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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-05
Terrific Explosion.

Elmira, y. Y, June about 800
pounds OF jovite. a high explosive,
caused the death OF three men and ser
iously injured several Others by ex-
ploding in the screening room Of the
explosions manufacturing company's
plant near this city this afternoon. Hun
dreds of windows were broker for a
radius of two miles. The entire plant
was destroyed. The loss is $1,000.
Two bodies were thrown 800 feet and
totrn limb from limb.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-05
Trouble Brewing in Tennessee.

Knoxville, Tenn, June 2.-The union
blockaded the Tennessee coal
mine near Coal Greek again
today. The company was unable to
resume operations as planned. Its Of
claim that the union men have
Violated the injunction OF the chancery
which a served a few days ago,
restraining the union men from inter-
with the Tennessee Coal Com
.pany's miners " property. Chancellor
,KIye Will be asked to issue tench
warrants. and irnprison the men if he
considers they have violated the n
Junction. 1t is probable that another
Iattempt will be made TO work the
mines tomorrow. II the appeal to
chancellor Kyle is not effective it is
said Governor Frazer will be asked for
holm
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-05
UNIVERSITY COMMENCEMENT.
Yesterday Was Senior Glass Day.
Senator Overnnan Present New
Professors Elected.
Especial to The Messenger.)

Chapel Hill, \. c., June 2.-Today
was eniOr class day and has been
taken up nearly entirely with exercises
by the graduating class. This morn
ing appropriate exercises were held in
Gerard hall and consisted OF reading
the class history and prophecy.
This afternoon the exercises around
DaVie Poplar were neld. The class
gife to the university is an electrOIier
for Gerard hall. 1t vas presented ~
Mr.. H.. r. M~cFadyen and accepted on
behalf of the university by Senator
Overman.
The alumni association today was
addressed by John Sprunt Hill, Of New
York.
A meeting of the board of trustees
was held this afternoon. Several mat
tiers of importance were transacted,
among them being the election of a
professor of Latin to succeed Dr.. Lin
scott, deceased. DR.. George Howe
was selected.
Mr.. E. K. Graham was elected associ-
ate professor in the English depart
ment and DR.. Thomas Ruffn was pro-
NOTED from associate to full professor
Of law.
The presentation of two medals was
announced. One is to be known as the
Hunter Lee Harris medal and is given
through DR.. Wyche of st. Louis. 1t is
for excellence in magazine work. The
other is given by Mr.. Hayne Davis Of
New York. and is given for the best
essay on the Hague arbitration tri-
bunal. Tonight the alumni n visitors
are being rendered a reception in COM
mons hall by the president n facul-
ty A very large crowd is present.
The programme for tomorrow IN
cludes the graduating exercises an
address by DR.. William j. Holland,
director Of the Carnegie museum Of
New York.
The annual debate tonight between
the Dialectic and the P~hilanthropic
societies took place in Gerard hall.
The query was: Resolved that United
States senators should be elected by
a direct vote of the people" The de-
bators were affirmative: d. y. r.
Graham and A. H. Johnston; Negative:
Phi J. H. Winston and E. S. W.Dam-
eron. The presiding officer was Hon
r. H. Battle Of Raleigh and the judges
were Hon. J. 7. Joyner, w. A. Guthrie
and s. NJ. Gattis. The decision will be
announced rOmorroW
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-05
OF BODIES DISCOVERED.
or Forty Bodies in the
ut the Armour Works at
Kansas City-A Train Lost.

