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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-04-21
Not Held for Their Lives.
Especial to The Messenger.)

Raleigh, n. c., April 17.-Smith,
Gooch, and Putney, white men charged
with 4 capital crime on the O'Neill girl,
were released this afternoon after near
~ an all day hearing before two magis-
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New York, April 17.-Mrs. Robert
Fitzsimmons, wife of the former cham
pion heavy weight pugilist, died today
at her home in Brooklyn. Mrs. Fitz-
simmons had been i'll for several days
with typhoid pneumonia.
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THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.

IE You Vote May 9Th You Must Pay
Your Poll Tax by May 1st-Chnir-
nsaD HcNeilI. of the Corporation
Commission. to be in Wilmington
Next Saturday.
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IdSC year sc.
AVA STORES.

Same day last year-7%c.
NAVAL STORES.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE-Firm 1872.
ROSIN-Firm $3.50 to s1.S5:.
Tar-Firm $1.65.
CRUDE TURPENTINEIF1rrn; hard
$500; dip $3.50; virgin s3.75.
Prices same day last year-SpiritR
|turpentine firm at 45c; rosin S1.1O and
ls1.15; tar s1.2O; crude turpentine $1.35
and $3.50.
Receipts today casks spirits tug
Ipentine, 55 barrels roSin,. 281 barrels
tar. 5S barrels crude turpentine:
Receipts same day last year. casks
spirits turpentine, 6S6 barrels resin, 126
barrels tar, II barrels crude ~turpentine.
PRODUCE.
SALT-Prices car load ots-20o TBS
coarse 79c: $50 TBS coarse 72c;: 100 lbs
lC F 40c; 200 TBS G F See; 200 TBS + r
Table 90c to $1.15; 200 Tbs Rock Cattle
s.. so.
DRY sALTER sIDEs-1Oh,
BUTTER-2S to 81.
| COFFEE-7 to 10.
FLOUR-Straights s3.75 to $3.50; End
patents $3.50 to $780,. full $40 to s4.75:
MOLASSES-S. House 14c; New Or
leans Brights % to. &c; Porto Rice 2ec:
Cuba 23c.
sUGAR-Granulated $3.50: w. X. c.
No. 8, $3.50; No. Z. $40; n 9, $500:
No. II, $3.50.
LARD-CTierce Basiso Pure 2Ikc
compound 8 to SIG.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS-North Carolina 6 to 72h;
Virginia 50 to Coo; Spanish s5 to rec.
BEESWAX-25 cents.
CORN-65 to CT.
CORN MEALS to so.
DA~nN- UJo~.- f01lN IA TO 1En.
Ihams new. t5c; shoulders II 10 12c;
sides IA to f5c
EGGS-14c
TURKEYS-1S to 1s1sc per pound.
CHICKENS-Hens 90 to 40c :roostres
20 to 4Oc.
PORK-s to 7c per pound.
SHINGLES-Per 1000; 5-inch saps
$500; 6-inch hearts, $3.50; 9-inch saps
$500; 6-inch hearts $500.
TIMBER
Per NJ feet-Extra miiling....s7.0G7.5o
Mill prime
Mill falr
Common mill observation-disclosures
Inferior to ordinary S.5O@4 90
Saturday, April IS.
Receipts of cotton today-35 bales.
Receipts same day last year-T
bales.
Receipts of the season to date-S3t,1ss
bales.
The quotations posted at 4 o'clock to-
day at the exchange:
COTTON-Firm.
iOrdinary 81
GOOD Ordinary .....-.,s....... oN
Low Middling 9h
lMiddling sk
Good Middling 9 rE-1G
Same day last year-7kc.
NAVAL STORES.
SPIRITS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
doing.
ROSIN-$1.S0 and $1.S5.
TAR-Firm at $1.65.
CNUDE TURPENTINE-Fdrm hard
$500; dip $3.50; virgin 1915.
Prices same day last year-Sp:rits
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Same day last year-7B.
W STORES.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE = Nothing
ROSIN-Firm $3.50 to sls5.
TAR-Firn at $1.65.
CRUDE TURPENTINE+F1rm; hard
$500; dip $3.50; virgin $S.75.
Prices same day last year-Spirjts
firm at 45c; rosin $1.10
and s1.15; tar s1.2o; crude t~urpsntne
si.s5 and $3.50.
Receipts today-17 caskes spirits tur-
IS barrels rosin. 116 barrels
tar, 80 barrels turpeEtine.
Receipts same day last year-a2
casks spirits turpentine, IA barrels
rosin, 279 barrels tar, II barrels crude
SALT-Prices car load Iots-20e TBS
.|ccarse 7sc; $50 TBS coarse TIC; 100 lbs
&C. F 4Oc; 200 TBS c F soc: 200 Tbs F F
ISL. so.
BUTTER-2S to 81.
DRY SALTED SIDES-lskc.
C0FFEE-7 to 1oc.
FLoUR-Staights 1915 to $3.50: pat
|ents $3.50 to $500; full $40 to $4.75.
MoLASSES-s. House 14c: New Or
cans Br1ghts 23Q25e, Porto Aico S0c:
ouba 28e.
SUGAR-Ganulated $3.50; w. c.. x.
No. 5, $3.50; No. Z, $40; No. 8. $3.50; Nc
Z, 1920.
LARD-(Tierce BasiAt P,lre 11hc:
Compound 8QSAc
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANgTS-North Carolina IS to -2h.
Virginia SO to so. Spanish IS to 20.
BEESWAX-25 cents.
| EGGS-16 to 1Sc.
CORN MEALS to 50.
CORN-65 to CT.
TURKEYS-16 to 1910 per pound.
CHICKENS-Hens 80 to 40; ROSTERS
100 to 40.
PORK-6 to &c per pound.
N. G. BACON-Hams (old) Is to 16c;
hams (new) 12k to 13c; shoulders 10 to
l2c; sides 12kc.
SHINGLES-Per 1,0ee: S-inch saps
500; 5-inch hearts. 37.50: S-inch saps
800: e-inch hearts $kGo.
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WILMINGTON MARKETS.

