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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-08
DON'T WANT PLATINUM PLATE.
Valuable Metal Is Never Stolen Boz
cause 1t Can't Be Sold.

One kind of valuable plate quite
abundant in New York is seldom stolen
by burglars, though the metal of which
1t is made far exceeds silver in cost.
Every college chemical laboratory and
scores Of factory IabOra tories have
costly vessels made of platinum The
plain metal is usually worth about its
weight in gold, and made into cruel
bles and other vessels used in labora-
tories 1t is much more valuable than in
its ordinary form. The makers of such
ware, in fact, must earn large profits,
for their charges are high, although
the metal is made into the simplest
forms, without decoration of any sort.
tiny crucible, holding perhaps only a
gill, IS worth SO or $40, and some of
the larger vessels used by chemists are
worth several hundred dollars each.
The value of these vessels is so
great that they are locked up every
night in a safe in any well conducted
chemical laboratory and frequently
counted. Damaged vessels, and even
the smallest scraps of platinum wire,
are carefully treasured and sent to the
factory from time to time in order to
be made over into new vessels. A
chemist has somewhat the same feel
ing toward his platinum plate that
housekeeper has toward her solid sill
yer, but the chemists plate is worth
FAR more than any but the most elab-
orately wrought silver ware 1t is also
much more liable to damage
The presence of a small quantity OF
lead in a hot crucible of platinum IS
likely to bring about a puncture of the
crucible. A punctured crucible must
go to the factory, and repairs are very
costly. Much of such ware used here
is made in little Pennsylvania town
by single firm, and there are few
workmen who understand the art OF
handling platinum.
Treated with care, platinum vessels
are almost indestrucuble. They seem
to suffer nothing from the high tenn
peratures to which they are exposed
in the laboratory, and however long in
use, a brisk rubbing renders them as
beautifully bright as on the day when
they came from the factory They are
ordinarily cleaned, however, by the ap-
plication of hot water and acid solu-
tons, as they gradually lose in weight
by rubbing.
One reason why platinum impIe-
ments are seldom stolen by burglars
lies in the fact that they are not east
ly disposed of. The metal is hard to
melt, and a large vessel is not easily
hammered out of recognition. Pawn
brokers' are shy of accepting articles
OF platinum, because such articles,
having comparatively use, are not
hard to trace. Small crucibles and
platinum wire and rods do occasionally
disappear from laboratories, but the
larger articles are rarely stolen When
man presents himself in a shop with
a metal worth in the neighborhood OF
$3.50 a pound for sale, he is naturally
expected to tell how it came into his
possession.-New York Tribune.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-08

must, but fight If there is a chance,
is standing rule in the city legal de-
partment, and it is it's faithful Cb-
servance that keeps the city's strong
box intact from raids. All kinds Of
Suhterfuges are made to reduce it's
weight, but it is a case of law ard
brains against cupidity, and the former
generally wins.
Every case filed against the city, es-
pecially if it is a personal injury claim
receives immediate attention, from the
department, and the ink announcing its
filing is hardly dry before the ma
chinery of the department is at work
and the plaintiffs allegations are be-
ing quietly investigated. The police
are the most important factors in this
work. They work quietly, and often
find evidence to show that the city is
wholly irresponsible for the injury, and
the first thing the claimant knows
he is facing mass of indispJitabIe
evidence that does not leave him a
leg to stand upon
Deception was Exposed.
Sometimes the city is deceived, as
it was in the case of the suit of West
slider who demanded SIS, 900 because of
injuries sustained by fall on a side
walk. Everything seemed all right,
compromise for $500 was effected and
the city was about to pay over the
money, when quarrel enSued between
the victim and a friend interested in
the conspiracy. The quarrel developed
the fact that the West slider had re-
ceived his injuries in a drunken brawl
and the payment Of the money was
promptly stopped.
Many a small claim is paid out that
the department suspects. Juries are
mighty uncertain and a compromise is
effected if possible. In these petty
cases the owners of Stubbed toes, bark
ed shfns and bruised bodies generally
figure and they, as a rule, are not I'M
willing to settle for small figure.
A Vexatious Suit.
Probably the most vexatious suit
the city ever defended was the enc
brought by number of young people
who figured in a tally-ho accident. The
driver let the horses go of their own
free will, and the first thing the &C.
eupants knew they were floundering
in ditch. From one small suit for
damages, the number grew to a dozen,
until the city was soon facing claims
aggregating nearly $4,000. One it lost
and the others it won, but these liti-
giants gave the department more work
than any personal injury suit that ever
came to it's attention.
tits rule that every claimant in
a personal injury case must undergo
medical examination, and this is at
tended to by the city by physician
In the city's employ. Nc fee is paid
beyond the physicians salary, but it
is an excellent precaution. for it saves
the city sum of money that it would
otherwise. be mulcted out of. Broken
limbs often prove to be. of ancient date,
physical imperfeetions are sometimes
traced to other causes, and the vic
TINS defense shattered.
Last year over 200 cases received
the attention of the legal department
and more, than one-half of them were
personal injury cases. Only $4,000 was
realized by the claimants, but think
what the others didn't succeed in GET
ting-nearly 100000.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-08
Queer Suits and Claims
City Is Obliged to Fight

