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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-13
WILL GO TO CRAMP AND SON
Construction Boards Recommends
That They be Given Contract.

Washington, January 10.-The board
of construction of the navy department
has submitted to Secretary Moody its
recommendation that the bill Of Will
liam Cramp and Sons. for the con-
struction of the cruisers Tennessee
and Washington, be accepted. Their
bid. which was the lowest submitted.
was s400O,000 for each cruiser. to be
completed in thirty-six and thirty
nine months respectively. The board
also recommends that the firms bid Of
S35, 900 each for installing electrical
plants in the new ships be accepted.
In conclusion the board says: With
regard to that part of the depart
ment's endorsement calling the atten-
ton of the board to the provision Of
the act of authorization with respect
to combinations intended to deprive
the government of fair, open and un-
restricted competition in letting con-
| tracts for the construction of the YES
sells herein referred to. the board finds
no reason to suppose that the bidding
! on these vessels has been in any way
! influenced by any such combination,
| intended or calculated to deprive the
| government of fair, open and unre-
| stricted competition "
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-13
BILLS AFFECTING TRUSTS
Committee Have Not Yet Finally De-
termfned on Measure to be Intro
duceI.
ducPI.

Washington, January 10-The sub
committee of the house judiciary COM
rnittae, of which Representative Little
field is chairman and who has been en-
gagged sin,.s early in the season in the
cOnsidera ton all pending antitrust
be reported to the full committee.
held a session today but took no final
action.
The sub committee had before it the
draft of 4 LII which it had practically
agreed upon, but inasmuch as the two
bills drawn by the attorney general had
cCme before the subcommittee action
on the QUESTION of the adoption of a
bill was oeferred until they can be
considered and comparisons made with
the conclusion reached by the SUD-
committee. 1t was announced after the
subcommittee had adjourned today
that a report would not be made to
the full committee on judiciary until
next Friday.
1t is claimed that there is not a wide
difference between the bill by the sub
committee and those drawn by the
attorney general, the former being
somewhat broader and going further
in the direction of publicity. 1t also is
understood that instead of creating a
new commission provided in the atlur-
ney generals draft. the sub-commlt-
tees bills Will propose that the COllec-
ton and d.ssemina ton of informa ton
concerning corporations shall be done
through the Interstate commerce COM
mission.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-13

Chicago, January 10.-A national cou-
ventiOn at Washington for the purpose
of imprcssing on President Roosevelt
the urgent need for immediate relief
from the stringency of the coal situa-
ton was decided on today at d confer-
ence in the Grand Pacific Hotel. The
call for the gathering will be issued
probably Monday by Mayor Maybury.
of Detroit, acting as chairman of the
permanent committee of the Detroit
Coal convention.
1t was this committee which today
agreed on the necessity for a national
meeting at the capital. The conference
opened at 10 o'clock this morning and
at an adjourned session 1t was voted
TO reconvene the Detroit convention at
Washington at the earliest practicable
date. This decision followed a series
of speeches in which Attorney General
Knox was censured, it being alleged in
the meeting that he had not enforced
the laws by which, it was urged, re-
dress could be secured.
There was a considerable divergence
of the opinion at first as to the most eff
fcient method to be pursued to obtain
relief from the present prices of coal
Suggestions were made that an open
letter be addressed to President Roose-
welt. that a convention be called at
Detroit or Chicago, or that congress be
appealed to for action. The proposal
to move on Washington in a body.
finally prevailed. it being agreed that
the enforcement of existing laws offer
ed adequate means of relief.
The delegates to the Detroit conven-
ton will be members of the Washing
ton convention. In addition chambers
of commerce, boards of trades, govern
ors Of states and mayors of large cities
will be asked to name representatives.
The date has not been fixed.
The speeches made by Senator Ma
son, Mr. Tarsney, Rev. r. A. White
and Mayor Maybury indicated that the
convention at Washington would be de-
voted largely to the presentation or
charges that Attorney General Knox
has failed to grant the relief that the
laws make possible
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-13
President invited to A>.end General
Assembly of Presbyterian Church.