Friday, april II.
Receipts of cotton today-11 bales.
Receits same day last year-23s
Receipts of the season to date-534,13
bales.
The quotations posted at 4 o'clock to-
lay at the exchange:
COTTON-Firm.
81
Good Ordinary SA
Low Middling 9H
Middling 9k
Good Middling e15-16
Same day last year-7B.
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firm at 45c; ros!n s1.10
and s1.15: tar s1.2O; crude turpentine
sI35 n $3.50.
Receipts today-19 casks spirits tur-
is barrels rosin. 241 barrels
tar. % barrels crude ~turpentine.
Receipts same day last year-11 casks
spirits turpentine, 3S1 barrels rosin. 232
barrels tar, 16 barrels crude turpentine.
nOUg0HK PRoDU0k
SAIT-Prices a load lots-2O0 lbs
79c; $50 lbs coarse TIC; 100 TBS
&C. F 40c; zoo lbs c. F soc; 200 lbs F F
Table 9oc to $1.15; 200 lbs Rock Cattle
Isl. so.
DRY sALTED sDEs-loc.
BUFFERS to 81.
CcFFE0t7 to Ice.
FLOUR-Straights $s.75 to 8. 80; 2nd
patents $3.50 to $4.eo; full $40 to $3.50.
MOLASSESSS. House IA; New Or
leans Brights % to Is: Porto Rico 90:
lCuba %.
SUqAR-Granulated $500; ". c. x
No. 5, $3.50; No. Z $40; No. 8 $3.50; No.
II, Aa.
LARD1CTieree Basis) Pure 11.rc.
compound 8 to SIC.
COUNTRX PRoDBGE.
PEANUTS-North Carolina S. to 2h;
Virginia SO to 60; Spanish IS to 70.
BHESWAX-2Sc.
CORN-S5 to CT.
CORN MEAL-68000.
EGGS-14c.
TURKEYS-1S to 16 2-3c Der pound.
CHICKENS-Hens 20 to 40; ROSTERS
100 to 20.
PORK-15c per pound.
N. G. BACON-Hams (old) IA to l5c;
hams (new) lac; shoulders IL to 12c;
sides IA to 15c.
SHINGLES-Per 1,0oe, 5-inch gaps
81. 90; 5-inch hearts. $3.50; 6-inch saps
So. 90; 6-inch hearts $500.
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Wednesday, April IS.
Receipts of cotton today-19 bales.
Receipts same day last year-1SI
bales.
Receipts of the season to date-323,24
bales.
The quotations posted at 4 o'clock to-
day at the exchange
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NAVAL II
SPIRITS OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
doing.
| ROSIN-s1.S0 and s1.S5.
TAR-Firm at $1.65.
CNUDE TURPENTINE-Firm; hard
$500; dip $3.50; virgin 1918.
] Prices same day last ~year-Sp:rits
The Saint Paul globe., 1903-07-26

