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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-23

said Mrs. J~aneway. on the Y of be-
coming Mrs. Plat, 10 a reporter sen
ator PIatt is fully capable Of handling
any attempt at blackmail." Should
Szy so!-Atlanta Constitution
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-23
NORTH CAROLINA.

hahl ana CHai : 10y "o" fun-
nihs - A-tlie 1tNeI' me pIlusF dcIoSS
grading of the road will he nushed on
towards Troy.
olpr,aIS FI!7IIu' we Tegr7l . earn
"a -" H.o -
C"eH'y-one years Deeh pastor VI 'Ie
CAAoIu D1PI-aL ciuIcl' mas O-IILGi9u ~
The chufeh ms resignation. ne mas
can 20 liz u "
church III Newman county
Greensboro Telegram: Mr.. W. H.
Smith manager of the University foot
haH team was mere yesterday - lI"he
arFdhSelhehls IOI d game u 49, :"
70 be played mere on OcLoD7l "I-I' nc
tween me ILLEetSilS %
10 anu IHF oHI'7i'1| :"
tedhN
The Tar Heel: \ survey has been
cOmnfetcd for = new railroad TO extend
from Whittier to 5000 Gap. y. c.. in the
PaIsam mountains. The L~tppincotts, of
The Mason Lumber Com
many the Hans-Rars Tannin COmpa
nv and several Eastern CAPITALISTS are
said To he interested in the road. which
will h. about twenty-four miles in
length, traT"rsihS Il region "1 Original
forest OF oak ana LaIu "oou
Wilson Times: Mr.. Allan. of Phila-
deInbia and Mr.. Andrews who is at he
be,5 re the Enfield y. G.. knitting mill
are IN town with q prOposition to our
neonIe To buiId p knitting mill here.
both ara practical mill men and desire
to erect a mill to cost on the start $1O,-
900 They taking $4,000 and our people
the haIauce-S6 OOO. and construct a
DIInt that will employ frty hands and
manufacture infants and ahiIdren's
ribbed hose from Is TO GS.
Yesterday that = new church building
& To he built bv the Catholics of the
,fty. The edffce they propose to build
viii cost harV--eu fifty and seventy
five thousand dollars. y friend of the
movement states that he will furnish
all he stone for the church. provided
the church will pay for its tlanSpOrta-
zion. Mr.. 7. NJ. TheObOId. VINO is one
IF the trustees of the church, said that
he did not know how long it would be
before the erection of the new church
edifce would be begun. but it probably
would be several months.
n Ii,t1a u-b,ta
hoy apDarentIv about three years of
age, was found wandering about the
fair ground Yesterday afternoon n
all efforts to locate his parents lave
inns far be4n futile, He was terribly
frightened when found in front Of the
grand stand and it was impossible to
find out his name or anything about
him Mr.. Hanna. one of the fOremen
at White Oak cOttOr mill. tOok him in
charge offering TO adopt him if his par
ents couId not he located. 1t is thought
that he was carried to the fair grounds
Yesterday morning and deserted
'Leeli9poIo -
man cdu5H'
lhohu SCAR pm IIoI u%s -
young man lionI -
9'"S - aa noa,iraa
The bond at first was fixed at $3.50 but
it was later reduced to $500. This man
is supposed to have belonged to the
gang of pickpockets who have rifled the
pocket of so many people within the
last few DAYS. PickpOckets haV Sc
cured hundreds of dollars here during
the past week. They secured amounts
ranging from $40 to only a few dollars.
ohdIIo'le C"'ei iH -
court SeA'elu"S "iol ~ Il
~. iH11t, ,.Iaatto
OF lreuei lNeH' "S"i"s ~
ana oh'iiotle ~ Inv ~ Ioa.h
pahE' Tor Hlo'"oV d"'iIoSts u ~ -
or me ue'e"Seu' Soan. daT
n'u peeH ''ilI" 80
4IGACAL ANtN- l. 90 q AAANN OtA 49,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-23

Addressing his Cleveland. Ohio. Sun
day school. recently. Deacon Rockefel-
Ter walked eloquent on the bIessedness
of giving. He said nary a word about
taking-AtIanta Constitution
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-23

Senator Proctor, Of Vermont tomb
stone contract fame, is knocking like a
Boston anti-imperialist about holding
the Philippines. This looks Ike basa
Observation-Disclosures COnstitutiOn
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-23

Wonder what the only living ex-presi-
dent thinks now OF the way he let Theo-
dore Roosevelt. then at the head Of the
civil service commission, jolly him r t
that offensive partisanship'' ruie?-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-23

Only one remedy in the world that
will at once stop itChiness of the skin
in any part of the BODY. DOan's Oint-
ment. At any drug store. so cents.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-23

Brother J. PierpOnt Morgan cleaned
up enough on the Shipbuilding trust
ounce to buy some more London
churches electric lighting plants and
never feel it.-Atlanta Constitution.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-01-23
RETAIL GROCERS.
Open a Three Days Session at Kansas
City-Much Important Work
Will Be Done.

