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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-01-29
HAVE FOUND A MOTIVE.
terry Surrounding Miss Schaefer's
Murder.

Bedford. Ind, January 25.-Detec-
murder of Miss Sarah Schaefer, be-
lieve that they have established a
motive for the crime; they are salts
fed that the tall man in the long
overcoat that was seen lurking in the
vicinity of the Johnson house 3 the
murderer and tina the man Is the
n who was annoying Miss Schaefer.
The police believe that this man
Ia enamored Of Miss Schaefer and
that she had repulsed him. Brooding
over his passion for the young wo-
man, determined { o have an inter-
view with her. the police think the
mar had made up his mind to kill
her if she again resented his ad-
vances
Joseph c. Heitger, whose name
has been mentioned in connection
with the case says he never called
on Miss Schatefer and met her but
once. Mayor Smith said tonight tha
the police had no evidence justifying
an arr est
Louisville. KY, January 25.-Chief
Of Police NJ. c. Russell and Sheriff
Smith. of Bedford. Ind. in company
with Former Chief Jacob Hanger. Of
the Louisville police had a confer
ence here today with a woman who
two days & notified the Bedford
police that she could probably throw
some light on the Sarah Schaefer
murder.
Chief Russell said the with
whom he was in conference three
hours had given him much valuable
Information about Miss Schaefer and
her friends and acquaintance.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-01-29
Bryan Ha- Got the Stage.

Princeton. y. j., January 25.-ForrG-
er President Cleveland. when aske,i to-
night by the Associated Press CORE
spcndent for his opinion of William j.
Bryan's statement that no man who
voted the Parmer-Buckner ticket cal
be nominated by the democrats, smiled
and said: Il have not a word to SAP
ON the matter, except that Bryan has
got the stage, let him go it. / guess
hats definite enough"
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Pittsburg, Pa, January e26.-At 1915
this morning Robert North and
Michael Cain, of the rescue party
came to the surface and report
ed that Selwyn Taylor had been
found alive and seventy-five of
the miners have been located, the
majority of them, it is believed.
are alive
Pittsburg. Pa, January 25.-From
all that can be gathered at this hour,
between $50 and 100 men are lying
dead in the headings and passage
ways OF the Hardwick Mine of the
Allegheny Coal Company at Ches-
wick. the result of a terrific explosion
today. Cage after cage has gone
down into the mine and come up
that went down to work this morn
ing has been brought to the surface.
The rescued man is Adolph Gunia
and he is still in a semi-conscious
condition at the temporary hospital
at the rude school house on the hill
side above the mine.
In addition to the miners who were
at work when the explosion occur
red. it is believed by practically all
the men of the rescue party who
came UP the 220 feet vertical shaft
for 4 warming and breathing spell
hat Selwyn Taylor, the ,Pittsburg
mining engineer who plotted the
mine and who was the first to reach
the bottom after the explosion hap
pened. is now among the list of dead.
All those in the mine are probably
dead.
A Rumble, Then q Sheet of Flame.
The explosion occurred at $50 this
morning and the first warning was
the sudden rumble underground and
then a sheet of flame followed up
the deep shaft. Both mines cages
were hurled Slr;ough the tipple,
twenty feet above the landing stage
and the three men on the tipple were
thrown to the ground. A mule was
thrown high above the shaft and fell
dead on the ground. The injured
were brought at once 20 this city,
where some of them died since.
The crash at the pits mouth startled
the little village. The wives and
children OF the men below ruSheQ to
the scene of the disaster, but to gam
no encouragement There was no
way to get into the deep workings
The cages that let the men into the
mines and brought them out again
when the days work was done were
both demolished.
Attempt at Rescue.
Ali day long there was a lam Of
women and children waiting about
the mouth of the pit. There were
calls for assistance and for surgical
aid from the men in charge of the
mine. but 1t was not until 1 O'Clock
this afternoon that the first attempt
at rescue was made. This was a
,ilure. as the two men who volun-
teered were driven back by the foul
air.
Shortly after 4 o'clock Selwvn NJ.
Taylor and one of his assistants
signalled for the engineer to lower
them into the shaft. Taylor g still
down there. Three times efforts have
been made to reach him, but so far
without avail. Thomas Wood, one
of the first OF the rescue party hauled
to the surface, told his story OF his
trip through the mine. He said:
Il was with Taylor and we clam
ored over three or four falls. Taylor
laid out the mine and seemed to
know the way. There was one man
alive at tha fc~+ ~ tie shaft. He
was sent up and then we took the
mule path into tAe soCth level. We
saw two men who were alive and
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-01-29
Day on New Orleans Market.

