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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-09-24
Mammalian Elected Grand Master
(3v the Associated Press

(3y the Associated TFess.I
Chattanooga. Tenn, Sept. 22.-John j.
Hannahan was today elected Grand Mas
ter of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Fircn en- to succeed Frank F. Sargent, re-
Gently appointed Commissioner of Immi-
grafton.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-09-24

The Academic Board of the Naval
Academy at Annapolis passed among the
candidates for midshipmen, who were
found to be slightly deficient in one or
more studies by the Civil Service Exam
liners w. H. Stevenson and NJ. T.. Man
ley, of North Carolina.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-09-24

ton, surrounded by troops and followed
by the mob kissing and jeering. The
strike leaders procured bail for them
and they were released
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-09-24
Mr.. Proctor a Shade Better.

Especial to News and Observer)
Lumberton N. c.. Sept. 22.-The con-
dition of Mr., E. X Proctor, Jr., is slight
ly improved though he is very sick.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-09-24
DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES.

Further investigation into the death of
Miss Grunter satisfies the police that it
has been due to natural causes though
of a somewhat peculiar nature. Their
theory is that the young woman had re-
ceived news that love affair had ended
unhappily for her. and that in a violent
fit Of emotion she had burst a blood yes
sci.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-07-08
GOLDSBORO GOSSIP.

Goldsboro, N. c., July 5.
The board of public works have Or
ganized by electing Mr.. Charles Dewey
chairman and have assumed control of
the electric light plant and the water
works. The provisions on the bonds for
the purchase of the electric lights and
w~aterworks have been turned over to
the board of public works to enable
them to make some much needed i'm
provements n extensions. The board
has elected Mr.. John S. Dortch sper-
intendent of public works and Mr..
Frank Edons secretary and treasurer.
Under municipal control it is expected
that both water and lights will come
much cheaper to the consumer in the
near future. 1t is calculated that the
city will get both water n lights free
of cost. Heretofore these items have
cost the city about 5000 a year.
The board of aldermen have given
the two horse hose reel companies Of
the fire department permission to take
their apparatus to Raleigh on the 22nd
of July to participate in the State Fire
mems tournament. An appropriation
of $50 has been made to each company
for the purpose of defraying the eX-
penses of attending the tournament.
The lodges of Odd Fellows at Rocky
Mount and Tarboro sent delegations to
the city yesterday to visit the state or
phan home of the order. The delega-
ton were given a reception by the SUI
p-erintendent and children in the beau
tiful little chapel of the home. The
visitors expressed themselves much
pleased and impressed with the manage
ment of the home and with its high and
healthful location and picturesque sur
~roundings. Tie delegation returned
home last night we'll pleased with their
visit.
A fire yesterday afternoon destroyed
Il small farm tenant building occupied
by colored people in the Little WASH
ington district of Goldsboro. The alarm
was turned in from box No. A and
caused the prompt response of the fire
department, whic prevented any serious
damage to adjacent property.
The Fourtl. of July passed on very
quietly in Goldsboro. There was no
demonstration and nothing to distln-
guish it from any other day.
Mr.. w. H. Borden. president of the
oldsboro furniture factory, which has
been shut down for a week for repairs,
has gone to New York on a pleasure
trip.
Judge w. R. Allen, the nominee for
Judge of this district of the democratic
party. has gone to New York on profess
sional business.
Miss Clara F. Shaw. the stenographer
IN n. law office of Allen & Dortch, has
gone to New York city to visit her par
entS.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-07-08
SUDDEN DEATH FROM HEAT.
The Cook on the Steamer Hurt
Up Town Twice Yesterday and
After Lying Down for n Half Hour
Some One i'm Passing Discovered
that He Had Expired.

