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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-09
Ia DIE m NEW FORK FIRE.
VICTIMS CAUGHT IN AN EAST
SIDE TENEMENT.
-Four Women. One Man and Nine
Children Burned to Dcath-SeyeraI
Ffrcmcn Injured

New York. September 4-Fourteen
persons were killed and nearly q score
injured In a fire In a fve-story ouoie
tenament in Attorney Street at an
early hour this morning. It Was one
OF the worst fires in the loss OF human
lives that a occurred on the East
Side In several years. although the
property loss was slight The dead In
ciude four women. one mar and niue
children. ranging in age from ) months
to L years. Many OF the injured were
taken TO hospitals. and it Is thought
that several will die. Among the in
fourth-fiour balcony WIN IL fell with
them.
The small number OF men among the
killed and injured was due to the fact
that most of the men who lived in the
building. following the Attorney Street
custom in hot weather. were asleep
on the roof while few women and
children We're there. Those on the
roof were unable to escape by de-
scending through the burning building
n made their way to safety over
n~eighboring roofs. Meanwhile the
members of their families who had
remained in their rooms found escape
cut Off and panic reigned throughout
the structure.
The fire started about 3 o'clock in
the morning and there was consider
able delay in sending in an alarm. al
though h district IS one OF the most
thickly populated in the crowded East
Side Of New York. When the firemen
reached the scene some OF the tenats
were jumping from the windows and
from the ends OF fire al that
reached only to the second floor.
Others We're crouching in the smaller
rooms and narrow halls. Several am
bulances were called and the surgeons
were kept busy caring for the injured.
The fire is supposed to hay been
caused by the explosion OF a lamp that
had been left to light the hall on the
second floor and the sleeping tenants
were not aroused until the hallway
was ablaze and escape through the
building cut off.
The fire was soon extinguished and
the search for the dead began. Police
reserves had been called out and with
difficulty kept back the crowd tina had
gathered from the densely populated
neighborhood, while the bodies were
being brought down to the street. Mos
OF the dead were found on the Two
upper floors.
While the search of the building
was going on four fremen were at
work on a fourth-1oor balcony when
1t gave away. Another fireman on the
balcony on the floor below was also
carried down and probably was fatally
injured. The other tour were badly
hurt, but will recover. Two of them
fell upon a pile of bedding in the court
yard and their injuries were caused
chiefly by the iron work of the balcony
falling upon them.
Leon Sober, an owner of the build
ing, and Norris Levine. the agent, and
Henry Breitman, the superintendent,
were arrested tonight and were
charged with criminal negligence.
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IN HER OWN HOME,
CRIME COMMITTED IN HEART OF
CHARLoTTESvuLE
Mrs j. s NcCue shot Twice by an
Unknown Man-Mr. McCue knock
ed Cnccnscious-Pubiic Excitement
Infcnse.