New Orleans, january 25.-Cotton
was ~furiously active today and prices
advanced, July selling at sixteen cents
Hat. Liverpool was about twice a:
strong as the most ardent bulls ex-
pected and caused an immense vo'ume
iof fresh buying. Bull leaders took on
heavy loads and shorts covered he Willy
AT all times there were more buyers
than sellers. Prices were from 80 to
80 DIN higher.
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health
INSURANCE.

Ihe man who insureS his life is
wise for his family.
The nan who insures his health
Is wise both for his 6nmiiy aug
himself.
You may insure health by guars.
ing It. Il is worth guarding.
At the first attack of dise.s
which generally approach
through the LIVER and mani
tests itself In innumerabie way.
TUFTS Pills
And save your heaitha~
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Call for Condition of Banks.

Washington. January 51The comp
troller of the currency today issued a
call for the condition Of national banks
at the cloSa of business January q
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Negotiations Between
Russia and Japan at
a StdndStill
TENSION GROWS

Both Parties Arc Distrussfui of the
Other n Owing To Bisscncsu
That Is Increasing Diplomatic Fl.
forts Are Proving Dinscuit-ft n
Probable That Russda's Answer
VIII be Ready During This Week.
China Is Anxious That War should
be Averfed.
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Manila, January 25.-The japanese
merchants in this city have received
advices from the home government
that in case OF the outbreak OF hostI-
tiles they had better transfer their
business to the Americans.
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London. January 2S1The Toxic cor
respondent OF the Daily Telegraph has
sent the following caDiegram.
THE Official Gazette publishes an
imperial ordinance empowering tina
government to assume control OF all
private railway etc. for military pur-
poses
The situation Is very grave and de-
velopments are hourly expected"
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EEGOMLMG
"a MOTHER

Of the suffering and danger in store for her. robs the e1pec.ans mother
of all pleasant anticipaions Of the coming event, and casts yer her a
shadow of gloom which cannot be shaken of. Thousands of women
have found that the ue of Mothers Friend during pregnancy ros
confinement of all pain and danger, and insures safety to life of mother
and child. This scientific Lniment is a godsend to all women at the
time OF their most critical trial. Not only does Mothers Friend
gently prepares the system for the coming event, prevents "morning
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-01-29
THE WILMINGTON MESSENGERS FRIDAY JANUARY 70: 1904

Il A ordeal which nj
women approach with
indescribable fear, for
nothing compares with
the pain and horror of
child birth. The thought
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Pekin. January 25.-The Chinese au-
thorities have approached the minis
tiers here of several powers with pro-
posals directed towards attempting
mediation with Russia and japan
China Is exceedingly anxious that wa
should be avoided.
La Junta tribune., 1904-01-20
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freshments thrown in. Each one
had to order from menu cards writ
ten in Chinese. This proved very
amusing, as some individuals or
dered tea, water and TOOTH pick.
Few people could eat rice with
their chop sticks as well as a
Chinsman. Jessie Baldridge, how
ever succeeded quite well.
The hour Of departure was more
suited to American customs than
Chinese. Our people are not used
to backing out and bowing pro-
foundly, SO most OF the guests con
tented themselves by saying good
nigh, as an American should.
La Junta tribune., 1904-01-20
Chinese seeIsi.

The Chinese Social held a. the
Methodist parsonage, last Friday
evening, proved a great success.
both socially and financially. The
house was decorated with Chinese
lanterns. fans, parasols and other
brio a-brac Of that country. the
Chinese customs being carried ou,
as far as possibly could be expect
ed.
Miss Handy, dressed in native
costume, assisted Mrs. Kimball 10
receiving. All greeted each o,he.
after the fashion Of the Chinese,
all Of the male persuasion keeping
their hats on.
An interesting programme was
rendered. two special numbers
being the song in Chinese dialect.
BY Master Paul Mccauley, and the
song BY Chin Lee, q laundryman
Of r. JuDta.
Genuine Chinese chop sticks
were sold for fifteen cents and re-
La Junta tribune., 1904-01-20