Kansas City, Mo-, a 15.-Grocers
are here from all parts Of the country
to attend the sixth annual convention
Of the National Association OF Retail
Grocers, which opened a three days
meeting here today.
Three hundred delegates We're expect
ed, but only two-thirds of that number
had arrived when the first session was
called to order this morning. All ma
tional officers of the association are
mere n according to President Jo-
seph e. Williams of South Bend, Ind.
much important work will be done.
National Secretary Charles Pfeiffer of
ST. Louis said: I'VE want to take such
definite action that passage Of a ma
tional pure food law will be assured.
We also wish to amend the interstate
law, which d~iscriminates
against the small merchant
Legislation Is also desired to prevent
wholesale grocers from selling directly
TO consumers. Two fights are looked
FOR, one on a proposition to change the
name of the association with a view to
making it's scope broader, the other
on the next convention place.
The first session was taken up prin-
:ipally in routine work and closed with
an address by William Gray of Brook
lyn on Evils of the Department
store"
In the afternoon the annual reports
Of the various officers were presented
and an address delivered by Paul Find.
say OF Madison, Wis.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-01-23
MANY N ROBBED.
Fifty-Six Within Four Months Makes
an ALARMING Record.

Fifty-Six Within Four Months Makes
an Alarming Record.
Chicago, Jan. 15.-Fifty-six bank rob-
berries in the United States in less than
four months is the record which is wor-
rying the country bankers.
Illinois and Nebraska head the list
with seven robberie4 each. Indiana has
five. Missouri and G'exas four each,
New York, Pennsylvania, South Dakota,
Wisconsin n Tennessee have three
each as their share, Iowa, Kansas, Min
nesota and South Carolina each have
two The singles are Kentucky, Mon
tana. New Mexico and Utah.
In the Office of the Pinkerton detect
i've agency there is a large map OF the
United States, which is dotted In spots
and patches with little tags made fast
to it with pins. They start in the right
hand upper r at Thomaston, Me.
The next one is Vermont. Then are
three times in New York, three in Penn
sylvania. and then after that a swarm
in Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska and
other middle western states.
The one farthest west in this thick
settlement is marked Normana, Neb.
Then it is a long journey to the final
stopping place at Price, Utah. There
are no tags farther west than that. The
Pacific coast Is absolutely clear OF
them. H
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-01-23
MURPHY ON TRUSTS.
New Jersey Executive consratulates
His State or Graft That Has
Melted Thirteen Millions.

Trenton. N. j., Jar. 15.-Governor MUIR
ply in his message to the legislature
takes occasion to deny that corporations
organized under New Jerseys laws have
unusual or unwise powers. He says:
Corporations that want to do a lisbon
est business have a hard time OF 1t under
the New Je.sa1 law. Corporations that
desire to conduct their business as honest
men are protected as fully and completely
as is any individual in the state, but not
more. As a matter of fact there are few
IL any real trusts, and the name is given
promiscuously to large corporations of all
kinds, especially II composed of a comLl-
nation of a number Of smaller concerns.
Our people are too enterprising to allow
monopolies to exist. In the last ten years
corporations organized under our benefi-
cent laws have paid the state $13, 600, 900.
Their capitalization is many billions and
the number of stockholders hundreds OF
thousands. The state has 1t obligations
to these stockholders. Let us live up to
them frankly and manfully, and not be
ashamed to be honest.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-01-23
BtLLEO AS WHEAT.
Illinois Operators Have Infamous Plan
to Boost Price of Coal.

