The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-05-26
Messenger Bureau,


Raleigh, N. c., May p.
T. X. Bruner. secretary of the North
Carolina department of agriculture,
returned last evening from St. Louis,
where he has been working for the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Mr..
Bruner is superintendent of the special
exhibits in agriculture under Chief F.
W. Taylor, OF Nebraska. Mr.. Bruner
has already visited Texas. Indian Ter
ritory, Mississippi, Louisiana, Ala
maba, Florida. Georgia and Tennessee,
and made arrangements for special
displays from those states. After
spending a few weeks here he will
work on a similar mission IN South
Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia
Mr.. Bruner has been more or less as
ISOLATED with all the great fairs, but
he says this st. Louis Exposition will
be simply ~Stupendous. surprising all
others The agricultural space alone
on the exposition grounds will m
brace rs acres" says Superintendent
Bruner. and 50 acres of this will be
under cover. The buildings will be
among the very handsomest on the
grounds and VIII be treated in colorS
while all the other structures viii be
ivory. The exposition Will be more es-
sentially a tar than any held
before
ed from Red Springs today and speaks
at L~eesville tomorrow.
State Auditor B. F. Dixon went to
Concord today, where he speaks at the
closing of the public schools tomor-
row. Sunday he VIII address the Ma
sons at High Point.
DR.. Irving HardeSty, OF the CHAIR Oh
zoology in the University of California,
is in Raleigh. He is a native OF near
here and his life reads like a
He oVercame great obstacles, worked
his way through Wake Forest College.
went finally to the University of Chi
cago, and is now a member OF the
faculty of the University of California.
and is one OF the highest recognized
authorities IN this country upon MS
speciality.
A telephone message from LouisburS
this morning brought news OF a dlSaS-
trous fire there that destroyed a block
TODAY. Among the burned buildings
were two livery stables, three stores,
the bank and the hotel. The loss is
placed at $500 0 with 500 GOO insurance.
The supreme court has taken up ap-
pealS from the 9th district that were
left over. Among these is the Southern
Loan and Trust VS.. BenboW,
from Greensboro, involving about $780,
600. 1t was argued by MeSSrS. kim
ball. King & Morehead, all OF Green's
boro. on one side. and ex-senator VIII
son and eX-Judge Bryan, of Winning
| ton, on the other.
So much is being said about the
| cause of Tuesdays wreck on n
Southern railway here, that there Is
talk of asking the corporation com
mission to make an investigation. Inc
law mpower the commission TO IN
| vestigate wrecks, but the findings Oh
the body would be useless except as
evidence for one side or the other IN
| a law suit. The commission has never
investigated but one railroad accident.
| SO far as KNOWN, and that was When
Engineer Watson was killed near mere
last summer by running into a frelgnC
car that had slipped off the siding and
| run wild down the main track. q
| Seaboard Air Line admitted neglgence
| in hat case. The corporation commas
| sion summoned witnesses and mace an
| examination then, but never hled any.
report. This is the only wreck the
i body has investigated, but the law
| does not make it mandatory; it Simply
| says the commission may investigate.
Mr.. w. ". VaSS n Prof. j. H.
| Brawley. of Peace Institute, left TINS
morning for II trip to Europe