never having been down to zero
yet" Shiver my timbers! Think
of it! Zero weather! Here in the
Arkasas Valley the thermometer
hasn't ever been close to the freez-
ing point.
Kim, the Chinaman who has
worked for ]. X. Dye for long
time, was up from La Iunta one
day last week and received from
Frank Curran 1858. 40 on his three
policies in the Preferred Mercan-
tile Co., of Boston, netting him
profit of SI37 in 81 weeks. He
could have received 81 karat
diamond, but preferred the cash,
as he intends to soon leave for
China. Rocky Ford Gazette.
The breach of promise suit OF
Rachel Nicely VS.. I. d. Foley
came up in the district court last
Friday behind closed doors. E.
P. Hubbell OF Pueblo, was the at
,orney for the plaintiff, and F. X.
McAliney, of the same city, for
the defendant. The+ju brought
in a verdict awarding $1,000
damages and costs to the plaintiff.
A Motion for new trial was made
by the attorney for the defendant,
which has NOT as yet'been disposed
of. -. - -
Rev. Conrad Bluhm, pastor
elect Of the Presbyterian church
Of this city, will be installed Tues
day evening, January 26th. A
number of prominent Presbyterian
divines from various parts of the
state will be present to assist IN the
ceremonies of the installation,
among them being DR.. Thomas r.
Kirkwood, of Colorado Springs;
r .v. DR.. ]. l.. Weaver, of Pueblo;
Rev. T. S. Hawley, Of Trinidad;
Rev. w. l. Davenport, Of Rocky
Ford and others.
The wedding of Miss Dot Hirkle
Of La Junta, to Mr.. Will Gardner,
of Dodge City. has just been an
noinced. The wedding took place
in Colorado some time ago but
was Kept a secret from most Of
their intimate friends. The bride
grew 10 womanhoodin Dodge City.
having left less than year ago,
and Is well known to every one
here. NJ. Gardner is nephew
Of Santa Fe agent Fred Gafdner
and is 10 the employ Of the Santa
Fe company City Repub-
I:~.n ',.,-n. .,,si-r tiit - -
iiC.n'
La Junta tribune., 1904-01-20
sonG MORE LOCAL ,IEms.

Work was commenced this week
clearing the ground preparatory to
erecting a six-stall addition to the
local roundhouse. Nothing de-
finite as to the new shops is known
by local officials, at least that is
the extent Of the informant IN they
are willing to give out.
Mrs. John Brown, of Del Norte,
Colo, formerly Of this city, passed
through La Junta MONDAY morn
ing on her way to Illinois with
the body Of her husband. who died
suddenly last Friday. Mr.. Brown
was formerly special agent Of the
Santa Fe, with headquarters in
this city. and was sufferer from
lung trouble.
E. r. Nichols & Co., Of Chicago,
have the entire acreage of Prowers
county with the exception Of the
Holly association. The Lamar.
Granada and Amity associations
will have a total OF nearly 1900
acres and make the Nichols com
pany. with its territory in the west
end of the valley, the largest ship
pers of cantaloupes. = Lamar
Register.
Mrs. w. P. Schee.s writes to
change the address Of her TRIBUNE
from Pocatello, Idaho, to Baker
City, Ore. for which latter place
they left to locate on the 18TH
instant. Mrs. schee.. reports fine
.ea.he. in in IDAHO during a.. the pres
ent winter, .'the thermometef
4 ~
La Junta tribune., 1904-01-20
Sentences for LIE.

