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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-02-05

Governor Reads all the Evia0e-
Sentiment I'm ~. c. Eayors P110n
Canal-Thc Di>penary D~1e@H
Drunkenness
Messenger Bureau

Raleigh. ". c.. February 4
Governor Aycock has finished reaAiE
the st~enograpaic notes Of the evSden9e
In the label Register case. from Css9D-
bus county. there being at least 1W
hundred pages OF these notes. TIE sv-
dence In the case shows that ReEsAser
committed three capital cr1meS AL IN
n few IL seems. namely D0r-
der. burglary and arson. that - ~
shooting the two men. breaking = ID
house. and robbing R. and then setsnW
fire 20 the building.
One Of the bes, known men in NoFth
Carolina SAYS the sentiment in the o1ss
es TO the Panama canal matter n al
NEST solidly supporting enato- Sin
mons. The gentleman remarked La
Mr.. immon go before n peopse On
this question and you viii no sec y
corporal's guard fail to etana heeh %
him
Among today's arrivals OF lawyers %
attend the Supreme court are Ar. &C..
Cowper and Mr.. Crisp OF Dare. AnotoL
er arrival today Was Mr.. Cameron Moe
rison. OF Richmond rounty. Ccsond
John F. Burton. Of Wilson 10 a8o hsra.
The question was asked the police
whether the ~dispens&ry had reduced ~
noun OF drunkenness. 10 having been
In operation now n month. In reply &c
o1 AAhshA Z Y
were only forty arrests. against i<o fe~
the saure month ast year. There were
only IL arrests fer drunkenness A VET
eran police officer ventured To remark
that the d~ispensarv had aoated drum
kenness IS per cent.
Some persons have remarked
Ing the Raleigh and PanIlico SooB6
railway that they expected to se the
Atlantic Coast Line buy IL. One OF n
gentlemen interested in the road say
there Is nothing whatever In any state-
ment: that the road cannot be sold 70
or controlled by another road. and tEst
the people VIII certainly be able %
say that they have one independent lins
in North Carolina
r. There is yet a great deal or tan afreAh
the Dakota bond suit. A lawyer TO
marked that this suit viii bring on the
question whether the United SsaAaf
Supreme court a issue q personal
Judgment against the state and thas
that cour Will have to decide tina
question.
Some people doubt whether agrfSu8-
ture can be caught in the public sdhoo&s
but A. f. Winship. editor OF The New
England Journal OF and on
OF the foremost educators in America
makes the following estimate OF the
book on Agriculture by Professors
Burkett. Hill. and Stevens Of the AOH-
cultural and Mechanical college.
No child should be allowed Ia -
through the public schools without D
course in this book. or one equally -
good. II such there be. rarely
Ices 4 book come to my deck mat I
so greatly wish might be carefully stud
led by every child. Indeed. no hSnD>
should be without II. No classic. no
story book. no volume OF poems has q
better right TO a place In the h"@.
than this body OF facts. 0h!ldreD @Sen
be Interested in II and will DrofA ~ -
ALI through life"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-02-05
SEVERAL SENT TO THE ROADS
Mayor Springer Had r. Unusually
Large Docket to Dispose of Yes
terday.

There was an unusually large num-
Der of law breakers before the mayor
yesterday morning and severa of them
Freeman. colored, was indicted unde.
two ~orences. being drunk and disor-
derby and carrying concealed weapons.
In theiormer cas- he was given TWEEN
ty days on the county roads. n in the
other cas- he was bound over to court
Chas- Fisher was charged with :ii;
manner of things, dfsorderly conduct,
drunk and disorderly ana assault. He
was feInd guilty under three different
charges and given thirty days on the
county roads for each. His sister,
Kate Fisher, was also found guilty OF
disorderly conduct and sentenced To
thirty days in Jail.
There were several, elmer cases OF
small Importance disposed Of.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-02-05
Banquet of the G.. a f.

Washington. February s.-Presl-
dent Roosevelt, General John C. Black
Army, Secretary Taft, General Nelson
A. Miles and other vel known Of
fcials were guests of honor at the ban
Quet tonight to the department of the
Potomac OF the Grand Army Of the
Republic. The President was given a
cordial reception. He paid a trfoute
to the Grand Army and fs work and
in a general way spoke OF the duties
of citizenship and of che lessons
taught by the civil war.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-02-05
WILL BE UP.To-DATE.
Many Improvements to be Made n,
academy Of Music-Building to be
Heated by Steam-Between $4,000
and $1,000 to be Spent on Improve
ments.