: This is the story of how a Shaker
sister discovered another Thoreau in
the wilderness of the great North
woods and induced him to visit Boston
Sister Aurelia G. Mace, of the New
Gloucester Shaker community, is re-
markable woman in many ways. She
entered the Shaker society when she
was two months old, being carried
there by her mother, and all her life
has been passed among the followers
of the single life.
Years of quiet and study have devel-
oped her mind and her natural literary
propensities. and today she is recog-
nized as one of the most beautiful writ
ers in New England Her poems are
widely copied and her prose articles are
the life and energy Of the Shaker peri
odicals that they appear in.
Last year a party of Shaker sisters
went Rangeley Me-, to sell the fancy
articles for which the United society. is
famous, and there met Capt. F. c..
Barker, an old-time guide and woods
man. His camps, "The Birches," are
very famous throughout the length and
breadth of New England.
From his boyhood Barker has been
In the woods. He knows the winding
paths of the forest, the legends that
are writ in the white bark and the
black and yellow characters of the
birch, as most men know their morning
paper or their ledger. His companions
The Saint Paul globe., 1903-07-26
CROWD WATCHES HER
STRUGGLE FOR LIFE

Girl ciinqs to Oar Twenty Minutes Then
ss@ SINKS. =sss.,
SYDNEY. July 25.-In a boating acci-
dent in Sydney harbor Miss Louise Clu-
han, one of the most popular young. Wo-
men in town, was drowned and her COM
panion. Marius Hansen, barely escaped a
similar fate,
They had been sailing for about an
hour when they steered their skiff UP the
Sydney river. An erratic wind was blow
ing and choppy sea running, when the
rudder unshipped. The tiny craft swung
about and almost Instantly went over.
Mr.. Hansen was endeayoring to ship the
rudder at the time. The boat filed with
water and Immediately sank, carrying Mr..
Hansen with It. -
On coming to the surface he swan to
Miss ,Gluhan's rescue ana got her on his
but his clothes and shoes being heavy
with water. he only SWAN a few feet
when he sank, the young woman still re-
naming on the surface On reappearing
Hansen again had the girl take hold of
him as before, but they could make no
progress. He then placed an oar under
her arms, and, leaving here there, swan
to the shore for assistance. ~
He got half way UP the bank calling for
help to save the drowning girl when he
fell back exhausted and remained un-
conscious for several hours. His cries
for help were heard, but no boat being
near, nothing could be done to save the
unfortunate girl, who clung to the oar
about twenty minutes and then sank,
with people gazing at her from the shore
The body was recovered after about two
hours.
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cred quite a piece of the barn door
when stretched and held in place with
nails, but not larger to me than the
two oId-fashioned 3-cent pieces which
received after 1 had carried it three
miles to the tanner.
MY uncle's farm was quite little
way from neighbors, and the woods ex-
tended for miles to the mountains.
There were no pasture fences. and the
cattle roamed where they would, in dry
weather making long trips into the
woods where there were abandoned
clearings and brook meadows; and
good part of my duties was the getting
of the cows. 1 used to start away early
in the afternoon, and often not return
till late at night, and on the late trips
would generally meet my uncle at a
greater or less distance from the house,
having grown uneasy at my being out
in the woods in the darkness.
81 had regular course to pursue.
First, I would go on to the pinnacle,
three-quaFters of mile from the hear
ing it would strike for the Benjamin
Poor opening,' which was well grown
up with bushes, half mile below, on
the banks of the Rapids. the name we
had for the east branch of the Ellis
river Not finding them there, would
cross the river and strike for Uncle
Johns opening half-mile farther on.
Swan in the Brook.
mo matter how much might be in
The Saint Paul globe., 1903-07-26
FIREMEN START BLAZE
THEY CANNUT STOP
Put Lives of Animals in San Francisco
Zoo In Danger.