"A bruised toe worth $4,000 has steel
stock on a rising market skinned to
death, but it was an Over-con1ident in
diTidual who tried to engineer an even
money deal with the city for it's pos
session. formidable looking docu-
ment with whereas" and the said"
sprinkled literally throughout its verb
iage backed up the genuineness of the
scraped member, but the records in
Corporation Attorney Markham's office
say all that it got him was $40. He
compromised.
1t is an odd lot that think the mu-
nicipaity is responsible and should
pay for their msfortunes, but the
grievances some of them offer are hard
Iy marker to the claim made by enc
woman who thought the city should
give her $4,000 for spraining her arm
while throwing sticks at a neighbours
chickens that had invaded her yard.
If she had been given the protection
she was entitled to, she explained to
the city's legal representative, it would
have never happened.
The legal department of st. Paul
stands a barrier between those who
have a grievance that money only
will satisfy and the city's strong box.
Some Queer Claims.
The nerviest man of the lot was the
one who called on the chief of the de-
partment and wanted to exchange for
SO coat that a passing carriage had
SDlashed mud on, and the coolest, the
one who threatened to sue if he were
not Immediately accommodated with
$4,000 because of a parked shin sus-
tanned by carelessly running into enc
OF the citys ash barrels. He was
looking the other way and did not
notice it.
Broken sidewalk planks in the spring
ahd summer and icy kopjes in the late
fail and winter constitute the basis of
the majority of the suits brought
against the city in a year, but it is q
significant fact that out Of claims last
year, mostly from these causes,
amounting to nearly 100000, only
$4,000 was realized by those who could
show contributory negligence on the
part of the city. Broken and rotten
sidewalk planks have been responsible
for more suits against the city than
any other cause.
A sprained ankle, is the commonest
of complaints, for to it can be ascribed
paralysis of the muscles, floating kid
neyS, poor eyeSight, and, as one claim
ant declared in his bill of particulars,
a3tendency to badness. An injury Of
TINS kind is worth $4,000 any day of
TIE year when the city is the defend
apt, but there are few that have real
ized such an amount so far Cd
Broken Limbs Preferred.
"a broken limb-well, that is enough
TO give any lawyer in the business pal
pItauon of the heart. On a compromise
ne ought to realize $500. And If a
suit was necessary he would never
gelnk of asking less than s25. 600.
fsoatng kidneys and strained mus
Stes have no business here, only per-
aneht INJURIES of the most painful
KIND exist In his imagination. -
HStubbed toes and barked shins .figur-
extensively in the claims made Ia ST
year, but their owners realized little.
p BluH If you can, compromise if you
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-08

filing in the entire city so as to bring
It's grade up to the proper level is
s2'2lO,2s5 additional, making total of
$o,oVo,O4O. After the hurricane that al
/ most wiped out the city it was evident
that steps should be taken to protect
Galveston from another like calamity.
A sea wall was the means decided
upon. the plan which calls for the most
pretentious piece of engineering of the
sort ever attempted in the United
States.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-08

people of Galveston bought the bonds,
with the exception of a very small
amount. Still the money for the fill
ing in was yet to be provided for. The
eighth bill introduced in the present
legislature provided funds to prosecute
the work by allowing the city of CAL
weston to divert for fifteen years it's
state taxes from the treasury into a.
fund to be used solely for grading the
city.-San Francisco Argonaut.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-08

