-rhe Daily Mail
in an editorial article on VeneZeula's
dsfiance OF European powers In main
tanning a blockade and seizing Dutch
vessels, declares it to b. impossible fol-
Europe to allow a piratical and preda-
tory government OF his type TO dis
tur the commerce of the West Indies
and the security of the Caribbean sea,
This time Venezuela must be laugh,
a lesson" says the paper.
After inveighing against the Monroe
doctrine, the editorial concludes:
America should keep her disorderly
states in order and chastise them when,
relying on their weakness and her pro-
lection, they offend against information
al law.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-08-29
Two Women Claim One Husband.

In Justice j. NJ. McGowan's court yes
terday William Bethea, colored, was
given a hearing on the charge of biga-
my and was bound over to the superior
court in a bond of 5000. A young wom-
an calling herself Pearl Bethea was in
court and set up the claim that Bethea
married her at Dillon, S. c., three years
ago A Wilmington wife, Romelia Be
thea, was in court to show by the
license n records that he was hers by
a marriage in this city. Bethea denied
his marriage to the South Carolina
wife. but Justice MCGOWAN held that
there was probable cause and left ii to
the upper court to settle.
The South Carolina woman came
from a state, where, at the time of her
alleged marriage, no license was re-
quired to marry, and since then the
preacher who married her has died. In
the upper court she hopes to prove her
marriage by witnesses who were pres
ent when the ceremony was performed.
Be Empie, Esq, appeared for Be-
thea
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-08-29
EARLY COTTON sEtsD...
The amp Compress started up
Yesterday for the easau-s.ttou
Coming I'm RapfdI,-sea.ou AWAY
Ahead of Last Year.

Messrs. Alexander SprG1t < son. cot
ton exporters, started up the Champion
Compress yesterday for the aeason.
Yesterday morning the first bale of
new cotton went into the Jaws OF ole OF
the three big presses, was ed I'm
a jiny and was soon in the hold Of the
British steamship Tuskar which is here
10 take a cargo Of cotton to Europe.
The cotton season this year In two tn
three weeks in advance OF tina of last
year and the yea before. Last yea
the compress began operations Septen-
Der srd and up to September Igtn o
s11 bales had been received at this port.
whereas up to yesterday the receipts
since the first bale came In on the 18th
OF August have been about 1900 bales.
They came principally from South Car
DINA, although some OF the receipts
have been from North Carolina and
Georgia. The receipts here yesterday
were z0i bales
The three powerful presses have beeu
thoroughly repaired during the sum-
mer, n many improvements have
been made around the Immense ware
houses The compress employs about
nve hundred men and the stevedore0
are always happy when the smoke -
pouring from the great tunnels.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-08-29
BOYS CHECK FLAMES.
The Building in New York
is Damaged.

New York August PA fire OF I'M
known origin started today in the tower
of the main building If the Catholic
Protectory in West Chester. Owing to
insufficient water pressure. The building
was for some time in serious danger,
but the fire department Of the institu-
ton composed of boys, held the flames
in check until the arrival of the engines
summoned on two alarms, when h fire
was soon extinguished after it had
spread to one of the upper dormitories.
Perfect discipline was maintained
among the 500 boys in the institution
who at the first alarm took their reg
ular fire stations and went through the
customary drill. The damage is esti-
mated at $40 1000.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-08-29
Charged with Criminal Assault.

Deputy Sheriff w. Harvey Cox went
TO Wrightsville Beach yesterday and
arrested Williams Jones, colored, on the
charge of committing criminal assault
upon Abbie Kelly, a colored girl aged
fifteen years, whose ns5ther lives at
Wrightsville. Justice ]. ]. Fowler gave
Jones a hearing yesterday afternoon.
The girl told her story and stated that
her screams brought jeff Fair to her
rescue. The defendant was committed
to Jail SO Fair could be brought TO the
city as a witness.
Jones is about 80 years old and is en-
ployed by the Wilmington Seacoast
Railroad Company to haul Stops from
h Seashore hotel. The deco is alleged
to have been done just back Of Wrights-
vile but Jones says he is not guilty.
He was defended by Herbert McClam-
my, Esq. Further hearing will be had
before Justice Fowler this afternoon at
5 o'clock.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-08-29

Paris, August 22.-The correspondent
of the Associated Press was Informed
at the foreign office today that the sue
cessor OF Jules Cambon as French am
bassador at Washington, had not yet
been appointed. but that NJ Jusserand,
the French minister at Copenhagen
had bee selected for the post. NJ. JUS
serand speaks English 1uently and is
h author of several English books.
His wife, who was a Miss Richards, is
an American and has resided for a long
time in Paris. NJ. Jusserand has been
prominently connected with the move
ment for the development of athletic
sports in France.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-08-29
4 LEADER.
The Coles Would Have Been lynch
ed i'm NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Don't
Know What Convention VIII Do.
Bank Report.
Messenger Bureau.