Yesterday afternoon about 4 o'clock
William Dunn, the colored cook on the
steamer Hurt, was found dead in his
bunk. He had been down town twice
during the day making some purchases
and thirty minutes before he was found
l~ifeless, he was on deck. He had not
been complaining but said he believed
that he would lie down and take a rest.
Some one passed his bunk and notic-
ing a strange pallor on his face came
out and told his brother. Abram Dunn,
steward on the boat, hat they believed
he was dead. They carried him into
the open air n found that his body
was entirely l~ifeless.
DR.. G. D. Bell, the coroner, was mott
fled n examined the body. Heart
trouble, supinduced by heat, was pro-
nounced as the cause of DEATH. The
deceased leaves a wife and one child
in Fayetteville and his body will be
sent up on the steamer this morning.
The Hunt arrived here from Fayette-
vile at 1925 p. m. on Friday. Dunn
was 63 years old and had been engaged
on the steamer as cook on the 10th Of
June.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-07-08

1.-The Northwest" says an eastern
contemporary, never had such an in
Influx of homeseekers and settlers as
this year, and they have money for
farms and homes and implements. This
lis evident from the fact that some are
lpaying $40 per acre tor lands which
could not have been sold for a quarter
of that amount two or hree years ago.
THE extent Of this immigration move
lment is almost incredible. 1t is report
led from st. Pau that in 60 days endins
April II more than 100. 600 homeseekers
Ipassed through that city bound for the
northwest, and that $4,000 ars Of
freight belonging to them were also
transported"
Why Is it that so few OF these home
seekers come south, where the lands are
cheaper and better. where the climate Is
more genial, and where II Is much
easier to live and become Independent
from the soil ?Louisvilie Courler-Journal
The production of goid in the Trans
lvaal when the recent war began Is
stated by Mr.. Johns Hays Hammond,
the eminent American engineer, 10 have
been bout 800, OO0, 900. OF this about n
per cent. was the output OF a narrow
Isection of country about nine and one
half miles long, on which Johannesburg
lis situated. This field is thought TO con-
tain over 5000, 100000 Of gold in reach
TINS Will De WORKED OuI, II Is esllIidlEO
In something over % years and have a
telling effect on the value Of the worlds
money. Within a year from now, Mr.
Hammond thinks. the production Will
be again at the rate of 500. 100000 a
Iyear and within three years IL viii be as
much as $125, 900 900 a year. Besides the
Rand there are many other regions or
South Africa-Rhodesia for example
rich I'm gold, and statesmen and finan-
Iciers cannot but wonder what the effect
lof a general increase o. production will
bs.-Baltimore Sun.
Up to the present time the takings Of
Icotton by southern mills is 1913 per
lcent. and by northern mills 11-s7 per
cent. greater than at the same time last
year. This indicates 4 total consump-
ton for the year OF 1.ss5 900 bales by
southern and 2,290.0o0 by northern. or a
total of 4.156.0 600 bales by American
mills. Consumption b. American mills
will go above 1000 900 this year for the
first time in history, and will mount to
nearly 40 per cent. o. the entire crop.
The American consumption for the cot
Am year 1s99-1900 was the largest hat
has ever been known UP to the present
time. Then IL amounted 10 fl per cent.
of the crop. but as the crop or the pres
ent year Will prove larger. the actual
consumption two years ago was about
50O, 900 bales short OF What II promises
to be for this year.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-07-08
HERE AND THERE.

The end of the fiscal rear, July LIST,
finds in the national treasury a surplus
of $92, 1913, 800. Upon his showing it
would appear to be about time for tie
repeal of the war taxes.-Charlotte
Observer.
Seven years ago southern factories
consumed So, 900 bales of cotton and
northern factories 2,0i9,0 0 This is a
gain of 1853 and 1874 per cent, respect
lively. If it should continue at the same
rate seven years longer, southern tacto-
irfes would manufacture yer 1000, 00O
bales and northern 100000 bales of
American cotton.-Jacksonville Times
Union
That a dire calamity in the shape OF
la great war threatens the United
States. that lives will be sacrificed by
the thousands and that havoc will be
wrought from n end of the nation to
the other is the prediction of DR.. A.
Ecker, of this city, Who has had an
iother vision" His first VISION" &C.
Cured several months before President
Mckinley was assassinated, and he
prophesied hat the president. If re-
detected, would not live out the term. So
Impressed is the doctor with his latest
occult message that he has warned
President Roosevelt.-Duluth Dispatch.
LII tHe NOTlD american ReVleW IOr
July Mr.. Edison has an article on THE
Storage Battery and The Motor Car
in which he states that the final tests
are being made with 4 storage battery
OF his invention that gave every reason
for the belief hat in It the manufact-
urers of motor cars will have an abso-
llutely unobjecIionaDle motive power
cost, weight and simplicity all consid-
cred. And, moreover, he asserts the
conviction hat 1t will soon place motor
cars within the reach Of men of moder-
ate means.-Augusta Chronicle
W. H. Peasants traffic manager of
the Seaboard Air Line, will resign in the
near future to go with the Ocean
Steamship Company, o. which he was
traffic manager at thu time he went
with the Seaboard. 1t is believed that
Mr.. Peasants will be made president
land general manager o. the Ocean Conn
Ipany and that he viii have full charge
of the affairs of the company. Ru-
lmors of this change have been abroad
for some time, but were only confirm
led yesterday. The change is brought
Iabout by no trouble on the Seaboard
las Mr.. Peasants relations with the
lother officials were most pleasant. but
lis simply another promotion for an OF
|fcial who has recently attained great
neutrality-suspicious. Constitution
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-07-08
A BLUFF.
Judge JarrOtt's story of His First
Case Before Judge White.