SAN FRANCISCO, July, 25.-The fire
that. ragged and blackened the landscape
in the vicinity Of the Animals home dem
onstrates beyond doubt that the fire de-
partment Is as skiliful in making a good
roaring fire as it is in, putting one out.
Under the direction Of Engineer Nc
Kittrick, Of the fire department. four fire.
men set to work to burn the dry grass, on
the land surrounding the Animals home
fireman started a fire of his own and then
With good deal of pride watched it blaze
spread and devour the thick underbrush..
They were beautiful fires in every re-
spect, snappy and aggressive, but some
how they got away from the fremen. Be-
fore the men realized that their own. fires
could be dangerous the flames had closed
in, formed solid front land were sweep
ing everything before them.
Seventy-five feet of sheds belonging to
the Animals home were burned to the
ground and the flames; were leaping along
toward the main building of the institu-
tiOn. 9faE
All the residents OF the vicinity turned
out to fight the common enemy but their
services were of no avail. Finally it dawn
ed on the crowd that the mere presence
then there was mighty clamor for the
fire engine. Engineer McKittrick turned
in the alarm and the fire department
didn't get to the Animals home any too
soon. sgI
The employees of the home worked hard
and saved all of thee eanimals which were
in the sheds. The damage to the prop
-erty-$15O-is covered by insurance
II supposed the fire department under
stood handling fires said Charles Hol-
brook, manager of the home. AS long as
the department was doing this sort of
thing concluded to let the firemen clear
the. land around the Animals home. They
cleared it all right, but next year we will
do 1t ourselves"
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there. and, after arraying myself in my
seanty wardrobe, would run for rods,
jumping on one foot and then on the
other, canting my head and giving it a
quick jerk, to throw the water out of
my ears, and to get warm.
TN this pool learned to swim on my
solitary trips. The first lesson I gave
myself was by laying my right arm
over a perpendicular rock. where the
water was we'll up to my shoulders,
holding my feet from the bottom by
bracing my other hand beneath my
self on the rock and trying to work my
legs, bullfrog fashion. In this I suc-
ceeded fairly well. but when 1 came to
strike out. the fear that my head would
go under water and my inability to
work my hands and feet at the same
time. caused me to get my feet on the
bottom as quickly as possible. Then it
came to me that I must get over this
fear. and that must find out if the
water would really hurt me.
The Saint Paul globe., 1903-07-26
PROGRESS HAS DOOMED
HENDRICKS HOMESTEAD
Home of the Noted Statesman Will
Soon Be Torn Down.