Washington, January 10.-Presidenc
Roosevelt received today an invitation
presented by the Rev A. W. PitZer.
pastor of the Central Presbyterian
church Of this city. to attend the annu-
al convention of the general assembly
Of the Presbyterian church, south, to
be held in Lexington. We, next May.
The invitation included a request that
the President deliver an address upon
the subject of home missions. The
president indicated that he probably
would not be able to accept the invi-
tation, as. at that time, he expects to
be on an extended trip through the
west and northwest, the arrangements
for which, in some detail, already have
been made.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-13
Coal Companies Present Their Side of
Controversy With the Mine Workers
THREE WIlNESES ON lnL OlA\D

volumes which contained a complete
copy Of the lay rolls of the company.
One of the wage statements furnished
to the commission showed the percent
age of money received. The statement
showed that six per cent. of the COM
panv's men were receiving over Sl,OOO
n year. per cent. 5000 TO $1,000: 6 per
cent. $500 to 500: u per cent. $500 TO
5000. 10 per cent. S4O0 to $5JO; per
cent. 5000 to $500 and 26 per cent. re-
ceived under s2Gn. Mr.. Culver said
those who earned under s30n year.
worked on an average estimate at
about half a month during the entire
year.
The witness said the company IS
making n determined effort to lessen
child labor. and that the twenty per
cent. reduction in hours of labor each
dav without a decrease in wages is
tantamnunt to a % per cent. increase
in wages.
This concluded Mr.. Culver's eXamina-
ton and Mr.. Torrey then read the laws
of several states on the question Of
child labor. He said the coal COM
panies would gladly join with any one
in having laws enacted forbidding the
employment of children in and about
anthracite and bitumenous mines un-
der the age of sixteen years.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-13
ODELL SUPPORTS PLATT
Says Latter's Services to the Party
Should Give Him the SenatOrship.

New York, January 10.-In reply to
questions ss tc his attitude toward the
reelection of Senator T. c. Platt. Gov
ernor OdeIl today made the following
statement:
Il am FOR Senator Platts reelection
to the senate unequivocally and un-
reservedly and l believe that the re-
1ubIican rurty owes to him this re-
newed homer because of his service to
to it. AMI any rumors which may have
been circulated to the contrary are
false and unreliable. 1 shall not only
ask but e1Dect my friends to aid in
this direction and 1 shall do all in my
power 10 accomplish this result
The statement was made by the gov
ernor su.,:equent to conference be-
tween himself and the senator today
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-13

Berlin, January 10.-Baron Speck Won
Sternburg. the newly appointed charge
d Affaires of Germany at Washington,
conferred with Chancellor Won BueloW
for two hours today. He was in con-
ference with the chancellor for an hour
yesterday evening. The baron will be
heard in audience by the emperor
Tuesday or Wednesday. He has en-
gagged transportation on the Hamburg
American line steamer Augusta Vic
toria, which is to sail from Hamburg
January goth for New York.
The Cologne Gazette today in an ap
parently inspired statement denies that
Ambassador Won Holleben's retirement
from Washington is connected with
President Roosevelt's refusal to arbi-
trate the Venezuelan dispute or alleged
i'll feeling in the United States towards
Germany.
In spite of the unfriendly comments
in the American press the Cologne
Gazette says, the attitude of the Unit
ed States and President Roosevelt to
wards Germany has always continued
very correct, in fact, even friendly.
The statement also says that Dr.
Won Ho!lehen's leave of absence is mot
connected with the Pauncefote affair.
Baron Won Sternburg will be given
ample rank. He will not be simple
charge d'affaires, but from the begin
ming will have a special rank, prob
ably that of amba ador extraordinary,
so that although DR.. Won Holleben VIII
retain for an indefinite period the title
of ambassador to the United states,
Baron Speck Won Sternburg will really
have a rank equal to or superior Z"
that of DR.. Won Holleben. Since the
emperor has been giving special per-
sonal attention to Germany's relations
with the United States, he has said
on two or three occasion, it is under
stood that Germany ought to be repre-
scnted at Washington by a personality
which would win the regard OF tne
American people as we'll as the conf
dence of the American government
His majesty on one occasion alluded
TO the personality of WI Ting Fang,
the former Chinese minister at WASH
ington, as being Of exceptional value
to China.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-13

Mr. Bowen VIII Sail Today to Join
Commission to Settle Venezuelan
Controversy.