Judge Jarrett tells this story to the
Kansas City Star Of the first time he
came to Kansas City and tried a case
before the late Judge White Of the GRIM
nal bench:
Il was quite young then. In fact, /
was what might be called a green coun-
try lawyer who had never been to the
city before. 1 had been told that Judge
White was a Tartar, so you can imagine
that I was somewhat nervous when /
appeared before him defending one of
my own country boys who had come TO
the city and got into trouble.
"a panel of twenty-four jurors had
been selected, n all of them had qual-
flied as being unprejudiced. AS you
know, after the states attorneys have
made their challenges and turned the
list over to the defendants attorney a
reasonable time is allowed the defense
to trike off the names Of men II does
not care to have on the jury. twelve
of the panel had taken seats in the jury
box, while the remainder occupied
chairs nea NV
Before the list was handed to me
Judge White looked over his glasses
and scowled.
Young man. he said herceiy, !
don't want you to delay this court by
taking two or three hours to make your
challenges. BY a reasonable time is
not meant all forenoon
"Of course / was frightened but j
acted on a thought that came TO me
like a flash.
Your honor 1 said, L have no de-
sire to delay the court. The twelve
men who happen to occupy the jury
box will be satisfactory to me- L lon't
know any of them, and they don't know
me-
but, your honor exclaimed the
prosecutor, L want a few moments in
which to make challenges
Cant have it, said the judge, IL
the defendant is willing to take his
chances the state surely should be
equally willing
THE case was tried, and / won it. j
cleared my man. Judge White came
down from the bench n walked to
where I was standing.
Young man. he said, you're a po-
ker player, aren't your
mo, judge I answered bashfully'
L haven't played any poker since 1 be-
came a man
Nonsense said Judge White. a
man who calls a bluff like / made At
you a little while ago Is bound to De 4
poker player of the first water.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-07-08

OF value for every dollars raid OH,
than in any other department"
Mr.. Arthur Prempert. a Whining
tonian, who Is at present in the service
at Winston-Salem, made an appro-
pirate response to Mr.. Wallace, after
which h convention proceeded with
its business.
After considerable business Of a. rou-
tine nature had been transacted. the
following officers were elected for the
ensuing year:
President-w. B. Stewart, of Green's
boro.
vice-President-w. NJ. jarrett. of
Asheville.
Secretary and Treasurer-W. l. Vest
Of Winston-Salem.
Sargeant-at-Arms-J. E. Hall, of
Wilmington.
When the selection of the meeting
place for the convention to be held
July 4th next veal was II order, Win
ston-Salem, Asheville, Greensboro and
Raleigh made bids for the convention.
Raleigh won the favor.
Before a~djourning the convention
adopted the following resolution:
Resolved, By tie letter carriers Of
the North Carolina State Convention,
this July 4th, 1907, that our hearty
thanks be extended to Branch AGA, Of
Wilmington, for their untiring efforts
IN our behalf, and for the cordial well
come and treatment we have received
at their hands: also t Brother A. B.
Guyton and w. G. A. Ottersen for the
able IN in which they performed
their work as committee of entertain
ment.
Resolved, That a vote of thanks be
extended to the postmaster and assist
an postmaster for their cooperation
in u behalf; furthermore that we TX
tend u thanks to the knights of
Pythias for the use Of their hall, and
to the city press for kindly mention"
After the convention adjourned re-
freshments were served.
By courtesy of the Wilmington
branch, the visitors were taken on an
excursion to Wrightsville Beach, going
down in a party on the 3:15 p. m. train.
They made headquarters at the Ocean
View Hotel, of which Mr.. A. A. Nathan
is proprietor, and at night they were
served with one of his elegant pig-fish
suppers.
The delegates greatly enjoyed their
trip to the ocean and had a good time
while here. Some of them returned
home Friday evening and others left
last evening.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-07-08
How Booth eur '.POOr YOrick's
skull.