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, July 25.-The
old Thomas A. Hendricks homestead,
near Ohio street and Capital avenue,
for many years the home Of the famous
Indiana statesman and a favorite re-
treat for the brilliant coterie that sur
rounded him, is soon to be torn down
by the Indianapolis Terminal and Trac-
ton company. The historic ground it
has occupied for nearly half a century
is to be used as a yard in connection
with the magnificent traction station to
be erected during the coming year.
The rambling old building where
Hendricks lived during the years of his
greatest political triumphs, and where
his widow resided and cherished men,
cries of thrilling but happy days until
few months ago, is one of the land
marks of Indianapolis. 1t is dear to the
hearts of the old social set of the city
and state as they now recall with re-
gret many events in which leading
men of the nation participated as
guests of honor, warmed by the cordial
hospitality of Hendricks and his wife.
The residence was erected by Oliver H.
Smith, one time United States senator
from Indiana, and one of the brilliant
MEN of the early days of the state.
From him it descended to his daughter,
who was the wife of Gen. John Love,
who served for short time with the
North during the Civil war, but who
has now been dead for many years.
Mrs. Love, however, survives. The
homestead was for many years the
home of the two families-the Loves
on the north and the Hendrickses on
the southland both were prominent in
the social as well as the political af-
fairs of the state.
1t was with the deepest regret that
Mrs. Hendricks decided to give up the
property to the traction magnates, but
she had no other alternative, as they
had the power to condemn 1t and take
IT that way. Across the street from the
homestead is the state house, in whose
spacious lawn is located a magnificent
statue of the late statesman, and for
years the widow was wont to sit by
the front window and gaze at it, re-
calling other days.
Hendricks lived in the homestead
when he was elected governor in 1872,
when he ran for vice president with
Tilden. when he was elected to the SEN
ate and when he became vice president
The Saint Paul globe., 1903-07-26
SWALLOWS SEED WHICH
SPROUTS AND KILLS
Child Is the Victim of a Very STRANGE
Affliction.

LOWELL, Mass, July 25.-Marle AIMEE
Jolly, aged thirteen. daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Jolly, of 324 Hall street, died
after two operations the second Of which
disclosed the cause of death, most Pc
culiar ailment.
The little girl fell i'll on June 49, and
from that date UP to the day on which she
was operated on suffered acutely and
Vomited much blood The first operation
was an examination of her stomach.
which showed that organ to be in norman
condition
Then a second operation was made
upon the intestines
A sort OF sac was then discovered in
them, and this SS- contained seeds of
1ruit which had been swallowed by the
child. The seeds had sprouted, perforatine
the mebrane, and were the cause of her
death. The cause of the trouble was re-
moved by the physicians, but the child's
strength had been too far taxed and she
could not rally.
The Saint Paul globe., 1903-07-26
LEGENDS AND TRADITIONS OF
THE SALTWATER PENITENTIARY

hours of the day he was forced to
stand with his face to the wall, his
hands fastened in hand cuffs that were
attached to the wall at least a foot
above his head. His food was the reg
ulation punishment diet, bread and
water.
One morning, when the guard enter
ed this cell to fasten the prisoner up
for the day, his eyes caught the flash
of steel from a knife held in the pris-
oner's hands and he drew his revolver
and fired. The prisoner was taken out
dead and was buried in the prison
graveyard. The guard was acquitted
of all blame in the. matter. He had
had dangerous man to deal with and
it was his life or the prisoners. He
went about his work as usual for
awhile after that, part of it being an
inspection of the dark cells Soon,
however, he developed a hallucination.
He fancied he heard steps at night in
the dark cell, and frequently other
officials, or the guards, would come up
on him peering with wild eyes
through the bars of the cell door. Rel
atives finally found employment for
him away from the prison, but the
legend of the haunted cell has been
the result.
Punishment Is Refined.
On either side of this cell are the
two modern prison cells, Each of these
contains one pieceazof furniture, a
wooden cot, SO that the convict who
Is being punished does not have to lie
on the bare ffoor. Aswoodene cot, bare
of covering of any sort, aiss not. the most
comfortable couch in the world, Of
course, but it is preferab1e to stone
floor. Instead OF having hand cuffs
fastened on the wall for holding the
prisoners wrists, he is forced today to
slip them through the bars of the cell
door and pair of hand cuffs fasten
them there securely. The arms are not
drawn above the head, however, and
pieces of thick flannel make to1erably
soft cushions for the wrists. The pris-
oner who is undergoing punishment is
not forced to stand in this position all
day, as was the unruly convict of ear
lier days His hours for standing with
his hands handcuffed to the bars of the
cell door correspond exactly with the
hours he would have to stand were he
at work in the prison shops. He has
the same time for exercise as the 9TH
er prisoners have, althouh his exercise
is nothing more than change of posi-
! ton since he is not allowed out Of his
cell until his time of punishment ex-
| pires. This cell, however,, is lighted
during the day as any other cell and is
just as well el-ed. -
"But today the punishment cell. is
the last resort" said Warden Wolfer
when contrasting old methods of pun
ishment with the new. ~ +The punish
ment in the majority of. cases seldom
goes further than the Withholding of
| few privileges. This is nearly al
| ways effective in bringing the convists
to their senses"
Since the general public has had an
opportunity of dipping into a thiefs
autobiography, OF looking at life
through the badly focused glasses of
an expert criminal, it may be inter-
ested in Warden Wolfer's views of
criminals and crime, especially since
1t is very well known that they are the
The Saint Paul globe., 1903-07-26