Washington, January 1O.-A cable
gram received from Minister Bowen at
the state department today conveys
the information that he has decided
definitely TO sail from La Guaria for
the United States tomorrow and he
should be in Washington within a week
or ten days. The minister also stated
in his message that considerable dis
tress is being felt through the opera
ton OF the blockade, in the cutting off
of food supplies.
While arrangements have not yet
been made for the meeting Of the
Venezuelan commission, some attention
has been given to the subject and it
appears that the United States gov
ernment will be expected to provide
accommodations for the body. 1t is
probable that accommodations will be
procured in one of the hotels here for
the state department has no available
room to devote to such purposes. Sig
nor Mayor DeS PlanceS the Italian
ambassador here, is, by virtue of sem
iOrity, entitled to preside if the pro-
ceadingS are to be in the nature OF a
Joint meeting and his long diplomatic
service is regarded a. peculiarly fittins
him for the important work imposed
upon the commission. All four of the
| prospective members of the commits
| sion, namely Signor Mayor des Plances
| the italian ambassador: Sir Michael
| Herbert, the British ambassador and
| Count Quadt and Baron Sternberg as
/ we'll as Minister Bowen, all speak En-
| gliSh perfectly and it is likely that this
! language vii be the official medium .
| communication in the commission!
| proceedings.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-13
R--DlVISION ON THE SEABOARD
Announcement Affects Entire Sys-
tenn South Of Columbia.

Norfolk, Va, January 1O.-General
Superintenedent F K Huger, of the
SeaboarG Air Line, issued an order to
the effec. tha ton January 10th, the en-
tire system south of Columbia, S. e.,
would be re- divisioned as follows:
Fourth division, Columbia to jack
sonville and Fernandina to Chatta-
hoochee river and branches, including
Fernadira terminals and Baldwin yard,
with r. W.Hudson as superintendent.
Fifth dlvision-Savannah to Mont
gomery and branches, including Sa-
vannah terminals, with Walter Hale
as Supel lntendent
Sixth Division-Jacksonvil and
Baldwin and all lines south Of Bald
win, including Jacksonville terminals,
With D. T.. Maxwell superintendent.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-13
THE TOBACCO SMUGGLERS
Customs officials Make Arrest in
New York in Connection With
These Charges.

New York, January 10.-CustomS Of
ficials tonight arrested Jacob von
Sternberger, charged with. smuggling
tobacco and subsequently made
search of the Red Star steamship Fin
land lying in the North river. Won
Sternberger who is employed on th:.
vessel was found to be wrapped with
under his clothing.
Several months ago the customs in
spector unearthed a plot to bring Su-
matra tobacco from Antwerp into this
country without the payment OF duty.
Two seizures of considerable proper
tions resulted. Tonight Inspectors
Hooley, Angel, Cipherly and Nevil*'
saw Won Sternberger leave the Finland
and noticing that he was of peculiar
shape, halted and searched him. They
found many thin bundles of tobacco
under his clothing. The vessel was
then searched and while the officers
were at work. the crew of the Finland
made a raid on the dynamo room foZ'
the purpose of shutting off the cleo
trio lights. The chief engineer and the
custom house inspectors drew their re-
volvers and drove the men back. The
inspectors then sought police assis-
tance and completed their search. They
did not succeed, however, in finding
any more tobacco. Six customs and
police officers are now IN charge Of the
vessel.
Earlier in the day inspectors observ-
ed two men near the gangway of the
Finland acting suspiciously. The men
succeeded in breaking away and get
ting back to the steamship. The Off
GERS declare that yesterday they chased
one of the crew across d street near
the pier after recovering ten pounds
of tobacco, and that the man got
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-13
joint Commfssion Deciding On Com
mon HSmnal.

Nashville. Tenn, January 10.-Tne
first meeting Of the joint commission
of the NJ E. church and the III. Il.
church south, appointed to consider the
adoption of a common hymnal, was
neld this afternoon. The two branches
of the commission held separate ses-
SION this morning to exchange views
and to agree upon policies to be urged
at the Joint session. The joint meet
ing was held behind closed doors.
The two hymnals contain about l,Ooo
hymns each and il will be the duty or
the subcommittee to Gull the best
from each and submit their work to
the next joint convention.
The session will continue for three
or four Gays.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-13
WANT RECEIVER FOR SHELBY ROAD
Suit Against Louisville and Nash
willie and Chesapeake and Ohio.