iIiInOIS operators nave INFAMOUS Flan
to Boost Price of Goal.
Peoria, H., Jan. 1.-THE 0 oper-
ntors of central Illinois n the rail-
roads have been detected in a scheme.
for holding up the retail dealers and
boosting up the price of soft coal which,
is Infamous in it's working. Grain cars
are loaded with soft Goa AND billed as
wheat. Thousands of carloads have
been concealed in this Whole
sale and retail dealers alike are at the
mercy of the operators and the rail-
roads, who tell the dealers that they are
behind in the output. The coal is then
stored on out-of-the-way sidings and
held for the highest bidders.
These operators pay the railroads 81
per day for demurrage, but owing to
the eXorbitant price to which they have
advanced coal they still make a hand
some profit.
There IS great suffering in this city
on account of the lack Of fuel and pub
lie buildings will probably be closed for
a of coal. Factories and distilleries
are in the same position and if they are
compelled to close it will throw thou
sands of men out Of employment.
Goa advanced here last evening in
two hours IS cents a ton. The situation
here is distressing in spite of the fact
that there are hundreds of cars of coal
standing in the switch yards about the
ri W ........ .s.3.. ..r. ...
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-01-23
lanes H. TILLMAN
SHOOTS AN EDITOR
Lieutenant Governor Of South
Carolina Keeps UP Fire
Eating Reputation.
is WITHOUT ~PROvOCATiON
The Victim, N. G. Gonzales Of the Co.
lumbia State, Is Seriously Wound
ed-Political Differences
Cause Of Trouble.

Columbia, S.. c., Jan. I'm. G. Con
zales, editor of the State, was shot
down on the street here today by Hon.
James H. Tillman. lieutenant governor
of South Carolina. The wound is in
the tomach and may be serious
While walking home to lunch Con-
Zales was met by Tillman and two state
senator's. Tillman stopped close to
Gonzales and drawing a revolver,
placed the weapon close to him and
fired. Gonzales staggered, but was
caught by the two men.
Tlllman after the shooting walked
away, Wiping the revolver on his coat.
He was arrested.
Bullet Went Through Body.
The bullet entered Gonzales right
side and went entirely through his
BODY.
Gonzales says the shooting was en-
tirely without provocation.
1t is said Tillman and Gonzales have
not been on speaking terms since Till
mans campaign for governor, when
Gonzales was bitterly opposed to him in
his race for the gubernaturial nominal
ton.
1t is said not a word was spoken be-
tween the editor and the lieutenant
governor when they met on the street.
Tillman declines to make any state
ment at present.
Tillman Refuses to Talk.
Columbia, S.. c., Jan. 17.-Under the
advice OF his counsel Mr.. Tillman re-
fused absolutely last night to discuss
the matter.
AT midnight the surgeons issued the
following bulletin as TO MI. Gonzales
condition:
Pulse, III; respiration, 81; resting
easily
Governor McSweeney was asked for
an expression as to the affair, and he
said:
1T was d most deplorable affair, and
that is all l can say about it just now,
further than to cay that the conduct Of
a state officer in carrying concealed
weapons cannot be too severely on
demned, for he is one whose warm duty
it is to uphold the law and defend the
law in this respect, as well as in 9TH
Ial.SN
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-01-23
RUINED WORKS OF ART,
Eccentric Millionaire Has Draperies
Painted on Gerome's Pictures.

GCCCneTIc miiilonaire mas OfsPerleS
Painted on Gerome's Pictures.
Paris, Jan. 19.-M. Gerome, the cele-
brated painter, is suing NJ. Brandus, a
picture dealer, respecting alterations
alleged to nave been made in Gerome's
famous salon picture entitled "a Court
Promenade in the Gardens Of Yer
SailleS."
The painting was sold in 1896 to
George M. Tynes, a resident Of New
York, n was taken to the United
States, where M. Brandus bought. it
about w years ago on the disposal Of
Mr.. Tynes' collection. M. Brandus
brought the picture to Paris and Of
fered it for sale. M. Gerome on seeing
it discovered that the remarkable eff
feet of light produced by the setting
sun and rising moon for which the pic
ture was famous, had been painted out
and replaced by respondent sunshine,
which admittedly had been done skill
fully.
M. Gerome applied to the courts to
impound the picture pending further
action against M. Brandus, and the
judges enjoined the latter from parting
with the painting.
M. Brandus disclaims any connection
with or knowledge of the alteration,
which is ascribed in art circles to the
American purchasers initiative.
Tits said that he was eccentric and
caused several famous pictures in his
nudes at the Paris salon and had
clothes painted over them. The least
artistically offensive of these alleged
vandalisms was the embellishing Of a
beautiful nude by Delacroix, with flow
ing drarery, While a worse instance
was the dressing of a figure of Psyche
In a fashionable tailor made gown and
a picture hat.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-01-23

Tor any comment from me. It is some
.nlns nat In my opinion, does not de-
serve ny attention whatever. viii
not pay any attention to it,"
PRESIDENT T%ruesdale of the Delaware.
and Western railroad, was
not at his office. In his absence he
iesolut1on was placed before Vice Pres
luent Loomis, who has charge of the
coal business of the company. Mr.. Loo
laughed.
l 90 not want to criticise anything
.lal they 40 IN Washington. 1t is of no
consequence" he said.
PRESIDENT Fowler of the New York.
Ontario and Western railroad, said that
ne knew nothing about what they were
DONG in Washington and was too busy
10 discuss what they might do there, as
ne did not care what they thousht.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-01-23
FUEL SHORTAGE.
The One Seriously Disturbing Element
in Industrial Situation-No Pros
pect of Normal Conditions.

