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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-31
LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE
CHANCE FOR WILMINGTON TO SOON
GET THIS SERVICE.
Special Meeting of the Chamber of
d. m-The Superintendent OF Com
struction of the Southern Bell Tel
ephone Company VIII be There.

All around Wilmington the cities and
towns OF his and other states h2v.
long since had the advantage Of long
distance telephone service. These ia
CInties have been lacking in our city,
but efforts along the line Of securing
telephone connection with long dis
n circuits have been made by the
Messenger at different times and no e.
aorts have been spared by the Cham
Der Of Commerce. which has taken up
the matter several times. The cham
Ger at a recent meeting appointed an
other committee to agitate the matter.
and our people will be gratified to learn
nat there is now a good prospect for
long distance service il the proper in
terest is taken and united effort Is
made by our business element.
President M. w. jacob of the Cham
Der of Commerce is thoroughly inter-
ested in long distance telephone facili-
ties for Wilmington and as there Is a
good prospect TO secure this advantage
fG the business interests of our city he
MAS called a special meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce for tomorrow at
$50 p. m. to take up the matter in earn
est. The meeting will be held at the
rooms of the Chamber in the Seaboard
Ali Line building. and it is important
that every member should be present.
IL our people ever expect to accomplish
anything along any line they must get
together n all put their shoulders to
the wheel. and so here is their oppor-
Lunity to do something for themselves
and their city.
The meeting tomorrow will be very
important and the opportunity will he
the best that our city has ever had to
get long distance telephone service. Mr..
L. l.. Ingram, of Atlanta, su~perintend-
ent of construction for the Southern
Bell Telegraph Company. will be in the
city and will attend the meeting and
consult with our people. If the bust
ness men will move now it is more
than likely that they will get what they
want. This is enough to induce every
member to be present tomorrow and
the meeting should be the largest the
Chamber has ever had. Don't fail to
be present
The Messenger sometime since men,
toned that the Southern Bell ComDa-
ny's projected long distance lines en-
braced a Wilmington connection. The
fact is the estimates for it have long
since been in the hands of the company
and they have only awaited the oppor-
tunitv to give us the service. At the
meeting tomorrow Superintendent In
gram will speak Of the advantages de-
lived from long distance service and
no man who wants to keep abreast of
the times should fail to hear he
has to say. We understand that the line
TO Wilmington is a certainty but the
direction it will take and the earliest
practical moment when we can have
it are the main matters to consider.
No guarantee is to be asked of Will
mingtOn for long distance connection.
but the endorsement of our commercial
bodies will be acceptable.
If necessary. shut up shop and be at
the meeting of the Chamber of Com
merce tomorrow afternoon.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-31

Washington. January 2a.-An ad-
journed meeting OF the trustees Of the
Carnegie institution was held at the
state department today and n long step
vas taken owards permanent organ
ization and the initiation of the work
OF the institution.
Ah.am s. Hewitt OF New York. called
TIE meeting to order and Secretary Hay
was elected temporary chairman. and
Charles d. walcott temporary secre-
:ary.
William Z. Dodge. OF New York. was
elected to the board TO I'LL n vacancy
caused by the declinat ton of ex-presi-
dcnt Cleveland. who sent a letter re-
GREETING his inability TO serve.
After the roll call. Nj. Carnegie made
a brief address. presenting the deed OF
gift.
The deed itself recites that Andrew
carnegie deems il his duty and high
est privilege to administer the wealth
which has come to him as a trustee in
behalf of others, and. entertaining the
belief that the best means Of discharg-
ips that trust is by extending the op-
~nortunities for study and research In
our country. he transfers to the trus-
tees named $40. 000. 000. OF registered 6
Ter cent. bonds of tne United States
Steel Corporation.
This gift Is to be held In trust, the
income from the bonds or from other
securities that may be substituted for
them to be applied to paying the ex-
penses of the trustees. who are to re-
cCTve rs bonds and collect the inter-
est. and may sell the same n invest
the proceeds according to the laws OF
New York, Pennsylvania and Massa-
chusetts, and who are not made re-
sponsible for the safety of the bonds
or for their depreciation.
The income is to be expended In
founding in Washington. an institu-
ton to cooperate with those now or
hereafter established and in the broad
est and most liberal
investigation. research. and discovery.
The trustees elected the following Of
iicers: Chairman OF the board OF trus-
ices, Abram Hewitt: vice chairman.
d.. j. S. Billings; secretary. Charles d.
| Walcott.
DR.. Daniel c. Gilman. late OF Johns
Hopkins University. was elected presi-
dent of the Carnegie Institution.
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CUBAN
Strong Testimony Against it Before
the House Committee.