my good uncle or aunt did not look
that way; and many were the willy
pigeons which fell from the limbs of
the tall dry trees on the parsonage
blueberry grounds overlooking the
fields 1af India wheat
The Saint Paul globe., 1903-07-26

my good uncle or aunt did not look
that way; and many were the willy
pigeons which fell from the limbs of
the tall dry trees on the parsonage
blueberry grounds overlooking the
fields of India wheat.
BuiIded Boats of Board.
'Tn these early years my boating
propensities were being developed, for
second in my mind to gun and trap
was boat, and every frog pond in
the vicinity early had a more or less
pretentions raft; and hidden in the
alders by the river was a contrivance
which I was pleased to call boat,
which I had made from boards picked
up from neighboring fences. with a
couple of horSeShoes nailed on the
sides for rowlocks, and with oars and
paddles hewn from boards. Many
were the wild rides / had down the
swollen waters of the rapids, when the
stream as filed to the banks by a
heavy rain. lodging the numerous
rocks and leaning, trees, until they
proved too much for me. and 1 would
find the boat overfurning or canting
up on a rock, with the current boiling
over it, and would finish my voyage
by filming it for The nearest shore
where the current would let me land
"After few days, When the water
got back to it's original depth, / would
wade my boat back cover rocks and
sandbars to the starting point. hid
ing it in the bushes, awaiting another
rise. of water. As q think of 1t now.
i wonder how I always succeeded in
making a landing. but j did. with notf1-
ing more than good drenching,
though whenI started down the rap
Ids I generally finished my run with
that.
About this time. young white man
and a squaw came up the Ellis river in
a birch bark caree, and pitched their
tent on an intervale.aabout half a mile
from my uncle's farm sI1was among
their early visitors, attracted there by
the tent; and expressing my strong de-
sire to go out in the canoe, the young
man at once took me out and showed
me how to use the paddle. and after,
that he would let me go out with the
canoe alone, which pleased me very
much. AT times would spend whole
half days practicing with this, polling
UP the stream, taking ad4antNgR Of
the eddies formed by the large rocks,
shooting across currents and catching
other edlies made by other rocks,
then changing to the paddle, let the
canoe shoot down the stream, keeping
clear of the rocks, getting ideas all the
time how the current set around the
rocks. I thought this must be a very
happy life, and very much envied him
his tent, his canoe, his gun and his dog;
but I do not remember that I thought
the tawny squaw added anything to
the outfit"
The Saint Paul globe., 1903-07-26

and the cruel part never entered my
mind.
Many were the seedlings I received
from my indulgent uncle. and although
he often threatened to cut and use a
bigger withe on me than used on the
unfortunate chuck. and which I so
richly deserved. yet I always got off
by promising not to do it again. and
not to ask to go fishing the next rainy
day, but put the stones back in their
proper places, which promise 1 faith
fully kept until 1 chased another wood
chuck into about the same place, when
the promise would be forgotten, and
again the stones would fly. regardless
of moving field or waving grain
Although l was not allowed to own
gun. yet 1 had a constant longing
for the possession of one; and there
were usually some good fellows, larg-
er boys or men. who would loan me
one. which when not in use found a
secret resting place under the barn.
When in use was very particular that