Charlottesville, September Mrs. J..
samuel McCue. wife OF an mayo OF
Charlottesville. was sho and killed a.
$50 tonight by an unknown man. Mr..
and Mrs. McCue had Just returned
from church. The latter was prepar-
ing to retire and her husband started
ito h bath room. As Mrs. McCue en-
tered the hall leading from the BED
chamber she met face 10 face a man
carrying a bag and a base ball bat. The
intruder struck at Mr.. McCue. but
missed him. the latter eEdeayoring TO
get back to the bed chamber for mis-
shot gun. The unknown mar seized
|McCue. who had gotten his handS on
his gun. when he was struck a vicious
blow IN the face with the bat and
Knocked unconscious Mrs. McCue
the struggle and rushed to the
hallway. The man had secured the
weapon and shot her twice, one load
|entering the left breast close TO the
heart and the second the left eye Mrs.
|McCue managed to reach the bath
room and there fell dead. Mccue re-
consciousness and with his
-four young children found his wife
dead. An alarm was given at once =
the house surrounded but no trace OF
the murderer had been found n mid
The McCue residence is In the
heart of Charlottesville. McCue does
not know whether his assailant was
white or a negro. Robbery Is believed
to have been the mans motive. Mrs.
.McCue was formerly Miss Fannie
OF Augusta county. Virginia,
and was 4 social leader. Public ex-
'citement is intense n a lynchlng Is
likely IL the murderer Is caught.
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feddest, juicicst watermelon in Il lot Of
a hundred. had that intuition when
! was; only ten years old. 1t has been
tested 4 thousand times and has al
ways taken away the best melon. I'm
not Boosting, but simply telling you a
fact"
81 don't believe itr' she bluntly re-
piled. vexed and chagrined by her own
failure.
They hard nov returned to the sitting
room, ana NJ. B0vser stood with fold
ed arms and @lareI at her for a mo-
ment before replying:
Il can make excuses for you UP to q
certain point, but don't go beyond that.
When | said that l could pick out the
ripeSt melon in a ten acre field | meant
Ii. If the time has come when | am TO
be called Il liar in my own house, by
my own wife. | had better get out OF
it"
81 did not mean that, of course
she explained. but as long as you
can't see inside 4 melon, and as long
as the grocer wont plug one, how on
earth can Won teii:'
Didn't | say it was intuition? 1t
is whit may be properly termed the
BowSer intuition. It IS intuition that
makes YOU pause OIL the brink OF Il
p~reripice; il is intuition th2t tells me
that one watermelon is ripe II an
other green: it is what some folks
call n sixth sense"
did you have it last ycar?"
Certainly
Then why did YOU send home half
q dozen green melons at different
times?"
Those melons, Mrs. BowSer, were
ordered at times when / was in q hur-
nv and the selection of them was left
to the grocer. He. of course, o o &C
vantage of me to work off his old
stock. 1t is no use to discuss theories,
however. l want you to put on your
hat and accompany me in search of q
ripe melon and receive an object les
son."
A quarter Of an hour later they
walked in on the family grocer. He
had heard of the green watermelon
sold to Mrs. Bowser in the morning
and he expected some expression OF
opinion from Mr.. Bowser. He was
not disappointed.
"Sir, you ought to be prosecuted fol
seeking to introduce cholera into the
country
II was sorry TO hear that the melor
was green, but they are not warrante-
to me, and | cannot warrant them Il
my customers"
But you should know a ripe from
a green melon when You buy If yol
don't, hen go out of the fruit bust
ness. You have not only robbed %
OF 35 cents in cash, but spoiled N!
dinner, yexed my wife and made Gu
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Intuition of Bowser.
How 1t Worked When He Selected a Watermelon. Against
the Grocer's Advice. For the Family Table-A
Feast That Did Not Take Place.

cook lose all confidence I'm human
nature"
The grocer could only repeat that
he was sorry. After jabbing at him
for q few minutes longer Mr.. Bow
ser walked over to the heap Of melons
on the floor and surveyed them for a
moment and said:
There is but one ripe melon I'm the
whole lot. 1t Is this one. You may
send it over to me-"
Why" replied the grocer as he
thumped on the specimen selected, 81
should most assuredly take this one
for n green melon. In fact. | wasn't
going To offer il for sale"
"Well, you send it right over. It's
the only eatabIe IL in the lot, and a
man who can't see it shouldn't be in
the business"
Would you mind telling me how
You do it,
Not az al. First you let your eye
range over the melon and see If its
proportions are correct. Second, LOOK
for Il sort of swell in the middle, with
the ends finishing off not too sharply.
If it is Il striped melon, see that the
stripes are not broken in spots here
and there. If plain green, don't get
the color too vivid. Observe these di-
rectiOns, sir, and hen let intuition do
the rest"
And you are sure it's a ripe one!"
asked the grocer. with something of
W in his tones and looks.
Il would wager my life against it's
price. Send it over soon, as 1 want
to prepare it for the refrigerator"
The preparations consisted in intro
ducinS the point of a funnel and pour
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a KILLED.
White Man Found Dead on the Track
Not Far From Fayetteville.
(Special To The Messenger.)

