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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-04
Murder and Suicide
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near by in the hallway. Edison pulled q
revolver from his pocket. and pointing
II at Mrs. Pullen. shouted. You must
go with me. II you don't elope with me
II See that yo go with me ANYWAY
In terror. Mrs. Pullen started to run
from the room. She had gone but a few
steps when FOUR pistol shots rang out
IN quick succession. The first bullet
tore Mrs. Pullen'S left cheek and the
second entered the right side of her
head. According to " ODD. Edison look
ed at the woman for a moment and
then turned the muZZle OF the revolver
10 his head firing two shots almost
simultaneously. Both entered about
the middle of the forehead and he fell.
his head striking and resting on the
foot of Mrs. Pullen'S boGy.
At the first shot DR.. and Mrs. Edison
rushed to the room of the door. reach
ing .Nern Just as Edison fired the shots
which ended his own life. Mrs. Edison
fell to the floor in a faint.
Coroner Jackson after making a thor
ough examination of the house said
hat the evidence showed that the muir
der and suicide We're premeditated:
that he had found letters and other pa
pers in EdS0n's possession which show
ed that he had a love affair.
Mr.. Pullen. the husband of the muir
dered m who is a VeStryman of
St. MichealS church. made a statement
tonight in which he branded Edison as
a d~efaulter and forger and said that
he had stolen from the funds of St
Micheals church. He also declared that
Edison had attempted to kill Mrs. Ed
son. but missed'and killed Mrs. Pullen
by error.
Mr.. Pullen'S statement was not borne
out by the investigation of Coroner
Physician OHanlon. who found powder
marks on the dead woman's face. show
ing that the pistol must have been held
very close.
DR.. Cyrus Edison. a brother of the
suicide. said tonight that the intima-
tons of improper relations between his
brother and Mrs. Pullen were absolutely
false. His brother. he said. had re-
Gently been "cting very strangely and
had admitted that he was involved in
financial difficulties. His family. Dr..
Edison said. had become so alarmed
over his mental condition that arrange
ments had been made to have him eX-
amined by an alienist. The shooting.
Dr. Edison declared. was undoubtedly
mmit in a mOmen of maniacal
FRENZY.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-04
No Lease
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atoms up 70 June 1st, this year, show
ing The gross earnings to be 1904 Gc
while three years ago. when Bryan took
charge, they We're only $751;. 0gG. II was
further reported that after paying al
expenses. including interest. $4,000 Vas
left which was expended for better.
mentS. Atlantic Hotel is found TO have
paid all expenses.
Governor Aycock and directors are
pleased at the purchase Of the hotel n
regard il as a good Investment.
The road has only $325.0l0 Of debt,
which bears ) per cent. interest n
which was contracted in 1856, during
the presidency Of Washington Bryan
for new steel rails for the entire system.
A feeIer was put out at that time, 1t IS
supposed by the Atlantic Coast Line.
for the purchase Of the road The d.
rectOrs declined 10 entertain a PROPOSE
ton. Their desire was to force the
then Richmond and Danville railway
which had the North Carolina railway
under lease. TO take the Atlantic and
North Carolina railway and operate
both systems as a whole. The matter
fell through The people on the line Of
the Atlantic and North Carolina rail
way. % not want it in any way to get
under the control OF the Atlantic COast
Line.
During the administration Of Govern
or Russell suit was brought to annul
the lease of the North Carolina railway
to the Southern. That suit was really
brought to force the Southern to take
the Atlantic and North Carolina rail-
way and operate it for the length of the
lease Of the North Carolina railway.
Tho Southern then made a proposition
70 take the road for thirty years on a
sliding scale, at , IL and 3 per cent.
but one Of the big officials of the South
ern broke the plan down and nothing
came of II.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-04
New Company Granted Entrance
Into New Orleans.

