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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-03-18
General Mcbride of u. S. A.,

Writes: II have no hesitation in rec
ommending Peruna to all persons who
are afflicted with catarrhal troubles" -
J. ID. Mcbride, $50 Pennsylvania Ave,
N. w. Washington, d. G.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-15
REPORT is
Investigation of the Charlenes Charges
of Attempted Bribery.

Paris, July 12..The chamber Of dep
uties today held a t~umultuous session
over the report of the committee which
has been investigating tht Charleues
charges. The report declared that the
charges Of attempted bribery were not
sustained, and expressed regret that
Premier Combes had made such
charges.
This declaration aroused violent OPP
position on the part OF the friends OF
the Premier.
After a noisy debate, the chamber
adopted by a large majority a resolu-
ton declaring that the Premier and
government were o suspicion, and
unanimously adopted a clause OF the
resolution denouncing the c~alumniators.
The effect of the votes is the rejec-
ton of the report of the Investigation
committee.
The large Combes majority termi-
mates the rumors that the Investigation
might lead to his retirement from
the premiership.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-15
JUNK DEALER MURDERED.
His Handy Man Also Killed - Two
Men Arrested on Suspicion of Hav-
ing knowledge Of the Crime.

New York, July 1.-THE dead bodies
Of George r. Abbott, an aged junk
dealer, and his handy man, Frederick
VanBuskirk, were found today in Alb
bolts junk shop in Chapel alley, Brook
iyn, by firemen called to the building
to put out a fire supposed to have been
Of incendiary origin.
The men evidently were murdered and
the police Ia arrested Charles Victor
Johnson, q years old, and Oscar Dahl
gren, Is years, both of Brooklyn, on
suspicion of having knowledge of the
crime. There was a bullet hole in
VanBGskirk's head at the left temple,
and a similar wound in Abbott's skull.
Abbott had been beaten On the head
with some heavy instrument until his
trains p~rOtruded. He a been tied
hand and foot and around the throat
with a rope, taken from one of his
own junk piles. Abbott's straw hat
had been placed over his face and a
half bushel basket had been pushed
down over his body. The floor of the
junk shop was covered with blood.
The murdered junk dealer was &C
cuSionled to carry considerable cash
about with him and this fact was well
known in the neighborhood.
Danlgren has admitted that when
johnson got out of Jail two weeks ago
he threatened to get even with Abbott,
who had had him sem there on a petty
larceny charge.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-15
BRYAN SAYS HE WILL
SUPPORT PARKER

nothing to of the / that
j nave said against the methods pur-
sued to advance his candidacy. 1t was
a plain and deliberate attempt to drive
the party. The New York platform
was vague ami meaningless, and pur-
poseiy so, because the advocates OF
Judge Parker was trying to secare
votes among the people who would
nave opposed his views had they known
them. IL h had sent to the Albany
convention the telegram that he sent.
To the st. Louis convention, he would
have had very few instructed delegates
from the south, and no possible chance
Tor the nomination. But he and his
managers adroitly n purposely con-
cealed his position until the delegates
had been coralled and the nomination
assured. Then his fr1enGs attempted
to secure a gold plank, which was over
whelmingly defeated in the committee.
After the party had rejoiced over tn
harmony secured by the omission of
the question and after he had secured
the nomination. he injected his views
upon the subject at a time when he
could not be taken from the ticket
without greac generalization. The
nomination was secured therefore by
crooked and ~indefensible methods, but
the Democrat who loves his country
has TO make his decisions upon con-
ditions as he found them, not upon
conditions as ne would like to have
them.
After having stated that 1 shaE
support the ticket and after having
given my reasons for so doing / think
it due to the Democrats of the nation
to say that while the fight on economic
questions is postponed, it is not aban-
doned. AS soon rs the election is over, 1
shall. with the help Of those who be-
lieve as / do, undertake to organize
being to marshal the friends of popular
government within the Democratic par
ty 20 the support of a radical and pro-
gressive policy to make the Democratic
party an efficient means in the hands
of the people for securing relief from
the plutocratic lemen that controls
the Republican party and for the time
being is the control of the Democratic
party. This plan of organization will
be elaborated soon.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-15
MRS. BIDDIE-s ASSAULTERS.
Three Bills OF Indictment Against the
Men-Penalty for Rape Should be
{. Capital Punishment.