Louisville Ky, January 10.-Suit was
filed here today by the minority
stockholders of the Shelby Railroad
Company against the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad Company and the
Chesapeake and Ohio. asking that the
sale of the Shelby railroad to the
Louisville and Nashville be set aside
and that a receiver be appointed. The
sale was made March 2. 1902, and the
consideration was s150.266. The plain
tiff allege that the road is in reality
worth 100000. The road was held by
the Chesapeake and Ohio under lease.
Plaintiffs say that no dividends were
ever paid and they ask an accounting.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-13

rhis In the beginning of the Preseh-
tation of the Coal Companies side.
zIr. Torrey Told What the Com
pany Intended to ProEe-S"P
teudent Rose Related the story OF
en-. ConJitions in and About the
Tvventy-Four COIiieries OF the
delaware and Hudson Company
Comptroller Culver Presented inc
,.o.e Statements and Other sta
tistics Having bearing Oh '"'
Case-Cha-rman Gray Continues III
5 ca,eraI Wilson again Pre-
sided.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-13
Crazed With Pain, Thomas O'DOna-
hue Springs to His Death

New York, January 1o.-Crazed by
the pain attending his illness Of ty-
rhoid fever, Thomas A. O'Donohue,
treasurer of the O'Donohue Coffee
Company. sprang from the window OF
his room on the seventh floor OF the
Crmonde apartment house, landing on
the sidewalk. He died taa minutes
later. The sick man was attended by
a trained nurse whom he had sent
from the room by q ruse. The attend
ant re-appeared just as Mr.. O'Donohue
was about to take the plunge and
sprang toward him but was too late
to prevan. 1t. Mr.. O'Donohue was
thirty years Of age and q millionaire.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-13
Deny Some of Reasons
Given for DR.. Won HOI-
leben'S Retirement
OUR ATTITUDE

They Say That His Retirement Was
in no Way Connected With Presi-
dent Roosevelt's Refusal to Arbi-
tratc-Neither Was it Connected
Attitude of the United States To-
ward Germany is Very Correct and
at Times Quite FriendIy-All this,
Not Withstanding Unfriendly Com
ments of the PreSS-The New
Charge d'ATaires Leaves for Amer
lea on the Goth.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-13
Fires a>PiStol at Carriage
in Spanish Royal
Procession
SHOT WENT WILD

King Alfonso Heard the Shot and
Put His Head Out of the Carriage
Window, But He Was Quickly
Dragged Back-The Escort Cap
ture the Would-be Assassin and
Oyerpower ..im-Said He Did Not
Desire to Kill the King But the
Grand Chamberlain, the Duke of
Sotomoyor--Letters Addressed to
President Roosevelt, Emperor of
Germany and Others Found in His
Pockets.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-13
Judiciary Committee TO Take Up
Trust Question.

Washington, January 10.-The senate
committee on judiciary will meet Mon
day next for the purpose Of taking up
the trust question. It is expected the
committee will 30 into the subject very
thoroughly and that a number of meet
ingS Will be held either by the full COM
mittee or O subcommittee.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-13
Mob shoots a Negro 70 Death.

Drew, Miss, January 10.-John Hol-
lins. q negro was taken off a train two
miles south Of here last night by a
mob Of masked men and shot to death.
Hollins was charged with attempting
a criminal assault upon white girl.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-13
Heavy Snow Falling In Topeka.

Topeka, Kas.. January 10.-A heavy
snow is falling here with the weather
growing colder and the city is out of
coal Not a dealer in town has a car
load on hand and none is in sight. 1t
is expected that there will be suffering
before the famine Is relieved as many
of the poor are entirely out Of fuel.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-13
BEFORE STRIKE COMMISSION AN ASSASSIN RELIEF OF COAL STRNCENCY
National Convention to Meet in Wash
ington to Ask for Help
CENSURE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

The Call for the Convention VIII
Probably be Issued MOnday-It
pressing on the President the
Urgent Need of Immediate Relief
Attorney General Knox Was Sc
vereIy Censured for Not Enforcing
the Avs Which Redress Could
Have Been Secured-There Will be
COuntry-Ine Date Has Net Yet
Been Decided On.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-08-02
MUCH ADO OVER AN EGOTIsr.