The case of John peyine,
charged with wrecking passenger
train No. on October goth. was
tried in the district court on Mon
day and Tuesday Of this week, the
jury returninga verdict of guilty
as charged in ten minutes, and
Deviae being sentenced by Judge
VOORHEES, to the penitentiary for
LIE. District Attorney Miller was
assisted in the prosecution by T.
r. HoHmire. attorney for the
Santa Fe, and w. B. Goblin was
appointed BY the court to conduct
the defense.
All Of the evidence in the case
was circums,antiai. the strongest
evidence being the admissions
made BY Devine in the county
Jail to fellow prisoners. Devine
Admired being in the vicinity Of
the wreck when it occurred. be,
tween and a o'clock on the
morning Of October goth, but de-
med ins. he knew anything Of it
until daylight. He was sleepiny
a, a camp Are within $50 yard. Of
the wreck, 'bu, claimed 'thath he had
no. been awakened by the terrific
crash and the noise made by
escaping steam. :" Several wit
nesses testified 10 conversing with
Devine =. The camp FIRE shortly
after the wreck occurred. "
The defendant claimed that he
was on his way from La Iunia to
Pueblo. and had not been west Of
the wreck since early in the spring
Several witnesses. however. testi
fed to seeing and conversing with
Devine 1t Chico. ten miles east Of
Pueblo. on October ayth. pevine
alleges tb.s he was Il; in La Jun.a for
several days previous to the wreck.
working on the street. This evi-
deuce ass fatty con.r.dicsed BY
Masshal Melvin. who testified that
i II ~as /; during the month Of June
shss Devine played his engsge.
nsat . the streets Of L. Jua.a.
The strongest evidence for the
prosecu.io,;n' j; was ;vs, tie testimony 81
9hree hoboesH usho' were arrested !
lev days sitter itbe; wreck and held
La Junta tribune., 1904-01-20

on suspicion, being sentenced to
forty days in the county Jail ior
vagrancy. Devine admitted to
them in Jail that he had caused the
wreck, proudly declaring that he
was the fellow the officers wanted
although they did not seem to
know it.
Devine is. a man about forty
years Of age. with hiisute attach
ment to his physiognomy tina,
gives him a decided Resemblance
to Herr Most, the anarchist. He
says that he was born in New York
and that he has a wife and two
children somewhere in Iowa. He
is rather proud o! the fact that he
has been an inmate at some time
during his life of almost every jail
in the country. When Judge
Voorhees, asked him if he had any
thing to say before the sentence
of the court was passed upon him
he replied in the negative. and
was not in the least perturbed
when sentenced for life After
being taken back to jail he re-
marked to his fellow prisoners
that his sentence was certainly
long enough. but that was all.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-24
GLOBE SIGHTS.

IFrom the Atch1Son Globe.1
A man looks almost as wretched at a
party as a woman looks when travelling
in a covered wagon.
What has become of the baby that was
compelled to take it's maps with its face
black with flies?
There is one way to make yourself I'M
popular with woman: take the medicine
she suggests, and then fail to get we'll
There is some redeeming quality in the
person who sits on the porch to watch his
neighbors: At least he is not peer1ng at
them from behind the blinds.
When one woman speaks to another wo-
man, to whom she has not been intro
duced, if her women friends catch her at
it, they give her a look that says: What
do you mean talking to Some One You
Don't Known
There are some little things one never
with a wooden leg she wonders if he
takes his leg to bed with him. Most men
have always. wondered if woman is
buried with her corset on.
An Atchison woman who had been told
by spellbinders for some time of the be-
woman's society, at last consented. and
the L. NJ. n: badge was pinned on her
shirtwaist She was told she would never
lack a friend in distress, that there. would
always be kindly hand to soothe her
went a trip, and, remembering these
promises, pinned on her l.. M n. badge.
A few miles out a woman approached her.
the sisterhood," she said, touching the
badge, so know you will be willing TO
also an l. M NJ She dropped her baby
into the Atchison woman's lap and disap-
peared in another car She returned in
an hour to find the Atchison woman ex-
hausted. 1T was so Noble of you,' said
the mother taking the child. In the town
she visited the Atchison woman was ask
ed by another Sister L. NJ. N. to lend her
$50: another prevailed upon her that it
was her duty to sit up three nights in
succession with a sick L. NJ. N, and an
other L. NJ N, whom she had never be-
fore met, accompanied her home, bringing
three children with her, to make long.
reStful VISIT
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JAYHAwKIER JoTs.