The money needed for the enterprise
will be raised under a constitutional
provision granting coast counties the
privilege to issue bonds for protection
against the encroachment of the gulf.
provided the proposition is ratified by
a two-thirds vote of the taxpayers of
the county. The proposition was sub
mitted to the taxpayers of Galveston
county to issue $1,500,000 sea-wall
bonds and was carried only twenty
six votes being cast against 1t. The
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-08
Never RestIno.

isn't that merely idle gossip"
'77GoSsip, my dear" answered Miss Cay
enne, rs never idle. 1t is the most in
Star
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-08
a SONG OF SEASONS.

The winter day is sad to see;
Each hour tbs wetter
And spring they say will probably
Not be much better.
IA Washington Star.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-08
THE GREAT SEA
- ffs" WALL AT GALVESTON
'hree and a Half Million Will Be
Spent in Construction.

The report of the board of engineers
on plans for the sea wall to protect
Galveston calls for three miles of con
crete breakwater, seventeen feet above
mean low tide. The estimated cost az
the sea wall Is $1.294,755 and that Of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-08
The Stock Offered by this Growing
Company is so Considered.

subscribe stock in this
I and
be
3 in videndsw with twoy
business the Twin
expected
ly
a
investigation
is a chance of
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-19
RAISES HIS OWN Supplies.

From the Gastonia News we chip the
following report of a CASTOR county
farmer recently made to the state COM
missioner Of agriculture. What a pity
we have not more farmers like this
Mr.. r. A. Caldwell. This nan IS one
of those farmers who knows from long
experience that farming in North Car
DINA pays if the farmer knows how
to farm. Mr.. Caldwell gives his farm
ing experience as follows:
Seasons are so irregular 1 cannot
safety say what the cost Of raising
a five hundred-pOund bale o. cotton
would be, nor of corn per bushcl. We
usually raise our own corn that We
need upon the farm. I a V always
made my own corn, flour and bacon.
and AVE supplied my own farm hands.
Never bought a bushel of corn, pound
of bacon, or sack of Jour in my life.
I am now sixty-eight years of age.
and have kept the same set Of hands
from five to twenty-five years"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-19
CHERRIES OUTLOOK
How the Future Was Frightened for a WE'LL
Known Wilmington Man.

With an aching back that makes the
daily toll a torture, and that robs sleep
of its restful properties, the future holds
out little promise to a man, no matter
how successful he may be in business.
To such a sufferer relief comes like the
dawn of the Arctic day. A Wilmington
business man who found relief Of this
Sol tells his story of his case,
A. V. Horrell, proprietor Of restaur-
ant at sos South Fourth street, says:
Il used Doan's Kidney Pills and they
did me a lot of good. 1 have beer a
great sufferer with backache, which
supposed to be rheumatism, and used
all the rheumatic cures I could get hold
OF. I was completely laid Up with il
and could scarcely get around, to dc
any work vas simply out of the ques-
ton. Ny sister, reading about Doan's
Kidney Pills and knowing how I suffer.
ed, went to Bellamy'S drug store and
got me a box. They acted like a charm
My backache or rheumatism, whatever
it vas has entirely left me, and I give
all the credit to the use of Doan's Kid.
ney Pills"
For sale by all dealers. Price 80 cents
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y, soil
agents for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan's-anC
take no substitute.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-19
FRIDAY, JUNE 10.
THE WILSON MURDER '>>t,