New York. Jan. 19.-R. G. Dun d
Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says:
Fuel shortage is still the one serious
~ disturbing element in the Industrial
situation. Transporting facilities have
been diverted from other merchandise
to the disadvantage OF shippers, yet
iron furnaces are unable to secure suf-
tcient supplies of coke, and many 9TH
err manufacturing plants are closed be-
cause of inadequate coal deliveries.
Mines are more fully operated, but
there is no prospect of normal condi-
lions until spring. Extremely low tenn
perature during the past week stimu-
lated distribution of heavy clothing and
other seasonable goods. Retail trade
was accelerated by the customary
clearances, especially in dry goods and
sending in large orders for. spring
goods, the volume of advance business
surprising the customary amount for
this time of year..
Quiet conditions in the iron and steel
markets do not mean dullness or
diminishing consumption, but merely
the oversold condition of furnaces and
mills. together with great uncertainty
about keeping plants active on q day
to day supply of fuel.
New plans constantly come forward
for large office buildings, notably at the
west, Which means vigorous consump-
ton Of structural steel and the de-
mand from car builders are phenom-
email. .
Practically the entire capacity of the
reading plants is already booked for six
months, and at many concerns the last
half OF the year will bring no idleness
unless orders are Cancelled.
Eastern manufacturers of footwear
are fully employed on spring shoes, but
new orders are light for later delivery,
although western jobbers purchase
freely of fall samples. Quiet conditions
in leather have BEEN succeeded by an
increased demand for hemlock sole and
standard uppers. Dry goods trading
has increased in volume. Cotton and
wooden goods are steady.
Only moderate fluctuations have oc-
Cured in the great staples, with the
tendency upward and a conspicuous
ly firm tone in evidence. Higher prices
have been charged for refined sugar,
and raw grades are firm, but weakness
is the feature in coffee, owing to excess
slVe supplies at allspoints.
Failures for the week numbered 2G7
in the United States. against 1874 last
year, and 3S in Canada, compared with
40 a year
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-01-23
THREW COAL IN SEWER.
Terrible Mistake Made by a Colored
Workman in Washinnton.

workman IN Washington.
Washington, Jan 19.-Some of the peo-
pie of Washington h We their coal cellars
under the idewalks. On some of the
streets the sewers run under the side
walks also, and both the coal cellars and
the sewers are reached by manholes in
the pavement, which are covered with
iron plates. This arrangement has caused
an incident which has amused all WASH
ington. a certain banker living on Con-
necticut avenue after persistent entreaties
secured three tons of coal the other day,
for which he paid SIS a ton. The coal
was delivered according TO his order and
dumped on the sidewalk in front of his
house, but a colored man, --ho was en-
ployed to stow it away lifted the plate
from the wrong manhole and shoveled all
of the coal into the sewer. The city Off
cialS are now after the banker for OBJ
structing the sewer, and the banker is
after the coal dealer for more coal. He
has employed several men to get the coal
out of the sewer, but it is a difficult bust
ness. They have to send q boy down,
who passes it up in tin cups.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-01-23
ST. LOUIS is SAFE.
Steamer Passed Nantucket Liahtship
at $40 p. M.

~Siaconset, Mass, Jan. 19.-The Amer
lean III steamer st. Louis passed Nam
tucket lightship at GAO p. m.
New York, Jam. 17.-Word reached
this city last evening that the Amer
lean line steamer St. Louis, from
southampton January 3 for New York,
was sighted off Nantucket lightship at
$40 p. M, going dead slow. Signals
were made to the South Shore lightship,
but owing to the fact that a heavy gale
was blowing they were unintelliglple.
The slow rate of speed at which the
st. Louis was travelling indicates hat
unless she should be assisted she will
not reach New York until late Satur-
day night. Appearances indicated that
the st. Louis was short of steam
and the signals We're thought to imply
that trouble with her boilers had been
experienced.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-01-23
MINERS ARE CARELESS.