Kansas City, Mo-. June 2.-The flood
situation is very much improved to-
night. The gas supply is ample: two
electric street car lines have resumed
service and others Will follow tomor-
row: the electric light plant IS ready to
begin service. but does not do SO he
cause of the possibility of fires from
crossed wires: the water works viii be
gin TO pump Kansas river water into
the reservoir tomorrow and the next
day the water will be turned into the
pipes: the food supply is ample on both
sides OF the river, the vast quantities
OF meat in the packing houses having
been reached by the packers: the pre-
dictated increase of sickness has not ap-
peared: the Kansas river is falling half
an inch a. hOu and the Missouri
is expected TO begin 10 fall before day
light.
TO have been drowned in the two Kan
sas Cities since last Friday. One of
them was Policeman Edward keenan,.
superintendent Young of the Swift
Packing Company said tonight that
there were probably % to so bodies in
the lOOSeO IN the A"TllOuTudle
Packing House district. The men en-
plOyed on the steamer
brought the same report. a Chinaman
who was rescued today Said that three
OF his c~Ountrymen were drowned.
SkiffS We're sent to The Patch, q
slum district near ArmOurS packing
house. and twenty-elght men and one
woman were rescued from hutS. These
refugees repOrted that they had counted
twenty-five of their neighbOrS and
friends who had lost their lives.
The Journal tomorrow will say:
A Chicago. Burlington and Quincy
passenger train from Chicago to Kan
SaS City, due here at four o'clock Sun
day afternoon has been lost. 1t Is not
deemed possible nor the thought enter
tanned by the railroad officials that the
train has run into the flood. Neverthe-
less General Agent Harmon was mott
fled yesterday from the Chicago offices
of the eXtraordinarv occurrence and
superintendent Mulbern VAS urged to
exercise every possible effort to locate
the missing train and relieve its pas
SengerS at all cost and hazard. The
tug John Lentz was chartered and a
voyage was made down the Missouri
river to birmingham. Nothing was to
be seen of the train. Men lave been
started on horseback to Liberty with
orders to keep as close as POSSIBLE to
the track and carefully to investigate
a great washout two miles east of Biz
minEham.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-05
LieurenantS in Trouble.

Washington. June 2.-Secretary Root
oday directed the arrest and trial Of
Lieutenant Joseph ". Lacour, 18th in
fantry when he is found, OF the charge
of being short in company funds, the
amount being about s40o. If not found
within three months he will be dropped
from the army IS a deserter.
The secretary has accepted the resig-
nations of Lieutenant David McCoach,
artillery corps, and Lieutenant James
4. Roane, 10th infantry, for the good
OF the service"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-05

Toronto. Ont. June "A. E. AmeS
& Company, bankers and brokers, clos
ed their doors at noon today. On a
window was posted the following:
OWN to the continuous severe de-
cline in the securities market we have
found 1t necessary to suspend payment
and would ask the indulgence of our
friends for a few days until we can
prepare a statement of our affairs and
decide what is best to b. done.
(Signed) "AMES & CO."
The liabilities of the firm are hard to
get at, but rough estimates make them
show as follows:
To desposltors in the savings bank
branch about 5000. 600.
No estimate can be given of the liza
bilities to clients whose stocks were
being carried on margins. but they will
be hundreds of thousands of dollars.
To bankers and financial institutions
on stocks n liabilities, it is expected,
will reach ten millions. Liabilities I'M
der this head are secured by the stock
plus the margins so that there is no
possibility of loss to the lenders unless
all the stock values disappear.
The BAN OF the city are
optimistic. One banker says:
w are all right. We ave looked
after ourselves and any money ad-
vanced to A. E. Ames & Company was
secured"
The assets of the firm will not be
known until their statement is given
out, but it is thought they consist of
It's equities in the stocks which it has
been carrying with the help Of banks
and other financial Institutions.
Montreal. June 2.-The worst panic in
the history of the Montreal stock mar
ket was caused by the announcement
today of the failure Of a. E. Ames &
Company, of Toronto. Prices declined
to the lowest level of the year.
AmeS is the SOn-in-laW of Senator
Cox, one Of the wealthiest men in Can
ada. Cox is a director of the Dominion
Coal Company in which Ames & Com
pany are said to lave been trading
heavily.
EFFECT IN NEW YORK.
New York, June 2.-Ames & Company
have several correspondents in this
city, including two stock exchange
firms-Laidlaw & Company and W. H.
Goadby & Company. The insOlvent
firm is said to be one of the largest and
pOo III dIlod IL - AOl Z
lieved that their local representatives
are at all involved financially.
The firm Of A. E. AmeS & Company
had a commercial rating Of more than
81, 900, 900.
The panic in Montreal was reflected
in the New York stock market only in
such stocks as are traded in on Mon
treal account, which are known as the
Canadian group in New York. An ex-
IRENE decline of over Is points in Twin
City Rapid TRANSIT was the most con-
splcuOus instance, but Canadian Pa
cific. the Minneapolis. St. Paul n
Sault Ste Marie stocks and Detroit
United Railway were down from 1 ga
to 3 1-2. The general market here was
little affected. The Canadian stocks
made effective rallies late IN h day.
Boston. Mass. Jun 2.-News Of the
failure Of A. E. AmeS & Company
threw the Canadian stocks listed on the
Boston stock exchange into complete
Generalization. Dominion Goa Com
pany fell from 50 to so. Dominion Iron
and Steel, which opend at Is IL. touch
ed II ga, a new low record, but rallied
to Il. later declining. Canadian Pacific
fell 3 to 11S rs.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-05
One undred Thousand go
Back to Work.