Washington. January 29.-Dr. II. w.
Wiley. chief of the bureau of chemis-
try in the department of agriculture,
was before ways and means commit
tee today. in connection with h Cuban
reciprocity question.
DR.. Wiley's emphatic declaration that
Cuba's appeal to the United States was
misplaced and would not afford relief
attracted much attention. The Cuban
planters had prospered, he said, under
Spanish regime, under such circum-
stances that it might be best to lead
them back to Spain. DR.. Wiley then
said:
THE cause of the trouble they are
fighting is not in the tariff duties of the
United States, but is the ~overproduct OF
sugar., due to bounties granted by
Europe. The cause should De pleaded
in the parliament Of Europe, not in that
of America"
DR.. Wiley said it was a question
whether the relief, sought for Cuba
would have the effect of killing outright
the cane and beet sugar industry of this
country, or merely paralyzing them;
but it seemed perfectly certain, he
said, that there would be nc further
in this country.
DIR. Wiley expressed himself in favor
of Cuban annexation.
Representative Richardson, of Ten
nessee, asked if the witness expected to
remain in the agricultural department,
it having been stated that he was going
into the beet sugar business.
DIR. Wiley said this was the first ne
had heard of any such purpose.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-31
HEAVY SLEET At RALEIGH.
Trees and Wires Heavily COated-A
Wilmington Company Chartered.
Arbitrary Action of n District
SCHOOL Board.
Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh, n. c., January 29.

Raleigh, n. c., January 20.
There was a heavy slee- today. 1t is
the first of The season. Trees and wires
were heavily coated and Walking was
quite difficult.
The state charters the Corhett Com
pany of Wilmington, CAPITA. $1,000. 20
do commission business. NJ. j. Ger
bett and w. r .Corbett arc among the
stockholders.
Governor Aycock and star. Will go to
Southern Pines February Goth. upon
special invitation and Will tc the guests
Of the town. The governor Will make a
speech. He has an engagement 20
speak at Trinity college. Durham Feb
ruary 22nd.
The programme of the exercises AT
the soldiers home next Tuesday is be-
ing prepared. 1t is decided that Gov
ernor Aycock shall tenlHr the Lew
buildings y the par of the state ana
that Julian S. Carr iE command of .he
North Carolina confederate veterans
will accept them. Mrs. Overman. the
president of the North Carolina Daugh.
tiers of the Confederacy. will ne pres
ent.
The state superintendent of public ill.,
struction is now able to sit up two Of
three hours each day and can discuss
business matters. He has had to pas:
upon a curious case. In a county neal
here a district school committee in de
fance of an order from the county au'
thorities to keep a school open CLOSED
it. Then three-fourths Of the parents
Of the children who attend it petitionet
hat it be kept open. The cCnlnittet
swore it should not be opened unit
next August. even if all the parents
petitioned for It. The state supert.tend
ent gives the county authorities tn
very plain advice to instantly remov'
that school committee and put in on
| which will obey orders. The county ha'
been a very bitter populist stronghold
| and some queer things have occurred
there.
The prediction Of snow failed TO mate
| rialize. The farmers who Rave small
grain sown would be glad to see snow
Funds have been raised hera sun
| cfent to assure the reopening of tn
leaf tobacco warehouse next season
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-31