Mount Holly, y. J., July 12.-The
grand jury Of Burlington county to-
day returned three bills of Indictment
against Aaron Timbers, Jonas Sims
and William Austin. one for felonious
assault upon Mrs. Elsie T. Biidle. one
for assault with intent TO kill. anc
enc for breaking and entering the
residence of Thomas Stricken on h
Rancocas road. For these three OF
lenses the maximum penalty is fort
ty-nine years
Indictments were also found against
Joseph and Israel Tfmbers. brothers Of
Aaron, and Horace Robinson. Of Bur-
hngton. as accessories after the fact,
and for o~bstructing the police officers
in the discharge of their duty, when
they were searching for the three prfn-
cipal offenders.
In making their presentment, the
grand jury thanked the officers of the
law for their efforts in bringing the
criminals to justice, and offered the
following resolution:
This grand jury hereby recon-
mends that the law OF this state pro-
viding a punishment for the crime OF
rape be 50 altered as to provide for
capital punishment or for imprison-
ment for any term of years in the dis
erection of the trial jury, the present
punishment for the said offense ap-
pearing 10 be inadequate"
AS soon as the acquisitions for the
defendants have been honored by the
governor of Pennsylvania. they will be
brought here, and every precaution
will be taken by the authorities TO
prevent any interference with the or
derby administration of justice.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-15
CANDIDATE DAVIS BUSY.
DevOtes His Time TO Business Affairs.
Getting Ready o the Campaign.

Elkins. W. Va. July f2.-Henry @.
Davis, the Democratic candidate for
Vice President. still refuses to give
any interviews. Since Sunday he has
working almost continually clear
Thursday the eighty embe OF
the Merchants and Manufacturers Az
|sociation Of Pittsburg. now touring
West Virginia, will be entertained at
.I"Graceland," the Davis country seat,
and Saturday the Senator will leave
with Mrs. Lee. Mrs John Davis and
their children for Bedford Springs,
Pa, where he has been every sum-
Imer for fifty years. He expects to at
tend the state convention at Parkers-
burg, August 3rd-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-15
DYING FROM POISON.
Minnie BardOrf Said to Have Been
Poisoned by Another Woman.

New York, July 12.-Minnie Bar
dorf, 27 years old, a hair dresser re-
siding here with her mother, is dying
from the effects of poison. alleged to
have been administered by another
m
Miss Bardorf was brought home
yesterday by the woman who left her
on the stoop Of the house in a state
of collapse. TIL woman called some
children who were playing near by,
and leaving Miss Bardorf with them,
hurried away. Miss Bardorf was
taken to a hospital.
Mrs. Alice Louise Norton, who says
n is a manicuriSt, who admits that
she was with Miss Bardorf yesterday
afternoon, was arrested today m
taken to Miss Bardorf's bedside in
the hospital.
Miss Bardorf was unconscious all
the time, but the doctors revived her,
and she positively identified Mrs. Nor
ton. She said she had been in Mrs.
Norton'S company and h a she had
taken two glasses of beer with her,
and that afterwards Mrs. Norton lad
given her a hypodermic injection of
morphine. She then lapsed into un-
consciousness
Mrs. Norton admitted that h hai
administered the morphine, and said
that she had done so at the girls re-
quest. She said the girl vas de-
spondent yer the marriage. Of the
man to whom she was engaged.
Mrs. Norton was arraigned before
a magistrate on the charge of having
administered drugs to Minnie Bardorf,
and the hearing was adjourned to next
Thursday. Bail was fixed at $4,000.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-15
FAMOUS CASE ON TRIAL.
Defendants Breese, Dickerson and
Penland, Accused of Wfecking the
First National Bank OF Asheville.

Charlotte, N. c., July IA special
term of the United States District
Court for the trial of William E.
Breese. Joseph E. Dickerson and w.
H. Penland. under Indictment for
wrecking the First National Bank, of
Asheville. convened here today. with
Judge Keller, of West Virginia, pre-
siding. The case of BreeSe, who is
accused of taking about $4,000 or
the banks funds. was taken up first.
and a motion to quash on account of
irregularity in the grand jury, which
found the bill denied. Afterward a
jury was secured. and the taking OF
testimony begun. An able array OF
counsel is employed, and a hard fight
will likely be made.
The defendants in these cases are
accused of wrecking the First Ma
tional Bank, of Asheville, OF which
they were officers, some years ago. and
their cases have been in court for a
number of years, on account Of mis-
trials and continuances-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-15
TEST OF STATES RIGHT.
Vatican Tried to Remove Bishops
Without Having the Assent of the
State.