New Orleans. September 1.-The city
council tonight granted the Louisiana
Railway and Navigation Company an
entrance into the city. II was given
the night 70 reach the wharves over the
proposed belt line which the New Or
leans Terminal Company is obligated
TO build The Louisiana company is the
Red river valley. and it is provided that
If the terminal or the Frisco company
shall not build the belt tracks within
one year. the Red River company shall
have the right 10 construct them. This
the Frisco company fought hard. claim
ing vested rights. This was overruled.
Both companies promise to build 10
his point without delay and other roads
are seeking entrance. and the city will
reserve the right TO use the river tracks
equally 10 all Corners
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-04
Will Suffer the Death Penalty for n
Criminal Assault.

Norfolk. September IA Petersburg
special says:
Andrew Finch and Dock Bacon, ne
groes sentenced to hang for attempting
TO c~riminally assault Mrs. C. Z Geoghe-
gen were taken to Boydton today and
will be hanged there tomorrow. inch
has made a statement generating Ba-
con from all knowledge of the crime
Bacon was convicted pon Flnch's tes-
timony. Governor Montague has re-
fused to interfere with the sentence of
the court.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-04
Three Men SufOcated by Sewer Gas

Milwaukee, Wis, September 1.-Thrse
men were suffocated by sewer gas in
the North avenue ewe near the Chi
cago and Northwestern tracks today
The dead: r. j. Hickey, sewer con-
tractor; Superintendent Schunke, of the
city water department.. Colored man,
name unknown.
Contractor Hickey and his men We're
at work in the sewer in North avenue
under the newly depressed track and
were overcome by gas and died before
they could be rescued. Several others
had narrow escapes.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-04
Fatal Accident on the Norfolk and
Western.

Charlotte n. c., September En-
gineer H. W. Lucas was killed and
Fireman ]. W. Stafford. was fatally
scalded this afternoon by an accident
on the Norfolk and Western near Win
ston-Salem. The accident was caused
by several cars breaking from a freight
train and running back down the grade
into the train handled by the injured
men. None Of the passengers were in
jurpd.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-04
Stationary Engineers in National
Convention.

Evansville, Ind, September 1.-Twelve
hundred stationary engineers are here
in national convention representing the
organization in every state in the union.
Washington, D. c.. Richmond, Va. and
Los Angeles, Cal, are making a hot
race for the next convention.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-04
Morgan in n Carriage Accident.

New York. September ii. Pierpont
Corsair this evening. was the victim of
a carriage accident. At Tenth avenue
and Thirty-siXth street, the driver of
his brougham row the horse n We
hicle into an excavation. Mr.. Morgan
was not injured. He Ieft<his carriage
and proceeded in a car.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-04
Official Dispatch from Beirut.

Washington. September 1.-The first
official dispatch coming directly from
Beirut regarding the Magelssen affair
has been received by Secretary Hay.
1t is dated August 31st and is signed
by Consul Ravndal. 1t says:
The attempt OF Magelssen's life fail
ed utterly. A narrow escape but the
vice consul suffered no injury"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-04

erected a new residence, which is in
cluded in the deed of assignment. The
splendid plantation which his wife in
herited. and which is a~~one his most
valuable possessions, is also included.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-04
Turkish Government Imposes
Land Tax.

Constantinople. September 1.-The
government has imposed a personal. Or
land tax on the entire population of the
empire yer the age of IS. The tax is
on different classes and ranges from
about eighty cents to $500 each an
nually. This is regarded in some luz
tiers as beine in the nature Of a pro-
vision for war.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-04

You Know Wha. You are Taking
When you take Groves Tasteless Chill;
Tonic because the f,rmula is plainly
printed on every bottle showing that
it is simply iron AMI Quinine in a
taSteless form. No cure no pay, SOC,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-04
First Bale of New Cotton at Norfolk,

Norfolk. Va. September 1.-The first
bale of new cotton was received in
Norfolk today from Clio, S. c. It
weighed SOP pounds and brought Is
cents a pound. Norfolk handled 511 800
bales during the season Just closed.
against 466, 972 during the previous sea-
son.
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ernor Montague this morr;~- shortly
after FUidnight. resulted Doc Bacon.
coIored. until next Friday. after talk
ing with Mr.. Rally. counsel for the
prisoner. The negro was 70 hang at
day break C~-1. the other convicted
negro. viii hang. Both were convicted
Of attempted criminal assault.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-04

Rome. September 1.-The Russian
government has informed Italy that a
Portuguese will be appointed as the
third arbitrator of The Hague court
TO adjudge the VeneZun'-- claims.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-30
Excess
Of Smoking Affected
 My Heart
So I Had To Sit Up
 To Breathe.
pr. Mi1es' Heart Cure
 Cured Me.