The elder Booth acquired a skull for
use in Hamlet" in an odd manner, ac-
cording to a story in Seen and Heard
The t~ragedian, somewhat in his cups,
was travelling near Louisville, when he
took a horse from a field and rode off
with 1t. Horse stealing at that time
was a capital offence in Kentucky, and
the greatest horse thief was a man
named Fontaine. Booth was soon over
TAKEN, n when asked where he got
the animal, said:
Il captured him in a field back here
Indeed, said one of the farmers
And what might o u name be-"
NJ name is Fortaine." said Booth.
without a smile.
"Fontaine!" circulated both men sim
ultaneously. Then you are the very
man we want. Come back to town with
u.s."
Certainly said Booth in the most
good natured manner; and. wheeling
the horse, he o d pack to Louisville
with his captors.
The city Jail was then in charge of a
Colonel Thomas, who knew Booth well.
W. have brought o Fontaine, the
horse thief. and claim the reward" said
h farmers, proudly. addressing the
jailer.
Where is he?" they were asked.
Booth was produced. why, what does
this mean, Mr.. Booth?" asked Thomas
81 haven't the slightest idea" said
the great tragedian. with the utmost
simplicity. Il met these two men With
this horse, and they insisted upon CIV
ing it to me. / guess they stole II. j
think n Of them is Fontaine."
The rustics were about to be Iockeo
UP, when, by the most singular Gomez
dence, a man rushed to the prison door
on horseback and shouted out the infor-
nation that the real Fontaine had bee
taken into custody. Booth made Fon-
taine's acquaintance in jail. and the
horse thief, who was executed later. LETT
by win his skull to the actor--New
York Tribuna-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-07-08
Green Goods

DR.. Sparrow practices in South Chi
lcago. She was one Of the many wit
nesses called by Mrs. Benham's attor-
neys to prove that DIR. Julian Howe,
who was a close friend Of hrs BeE-
ham. was Of good moral character. She
Testified that DIR. Howe had a good re-
lputation.
did you know a mar named Con-
lnors who lived ar Mrs. Howe's?s asked
IAttorney Thompson on cross-examin-
Ietion.
Yes"
"What did he do?"
He peddled green goods."
You don't mean green goods?"
Yes, Green goods"
"What7 Green eoods?"
Yes, green goods-vegetaoies.
lChicago JouE1al -
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-07-08

II is said hat a restaurant in Pniid-
delphia alternates Scriptural teAts
with business epigrams. and that the
result is something like this: Tine
Lord giveth and the Lord taketh
away" Watch you hats n over
Coats Man shall not live by bread
alone" Try our hamburger steak with
onions. 20 CENTS Take ne thought
for your life, what ye eat or what ye
shall drink" Welsh rabbit and Lob
ster a la Newbury TO order;s 'sThe
wind passeth over II, and II Is gone,
and the place thereof shall know 1t nc
more" I'VE positively cannot be re-
sponsible for umbrellas or personal
property."-Webster's Weekly.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-07-08

Colonel w. II. S. Burgwyn, a well
known and prominent North Carolina
democrat, is reported to have said in
Washington last week nat IN ms op.Is
he subseryed by the reelection of Sena-
for Pritchard. The colonel will have to
do some explaining-Statesviile Land
mark.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-07-08

McDufae's Turpentine & Mutton Suet
Lung Plaster is a certain cure for
whooping cough, easy and comfortable
works while You sleep. Is cents at R. r.
BeIlamys-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-16
HAD DOUBLE PNEUMONIA.
Young Roosevslt's iluess Due TO Cooling Off
loo Rapidly After Exercising.
lEy AssociateG Press