Little Rock. Ark. January 9Th
heaviest losses ever sustained in Little
Rock from a like cause is III result Of
the terrible storm Of sleet and cold rain
which has prevailed here for the past
three days. eliminating last night.
The business section of the city Is a
scene Of desolation. The estimated
losses in business.
Main street suffered more than any
other part Of the city, but residences
and dwellings all over town are more
or less damaged.
In some parts of the city the tele-
graph and phone poles are all down,
pulling trees and wires with them. and
forming a CONCEALED mass of wreckage.
Street cars were run irregularly all day.
The fall of sleet amounted to about five
inches. Little Rock is practically shut
off from the world. The Western Union
lines are all down throughout the state.
The Southern Telephone and Telegraph
Company has not a line operating in
the city. Most of it's wires are broken
NN0 NsAy vi = poICS dIS II, oil u
four blocks on Louisiana street hav-
ing fallen with a crash this morning.
crossed wires set fire to the office,
but the flames were readily extinguish-
ed. Fully 5000 shade trees were COM
pletely demolished.
Louisville, KY, January 29.-The Pos
tai elegrap and Gable Company suS-
tanned a serious accident tonight
through the bad weather. Three poles
on the river front carrying the Postal
wires, which were covered with sleet,
fell and the wires landed across some
trolley wires. In an instant the Postal
Company's operating room was full OF
blue flames and then was cut off from
outside communication.
greensboro, KY, January 29.-Owens-
boro Is completely buried in sleet. The
damage to business is estimated at $75,-
600. The Cumberland Telephone Com
pany and Home Telephone Company
\ wires are broken, y blocking the streets
Their loss is SIS. 900.
Paducah, KY, January 29.-Today the
weather was the worst in the city's
history. Sleet and snow and rain fel
steadily. Mayor Reed this morning
had all electricity shut off, closing fac
tories, fire alarm currents, street cars
and shutting off lights.
1t is estimated that the total damage
here will reach 800, 900. The damage al
Mayfield is 5000
Louisville, KY, January 29.-An un-
usually severe sleet storm prevailed
throughout the greater portion of the
Ohio river valley early today, causing
delay to railroad traffic and Gripping
telegraph service. The storm began
here at 10 o'clock last night n from
that time until early today sleet fel
without cessation. This was followed
by rain which froze as 1T fell, making
locomotion for pedestrians and vehicle:
difficult. Steet car traffic was at {
standstill during part of the day.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-31
RICE MURDER CASE.
Captain Baker Still on the Stand.
Under Cross Examination.

New York January 29.-Captain JAS.
A. Baker, again occupied the witness
chair at the trial Of lawyer Albert T..
Patrick for the murder of William
Marsh Rice, almost the entire two ses-
sions of the court being taken up with
his cross examination. The captain
admitted that he had expressed no
opinion as to the geIiuineness of the
signatures of various papers bearing
R1ce's name, and which he now calls
forgeries, until he had obtained the
opinion of handwriting experts. He
furthermore admitted tnat Patrick. be-
fore his arrest, had told him he de-
sired a full investigation of his rela-
tons with the aged millionaire. The
fitness, too, declined to swear posi-
lively that Patrick was not present in
Rlce's apartments when the old man
was at n time making dispositions
relative to litigation he was involved In.
The prosecution has been e~ndeavor-
ing to prove that Patrick and Rice
never met.
When MI. Osborne. for n people. Of
ftred the 1896 will in evidence. to the
x~enuineness of the signature. Mr..
Moore, for defence, objected, declar-
ing that the rulings of the court Of ap-
peals in the Molineux case was peril
went. isis
After listening to Mr.. Moore, who
Al gued the document was improper and
irrelevant as evidence. Recorder Con
sustained the objection.
Captain Bake said he knew Of three
wills made by his firm for Rice. One
was in 1882, one in 1893 and the last in
1896. The letter of Instruction from
Rice concerning the 1886 will. vas pro-
duced at the request Of the defence
and was placed or The record The
hitter contained these sentences which
were read by PatricK's counsel:
1T (the new Willy need not be long
dnd can be easily changed If neces-
sary," and IF ] live several years
longer. I may make another will"
On redirect examination Captain
Baker told of the asseis of the William
Il Rice institute. All of them came
from Mr.. Rice. They included s2OO,000
in money and nearly 200. 900 acres OF
land in Texas and Louisiana.
Norman Meldrum, a banker. testified
that the signatures on the checks for
$4,000 and s25. 600 were forgeries-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-31
n SCHOOL FUNDS.
Another Request ON Counties to Re-
Dort Their N-eeds-escape Of a Con.
vfct-The Fatal Horse Disease Ex-
tending MISUNDERSTANDING Ex-
tension-George Vanderbilt Invited
to Raleigh.
Messenger Bureau.