There is nothing that has more deleter. ious effect upon the cardiac or heart neryes liam the excessive use of tobacco. Pain and tenderness around the heart, an oppressiyn, feeling in the chest, choking sensation in the throat, discomfort from sleeping on the Jeff side and smothering spells at night when tbe sufferer has to it up in bed to breathe ara the most common symptoms of weak heart. Smokers who ieel these symptoms and who do not understand their meaning should ia warned in time, by the following experience,
 "l was greatly troubled with an affection of the heart, due think to excessive smoking: On writing to you for advice 1 was directed To btsin course of treatment which in. ciuded pr. Miles Heart Cure, Dr. Miless Nervine and Nerve and Liver Pills, together with bathir.y. etc. I faithfully followed the directions. gwen nd am pleased to say that ny cure IS .c9milcte and permanent. Be. ;ore beginning the use of your remedies vas 50 nervous could nat keep my hands 7tiu and suffered greatly from severe pains around the heart. Many times at night | would be forced to assume a sitting posture to get my breath, and for tic time being a would seem ns though my heart had stopped beating. From the sslsndid results achieved h my Case can cheerfully recommend Dr. Miles Heart Cure, Restorative Neryine and other remedies to all sufferers from heart or nervous troubles. ."-Yours truly, ELIIAH HALL, Dothan, Ala.
 All druggists sell and guarantee first bot. | e Dr. Miles Remedies. Send for free book on Nervous and Heart Diseases. Address Dr. Miles Medical Co, Elkha'' Ind
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-30
HIGH PRICES FOR PINE.

A recent dispatch from Bangor, Maine. to The Cincinnati Enquirer may not be uninteresting to Advertiser readers. It says:
 Logs on the Kennebec River are now selling at $f4. 50 per thousand for medium size spruce, in the booms, which Is the aithoug4, the big spruce of the Penobscot have sold at SIS and M7 at Bangor lately Ira H. Randall, President of the Augusta Lumber Company, gays that manufactur- CTS cannot pay N4. 90 per thousand TOT tne Kennebec logs and make any profit in saving them into lumber. He attributes the high prices to the operations of the pulp manufacturers, who are paying as much as SIP per thousand for the smallest spruce.
 The expression "per thousand" means the price per thousand feet, board meas ure. Lumber men can readily see what price that would mean for spruce when sawn; into merchandise lumber. It will be noted that the reason for this high price lies in the fact that spruce wood is. now used in immense quantities for paper stock, and for that purpose 1t commands a price which the mill men cannot afford to pay for logs to be made into lumber. But these facts and figures have a lands in Alabama and elsewhere in the South It Is true that the timber used l in Maine and other Eastern and New | England States is spruce pine, of which there is but little in the South, but the supply is going to disappear in the near future. The quantity used in paper mak- ing is simply enormous, and, as indicated in the dispatches above, trees of all size are used They use the old and young trees and saplings, and the natural con- sequence will be that the supply will be | exhausted Tn a comparatively short time
 Then our Southern pine will come next. | for experiments already made have proven that good paper can also be made of the yellow pine of this region. When the spruce is exhausted Southern pine
 will come into the paper market, and probably poplar, cypress and other woods more or less plentiful in this section. | All this pointS to the duty, as well as the interest, of taking all practicable methods to protect and preserve our tim | Der supply and to make the most of it.
 Already the demand for Southern pine lumber, shingles, etc, is large and rapidly increasing, and when the insatiate maw of the pulp mills begins to satisfy its cravings with our yellow pine 1t will dis appear like mist before the rising sun The man who owns pine timber has a more certain source of wealth than the owner of a mine.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-30
He Preferred "John.n