Ever since the day OF the LAST
Supper, nineteen centuries ago. super
stitious persons have, when ever pos
zib1e avoided the number Thirteen, as
hrnoi,g had Iuck or disaster TO those
concerned.
In +ba superior court Of Wilso couh-
~ odav there stand indicted for the
-urder Of one mar thirteen citizens OIL
that county. Are any of these thirteeh
sunerstitious about this number? II so,
+ba decision of Judge Shaw on the mo-
~ for q of the case may
hiring them relief of mind. His deter
mination to grant a continuance OF the
trial of eight of the number until the
September term and to set for trial the
case of the other five on next FRIDAY
NAV bring relief of mind. Even those
fya u-ho were unsuccessful in securing
a continuance of their case, if hey nave
any superstition about this tearIul
number Thirteen, may prefer 10 De
tried at the present term to having the
cases as to all postponed and tried al
the same time at a later date
This Wilson murder case is in one re-
snect the most remarkable n in the
history of our state. There never was
bafore so large a number of men indict-
ed i'm one bill for murder We doup'
if such a case is to be found In the
criminal records of any state of the
uniOn. This case has attracted grea'
attention, not only in this state u De-
vord IT'S borders. 1t is unique in many
respects and will no doubt, on its ina
discrimination by Our supreme court
become one OF the leading authorize:
To ne quoted in subsequent murder
trials where many persons band to
gether for an unlawful purpose, no
concentrating murder, but such result
follows their action.
What reason Judge Shaw had To-
granting a severance and continuing tn
cause as TO eight of the men n re
fusing it as TO the other five We do no
know at this writing, but one thing W.
do know. and that is that he had sounC
reason fer his action; that ne acte'
with an eye single to the demands o
Justice and fair treatment of the par
ties indicted.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-19
Announcement to Travellers.

Atlanta, Ga, June 16.-The Southern
railway issues the following announce
ment:
The landslide on the Southern rail-
way between Melrose and Tryon, OF
June 18th has caused interruption to
through train service over that part OF
the line between S~partanburg and
Asheville, and it is not expected that
the landslide can be removed and that
train service can be Tesume between
Spartanburg and Asheville, for the next
ten days or two weeks, but in order to
facilitate travel from the south and
southeast, the Southern railway has ar
ranged to run through sleeping cars to
Asheville via B~lacksburg and Marion.
This arrangement will continue until
through service is resumed between
Spartanburg and Asheville."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-19
COAL. MINERS CHECKMOTE MIR.
BAER.

1t is up to the coal min operators
now to come TO an understanding with
the miners on the matters in dispute.
They objected to the appointment of the
miners members of the board of con-
Citation by the executive board, holding
that such appointments should be made
by the miners in convention. The min
ers have settled this question by, in a
general convention of their representa-
tives endorsing the appointments
heretofore made by the executive
board. and President Baer has declar-
ed that the operators are satisfied with
the legality OF the appointments OF the
miners cOuciliators. This action OF the
miners in convention seems TO have
been a surprise to Mr.. Baer. 1t was a
concession on their part that he did
not Expect. 1t shows a desire on their
part TO come to a fair n just settle
ment Of the matters in dispute. In
stead OF standing on their rights under
the decision o. the coal mine strike
commission. they yielded to the de-
mands OF the operators. This i said
to have been a fine piece of diplomacy
by President Mitchell. There IS now
a prospect 81 the threatened strike be-
ing averted. Il the operators are deter
mined 10 force 4 difference resulting in
a strike for rho u-1rDOSa of again At
tempting 70 crush the miners union
they Will have to 7. sort TO some other
measure The miners have for the pres
ent taken the wind out of the sails of
the operators. The public should de
mand that Mr.. Baer and his associates
meet the miners halfway and make an
honest endeavor TO settle their differ
ences'in order that there should not be
repeated the conditions which existed
last winter.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-19

It's Jet approaching the scene of the
tragedy. My recollection i~ hat 1 saw
DR.. hash approaching about the time
the last shot was fired; I am not GER
tain as to the exact time.
Llge Noble was in my store and
Sheriff Ed. Callahan was also in the
store. l was looking toward the couru
house when the shot was fired. l did
not see Even look in the hall when the
first shot was fired. After the killing
| sent for Even or Callahan sent for
him. Hargls stated that he did not
know who killed Marcum."
CroSS-eXamined by Commonwealth
Attorney Byrd, Hargis said he saw
nothing unusual in Whites actions
when he came out of the door.
Did you see Curt. Jet anywhere
when the shots were fired?" asked
Byrd.
Il saw Curt"
Answer my question: said Mr.
Byrd.
NO, 1 did not see him"
After a few more questions Hargis
was excused by the commonwealth.
Sheriff Callahan testified that wher
Marcum was killed he was in Hargis
store looking out of he window a
Marcum and Even. He saw Ever
Jump out of the doc and run and saw
Marcum stagger and fall. He saw Jet
! near the court house walk at the cor
! ner. He said he saw some one IN tn,
hallway of the court house, but coul
not tell who it for the smoke. H,
saw White across the street.
James Back, another witness for tn
defense. testified that he expected t
| get pay for teStifying.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-19
P. 0. Frauds
Continued from First Page.)

