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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-08-29
THE LATEST NEWS IN SHORT ORDER
Domestic.

Judge Gary. OF the executive commit
tee OF the United States Steel Corpora
ton. announces that he has no knowl-
edge oi the rnmored return OF Mr..
Schwab 10 the presidency OF that CON
Germ
hirty or more passengers were scri-
ously injured by collision at the juno
tion OF the Illinois Central and Lake
Erie and Western Railroads, near
Bloomington.
The Detroit police have asked for the
arrest OF Charles Price. who is charged
with the murder OF Alphonse Wines
i'll tina; city.
Nellie Brooks, said 10 be the wife OF
Harry Brooks. the gentleman burglar
OF New York, was arrested i'll Kansas
City.
Henry r. Elby, treasurer OF the Oil
vet Baptist Church. oi Chicago was ar
rested ior enlightenment OF church
funds.
\ number OF persons were injured in
wreck on the Chicago and Northwest
ern Railroad near Eden, Wis.
William Duncan, proprietor OF no.
tel at Raymond. Cal, shot colored
ambulance driver.
The new cruiser Cleveland was given
trial over the Southport measured
course.
Mrs. Bertha Roda. wife OF Phia-
/ dclrhia textile striker. tried 10 kill her
Jour children because they were starry
ing.
DR. Allen Thompson. a wealthy ply
stefan 0; Troy. y. y. committed sui
eide At Asbury Park by cutting his
throat
The result OF the Democratic county
convention in Ohio indicates that
4 neither Tom l.. Johnson nor John l..
Zimmerman has enough pledged dele
/ gates TO control.
1t IS stated that the Wabash Rail
road has secured valuable terminals
/ III an entrance into Cincinnati.
Rev. p ]. Hayes. secretary to Arch
! Tor oil the Archdiocese OF New York
10 succeed Right Rev {. II. Cotton,
bishop-clect OF Buffalo.
RUFUS Cantrcll. the negro grave rob-
Der. OF Indianapolis. Ind. confessed.
Two persons were killed and many
I jured in wreck OF an excursion
train iull OF Elks near Chchalis. Wash.
Believing that he would not be able
10 be impartial i'll the second trial OF
Lulu Prince Kennedy. Judge Wofford
swore himself off the bench
Six hunters OF lost gold mine. hail
ing from Chicago. are under arrest at
Turks Island. West Indies, suspected OF
filibustcrng
John Ellsler. father oi Efiie Ellsler,
the actress. and himself an actor and
theatrical manager, died in New Yorl;
OF heart disease.
The monument to the memory OF
Hale Johnson. who was aSsasinated last
year. was unveiled by prohibitionists at
| Newton. III.
BY the merging OF number OF sheet
and tin plate companies in Pittsburg
an independent combine has been
formed
Theoretically. hostile feet sailed
from the tropics to attack Portland.
Me. marking the beginning OF the
mimic war
The Southern Pacific has made an
offer TO build tobacco dry warehouse
at Nacogdoches. Tex.
Secretary OF War Elihu Root sailed
from New York for Liverpool
The creditors OF Porter Brothers
have formed a corporation 10 carry on
their business pending bankruptcy pro-
ceedings.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-08-29
humberts Convicted.

Paris (By Cable Ore OF the great
est criminal trials in TIE history Of
France eliminated here when the jury
in the Court of Assizes rendered YER
dict o' guilty against Thercsc Humbert.
her husband. Frederic Humbert, and her
brothers Roman and Emile Daurignac.
After brief deliberation the court sen
fenced Therese and Frederic Humhcrt
each 10 five years imprisonment and to a
fine of 100 francs (about 500. Emile
Daurignac to three years and Roman
Dzurignac TO two years. The vcI dict
was reached after the jury had been out
four and half hours.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-08-29
CONNECTIVE CONTINENTS
The Plans for a Gigantic Railroad
System.
BRANCH ROADS TO BE CONSTRUCTED.
Articles Of Corporation OF Pan.Ameriean
Railroad, With a Capital Stock Placed at
$50, e0o,O00, Filed at Guthrie, 0kIa-Pro-
posed Lin. to conuec, British Columbia
With Buenos Ayres. South America.