Admiral John c. Walker. President of the Isthmian Canal Commission. wears long Dun dreary whiskers, which give him a familiar nickname in the navy. One day a young en- sign entered his office and in a cheerful tone addressed the colored messenger: Hello. Bones where's old whiskers?' Before the conversation could proceed any further the admiral stepped out from behind the screen, drying his hands bon the towel, and remarked quietly to the young officer: Take seat; I'll be with you in one moment" As the floor did not open to swallow him up the ensign sank into the nearest chair with a heavy and remorseful heart. He had come to ask a fla vor of the who assigned all officers to duty and had the power to send him to either a pleasant a painful berth as he pleased
 When the admiral reappeared and took his sat at the desk the young officer. with shaking limbs and flushed face. began to explain that he did not intend to be impertinent. For you must know. admiral" he etammered. that the boys often call you Old VThiskers.' hope you don't mind it. ''Oh, mo-" answered the admiral, T don't mind it. but If it's just the same to you I'd rather you'd call me John"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-30
uTIIrzr mn wArnR PowER.

The possibilities of electrical power. produced by water power are beyond call culation or computation. From Niagara vast establishments are operated in Buff falo and still more distant points by means of the electricity which is gener- ated at the falls. In many places In all sections of the Union similar methods are in practical operation. Here in Mont gomery we have 1t as plainly illustrated as can be desired. Our electric lights. our street cars and many industries de- rive their power from the Tallapoosa River at Tallassee. It is transmitted here over twenty five miles by electric wines. What is done here. can be done anywhere the water and proper con- ditions can be found. This is to be the great manufacturing and transportation feature of the future and the blessings and benefits to come from it are incal- culable.
 Those who may desire to embark in en- terprises involving the use of electricity from water power ought to be placed in position to carry out their purposes. There is one difficulty in the way which it is in the power of the Legislature to re- move. In every movement for improve ment there can always be found some who will stand in the way and obstruct and possibly prevent progress. Rail- roads, telephone lines and electric roads have the right of condemnation of rights of way, when owners are too exorbitant in their demands. This right should be given to those who seek to utilize water power and transmit it by electricity. As 1t stands now the greatest enterprises can be stopped by the greed of those who may think they have the power of enforc- ing their demands, which are often be- yond all reasonable bounds. There can be no harm in helping along the develop ment of the water power of the State fin transmitting it through electrical lines and this can be done by the Senate's passing House bill "A. It will be of im- mense benefit to Alabama.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-30
Freezing Out Shady Concerns

Springfield (Mass) Republican.
 Connecticut by an act of the last Leg islature prohibits the sale in that State of shares in mining and oil corporations tions have fled with the Secretary of State a sworn statement regarding the location and financial and physical con dition of the property and the amount of cash expended thereon. A fee of $25 mus must FHpG%apa accompany the statement, This law proceeds upon the assumption that a mining or oil scheme is guilty until proved assumption. either. Legitimate enter prises of the kind will probably regard it with decided favor.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-30
NOT A BIT OF WORRY,

We confess to a warm admiration for a newspaper that can see things. We even have a kind of liking for one that can see things which do not and could not exist. Here, for example, is The Birmingham Ledger, saying:
 The Montgomery Advertiser doesn't like tle size nor growth of the German boom That is all right. The Advertiser has a right to it's choice, though 1t be a little like Ephriam of old.
 Occasionally we hear a sort of sepul- chral echo like "the sound of a voice that is still" to quote Tennyson, whis- pering something about a German boom'' Like one who walks In the grave yard at night the voice is only a whisper, and a keen ear Is required to catch the sound. There may be Cor man boom wandering about the country. We have not seen 1t, but that is no evi- dence that it does not exist. Not hay ing nocturnal or even crepuscuiar vision we cannot see everything.
 A German boom may be among the pos sibinties or even the certaintles of the future. He is a man of many parts We are not saying that he would not make a good President. We are not as- serting that his nomination is an impos- sibility. The Democratic Party Is big thing, and, it is badly scattered just al this timG.-H may eventually settle on German and nominate him. Then We will all do our best to elect him. Just now the size or growth of his boom is not dis turbing The Advertiser for we are not fighting ghosts or being disturbed by them And we commend to our Birmingham contemporary these lines by John Trum- bull:
 But optics sharp it needs I ween, To see what is not to be seen.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-30
Gambling on Ocean Steamers.