New York, June AT the conclusion
Of a conference today between repre-
sentatives Of the New York lumber
dealers, building material dealers and
Cniteed Building Material Drivers Asso
Citations, and the United Board of
Building Trades, Michael Stanton,
chairman Of the committee from the
United Board OF Building Trades. said
that although no settlement nd been
definitely reached it vas safe to saw the
yards would all be open by Thursdaav
or Friday.
The settlement means the return TO
work Of 100000 men.
The employers have gained what they
have been contending for as the truck
drivers and the men who handle the
materials in the yards are to return to
work under the same conditions as ex-
listed before they were locked out.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-05
bly, Lynched,

Augusta, Ga, May 29.-LeRoy Glib
bons, colored, his wife and his son,
We're arrested at Bitch. BuIloch county,
in connection with the disappearance OF
Dupree Holmes. a prominent white
farmer. 1t is said that young Gibbons
confessed that his father killed Holmes
who attempted TO collect a debt from
him. The elder Gibbons disappeared
last night and IS believed by some 10
have been lynched.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-05
Chopped a Mans Head Of.

Knoxville, Tenn, June "A special
to the Sentinel from Tazewell, Tenn,
says San Davis was killed nea~ that
place late Yesterday afternoon by Fale
Minton's chopping his head off z
burying an axe several times N his
body The men engaged in a difficulty
in Minton's house. Minton was put in
Tazewell Jail last night and the sheriff
made preparations for protection
against mob violence, fears of which
We're expressed last night.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-05
Still After the Trusts,

New York, June 2.-Judge Lacombe in
the United States circuit court today
granted an order to show cause against
the defendants in the complaint Of W.
r. Hearst against the coal carrying
roads, why they should not answer
questions propounded during the
investigation Of the complaint by the
Interstate Commerce Commission. The
order is returnable June 10th.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-05

Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets are just what you need when
you have no appetite, feel dull after
eating and wake up with a bad taste
in your mouth. They will improve
your appetite, cleanse and i~nViSorate
your stomach and give you 4 relish
for your food. For sale by all drug
giStS.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-05
THE FLOODS
Situation DeSOLdte But
More Hopeful in the
Stricken Cities
BODIES AFLOAT

Rivers at Kansas City Falling.
Many BOdies Seen Floating on the
Turbid W~aters-Two Men Drowned
Yesterday While attempting to
Rescue Others-Distressed ReIa-
tiyes Looking for Each Other
Food Supply Still short.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-05

Reinforcements are being rushed to
Jackson. KY, because the state troops
on guard there = worn out with anx-
iety.' Beware of the nocturnal bovine,
Atlanta Constitution.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-05
HAYWOOD
Argument Concluded in
Habeas Corpus Hear
ing at Raleigh
DECISION TODAY

The Prosecution Urged That the
Testimony of HaywOOd's Main Wit
ness Showed That He Was Guilty.
and That Other Evidence Showed
That He is Guilty of Murder-They
Opposed Admitting Him to Bail.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-05
BIG FAILURE
Large Canadian Banking
Establishment Closed
Doors Yesterday
CREATES PANIC

The House Had Ratings of Over a
Million Dollars and Their LiabiI-
titles Are over $4,000 200 With
Practically all of 1t Secured-The
Failure Created a Big Panic on the
Montreal and Was Felt
on the New York Exchange.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-05
DISMAL PICTURE.

lever changing eddies of the flood may
have been found several times.
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ess- ia End You Haze AlSaTS Bought
H. tZm
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Hoods ~SGrscporiki0
aid Pills

Remove it, give new life, new cour-
age, strength and animation.
They cleanse the blood and clear the
complexion.
Accept no substitute.
81 felt tired all TIE time and could not
sleep. After taking Hoods Sarsaparilla
a while 1 could sleep well and the tired
feeling had gone. This great medicine has
also cured me Of scrofula." MRS. c. NJ.
Roor, Gilead, Conn.
Hoods SarsapariIIa promises to
Icure and keeps the promise.
Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1903-10-19
MINES AND MINING.