Counsel for Erie Company Say Acct
dents Are Due to Negligence.
Philadelphia, Pa, Jan. 17.-Chairman
Gray Of the anthracite OF strike COM
mission, who has been absent about a
week on account Of illness, was present
at today's sessions.
Counsel for the Erie company intro
duced AS evidence certain extracts from
the reports of the state mine inspectors
tending to show most mine accidents
We're due to negligence of the worklnen
1hemSelNeS.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-01-23
RUMBLE CRITICALLY I'LL.
Iowa Congressman's Life Reported to
Be Hanging by a Thread. 1

Des Moines, Ia, Jan. 19.-Congress-
mar j. N. w. Rumple of the Second
Iowa district. who recently went back
to Washington to esum his seat in
congress-, returned at once to Chicago
and entered a hospital again, and now
word reaches here hat he is at the
point of death, and his condition was
regarded as so serious thai he SEN for
his law partner at Marengo to come to
his bedside. Practically all hope of fur
Their ~prolonging Captain Kumple's life.
has been given UP by his friends.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-01-23
BALL PLAYER SUICIDES.
Turns on the Gas in a San Francisco

Hotel.
San Francisco, Jan. l5.-Winnie D.. Mer-
Ger, a pitcher in the American baseball
team, registered at the Occidental hotel
last evening and was found a~sphyxiated
in his room this morning. Mercer regis
tered under the of George Murray of Phil
adelphia. From a gas jet in the center of
the room was suspended a rubber tube
with the gas turned full on. What caused
Mercer to end his life is not Known.
Mercer was a sufferer from pulmo-
nary troubles, and the disease refused
to yield to treatment, he became de.
spondent.
Detroit, Jan. 13.-Winnie Mercer, VIII
pitched last season for the Detroi
team. was to have been playing man.
ager Of the team next season.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-01-23
CHICAGO,

Chicago. jan. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., 10000.
Market steady. Good heavy, Sc. 60Q6. 80;
light, $5.S516.l5; mixed and butcher, Sc 400
$50; rough heavy, S6.30@6.5 5.
Cattle-Receipts, 200. Market nominal.
Sheep-Receipts, 1000. Market steady.
Official Observation-Disclosures active and
strong. Bulk, $6.30@6.5 so; good heavy, $500
Sc. 0 so.
Cattle-Market lower.
Sheep-Market steady.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-01-23
Kansas City.

Kansas City, Jan. Observation-Disclosures
weak to 10c lower. Native steers, $500
800; Texas and Indian steers, So. Is:
stockers and feeders, s3.25a4.25; calves,
$2.65g7.O0; western steers, $3.GQ5.25 cows,
81. N43. 90.
Hogs-Market strong to 1oc higher.
Heavy. $6.3oGI6.6O; packers, Sc. 20q6.40; med
ium, $6.3G96.5O; light, $6.05@6. 80.
Sheep-Market steady. Muttons. $1,000
4.1o; lambs, s3.GO@5.45; range wether, $500
GAG ewes, $3.O0Q4.2 20.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-01-23
ERIE CASE CONCLUDED,
Testimony Finished Before Strike Con

Testimony Finished Before Strike Com
MISREPRESENTATION Company Begins.
Philadelphia, Jan. 19.-The Erie conf
pany, which operates the Hillside Coal
and Iron company and the P~ennsylya4
MIA Coal company, closed it's case bel
fore the strike commission today. and
was followed by the Scranton company
and the Elk Hill Coal and Iron COM
pany, who turn their coal over to the
Ontario and Western railroad.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-01-23
ONLY HURT.

Secretary Moody Expects to Return to
Washington Tomorrow.
Annapolis, Jan. 15.-The condition OF
Secretary Moody, who was injured in a
accident, is considered salts
factory. The secretary hopes to re.
turn to Washington tomorrow.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-01-23
TROOPS FOR TAXA,

Reinforcements for Sultan of Morocco
Leave Fee.
Tangier, Jan. 19.-Four columns Of
troops ave left Fee for Taxa. The sui
tan's brother commands one OF them,
and the war minister, General Menebhi,
the others.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-01-23
SHEER AT
Q Presidents Regard Jenkins Reso,
luton With Contempt.

New York, Jan. l9.--The coal presi-
In this city treat with contempt
tative Jenkins OF wisconsin, calling OH
Judiciary committee to investigate
n authority of congress to seize the
coai mines and all lines of ~transporta-
ton thereto.
n resolution was laid before Presi-
sqent Oliphsat of the Delaware and
railroad Mr.. Oliphant said:
is something that doesn't cal.