GROTCN, MASS, Feb 15.-aIrs. Roose-
velt stated late this evening. that her son
was doing splendidly, and that they weTs
all extremely gratihed with his improve
meut. Should no new complications arise,
l. IS Mrs. RooseveIt's belief that she will
be able to take her son to Washington
some time next week.
Miss Alice Roosevelt arrived at Groton
this evening. accompanied BY the steward
OF the White House.
a medical review of young Roosevelts
case shows that the boy became i'll as
the result OF cooling off suddenly after
violent exercise 1t was a typical case OF
double pneumonia.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-16
l7-YEAR LOCUSTS
TO COME tn JUNE
This Most Mysterious and Anomalous OF IN
seets Due in Virginia After Nearly Two
Decades of Enforced Absence.
SLEEPS YEARS TO LIVE A FEW WEEKS

self for q little longer period, pe:Eap'.
with the placing OF the eggs which are
TO produce the subsequent generation sew
enteeu or thirteen years later At .ia
close of its short aerial existence tha
Ctcada falls to the ground again, per
haps within few fet of the point from
which it issued, to be there dlsmembered
and scattered about. clrpeting the sur
face of the ground with it's wings ana
tho fragments of it's body
MOST INTERESTING OF INSECTS.
The report again says .'The periodi-
cal or seventeen-year Cicada is. In the
curious features of it's life history, the
most anomalous and interesting OF All
the insects peculiar to the American CON
tinent.
This Cicada is especially remarkable
in it's a0olescent period, the features c.
particular divergence from all other in
sects being its long subterraean life OK
thirteen or seventeen years, during all
of which time it's existence is unsuspect-
Cd and uninlcatee by any superficial sign
and the perfect regularity with Whlcit
at the end of these periods every GEN
Grafton. though numbering millions OF
Individuals. attains maturity almost at
the same moment.
SOME ARRIVE, EVERY YEAR.
1t wouldn't be so bad If the locusts
didn't come but once in seventeen years.
Sut there are Il number of broods OF 10
Gusts and they come to some section g
the country every year. If it ISM TIC
time for the seventeen-ycar pests > az.
rive. it is for the thtrteen-year SeEtrt.
, or some other brood. They all have the
same Intent of laying eggs and inciden-
tally killing all the young trees that set
in their way. In the middle west they
destroy thousands of dollars worth of
property. They are dreaded like q
praira fire.
In his annual report. soon to come
from the printers, Mr. koiner. the conf
| missioner os agriculture. warns the farm
ers of Virginia against them. and gives
a remedy fer keeping them Gift young
trees. which he has himself tried and
found to be effective. In fact, he thought
out the remedy.
II is. briefly stated, as follows: Lop
of THE outer limbs 'of the tree. cover
with cheese cloth. and wrap fhe body
of the tree with newspapers. The lat
| ter keep off evil here too
1Thej-e Isl mystery about the tlocusbs:
| everyone is interested by the mysterious.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-16

other markets. principally at the small
towns III the-upper counties, send 1T to
THE warehouses in this city, where they
always sell ut 4 profit. One OF these
spectators this week brought several
lots of tobacco to Petersburg. Ono lot
he sold at Il profit OF moro than $3.50 per
hundred, another ut 500 and Il third at
more than $500 per hundred.
FIRtl,IN BARBERsSHOP.
/ One of the stores under the Academy OF
.AIusico on Bank Street. which is occupied
by Ned Archer as a barber shop, caught
fire this morning, ssomc show bills that
We're in the store taking fire from the
heat of the stove The heat caused the
bursting Of d large plate glass window in
the front, and this, with slight dana ge
to fixtures, was the only loss
The stocdholdcr Of the Ettrick Manu-
featuring, Company will meet next Fri
day, having failed to transact any bust
ness yesterday for lack of a quorum. The
company will increase its output by in
stallnS modern machinery.
BRIEF NEWS MONIES.
Mr.. r. e. Richardson, of the National
Iiremen'S Association, has been i'll Pc
tersburg working in the interest of the
Firemen's Relief Association in this city.
George A Thompson Council No Is,
Daughters of Liberty, held a Valentine
party last night. Mr.. Miller, OF hich-
mond. State secretary, was the auction
ecr, and a neat sum was realized for the
order.
Mr. Harry Steele Morrison, Tie boy
traveller, has been secured by Tie boys
department OF the Young Mems Chris
tan Association to talk on MY Tramps
Abroad" Tuesd;ly night.
Mr.. J. Z. Whtehorne, formerly of
George j. Morrison and Company. and
j. W. Scosgin, frouerly with John r.
Turner, have purchased the dry goods
business of George +. Morrison and Com
pany, and will continue it under the firm
name OF Whitehorne ard scoggin.