Guthrie, Okla (Special) Plans for 4
gigantic railroad, with trunk line con-
meeting Hudson Bay with British Col
umbia, Buenos Ayres. South America.
and having a network OF branches. were
disclosed here when articles OF incorpor-
alton of the Pan-American Railroad
Company, with capital stock placed at
Szsooooooo. were filed with the sccre-
fary of the territory.
A charter also was issued TO the
American Townsite Company, an adj
irnct of the railway corporation, with a
capital stock fixed at SIo.ooo.ooo. with
business Offices at Shawnee and Guthrie,
Okla. New York city Superior, Neb.,
Hutchinson. Kan, Dallas and Galveston.
Tex. Winnipeg. Can. and City OF
Mexico.
The purpose of the railroad corpora
hon, it is said, is to build line OF rail
way extending from Port Nelson. Hud-
son Bay. in a southcrly direction. cross
ing the line of the Canadian Pacific, near
Winnipeg. Manitoba. through North
Dakota, South Dakota. Nebraska, Kan
sas, Oklahoma and Indian Territory TO
Galveston. Tex. from Galveston through
the Republic of Mexico 10 the boundary
line of Central America. through the
lsthmus of Panama. thence through the
United States Of Colombia to Ecuador,
and finally through the Republic OF Peru
TO Buenos Ayres. on the Atlantic Ocean.
Also branch line beginning IN the
Republic of Peru and extending In a
southeasterly direction through Brazil TO
Rio de Janeiro: also a branch line be-
ginning in the Republic OF Peru and ex-
tending in southerly direction through
Chill TO Valparaiso, on the South PACING
Ocean.
The estimated cost OF the Pan-Ameri-
tan Railway is S2So.ooo.ooo. and the esti-
mated length, 10000 miles.
The incorporators are : W. II. Dodge,
Stephen A. Sheldon, w. J. Pendlcton.
Eldredge c. Phelps. of Shawnee, Okla,
and c. Z. Wells. of Lincoln. Neb.
II is not known what outside interests,
II any, these men represent.
The principal Offices OF the company
are stated to be at Guthrie and Shawnee.
Okla.
Within the corporation of the Pan
American Railway Company will. it is
said, be several construction companies.
The largest OF these will be the Cana
dian. American Construction Company.
among whose directors are said TO be
Charles F. Beach. Jr. London. England:
N. l.. Muhleman. New York; Charles NJ.
Rawlins. New York and Charles b.
Williams, City of Mexico. These direc--
tors will, it is stated. hold i'll a general
way for the other companies.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-08-29
In the Departments.

The State Department has been us
ing its good offices 10 secure permiS-
sion from the Turkish government for
wives and families al naturalized Amer
leans 10 JOIN them in this country.
\ decision has been rendered by the
Department oi Justice depriving the
Commits >ioners al the District oil Co
lumbia OF their ranking privileges.
The bookbnders' union has decided
to lay their protest against ". a. Mil
Ter before President Roosevelt.
Bids will be opened at the Bureau OF
Insular Affairs Tor the sale oi S3.ooo.Coo
oil Philippine certificates.
Gen. Frederick ID. Grant comman-
der al the Department OF Texas. has
been asked by the department To eN-
plain the premature publication OF his
annual report i'll San Antonio.
State Department officials are en-
couraged by additional adviccs Ia hope
Colombia will find way to agree on
IN canal project.
Figures have been published showing
the commerce between the United States
and its non-coriiguous territories Tor the
fiscal year. just ended.
The Cuban government is ready to
conclude the formaliics connected with
the leasing al the cualing stations in
Cuba TO the United States.
Secretary Wilson exhibited the first
hank OF silk recled from the silk-rcelng
machines recently purchased by the De-
,baruuent OF agriculture.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-08-29
Interior Department.

The annual report OF the auditor for
the interior department shows that the
number OF settlements during the year
was 22.5I4; last year the number was
1874 The total amount involved in tho
settlements this year is S2oI ,5ooo4o
which is S43,eIo.o53 in cxces sol the
corresponding amount for the preceding
year This difference is very largely the
result fefforts, al last successful. tc
bring the work OF the Office down 10
date
The number OF accounts reported on
hand and unsettled June 90 1903. repre-
sents only such accounts as have been
received during the closing days OF the
year The same is true OF the number OF
claims reported unsettled. except such as
were awaiting additional evidence from
claimants. which had been called for bu,
not received at the close OF the year.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-08-29
I creign.