La Plata Miner.
The Boren Gnlch Mining company
is rushing its surveys as the present
fine weather may not last
The Bonnie Girl company is pushing
improvements with force OF about
so men
Messrs. Heifernan and Burchard are
doing the annual work on the Grand
Duke for Ed Humiston.
The Van-Emmet Mining company
has engaged ]. L. Tiffany to make
some patent surveys on their claims
above the May Day mine.
Brown Brothers have fine showing
of steel galena in the old Good Luck
lode in Bedrock gulch and are sacking
for shipment.
Frank Lake Is putting up n large
shaft house for the Edith Mining com
pany on the Last Chance mine about
600 feet west OF the Neglected.
The Expansion Mining company OF
Pueblo has made the second payment
on the Bay City mine and 1t is expect
ed that another shift of miners will
be put on this week.
The north drift in the Southern
Boy is being pushed by two shifts but
the progress is rather slow as the rock
is very hard and tight although there
are signs OF change for the better.
Manager Parshall of the La Plata
Development company, who Is operat
ing on a group Of claims just south OF
the Neglected, reports that he has
cross-cut the vein from the bottom Of
the 100-foot shaft and finds it to be
30 feet wide, six feet Of which shows
mp In fine shape. He is now drifting
on the vein at this depth.
The May Day mine is the center o.
attraction at the present time owini
TO the large quantity Of pay ore beint
taken out in sinking and also the fac
that last week body OF extremel,
rich tellurium and free gold ore wa
encountered. Previous TO this weel
two carloads OF ore was shipped which
gave returns Of SOS and SIS per ton
and last Monday a cotton shipmen
was made, which will. undoubtedly
show a big increase in value. We I'M
derstand that deal is under way b.
which strong company will secur
this property at figure that will en-
able the owners to retire from bus
mess. The ore shipped has been TAX
en- out In sinking a shaft less than 4
feet. and will pay about 800 per foo
for the work. which makes this a pre-
ty good mine.
Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1903-10-19

crense of consumption to keep up
with the enormous increase in pro-
duction, which VIII soon be felt in
our markets of the future.
He who plants trees plants for time.
May the generations that follow bless
his act. as they partake of the fruits
OF high quality and for the pleasure
and satisfaction which. only such can
afford.
Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1903-10-19

Toft-Hansen tract has shown the pro-
cess simple. practical and cheap. Nor
Is there any waste of water in the
process. On this tract an ample sup
ply of water Is flooded over the land
and crops planted. The water de-
scending into the coin dissolves large
quantities of alkali near the surface
and carries it of in solution. but not
in sufficient quantities. however, to
prevent the water again being used on
lower levels for irrigation In his re
port of this Fresno demonstration MIR.
Means says; Lands so tiled, even II
badly alkaline. can be returned to
profitable cultivation in six months II
heavily irrigated. and within one
year can be used for the production of
any crop suited to the climate
AT the recent irrigation congress at
Ogden Mr. Means delivered an ad-
dress on this subject in which he said
that the results OF the governments
work clearly show that the large areas
of alkali land in the west can be re-
claimed at cost far below the actual
that those lands injured by seepage
water can be returned to fertility and
the danger of the rise OF the alkall
entirely ohviated 1t is thought that
the time will soon come when drain
age will be as common in the irrlgat-
ed districts as are the tlle-drained
fields of the middle west.
Tho atiaya1 NNuoht,,ytAp frs
states that he has seen water from
Salt river, Arizona. show 157 parts Of
soluble salts in 100000. parts OF water
acutely dangerous TO plant growth"
The Division of Soils last July is.
sued pamphlet showing that the Al
gerian Arabs are growing figs. pome-
granates. melons tomatoes. cabbage
and other plants sensitive to alkali
by using Irrigation water. which con.
stains from 400 to 500 parts OF soluble
salts in each 100000 parts of water,
the gardens being freely irrigated and
well drained.
THE alkall problem in the west Is
one with which the irrigatur and the
engineer must contend. OF course"
shiu vi "iN'hNiii Jul WIN NV 'NhiA'
able information and knowledge of
the practice of irrigated countries
thousands OF years old. supplemented
by intelligent scientific work, there is
nothing in the situation 10 cause
alarm to the most conservative.
The country must realize that
while national irrigation is something
of an experiment in this country irri-
CATION itself Is old, has been In eX-
tensive practice for twenty years and
there are al present nearly S,opo.O0O
acres artificially waterei, Now that
the government has come upon the
scene a new economical problem is
presented. not whether water VIII irri'
gate crops probably. but whether the
nation can reclaim desert land and
find settlers and home builders who
VIII go on 1t and take 1t on the hands
of the government at the cost of its
Improvement. Unqueslionably. i'll the
Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1903-10-19