Raleigh, N. c., August %.
The local republicans have not the
slightest idea of what their state con-
vention at Greensboro next Thursday
will do. They admit as much. One Of
them says only Senator Pritichard and
one of two of the other leaders do
know. He added that the convention
will be composed of delegates named
by the county committees in many
cases, as in Wake for instance, and
that of course these will simply follow
directions and do as they are told to
do. This appears to be a quite accu-
rate view of the status of affairs.
Senator Simmons left today for WASH
ington, d. c., to be there several days.
Colonel A. B.. Andrews, of the South
ern railroad, who is spending this
month at Hot Springs, North Carolina.
went to New York Tuesday. He will
come here tomorrow and go at once
to Hot Springs.
Among todayfs arrivals was General
w. P. Roberts, of Gainesville.
Auditor Dixon has returned from 4
tour in Mecklenburg, CASTOR and Cleve-
land, looking after taxation of corpora
tons. He stopped a day at Greensboro,
to attend the Confederate reunion at
Greensboro, which he says was the
largest yet held in the state, there be-
ing $500 registered and at least 500 not
registered. He goes to Warrenton to-
morrow to make an address at a Con-
federate and educational rally.
The commissioner of agriculture to-
day sent out the inquiries to which the
1000 correspondents will give the crop
report for September. The report will
give the condition of all crops Septem-
Der 1St.
The five negroes who were brought
here last night from Henderson in or
der that the train porter Mitchell who
was IN might identify the n who
she him, would have been lynched at
the Johnston street station of the Sea-
board Air Line here if a leader of a
mob could have been found. There
were plenty of men, white and black,
there present, who were ready to lynch
the negroes, certainly the two Coles,
father and son, had a leader been found.
X. 6. Finch, of Charlotte, is trying to
get an option on the state swamp lands
in Craven county, at so cents an acre.
a eash offer of SO cents an acre for
these lands was refused today.
The report of the corporation commits
sion on state. private and saving banks
up to July 16, is made public today.
The total are 1S,199,224 loans
and discounts $12,S 10,40S; deposits sub
lecI 10 CHECK S11sOao,oo', SopASoL -
SS,S06, 4OS; surplus $674.723; undivided
profits $575,662.
The addition to the Pilot cotton mill
here, which will double its capacity, is
nearly completed.
The revolutionary cannon presented
nv the town OF Edenton to the state
museum. have arrived here. The can
non from Old Fort Caswell are expected
next week, and will be at once placed
in the capitol square.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-08-29
THE PETER POWER SUIT.
stool Exchange to Take Action he
cause OF Connection OF some of its
Members with the Case.

New York, August 22.-The Evening
Post says today:
The governing committee of the stock
exchange, it was learned definitely to-
day, will take -cognizance of the devel.
opments in the suit OF Peter Power
against the Northern Pacific railroad
because of the alleged connection Of
several members of the exchange with
the case.
Under Section s OF Article VII, a
membe may be suspended for a year
If adjudged of wilful violation of an act
detrimental to the interest or welfare
of the exchange. Under section 6 a
member adjudged guilty of wilful viola
ton of the constitution of the exchange
or OF any resolution Of the governing
committee regulating the conduct OF
business of members, or of any con-
duct OF proceeding inconsistent with
just and equitable principles of trade,
may be suspended or expelled as the
said committee nay determine"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-08-29
DIR. HAZEN DEAD.
Secretary of Southern Presbyterian
Garfield.

Richmond, Va, August 22.-Rev. DIR.
James K. Hazen. who for twenty-five
years had been secretary of the Pub
lication of the Southern Presbyterian
General Assembly, died at his home in
Bon Air, near this city, this morning.
He was born in West Springfield, Mass,
in March. 1888, n after his gradua-
ton at Williams college in 1856, went
south. At college he was an intimate
friend Of the late President Garfield.
After studying theology privately, he
was ordained by the Presbytery OF
East Alabama in March. 1861. He was
chosen secretary Of Publication in 1877.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-08-29

Newport. r T.. August 2s-The uniqus
entertainment OF the season was giyeu
this evening at Beaulieu the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt. Jr-
where In a specially constructed thea
tire, Lederer's wild Rose from the
Knickerbocker theatre was produced
The company vas brought over from
New York by Mrs. Vanderbilt. Befors
reaching the theatre proper Mrs. Van
derbiit's guests passed through a mid
way along which were arranged fortuns
tellers. games OF chance, ring the cane
and other attractions by professional
fakirs. Dancing followed the perform.
ance at the theatre, the cotI.lion being
led by Henry Bull and Roman Baldwin
with Mrs. Vanderbilt and Miss Ma,
Goelet. The Duchess OF Marlborough
was a guest.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-08-29
RELATIONS RESUMED.
Sultan Says Americas Claims VIII
be Settled Soon.

Constantinople, Thursday, August 81.
Through the medium of Izzel Bey,
sent a friendly message to the United
States Minister, John G. A. Leishman,
assuring him that all the pending
claims of the United States would be
complied with and begging the minister
to resume his visits to the porte. In
consequence of these fresh assurances
Mr.. Leischman today visited the grand
Yizier, said Pasha, and the minister of
foreign affairs. Tewfik Pasha. Mr.
Leishman and Robert S. Mccormick,
the United States ambassador OF Aus
tria-Hungary, will attend the Selamlik
tomorrow n will probably have ar
audience of the sultan.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-08-29

Berlin, August $50 much has been
said about the ovation at Gumbinnen
to Lieutenant Hildebrand who was
pardoned by Emperor William after
having served v months of his SEN
tence Of two years Imprisonment for
killing Lieutenant Blaskowitz in duel.
that a military inquiry has been or
dered to ascertain by whose command
the cavalry escort participated in the
lieutenant's crumpled passage t. the
railroad station at Gumbennin-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-08-29
GALVESTON TO NEW YORK.
Morgan Liner Ell Alba Makes New
record Between These Ports.

New York, August 22.-The Morgan
Line steamer FL Alba, in command Of
Captain Quick, commodore Of the fleet,
arrived in port this afternoon from
Galveston, making the voyage in the
record time of four days, twenty hours
and thirty eight minutes.
Ell Alba left Galveston bar on August
18th at 6:35 p. m, n passed the Scot
land light vessel off the mouth Of New
York harbor at Alb O'Clock this after
noon. This is said 20 be the fastest
passage ever made between Galveston
and New York. Ell Alba is the latest
addition to the Morgan Line fleet and
until recently has been running between
tbs city and New Orleans.