bursting clerk of department of justice,
in letter carriers claims against the
United States before the court of clans.
These parties continued to draw pay
until the comptroller called for a state
ment from them.
The report of Inspector Little on the
investigation of the Washington office,
dated July 81, 1900, says that a number
of clerks were added TO the rolls with
out the request of the postmaster and
that the postmaster said hat at times
it has been difficult to find employment
for all assigned to his rolls.
The inspector says the roster appears
to be elastic, to be added to as cirmu-
stances arise, whether the postmaster
requested it or not. The aggregate sal
aries paid to those not connected with
the office amounted to SIC, 100.
The original charges of Mr.. Tulloch
made to Postmaster Genera Smith and
the conclusions reached by Mr.. Smith
in his report on them follow practically
publications recently printed. Mr..
Smith a Y that the payment of bonds
of military postal clerks by the govern
ment was in order to protect POstmas-
ter Willett and his sureties when the
service was organized.
AS to the dual compensation to O. H.
Smith former postmaster General
Smith says that it was the opinion of
the department that any employee re-
ceiving $500 or less could be paid COM
p~ensation OF W. different rolls. Con-
corning the vouchers for expenses of
Beavers, Heath and others Mr.. Smith
says that the vouchers were furnished
where possible and the entire account
regularly sworn to. He defends certain
alleged irregular appointments and
y the appointments were regular and
that the postmaster should have de-
tailed the persons to duty. Mr.. Smith
says it was the postmaSter's duty TO
provide employment for the cleaners
appointed or to pOr to the depart
ment that there was no employment
for them. He says that the department.
was liable for the full months rental
of a temporary p~OstOtffce building men
toned. Concerning the overtime claims
TO Lorenz, Hurt. Machen and others
Mr-Smith says that this expenditure
was unquestioned until May 1899. wher
the practice was dicOutinued. Mr.
Smith commended n a the result of the
investigation of the overtime claims
was that approximately So, 800 900 was
saved to the government.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-19
Washington and Lee

Lexington, Va, June 15.-The final
days exercises of the commencement
season of Washington and Lee Univer-
sity occurred today in Lee Memorial
chapel before a large audience. An ad-
dress before the literary societies Of
the Universitrwas mad by Hon. Ed
ward VI. Shepard, of New York city.
Hon. A. c. Godon presented the Univer-
sity with a portrait of the late Judge
William Mclaughlin, for many years
the rector of the University. ". W.
FarrOW, of Richmond, delivered the
law class grafton and c. c. Mcneil. of
Charlottesville, Va, the valedictory.
Honorary degrees We're conferred by
the trustees Of Washington and Lee
University upon the following:
Hon. Edward NJ. Shepard, New York;
George Foster Peabody, New York;
President r. E. Blackwell, Randolph
Macon college; Rev. William NJ. Morri-
son, Lexington, missionary from the
Congo Free State; Rev. Frank T. Nc
Fadden, Lynchburg, and Rev. Arthur
Kinsolving, New York.
Governor Hayward, of South Carolina,
today reviewed the cadets Of the .Vir-
GINA military institute.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-19
The Heppner Victims.

Peppner, Ore, June 1.-THE work of
wreckage which were lodged in the
own by Saturdays food was com
menced in earnest today. Bodies are
being recovered almost every hour and
tonight the most accurate estimate Of
the number OF dea is 200.
h eXa number of victims will
probably never be known as many have
been washed miles down the creek and
been coered by huge accommodations
Of dirt and sand.
Scores of men are searching the creek
bottoms for bodies of relatives and
friends who are missing, but the under
taking is a s%tupendous one as bodies
have been found more than thirty
miles from here.