Paris. July 12.-The Matin today ays
that eight days after the recall of ID.
Nisard. former French ambassador at
the Vatican, a number of French bish-
ops received an order from CARDINAL
Van Nutelli, acting for the Vatican, to
tender their resignation by return OF
mail. The bishops, it is added, consult
ed the minister of public worship. and
Premier Combes who directed them not
ground that the concordat required the
ground mat the concordal required the
assent of the state before removals
were enforced. Thereafter, the papal
secretary OF state. Cardinal derry del
Val, threatened the bishops with the
termination of their Episcopal powers
unless they cane 20 Rome within fifteen
days. This also vas submitted TO NJ.
Combes, who forbade the bishops
leaving their posts. The bishops OF
Laval and Dion, two other bishops
and three archbishops having repub-
lican ~sympathies, were the ones desig-
mated.
The Matin further &sserts hat the
dismissal of the bishops, without con-
eu.tirg the governments wishes, will be
considered as a formal remuneration
q me relations between Church n
sta.e.
The cabinet has formulated a protest
which was forwarded to the vatican,
against the effort to remove bishops
without observance of the governments
rights under the concordat.
All answer has been received in the
case Of Bishop Geay, Of Laval, the
vatican maintaining that it was a dis
,lpilinary measure, not Intended TO
contest the states rights under the
concordat.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-15
His Reasons tor Deciding
to Vote for the DEM
OCrdtiC Nominee
NO ECONOMIC
ROGRESS

Bryan VIII Support the Demo
cratic Ticket Because 1t Stands for
Opposition to Imperia1ism-It Will
Put a Quictus On the Attempt to
Revive tile Race Issue The
Ticket Stands for Peace Against
War, and Declares i'm Favor of the
Reduction of the Standing Army -
On the Money Question it is as Bad
as the Republican Ticket The
Democratic Platform is Better
Than the Republican on IN Trust
Question, and Some Progress May
be Hoped for on the Tariff Cues
tiOn-But the Triumph of the Wall
Street Element Denies Any Hope of
Relief on Economic Matters-After
the Election Bryan VIII Try to Or
eanize His Forces for the 1908
Campaign.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-15

mand was amended after our second
conference with the packers In June.
we then agreed to a scale OF Is IL
cents an hour. except In Omaha and
Sioux City, where h scale IS IL
cents. The packers. on the other
hand. refused to pay more than IL IL
cents an -FOUR. and declined TO sign
any agreements at all. except with .
small proportion of the workmen-
The question of wages TO skilled
men was not discussed. TO uns&illed
workmen the average wage was Is LIZ
cents. but when we * that this
be made the minimum age they cut
IL TO II L. cents and Is cents n man
could live on Is cents IL they got
steady work. but at some plants the
men have been able to make just IL
hours a week. ana at this wage scale
they could not live on IT. No n
could"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-15
10 BE CONDUCTED FROM EsoPus
Judge Parker Will Advise on All I'M
portant Campaign Questions-WH-
liam r. Sheehan is Not Anxious to
be National Chairman.

tEsopus, N. Y, July 12.-No late has
been fixed for the meeting of the Ma
tiolal committee or notification COM
mittee, but it will be in about two
weeks. The date will be agreed upon
by the leaders In view Of suggestions
made that William z. Sheehan be slat-
ed for national chairman it was said
today that he is not anxious for that
position, believing that he can be Of
ways. AS chairman OF the national
committee lie would find himself hamp-
cred by much routine business, which
would interfere with work he would
otherwise do. Mr.. Sheehan and his
friends. it was understood, hope that
the matter will be amicably settled.
The return here Of Mr.. Sheehan from
the st. Louis convention yesterday
marks the opening OF the national DEM
ocratic campaign which will be largely
conducted from Esopus. Formal plans
for the campaign have not been COM
pleted, but 1t is probable hat Judge
Parker will remain at Rosemont most
of the summer and fall. His friends
say that Judge Parker will advise on
all questions OF importance which may
come up during the campaign.
Judge and Mrs. Parker will dine with
Mr.. and Mrs Sheehan this evening.
Mr.. Sheehan expects to entertain many
political visitors at his summer home.
at Wood, between Esopus and West
Park.
Judge Parker will answer personally
all congratulatory kilograms and mes
sages. He spent several hours i'm this
work today.
Judge Parker was reused out of pee
at 1 o'clock this morning by one of his
coach horses getting loose from the
barn and galloping around the barn
yard. He n Secretary McCausland
dressed and went to the barn. They
were unable to find a lantern, and MI.
iMcCausland finally brought a candle
from the house. This dim light made
it difficult to locate the horse, which
continued moving around the barn
yard. After ten minutes the horse was
secured.
kilograms of congratulation continue
to pour in upon Judge Parker. Judge
George Gray wired as follows from
Wilmington, Del;
Hearty congratulations on your
nomination and on your brave and
manly telegram
Mayor Carter H. Harrison. of Chica-
go, t~elegraphed:
please accept my congratulations
on your nomination."
j. n. Street, Belair, Nd: The Dem
ocratic editors Of Maryland through
their president, congratulate you OH
your nomination and telegram
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-15
MAKE UNANIMOUS REPORT.
Joint Board Appointed 60 Consider
Uses of the Wireless Telegraph.