A dispatch from Berlin says that the
new patent railway car ran 125 miles
an hour on its first experiment, but
that the lives of all on board were
heavily insured" which made every
body feel much more cheerful, OF
course
Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1903-10-19

The farmer is vitality interested in
the supremacy OF the law and every
last one should be found in the Re
publican column this fall when il
comes to voting for judge of the su-
preme court.
Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1903-10-19

Senator Thomas C Plat turns ont
10 have been ladies' man after all.
However, up to date only one woman
has turned up with breech of prom
Use suit since his marriage with Mrs.
Jaueway
Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1903-10-19

The acquittal OF james II. Tillman
at this distance looks like an outrage
on justice. If ever cowardly muir
der was committed 1t was when Con
zales was killed last January. But
then, maybe, the jury took into con
sideration that the deceased was only
an editor
Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1903-10-19

The Nashville American has start
ed out on a little rainbow chase o.
its own. 1t says a powerful element
of the Republican party IS opposed TO
Rooseyelt's election. The great bus
mess and commercial world contem-
plates 1t with almost a shudder."
Where is the powerful element OF the
Republicans who are against Roose-
welt? What business and financial in
terests are shuddering at the thought
that he is to be elected in 1904? Pos
sibly the trust magnates would be
glad TO see some other man than
Roosevelt nominated by the Republic
can party next year. The party, how
ever, with an approach to unanimity
such as is seldom seen, demands
Roosevelt's nomination. He Will get
the candidacy without any opposition
Every delegate in the convention VIII
vote for him. The trust chieftains
will not have any influence in that
gathering. The trusts are against
Roosevelt, but let not one Nashville
friend or any other Democrat imagine
that this is going to help the Demo
cratic party. The trusts know that ii
they come out openly against Roose
welt they will add hundreds OF thous
ands to his majority on the popular
vote.
Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1903-10-19

For the fiscal year 1903 the foreign
trade oil the Philippines amounts IL
$61 100000, an increase OF S9,OO0,000
over 1902. The business expansion
with which the United States is iden-
tilted is clearly marked in the arch
ipelago.
Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1903-10-19

The people OF Paterson, y. J., invite
attention TO the tact that the last TWO
lunaues who attempted TO reach Pres
ident Roosevelt were not from that
city.
Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1903-10-19

Connecticut Town elections were car.
ried by Republicans in the prono.4oI
Of 1913 to 81. The issues were local,
but the general drift looks well for
1904.
Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1903-10-19

AS the national power OF Turkey
declines the crdeldes of its soldiers
grow worse. Civilization is cupably
slow in settling the Turkish problem.
Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1903-10-19

Tillman trial Editor Gonzales was the
most formidable and dangerous un-
armed mau in the whole state OF south
Carolina
Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1903-10-19

The Herald can assure all that the
Democratic majority in La Plata will
be materially reduced this fall with
probabilities OF landing in the Repub-
ican column. With Judge Campbell
on the ticket there is every reason for
this, even if this is the home OF the
Democratic nominee.
Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1903-10-19

Colombia is waiting to hear from
the United States in the isthmian can
al matter. 1t is possible that Secre-
tary Hay can look through his pigeon
holes and find one more ultimatum.
Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1903-10-19

Capitalists are not eager 10 lend
$4,000, goo to Cuba to be distributed
among alleged soldiers. who were in
visible when the army Of the United
States arrived 10 liberate the island.
Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1903-10-19

1t is well that the state election and
the Denver charter election are di-
yorced. 1t was a Democratic shame
to hold both elections the same day.