The Turks have obtained the upper
hand in Monastir and the insurgents
are planning to remove the center OF
their activity close to the Bulgarian
frontiers The horrible outrages in
Monastir are making the situation in
tolerable The mutilated corpses OF 90
women ard children were found in
Krushero.
In the course OF the proceedings in the
case Of Whitaker Wright. the company
promoter, in England. it was stated that
the losses OF shareholders i'll the capital
OF the three companies amounted TO S25,-
100000.
The Wagner family has refused to
take part i'll the unvciling OF the Wagner
monument i'll Berlin. October I. because
the Emperor refused TO accept the pro-
gram offered by the family
Emperor William has bought for $780,
coo the estate OF Damn Muehle. called
the Pearl OF Brandcnburg." making the
ffty-iourth residence owned by the
Emperor.
a German imperial decree removes
the prohibition on the export OF arms
and ammunition 10 China
The Gar will visit Emperor Francis
Joseph OF Austria the end OF September
Gen. Menotti Garibaldi. eldest son OF
the famous Italian patriot OF tina,
name. is dead.
Turks and Bulgarians each blame
the other Tor burning Macedonian vii
lagos.
Two accused members oi the Hum
Der; family we're found guilty OF swim
ding ii Paris and wee >cntcnccd 10
varying terms oil imprisonment
Baron Won lheilman resigned as
secretary OF the German Treasury and
Baron won Stengcl was appointed in
MS stead.
1t is rumored that Emperor Francis
Joseph will abdicate as King oil Hun
gary.
The ST. Mary Fruit Association. at
Kingston, Jamaica. has dispatched a
steamer TO Baltimore with 10000
punches oi bananas. but. as 4 result OF
the damage By the hurricane. the asso-
citation will suspend operations Tor IL
months.
Rev. DR.. George C. Lorimcr is re-
turning to New York. having refused
all ovcrtures 10 accept call in London.
DR. Lardy. the Swiss minister at Par
is. has declined TO serve as an arbitra-
tor on the Venezuela claims.
Some 7.5co tcxtileworkers in Saxony
have struck Tor higher wages.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-08-29
RELIANCE WINS RACE
She Is a Faster Boat Than the New
Shamrock.
RACES AWAY ON HoMEwARD RUN.
10 Beat Of Fifteen Niles TO Windward and q
Run Home the Defender Defeated the Cup
hunter by a Total Margin OF Nine Minutes,
or Seven Minutes and Three Seconds After
Subtracting the Time Allowances.

New York (SpcciaD In splendid
II to IS knot breeze. over 4 windward
ard leeward course OF so miles, the Kc-
lance beat Shamrock III in command,
ing style by exactly Q minutes actua!
time. or 7 minutes and 5 seconds after
deduc;ing the minute and 81 seconds
which the defender comedies to Sit
Thomas Lipion's third challenger on &C
count OF her larger sailing plan rs al
present measured BY a strange COIN
cidencc. the first victory i'll the cup series
OF 1908 occurred en- the fiity-Second al
nivcrsary OF the day on which the Old
schooner America captured it i'll her Ia
nous race around the Isle OF Wight
The Reliance bca: the British boat
minutes and :, seconds III the thresh tc
windward and 5 minutes and 50 seconds
in the run down the wind.
The honors OF the start were captured
by the American skipper Captain Wringe
timed his approach to the line with the
Shamrock badly. and in an cifor; to kccr
off until the gun doomed he almost lost
his bowsprit as he luf:ed up 10 cross.
Barr, as usual. went over III the wind
ward berth. four seconds behind his
rival Both were close hauled on the
starboard tack ii was a magnificent
sight as they plunged seward in the L.
knot breeze. pounding fountains OF
spray from their bows and leaning TO II
until the water swirlcd and bubbled along
their lee rails The crews were piled NJ
along the water side TO held the great
racing machines up
4 snappy southwest wind was blowing
when. a few minutes after 10 o'clock,
Shamrock III. followed hv Reliance
reached Sandy Hook ligh;ship The two
racers whirlcd III Zig circles abort the
line awaiting the signal 10 g until 10 so
when the regatta committee steamer
signa!cd that the starting line would he
shifted and the races postponed Until
later i'll tie day.
The change WAS necessary because =
windward course southwest would have
landed the racers on the beach off Long
Branch
Headed by the Navigator and escorted
by the eNcurSioni>i>. the cup yachts wen,
trailing of to the eastward ior about FIVE
miles Then. at lilo, starting line
was established between the Navigator
and the Unique. and the committee tug
sgnalcd a course Is mics to windward
and return
The preparatory signal was fred Al
II'o and the warning gun at IG.4o
The wind WAS increasing in weight
Reliance leading the way and Shamrock
III hanging to her lee quarter. the tive
racers slirrcd Ivy under the stern OF the
Navigator. across the line took a whr
around the Un:Gtc al the further end oi
it ard Shamrcck III. now taking the
lead. ran closcha,,lci along the Ice side
81 the starting iinc Al the flash Of The
Navigator : g.:n Il Ia 10th iIfted
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-08-29
GIANT CRUISER LAUNCHED.
Distinguished Gathering Sees th: Penn.
sylvan;a Plunge.