New York Tribune.
 Officers of ocean steamships should keep up a careful oversight of the card-paying in the smoking rooms. It IS well known that certain professional gamblers make a practice of going to and fro across the ocean again and again and of swindli < unwary victims in poker games. It is not to the credit of the steamship lines that these thieves are permitted at any time 10 plunder their dupes. The rascals are well known. It would not be difficult to stop their robbei1es. They are the bunko steerers of the Atlantic ferry.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-30
The Man Behin.i.
Manteno ull.1 Independent.

Manteno (lll.) 1ndepenoent.
 In every newspaper We pick up we're sure to find a lot of gush about the man behind the counter and the man behind the gun, the man behind the buzz saw and the man behind his son, the man be- hind the times and the man behind his rents, the man behind the plowshare and the man behind the fence. the man behind the bars the man behind the kodak and the man behind the cars, the man behind his Whiskers and the man behind his fists, and everything behind has entered on the lists.
 They skipped another fellow of whom ever or a little way ahead, who always pays for what he gets, whose bills are al- ways signed. he's a blamed sight more important than the man who Is behind All We editors and merchants and the whole commercial clan are indebted for exist ence to the honest fellow man. He keeps us al in business, and h town is never dead, and so We take our hats off to the man that is ahead.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-30
HEADsroNEs FOR ALABAMA.
Union Springs Women Send Contri
 button to the Fund.

Winchester, Va, Star.
 Miss, Lucy W. Russell. vice presi- dent and treasurer of the Memorial As sociation. has just received from the Union Spring Chapter U. D. C., of Un- ion Spring. Alabama, through Mrs. Hen- ry Harrison. president. $939O, the amount necessary to purchase thirty-two head stones to be placed in Alabama lot in Stonewall cemetery.
 This will make tslrty-five graves mark ed with marble headstones, leaving thir- ty-six unmarked. Miss Russell has given an order for the stones above mentioned, which will be placed in the next sixty days, and she Is encouraged to believe from the letter she has received from Alabama that all the graves will soon have headstones, and she feels sure that from efforts that are now being put forth in that State that the remaining graves will soon have headstones. and that a suitable monument will be erected to the memory of Alabama's gallant dead who fought and now sleep in the historic Shenandoah Valley.
 All the Southern States have erected monuments in Stonewall cemetery ex- cept Alabama.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-30
A Serious Mishap.

The initiative faculty Is the most valuable mental gift which a civil servant can pos sess, says The London Daily Chronicle. as his success largely depends upon his ability to re- peat official formulae and to write documents in the style of his superior. who will sign them. Negroes are admirable imitators and they make excellent civil servants. Here is a letter from Gold Coast postman to his post master; Dear Master-I have the pleasure tu regret to inform you that when I go bath to- day hollow he remove my trouser. Dear master. how can I go duty with only one trouser? If he get loss where am r Kind write Accra that they send me one more trouser and so I catch him and go duty
 Good day, sir. My God how are you Your loving corporal. J. A"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-30
DEAD LETTERS INCREASING.
Annual Report Shows That Over 1o,-
 GOO, GOO Pieces Were Received.

Washington Special.
 The annual report of the operations of ended June 30. 1903. has been prepared and will be embodied in the forthcoming report of First Assistant Postmaster Gen been a large and steady increase in it's annual receipts, which is due, it is stat ed. to the great and constant increase in the volume of matter passing through the mails.
 The total receipts for the year were something over 10UO,000 pieces, the largest in the history of the office, exceeding pieces. Of the aggregate number S,S95, ,205 pieces were opened.
 The money found in opened letters amounted to $4s, ,634 but this sum included money (generally coin) found loose in the mails or in postofices and consigned to the dead letter office. Commercial paper found, such as drafts, checks, money or ders. etc, represented face value of $1 493 563