Washington. fully 1.-THE joint
wireless 'e'.egraph board appointed by
the Fr'asident completed its labors to-
o%y, and submitted its report to the
President. The statement was made
that the report was a unanimous one.
In its deliberations the board con-
sidered every possible field of useful
ness of a government wireless teie-
graph system. One of the principal
and most perplexing questions it had
TO deal with was whether, under GER
tain conditions, commercial messages
/ should be handled. Nothing was
| made public regarding the conclusions
reached.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-15
STEAMER DAMAGED BY FIRE.
a Mallory Line Steamship Damaged
to the Extent of SIS, 1000.

Philadelphia, July 12.-The steamship
damaged to the extent of $4,000 by
fire today while lying at Roach's ship
yard, Chester, Pa, where she was laid
up for repairs.
The fire originated in a room used for
storing oil and varnish and had gained
such Roadway before the arrival
of the engines that the firemen divid-
ed their attention between the big yes
sci and the property of the shipbuild-
ing company adjacent to the dock.
The flames were confined to the after
part of the vessel between decks. The
electrical plant was badly damaged.
A score of firemen were overcome from
the heat and smoke.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-15
ARRESTED FOR MURDER.
Two Tramps in Jail at Primers Point
Wanted I'm PENNSYLVANIA.

Norfolk, Va. July 12.-John O'Brien
and Joseph Day, tramps arrested here
for shooting an officer in the Southern
Railway yards at Primers Point. sever
al days ago, have been identified as the
men wanted by the Lancaster county,
Pennsylvania, authorities for the muir
der Of an aged bridge keeper, Jacob
Ressler. The prisoners a " also been
identified as the men wanted in Ches-
ter, Maryland, for burglary. A tele-
gram received at Portsmouth from
Lancaster this AFTERNOON stated that
two officers with requisition papers
from the Governor OF Pennsylvania
would arrive here tomorrow morning.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-15
Price of Meats Advanced in New
York City.

New York, July 12.-As soon as the
retail butchers in this city learned to-
dax thai strikes had been ordered in
:he meat packing plants in many of
he large cities they at once began to
dvance the price of meat from 2 to 3
CENTS a pound. Iris was done generally
in the tenement sections on the east
and west sides of the city. III. L.
Eichelberger, general organizer OF the
Amaigamated Meat Cutters and Butch
ers Workmen' Union Of America pre-
dicted that within three days there will
be a meat famine in this city.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-15
Gridiron Club Members Leave Toxa-
way for Washington.

Asheville, N. c.. July 1.-THE Grid
Club. of Washington, which ar
rived at Lake Toxaway, in the Sap
phire county, last night, left there
this afternoon for Washington. The
party was composed OF Washington
correspondents of the various papers
who had attended the st. Louis con-
vention. They were accompanied by
General Traffic Manager s.. II. Hard
wick. General Passenger Agent w. II.
Tayloe. and Assistant General Passen-
ger Agent Benscoter. Of h Southern
Railway.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-15