Philadelphia (SpcciaD An event
which will be memorable in the history
of this State was witnessed here when
the giant armored cruiser Pennsylvania
christened by the daughter OF NJ. S.
Quay. the senior United States Senator
and the States political leader. was
launched at the yards OF the William
Cramp Ship and Engine Building Com
pany.
The initial plunge of the formidable
addition to the United States Navy was
witnessed by the largest and one OF the
most distinguished aSsemblagcs that ever
gathered at Cramps shipyardS More
favorable weather could not nave been
desired, and the ilag-deckcd sca-hghtcr,
gliding down the ways greeted by the
shouts OF thousands OF spectators and
the shril blasts OF hundreds OF river
craft, was m inspiring scene.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-08-29
NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS.
More Hop: full for a Cana.

DR. Thomas Herran, the charge
d'affaircs at Washington Tor Colon
bia. has received several additional dis
patches Tor Bogo;a confirming the re
port that the Colombian Congress hac
under consideration new proposition
for a Panama Canal Treaty with the
United States. These dispatches were
forwarded by DR. Hcrran to Acting
Secretary OF STATE Alvey ~ Adec, who
refused, for the present, to make pub
lie their text
According 10 the dispatches the Co.
lombian Congress probably will en-
power President Marroquin TO negoti
ate new treaty with this country along
certain lines laid down BY Congress
Exactly what these lines may be is not
stated in the dispatches, the last OF
which is dated Bogota, August II. a
committee OF three has been appointed
by the Senate to draft the canal reSo-
lutions. which will have to be reconcile
able to the Colombian Constitution
and also as near as possible TO what il
is believed will be agreeable 20 tht
United States. The names oi tbs
three senator's appointed on this com
mttce are not stated in either oi the
three dispatches received by DR.. Her
ran. but he believes they were selected
because oil known views favorable &c
the construction OF the canal across
the lSthmus OF Panama.
Both the officials oi the State De.
partment and Dr. Herran feel much
more optimistic than they did Jew
days ago. when the first news OF the
defeat OF the treaty i'll the Colombian
Senate was received here There is
now a renewed inclination TO hope that
Colombia is now taking means to get
around her constitution III some man
ner not yet clear TO the authorize:
here.
Acting Secretary Adee received {
communication from the president o.
the cable company running betweeu
New York and Colombia. which ex
planned that delay in getting wore
from Bogota was not due to any fault
OF the cable company. but TO the delay
in overland transportation from the
point where the cable lands in Colon
bia TO Bogota He said it takes fron
five TO fifteen days to get a message
from the landing station OF the cable
to Bogota. but tina; the Colombian
government had entered into an agree
ment to repair the telegraph lines be
tween the two points Immediately.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-08-29
Jade Tablets Returned.

Three valuable Jade tablets. looted
from the ancestral temple in the For
hidden City when Picking was cap;ur-
ed, have been turned over TO the Gus
toms surveyor at San Francisco by
Capt a. V. p. Anderson. Sixth United
States Cavalry.
They will be given by the United
States Government to the Chinese Min
lister. Two OF them are richly engrav-
ed in the Manchu characters, and the
third bears interesting Mandarin let :
tcring. Captain Anderson explained
they were given him at Yang-tsun.
China. by Russian officer. who sought
to show his affection by their bestowal
The customs officials have thanked
Captain Anderson Tor returning the
tablets.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-08-29
F Financial.