Caldwell proposes to install an electric
light plant in time for a fall street fair.
Salina woman was sure she could
read a mans thoughts but his nearest
friends say he hasn't any.
In a spelling match at the Hill City
Normal the majority of students trip
ped up over accommodates"
An amateur loop the loop artist
at Augusta got off with a broken arm
but the bicycle was d total wreck.
The latest returns from Rossville in
dictate that a number of the boys ex-
pend all of their push on saloon doors.
Thirteen isn't unluclxy. A turkey hen
was given that number of eggs to set
on, at Parnell, and every one Matched.
A Barnes real estate agent is adver-
Using that territory by a display of
thirteen feet and nine inch tall corn
stalks.
A Scranton woman got rid of
chronic case of rheumatism, of years
standing, by falling and breaking her
right limb.
Don't cross a bridge until you come
to it, and don't cross the Lawrence
bridge then unless they have that weak
span repaired.
A Topeka man writes home from the
Minnesota lakes that fishing is pretty
good considering the fact that it is
presidential year.
The leans and the fats played a game
of baseball at Axtell. The score stood
% to % when the fats wore out ana de-
clared the game off.
A sunflower raised at Pittsburg meas
ured ten inches across. The person who
dubbed this the SunfiOwer state had
about the right idea.
Our idea of a lively confab" is the
controversy between Garden City and
Syracuse as to which is the baseball
of western Kansas.
Two of Dickinson county's old time
farmers are advertising their places for
sale with a view of moving to Scotland.
And they will sell before election.
dull day amusement with the
Seneca lads is bombarding the Greek
section hands sleeping cars. Strange
to say the laborers have entered
protest and threaten to shoot back.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-24
TWO KINDS OF F1NANCIERs.
IFrom the washington Post.

IFrom the Washington Post.l
1t is doubtful if the aggregate steal
ings of a hundred of the most success
full grand larcenists confined in the
state prisons of this country would be
equal to one per cent of the amount
gained by a dozen or so of the eminent
hnanciers whose operations in the Uni
ted States shipbuilding affair and
Amalgamated copper have been brought
20 light by litigation. 1t is morally
certain that the injury inflicted on in
dividuals and on society by the hum
bred grand larcenists who have been
sent where they belong is infinitesimal
IN comparison with the results of the
high financiering OF the dozen or so.
That the hundred are in prison is not
regretted by any good citizen. That the
dozen or so are out of prison, in no
danger. and still clothed with respecta-
bflity is evidence of serious defects in
our criminal jurisprudence-in our laws,
or their enforcement, or both.
Attention is called afresh to this sub
ject by the institution of a suit by Ben
Jamin b. Odell. Jr.. of New York, for
the recovery of $4,000 that. as he al
leges. he was swindled out of by several
magnates of the shipbuilding combine
The fact that the plaintiff is governor
of New York and chairman of the Re-
publican committee of that state may
add interest to the case, but has no
bearing on the legal aspects. The gist
of Mr.. Odelrs complaint is that he
finds the alleged purchase price of &c.
o00.0 900 cash was not paid for the pro-
perties included in the Schwab CONSOLE
dalton, and that it was never intended
TO be paid On the contrary, as Gov
ernOr Oden alleges. S2.346.000 of this
sum was previously agreed to be paid,
to certain distinguished parties for GER
tain supposed services, unknown and
undiscoverable. in connection with the
job Worse than this. Mr.. OdeIl furth-
er alleges in his complaint that even
the original beggarly capital of $1,000
which was increased to SO, zoo, 900 by
vote of the dummy boy directors
brought from New Jersey, was simply
borrowed for the day and turned back
as soon as the farce was over. The
Boston Post. having in mind the high
in Amalgamated copper.
says; THE Matching of $40. 0O0. 600 out
of g borrowed nest egg of 5000 may
not be practicable in Massachusetts. al
though we are not sure about it. But
as for the rest of Governor OdeIFs
Btery, could it not be told, mutatts
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-24

cents between the packers and the de-
mands of the men," said a striking
butcher. THE employers are losing
millions of dollars. There is something
behind this refusal to settle with u.s.
The packers are against Roosevelt and
they think if they keep us out Parker
will be elected and they easily will re-
gain all they have lost in the strike. .
OF 49S striking butchers 1858 said they
would vote for Roosevelt and only 1O7
were for the Democratic candidate.
One canvasser after finding only
eighteen avowed Parker men among
ninety-four strikers interviewed at
their headquarters expressed surprise
and was answered as follows:
You tell The Tribune that no mat
ter what our previous politics has been
our vote now will stand ten to one in
favor of Roosevelt"
There won't be an end to this strike
till after election. They are trying to
force us to vote for Parker" said an
other.
1.-The question of our future depends
on Roosevelt-thats why we are going
to vote for him." was the comment of
a third.
A Pole who evidently mad passed
former troubles at the yards
said with feeling:
I'VE haven't Cleveland now to shoot
US down like dogs, and we are for