Raleigh, N. C., January %.
Inc state superintendent of public in
instruction last Saturday sent ont a
new set Of blanks to the various conn
ties asking for statements of their
needs OF funds to keep the public
schools open four months in the year.
The first set Of blanks sent out did not
answer h purpose. Today the first
reply came. 1t is from Fender. The
blank are properly and correctly filed
and the county calls for only s245. II
says this Is needed at once. The SUPER
intendent of public instruction says no
funds can be sent until all the counties
are heard from.
A county convict last night made a
daring escape, came to Raleigh and
was given a suit of clothes by a friend,
went to an ice factory, undressed and
put his convict garb in a furnace,
thinking fire would be made in the lat
ter. This morning the clothes were
found in the furnace.
A third report of the very fatal dis
ease among horses in the eastern
counties is made by the state veterina-
rian, who renews the statement that it
is due to forage poisoning. The com
missioner Of agriculture, speaking of
the dlseaSe, SAID 1t appeared to be com
Ing this way, as cases are reported in
Jones county and at Kinston.
Governor Aycock will probably return
from the springs at the end of this
week. He wen there for a rest. He
suffered a good deal from insomnia.
He is what may be termed an ardent
smoker but has reduced his allowance
to three cigars or pipes a day.
There are now only 116 convicts in the
penitentiary proper. This is the small
est number in thirty years saw Sep
TENDER LIST last. when there were only
eighty.
The extension of the Cape Fear and
Northern railway to the southeastward,
perhaps to the coast is now assured.
One of the owners said today that work
or the extension will 500 begin and
that when the contracts for construc-
ton are awarded they will be for a
long stretch of road
A special invitation has been sent
George w. Vanderbilt to be here Feb
ruary 10th-11th on the occasion of the
state road congress-. He is regarded as
being in a way a North Carolina citi-
zen and his progressiveness in road
building is we'll Known. The state Of
ficialS desire to meet him. He has
never been to other places in the state
than Asheville.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-31
NEW Law.
The Bill to Regulate Southern Elec-
lions Introduced.

Washington, January 29.-Represent-
alive Gibson. Of Tennessee. today intro
duced a bill which has the support Of a
Number of southern republican men,
bers. Furnishing frauds and wrongs
IN the election Of representatives
in congress. The bill Is quite lengthy
and Furnishes as a misdeameanor
punishable by fine OF $500 or two years
Imprisonment at hard labor any inter
ference with the regular voting Hroce-
dure. Theyarious sections specify in
detail different irregularities. including
preventing voting or the denial OF the
exercise Of franchise: h use OF false
ballots; falsely p~ersonating others; ir-
regularity of election and registration
officials etc.
Provision also is made for the repre-
s~entation OF each party on election and
registration boards
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-31
A FIRE AT FLORENCE.
The Cannon Boarding House Burned
Narrow Escape of the Inmates.