Especial to The Messenger.)
Fayetteville, Sept. 5.-Train-loads
of soldiers from below have been pass
ing northward to Manassas. Va, with
in the past 4S hours; nj yesterday
morning. between S and s O'Clock, Mr..
Beard, section master on the Atlantic
o Line r r., going over the line.
found the dead body Of a white man
alongside the track, not far from Luz
ray Station, four miles from his city.
Acting Coroner DR.. A. 8. Rose was at
once notified. and he found hat the
man had received a terrible blow on
the left side OF the head, severe bruises
On the left side OF the body. and seg-
eral cuts on the arms and hands. H.
was apparently about thirty years old.
wore new trousers of the uniform OF
the regular army, and a his bo6y
was found his army hat. The man was
supposed TO have fallen from one Of
the right trains passing over the line
northward, but there was nothing IN
his pockets to lead to his Identification.
The remains were brought to this city
by the railroad authorities and car
ried to- the establishment in the Will
liams block OF the undertakers. Messrs.
Wilson & Rogers. and Attorneys Rosa
and Pope have today made every ef-
fort To the cad mans identity.
Dead Soldier is Probably f. S. Snyder.
Columbia. S. c., Sept 5.-The soldier
whose body vas found near Fayette-
vile. ~. c.. yesterday morning. Is
thought to be F. s. Snyder, a member
OF Company b. OF Bamburg. He was
in the baggage car IL Is said and .s
supposed To have lost his balance. fall
ing out of the baggage car door. One
man in the baggage a says he SAN
a man lose his hold and tall from the
car when ear Fayetteville. Snyder
was not missed until the soldiers ar
rived at camp.
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XAYHEN dinner had been fin
|" ished the other evening,
Mr.. Bowser looked expect
antly at Mrs. Bowser, and
a flush stole i've her ace as he said:
I'm awful sorry, but IL turned out
to be n green one"
"Oh, it did, For three or four days
you have been Dragging around that
you meant to surprise me with q red
core watermelon. and yet when the
time comes il turns out to be y. G..
/ might have known it would"
But the grocer said lie thought it
was 81 ripe one"
"Of course he said so. There isn't Il
grocer in town WHO wouldn't sell you
the greenest kind OF a green pumpkin
and warrant it to be q ripe water
melon. So YOU went and paid % cents
for cow feed to surprise me-"
IF people lie TO me how can help
it, replied Mrs. Bowser. Il wanted
the grocer 10 plug this melon and see
If it was ripe. but he thumped on it
with his fist and said it WAS a red core,
ready to melt in our mouths"
That's like him. I'd like to thump
on him with my fists for about five
minutes. Well. L suppose it was all my
fault. 1 ought to have told you not to
try to pick out a watermelon. No
mi ever born can tell a ripe n
from a green one. In fact, not n
man out of a hundred can do it"
but you can, Of course?"
Don't try to be sarcastic, Mrs. Bow
ser. l set up very few claims, but n
of the things l can do and never make
q failure at is to pick out the ripest,
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PROF. j. A. BIVINS KILLED.
WAS NEARING DURHAM ON RE
TURN FROM HONEYMOON.
He Stepped on the Rear Platform of
the Train to Smoke and In Reaching
for His Hat, Which Blew on, He
Fell tOthe Track-His Head Was
Crushed and He Died Instantly.
Especial to The Messenger.)

NCpcCIdI 10 TIC NtSSeIIktI.J
Raleigh, n. c., September 5.-Lasr
Friday Headmaster ]. A. Bivins, of
the Trinity High School. Durham,
married Miss Carr. one of it's faculty.
Today while returning home after q
little wedding tour to Norfolk, and
when within six miles of Durham,
Professor Bivins went to the rear
platform of the car to smoke. His
hat blew off, and in reaching after ii,
he fell-apon the track. His skull was
crushed. death resulting instantly. The
train was stopped, and the body placed
IN the baggage car, his wife not being
informed of the accident until Durham
was reached.
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copyright, 1914. by t. c. Mcclure.l

AoAAB ~ "
YHEN dinner had been fin
~ ished the other evening,
Mr.. Bowser looked expect
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Tim Woodruff would be a pretty 1T
tie gubernationaI lamb TO lead Z the
republican slaughter in New York
state.-Atlanta Constitution.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-09

Colonel BRYAN 10 going to put up a
great fight for a United states sena-
torship from Nebraska.-Atianta Con
stitution.
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The name Of Lao-Yang 10 being writ
Item on history's tablet In indei .ble
|olood.-Atianta Constitution
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-09