Sam Bowles, when Choate died, wrote
plain and frank criticism of his life,
demolishing the maxim 'say nothing
save good of a dead man." taking the
ground that an obituary wasn't worth
writing or reading ii the mans life wasn't
honestly reviewed, the good held up for
emulation and the mistakes pointed out
as warnings to others. He was roundly
scored for his plainness of speech in deal
ing with Choate's public record but who
shall say that his is not the true con-
ception of the right sort of obituary?
The recent death of General Cassius M
Clay, of Kentucky, has called for many
articles reviewing his life, and there has
been much ado over him as if his life
were worth more than a few paragraphs.
In his youth he was Don Quixote, in his
mature years an erratic parsonage trying
to make reputation as a knight Grant.
and his old age has been succession of
plumbers and mistakes that charity should
have hid from public gaze.
What did Cassius Clay ever do except
to career before the foot-hghts to warrant
the space he was given in the newspapers?
About the truest indication of his real
character is a letter written by himself.
After all that is said about any man. he
really writes his own biography. Before
the Civil War Cassius Clay was editing
newspaper at Louisville, Ky. and ne
kept standing at the head of the editorial
page this editorial announcement:
Although l regard Henry CLAW as one
OF the greatest men our country has pro
duced, and esteem him personally for his
many virtues of mind and heart, I feel
that 1t is only just to my own family
that | let the world know we are not in
the remotest degree related by consan-
gmmty. come of long line of landed
arlstocrats stretching back to the dawn
OF history l did not found my family
Henry Clay is Che founder of his own
race, as he is the splendid architect of
ms own great fortune. While he is worthy
OF all respect in Kentucky and the world
It should be known that none of the blood
OF my family courses through his veins. >"
No man capable of writing such ego.
tlstlc dribble and printing it in his own
newspaper could be other than a freak
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-08-02

down by Justice Brewer when he said:
WHATEVER PROPERTY is
WORTH FOR THE PURPOSE OF IN
COME AND SALE 1T IS WORTH FOR
THE PURPOSE OF TAXATION"
No matter what the little inferior Fed
eraI Courts say, when the State of North
Carolina goes before the Supreme Court
at Washington and establishes that it has
enacted laws assessing all property at its
true value in money and in ascertaining
the true value in money" of railroads it
has IN every particular followed the plan
prescribed by Justice Miller-when this
State does that the Supreme Court will
refuse to interfere with an assessment
made upon the value which cash investors
place on the property and which its earn
ings show it is worth.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-08-02

new gold would be discovered to give the
necessary increase in money. The country
was noe given free coinage of silver but
it never took step toward Improvement
until the discoveries of gold in Alaska
and South Africa put more gold in cir
culation than the minis could have coined
of silver, coupled with the demand for all
supplies which the Spanish-America war
supplied. This demonstrates the wisdom
of the fundamental Democratic declaration
at Chicago which was, not primarily for
free silver coinage, but for an increase in
the volume of money.
There is a demand now for more money
That demand is in part well founded
What sort of additional money shall we
have? OF course free silver is impossible.
Two national elections have settled that
question and it is not now an open one
The big banks demand an asset curren-
cy" whereby they may issue a certain
amount of money upon the amount of
their capital stock. The limitations pro-
posed sound very good. They are plausi-
BILE, but the principle is wholly wrong and
full of danger. 1t would result in fiat
money, pure and simple, ten fold worse
than government fiat money, in that it
would be the fiat money of banks which
might become bankrupt. A Nebraska
banker takes this view of it:
1.-The silver dollar which we condemned
had nearly fifty cents worth of silver in
it, but the asset currency which they pro-
pose may be absolutely worthless. left
the Democratic party to protect the coun-
try FROM bad money. Is the Republican
party going to reward me with an asset
currency. which is infinitely worse than
silver?'
This banker evidently thinks that he
has been the victim of misplaced conf
dence., a