Wheeling. w. Va. July l2--At the
lclose of the first of the most tureu-
llent political convention In the his
tory OF the state, following h bitter
lest fight the party has we experienc-
led. William Mercer Owens Dawson il
1.-THE Republican nomine for Governor
lof West Virginia. Claims of accession
from the ranks OF the Dawson follow
ling made By the managers OF the
F. Teter candidacy determined
1.-THE Dawson leaders to make e test OF
strength early in the day. and IL came
when Hon. w. p. Hubbard's motion
Ito dispense with the committee on ere
ldentials, resisted stubornly by the Tet-
i%erites. was carried by more than 100
majority. The Dawson people followed
lup their advantage and despite scenes
Iof the widest disorders. during which
lSenator Elkins threatened to withdraw
from his position OF chairman. they
forced q nomination before the plat
form was prepared Dawson received
iSG votes TO Teter 33l.
The resolutions committee will not
Ineet until tomorrow morning. but the
candidate is named. The remainder OF
lthe ticket will be chosen Wednesday,.
lhIt the fight is over.
Wheeling, w. Va. July i2.-The Re
publican state convention met here to-
day with 752 delegates present. The
convention was called TO order shortly
after noon by w. E. Glasscock. chair
OF the state committee. who intro
Iduced Senator Stephen b. Elkins as
Temporary chairman. Mr.. Elkins said:
The Democratic party in its desire
Ito capture the state has nominated for
vice president, one OF our most distin-
~tguished citizens and the foremost Dem
lccrat in the state. but in this, as in
most everything else. the Democrats
lmade a mistake. Senator Davis. TO
whom / am so nearly related. and for
whom / cherish feelings Of the highest
regard. admiration and affection. is a
nan of affairs 'and an experienced
statesman. having served his state
lcreditably in the Senate for twelve
years. With these qualifications and
this fitness, he should have been NAM
ed for the first place, instead OF a man
without a record and without business
or political experience. West Virginia
cannot be beguiled into giving UP pro-
lection and sound money to make Judge
q iAt even IL ol So uOiIk
they make Senator Davis vice president.
The democracy Of West Virginia advo-
Gates the astounding proposition, should
II come into power in the state, to dis
franchise fifteen thousand loyal colored
Republicans and rob them of the rights
Iof citizenship guaranteed by the consti-
tuition and fUf which many of them and
their fathers fought in the war OF the
Union. -Repubncans must and will re-
lsiSt this deposition because IL is not
Ionly wrong in itself. but unfair. and
unjust to a large body of law abiding
iworthy and Industrious citizens. West
Virginia is a protection state and there
fore a Republican state, the interests
iof her people are on the sid of pro-
Election, and must remain so. We cam
mot stand for free trade In our leading
products, for free iron and steel, free
wool, free coal and free lumber. Free.
lumber would stop a thousand saw
mills in the state, as II did under the
Wilson-Gorman tariff"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-15

Plattsburg. N. Y. July 1z.-W1iliam
Syphert. a private In the Fifth fnfan-
try, tonight shot and killed Sergeant
Samuel Philpot also Of the. Fifth In
stationed at Piattsburv. There
had been bad feeling between the men
because Of the alleged attention Pnlt-
DOT had been paying to Sypherts wife
homa Is in Fortress Monroe.
Wa. and PhiIpot enlistedfrom q small
town In Fairfax county. Va 6ypherf
surrendered himself to the military
authorities.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-15

Toledo, o., July 12-Samuel N. Jones.
the Golden Rule mayor. died at his
home this evening at SOL o'clock as
the result Of a complication Of diseases.
The immediate of his death was
an abscess on his lungs. The death
of Mayor Jonas caused the greatest
sorrow all over the city. He leaves a
widow and three sons, Percy. Paul n
Mason Jones.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-15
Georgia Mills to Work On Short Tms

|GeOrgfa Wis 10 WOfK On SHUT 1Hso.
Cordele, Ga. July 12.-The Georgia
Interstate Mill Association held tn
meeting today. II was decid-
led by the association. In view Of the
unsatisfactory condition Of h mar
lket. TO reduce the output OF all mills
the association one-third during
tine months OF July and August
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-15
May Equal the Anthra.
cite trikein its Great
inconvenience
ARE

The Strike is the Result Of a Disagree
ment Over Wages for UnskilIed
Libor-In Chicago Alone $4,000
Men Are On Strike. and More Than
$4,000 Employees Throughout the
Country are Involved-The Effect of
the Disagreement OH the Food Sun.
ply N on the Price OF Meats is a
Matter Of Grave Speculation-The
Packing Houses Make 1t known
INT They VIII Not Shut Down. and
VIII Continue With Any Help Thar
May be Obtainable - Statements
From Leaders OF Both Sides.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-15
Steamer Puts in With Disabled En-
zines.

Rotterdam, July 12.-The French
steamer Trignac. Capt. Doln, from
New York and Norfolk for this port,
has arrived at Maashuis, eleven miles
west of Rotterdam. with her engines
disabled.