Howver, We think Ellen N. VIII on
thrive TO play in Atlanta's back yard
ATLANTA Constitution.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1904-11-04
VERBATIM REPORTING.
"a Involves Five Distinct stmuItnne-
ous Mental Operations.
TaZewell, Va

ous Mental Operations.
Psychologists may find nm interesting
field for Investigation In the intellec-
tual processes that ar<Sgvolyed In rap
Id shorthand writing. There are at
least i've distinct m"ltal operations
carried on continuously during verba-
tim reporting. First there is the sensa-
ton OF sound received 10y the ear; sec
ondly, there is the perception by tho
brain OF the word uttered. practically
simultaneous with the sensation IN tho
case OF distinct speaker. but often
delayed n large fraction of n second
when n preacher drops his voice. or
witness In court has n foreign accent
In the third place, the stenographer
must nnalyZe the consonnntal structure
OF all the less common words In the
sentence. NIL except the stock words
and phrases. which he writes by word
signs by n practically automatic habit.
Fourth, these relatively uncommon
words must be put on paper according
TO the principles OF tho system employ
cd. This one operation involves many
subordinate and infinitely swift efforts
OF recollection, association and decision.
Fifth, all these mental operations arc
carried on while the pen or pencil Is
from two or three words TO an entire
sentence behind the speaker-this, OF
course, I'm rapid speaking-thereby COM
plicating the situation by compelling
memory 10 keep pace with attention.
In other words, while the scribe Is
writing the predicate OF one sentence
and Analysing an unfamiliar word in
the subject OF the next. he is at the
same time giving his auditory attention
TO the predicate OF the second sentence
then being uttered by the speaker
This is impossible TO an unframed mind
The average educated person cannot re-
tain more than perhaps six or eight
words OF the exact phraseology of q
speaker at one time. The competent
stenographer can hold up ten, fifteen
twenty words or even more in his mem
DRY, while at the same time taxing hi
mind by the act of writing the words
that preceded.-The World Today.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1904-11-04
SCHOOLBOY BLUNDERS.
Amusing Mistakes In Examination
Papers by British Pupils.

Amusing Mistakes In Examination
Papers by British Pupils.
The following list of amusing mis-
takes made by British scnoolboys In
their examination papers is compiled
by the University Correspondent:
Iron is grown In large quantities for
manufacturing purposes In s. France.
The sun never sets on British posses
sions because the sun sets in the west,
and our colonies are in the north, south
and east.
The diminutive of man Is mankind
Question: Define the first person
Answer: AGam.
Blood consists of two sorts of cork
screws-red corkserews and white cork
screws
Asked TO ex. 'ain what a buttress n,
one boy replied. ~ woman who makes
butter" and another, "a female butch-
err"
Teachers dfctation: His choler rose
to such height that passion well nigh
choked him. Pupils reproduction: Hi
collar rose to such a height that fash
ion we'll nigh choked him."
A Jobs comforter .s a thing you CIV
babies to soothc them.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1904-11-04
Sealed Bids.

SEALED Bids will be received by j. 4.
Ward. Chairman Finance Committee,
POnhontas, Virginia, until 300 y. IN. OF
December the 9TH, 1904, for the pHrchaSc
ol eighty SOL bonds oi the town of
Pocahonias i'm the aggregate SUM al
$4,000 Oh. dnted the first day of Janu~
nry 1905, and payable, one fourth in
five yenrS, one fourth in fifteen yenIS
aud bal nee in twenty yenis from dntr
with int crest payable annually, Council
recerving the right to pay any nnd all
bonds AT the expiration 81 five Yeas.
each being In the sum of $500 90. Issue Il
for The purpose al Funding nndl.iquidn-
tion al Indebtedness and Improvement
purposes under Authority al the Acts OF
Assembly 1904, Chapter 1870, pa.e 252
and In nc 'ordanc. with resolution pass.
ed September 2lst, 1904.
Said nonds To be- sold 10 the highest
bidder AT the lowest rate al interest. for
not less than par aud no bid will be con
siderc asking "A higher rnte OF interest
thnn siN l0l per centum per nnaum
All bids mast state the number al
bonds bid for and the gross amount uf
bid. aud must bo accompanied 10y guur
antee that said bonds will, upon issue,
5r paid for within ten days from time of
award.
The Town of Pocahontas, Tazcwol
| County. Virginia, reserves the right "a
| rej"ct any aud all bids.
| For further Information aud pariicu
lars address, j. +. Ward, Chhirmnl
| finnnaco Committee, PocaLontus. Va
October 18th. 1904.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1904-11-04
HOW TO SAVE MONEY.
Take Advantage OF Half Price Offer
Made By DR.. Jno. Z. Jackson.