Especial to The Messenger.)
Florence. S. c.. January 29.-The
Howard Cannon boarding house. a
large two-story frame structure at the
isortheast corner of Evans and Irby
streets. in this city. IA DESTROYED by
I-e at 2 o'clock this morning.
Mr.. Cannon. the proprietor. was away
from home. Mrs. Cannon and the
boarders barely escaped with their
lives. As it was. two of the boarders
Messrs. J. T. Dickson and Norman
Wilds, were badly burned about the
head, neck. back and feet in trying to
make their escape.
Owing to the short supply of water
tine iremen were badly hampered and
were unable To save the building. MI.
Cannon lost very nearly all Of his fur
niture.
The building. formerly owned by
Louis Cohen, of Charleston. belonged
70 p. H. Edwards. OF this city. and was
valued at 1000; insurance $1,000. Mr..
Cannon carried 800 Oh his furniture.
The origin Of the fire is not known
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-31

Bears tn. The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature .; &XNzzM
THE STEEL TRUST.
Official Statement of it's Business and
inancial Condition.

New York. January pa preliminary
report covering the operations of the
United States Steel Corporation since it
came into existence ten months ago
was made to the stockholders today.
The report, signed by both Charles NJ.
Schwab and Gilbert H. Gary, declared
present business and future outlook
viewed ahead through 1902 to be highly
satisfactory. The report said:
1.-The outlook for the year 1902 is very
bright. Everything indicates that all of
the facilities of each subsidiary COM
pany will be taxed to their utmos. to
supply the demand that is being made.
The actual business now booked and Of
which shipment is being called for faster
than it can be supplied amounts to
more than half the total combined an
nual capacity of all the companies. The
expectation of those closely connected
with the manufacture and sales of these
highly finished products is for a demard
even larger than that of 1901 n up to
the limit of production"
Discussing prices, the report said they
could have been advanced, but that it
was decided to be better policy to re-
frain from doing so.
The reference to prices follows in
part:
THE demand for products has been
so great that prices could easily have
been advanced. Indeed, higher prices
have been voluntarily offered by
customers who were anxious for the
immediate execution Of orders. but the
companies have firmly maintained the
position Of not advancing prices, believ-
ing that the existing prices were suffi-
cient to yield fair return on capital ard
maintain the properties in satisfactory
physical condition. and that the coi1at-
eral advantages to be gained in the
long run, by refusing to advance prices
would be of substantial and lasting
value. not only to the companies, but
also to the general business interests OF
the country"
The settlement with the underwriting
syndicate was thus stated:
1.-THE residue of the common and pre-
ferred stock of this corporation, deliev-
cred to the syndicate under the n
tract Of March 1. 1901. and not used for
the acquisition by it Of the stocks Of
the specified companies, amounted to
GAS. 1887 shares of preferred stock and
649. 1888 shares OF common stock. Thi
| residue of stock or the proceeds thereof,
after reimbursing the syndicate the
SZo,VVV,VVU III CASH WHICH, IL pdio ~ say
corporation, and approximately $1,000,
900 for other syndicate obligations and
expenses, constituted the surplus OF
profit Of the syndicate"
The condensed balance sheet for No.
vember 30th showed that on that day
! the accounts receivable aggregated $io,-
| 269. 453. the bills receivable 2.821, 1853 and
the cash on hand SIS. 315. 527, a grand to-
tai of $103, 406, IA. The current liabilities
on Nocember 30th were stated at $50,
269, $50. and the surplus Of the corpo--
alton and the subsidiary companies vas
placed at STA, 344, 229. The cost Of the
properties owned and operated by the
several federated companies was given
as 1.437, 494.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-31
A SHIP IN GREAT DANGER.
Stranded Steamer Loaded with by
Mantle and Railway Iron.

Norfolk, Va, January 29.-Fffteen
hundred cases or Is. 200 POUNDS of dyna-
,hite is a part of the cargo in the hold
CT the Norwegian steamship Daggery.
that is ashore near Gull Shoals life
saving station on the Carolina coast
Heavy railroad iron composes he bal
ance of the cargo. An easterly gale has
!ashed the sea into a fury. The storm
mas blown down the coast wires south
OF Cape Henry.
At last reports the ship was listing
heavily to starboard and was being
beaten unmercifully by the waves
II the railroad iron and dynamite get
together an explosion Of terrible force
is looked for.