The Union Pacific will connect It's
tracks with the Great Western at Coun-
Gil Bluffs.
The regular quarterly dividend OF "a
per cent on National Lead preferred
has been declared
The Gould pool in Missouri Pacific
followed the lead oi the Rockefeller
crowd and sold stocks all around
Missouri Pacihc's June gross earn
iags 81 per cent In six months the
company has earned net a. per cent.
on all lis stock
1t is said that the Steel Corporation
is waiting to buy its Bcsscmer for the
last quarter. expecting the price to sag
TO II fiat.
The American Wool Reporter" saws
that the wool trade has been brisk for
a week and the feeling III regard TO the
trade is one OF strength.
J. +. Stead says that next month at
the meeting OF the British Iron and
Steel Institute he will announce a dis
covery that will revolutionize st.. |
manufacturing.
A OF wheat receipts has
Il Minneapolis flour
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start. Turn. FINISH. Time.
Reliance II 45.3l i.iil9 Bliss RI. y.
Shamrock Ill ll.4i.l. l5s.:U j 3G.A 3 ii.l-
BIG PIANO COMBINE.
A sl0,OOo.0ao Holding Company Has Been
Formed in New Jersey.

New York (SpcciaD.-A SIo.coooco
holding company. to be known as the
Aeroian-W Weber Piano and Pianola
Company, has been incorporated under
the laws oi the State OF New Jersey
and will at once assume the general
management OF the interests i'll the
manufacture OF musical instruments
heretofore controlled by the .Acrolian
and Weber companies. 1t is the largest
organization OF capital ever brought to-
gcthc- in the musical business. and the
process OF its accumulation has been
going on many months. The COM
panies forming the corporation are the
Weber Company. the Weber Piano
Company. the No,cv Organ Company.
the Nocalan Organ Company. the Or
chestrclle Company (London). the
Gibraltar Company (Berlinl. the
Wheclock Piano Company and the
Stuyvesant Piano Company.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-08-29
ONLY IN AN EXPERIMENTAL STAGE.
Will Tell All About His Flying Machine
When il Flies.

Washington, D. c. (SpeciaD Pro-
lessor Langley. secretary OF the Smith
sonian Institution, whose experiments
down the Potomac river with the aero
drome. or flying machine devised by
him, have attracted wide public inter-
est. in order to correct certain public
misapprehcnsionS, issued the iollowiI
statement:
Smithsonian Institution, Aug. &c
TO the Press:
The present experiments bel
made in mechanical flight have b
carried on partly with funds provid
by the board OF ordnance and FORTH
tons and partly from private souro
and from a special endowment OF l.
Smithsonian Institution. The expert
mcnts are carried on with the approval
OF the board OF regents OF the Smith
sonian Institution.
he publcs interest III them may
lead To an uniounded expectation rs to
their immediate results. without an eX-
planation which is here briefly given.
These trials. with some alrcady con
Quoted with steam driven flying ma
chimes. arc believed 10 be the first in
the history oi invention where bodies
lar heavier than the air itself have been
sustained i'll the air for more than .
Jew seconds by purely mechanical
means. In my previous trials success
has only been reached alter initial iail-
ure>. which alone have taught thu way
L. II. and | know no reason why pros
pcctive trials should be an exception.
1t is possible. rather than probable.
that il may be othcrisc now. hut. judg
ing them from the light OF past expert
encc. it is to he regretted that the en-
forced publicity which has been given
to these initial experiments. which are
essentially experiments and nothing else,
may lead to quite unfoundcd expccta-
tons
1T is the practice OF all scientific men,
indeed of all prudent men. not to make
public the results OF their WORK till
these are certain. This consideration.
and rot any desire to withhold from the
public matters III which the public is III.
tercsted. has dictated the policy thus lar
pursued here.
The fullest publicity consistent with
the national interest (Since these recent
experiments have for their object the de-
velopmcnt II machine for war pu--
poSesD will lie given 10 this work when
1t reaches a stage which warrants p:;b
licatioI!.