In these times when li,i ing expenses
have increased from thirty to fifty per
cent, H. IL unusual to hear of "a standard
remedy being offered at hall price.
Yet that is the way DR.. jackson, the
popular druggist, liz selling DIR. Iownrds
celebrated Specific for the cure of dys
TO selling Al fifty cent bottle, containing
n month treatment of sixty doses, for
- cents, he gives his personal guarantee
with every bottle se sells To refund the
money il IL does not give satisfaction.
This unusual offer has brought hun.
IL eds oil customers to his store IN tn,
last lew weeks, yet out of the many bot
ties OF DIR. Towards Specific he has SOLD
but one customer has asked TO have th,
money returned. This was done with
out any questions, althoug DR.. jackson
does not think the remedy could have
been given fnir trial
Doctors bills can be saved by the ua'
oi DIR. Towards Specific for the cure o
| dyspepsia aud constipation, and by TAX
| ing advantage OF this special half pric
introductory offer, our readers eau save
hnf ths regular price oil the specific.
| This remarkable remedy il destined
to have the largest sale ol any remed,
upon the market, for those who use /
once not only buy second package, bu
| they recommend il IN the only relic
| they have found Tor constitution an
| dyspepsia. The sole limit TO it, ssle j
the fact thai i'm only chronic cas,s j
more than one bottle needed To cure
and its cures are permanent.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1904-11-04
Sl00 RWard. 500

The leaders of this paper will be please
to learn that there is at least one dreade
disease that science has been able to
cure in all its stages and that is Catarrh.
aIis Catarrh Cure is the only positive
cure know to the medical fraternity.
Catarh being corstitu. iOnal disease, re
quires constitutional treatment. Halls
.Catsrrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous sur.
faces Of the system. thereby destroying
the foundation of the disease. and giving
the patient strength by building up the
cob 'titutiod and assisting nature in doing
its work. The propristors have SO much
faith in its curative powers, that they Of
fer one Hundred D0lla s for any ease thai
1t fails to cure. SeHd for lise of testimon
ials. Address r. J. Cheney & Co.,
Toledo. o.
Sold by Druggist. 75c. Halls FamiI,
Pills are the hest.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1904-11-04
Order Of Publication.

NlRGlNIA; In the Circuit Court q
Tazewell County. at rul.s held for
nd Court in the Clerks Office, goth
0aN of October, 1904.
Ciinch Valley Coal and Iron Compan,
Ga corpOrat'on) and The Investment
Company of Philadelphia Ia corporation)
trustee, Compartments,
VS..
Tie Administrators and n, irs at law
OF Benjamin III. warder, George A.
Wa'ier and George V. Bacon. Francis
l. King, illiam Warder and William
u Warden, deceased. names aud num-
oers of the heirs at law unknown to
'omp'ainants and said heirs are pro
.eedei against ms parties unknown,
Anna Martha Orde POwlett. George A.
wa dr. aud Minnie Humphreys,
Defendants.
The Object ol this suit is to quiet and
perfect the title OF Complainants in and
to the lands and Interests in lands in the
bsll mentioned and exhibits filed there
with, now owned and claimed by Com
plainants. which are situate in the
County 81 Tazew ell. State of Virginia,
ON the Waters of Middle Creek and Big
Greek or other tributaries of Clinch
River, sold and conveyed by the said
Ben jamin Ill. Warder aud o. hers TO the
pAftieS n'reilalt'r named. under whom
Complainants claim said lands and in
terests i'm lands, to-wlt: tract of S33
ACRES on Big Cteek sold To Chapman A =.
Spotts and 553 acres thereof conveyed
Co James II. Kelly, and $50 acres, residue
to &. Il. Griihtts, tract oil 666 ncrcs 90
Cornelius MrGuire, tract ol 274 acres to
James NJ. Cecil, and any other properties
conveyed 10y Joseph |. Doran and w. A.
Dix ai.l Others To Chnch Valley Coal
~ Iron Company, by deeds dated July
2rd, 1887, AID To- have any claim Of
Defendants TO said lands. real or sup
posed conveyed 10y Al special Commits
si"ner of the Court t. omplainants and
for general! relief.
And it appearing by affidavit on lile
~ said office in the snid suit that all of
the Defendants, except the. northumberland
or of decreased PERSONS named above nr,'
not 'csidents of Virginia, IL is ordered
hat zach aud all al said non resid mt
Defendants do appear here with n fifteen
days after due publication of this order.
To answer the bill of & pmplainants. and
protect their interests i'm this suit.
Il. Il. GEORGE, Clerk.
:. ID. MAY,
GREEVER n GILLESPIE. p. q.