II now looks like Wilmington wiz
nave an UP to date opera house before
next season.
The board of audit and nance has
agreed to the Recommendations made
by Alderman Murrell, chairman of the
building committee OF the board OF
aldermen. to make improve
ments on the Acadamy OF Music
The only difference in the plan to b
followed and the plan submitted By A.
derman Murrel is. that the work o.
r~emodelling the Academy OF Music will
be done by the city. instead OF the
leasee. The Academy is to be heated
by steam. the boxes are TO be remodeIed
and arranged 50 az to give 4 bet. CT
view or the stage. a metallic ceiling is
to be placed in the building. the stage
Is to be remodeled. scenery viii be
purchased. a smoking room viii be pre-
pared for the gentlemen and a coax
room for. the ladies. When all the i'm
provements are finished there Will b.
no opera house in North Carolina tina
will be as up to date in every particu-
lar. The total amount to be expended
in making the improvements VIII D. be
tween $4,000 and 5000. 1t viii os.
about $500 to install n steam healing
plant.
Bids for leasing the Academy OF Au-
sic ave already been advertised for
and the contract will be awarded o.
February 18th. The present lease wall
not expire though Until June LIST.
The date named for the completion
OF the improvements at the Academy is
September 18TH, and the new lease II
probably not go into effect until that
date. The new lease is to be for e pc
riod of five years
the Academy for the five years Will be
more than sufficient to pay for tire inn
DrOVementS.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-02-05
MRS POST ON TRIAL
She offered n General or
all Ills and Ailments

Jacksonville. Fla. February THIS
trial of the mental science healer. ME-
Helen Wilman-Post. who Is charge
with devising a scheme 10 denaua
divers persons and using the mails 70
further his scheme. brought ou: 'era
little new evidence today.
A letter from an Indiana wom1A uas
read and placed in evidence in which
she wanted to know II Mrs.
Post would undertake to get her soc
out OF prison by using her mental
treatment. To III a reply vas sent
by Mrs. Posts direction to the elect
that nothing was impossible and thai
she would take the case for four deS-
lars per month.
Il was brought out that she answered
letters and promised to give her trest-
ment to persons who required A. fof
every Imaginable disease and also fes
troubles OF all kinds. She had agreed
to give treatment for making n -
set of teeth grow: make a leg grow &C
a stump from which the limb had beeS
amputated: to make hair grow on hzA
heads; to restore the affections for easa
other o. persons who had become es-
tranged; 10 transfer the affections N
persons. and in fact to do anything she
was asked to.
Only two witnesses were examined
these were Mrs. E. H. Dayton and her
daughter. Miss Dora Thorne. who were
in her employ. They Identified "A larEs
number Of letters which had been re-
ceiyed by Mrs. Post and in answer 70
which they had sent letters according
20 the general instructions Mrs. Posx
saw very few OF these letters. the wit
nesses stated. All she did was to take
OUt the money enclosed and pass the
letters on TO be answered. She did not
know the names OF the writers in NEST
iuStarGez
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-02-05
Many New England Mills Will Become
Idis-

Boston. Mass, February 2-Although
New England manufs curing comra-
.Dies are not in the cstton market for
.rs<w material in large amounts at pres
ent quotations.. no big corporation has
en- irely shut Sown it's mills. In many
rniu there is some idle machinery and
towards spring it is expected many
more spiTldles wtll have 10 be stopp d
1t develops that the uEnsual cost Of
Gotten is not the only impeachment to
the Success OF the cotton Industry. The
fear OF war between Japan and Rus
eia a billed the demand IN China ana
Other countries in the Orient for cotton
goods. and most OF those mills which
engaged IN the export trade with that
part OF the world are looking for mar
kets elsewhere.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-02-05
ADJOURNED UNTIL MoyNDAY.
Judge Ferguson Adtevrned Court
Yesterday Until Mon8aJ-An OF the
Cases on the Docket Had Been
Continued

The fact OF 8 n Terry, who was on
trial for his life. committing suicide
brought the present term of superior
court to an abrupt ending. There was
4 meeting of the bar association yes
terday morning when 1t was decided
that there vas no prospect OF reaching
any OF the cases on the civil docket at
the term OF court which begins or mex.
Monday The term OF court which be-
gan last Monday week ago was for one
week only but the fact Of the Terry
murder trial being taken up during
tina term 1t vas necessary to extend
the term. The term which was to have
begun last Monday was continued IN
til next Monday, so Terry trial could
De concluded. All the cases which
were 10 have come up at the first term
were continued until next week, so the
Terry ease was the only one on the
docket.
Court convened yesterday afternoon
at the appointed time, ) o'clock. The
eleven Jurors which had been selected
TO sit on the Terry trial were in the
jury box and MANI of the 20 m
on the last Yenire were also present.
I'm n few brief words Judge Ferguson
stated that the defendant. S. Hill
Terry. had committed suicide and hp
A@~AA NA1NAAAA 81 - "Ao Aoo SN%b
selected on the jury and also thOsc
who were or the special venire. Court
Vas adjourned until next Monday.
When court Monday the
trial of the cases brought by thu
Law and Order League against the
women charged with keeping disor-
derby houses and also for selling
Whiskey Will be resumed. There are
about thirty Of these cases to be dis
posed OF but judging from the tina
taken In trying the two cases already
disposed Of there is little probability
of all of them being tried. The
two cases disposed of were against
Kate Jenkins, charged with selling
whiskey without license. and Mamie
Sheridan. charged with keeping a dis
orderly house. Kate Jenkins was
found not guilty but a verdict OF
guilty was returned in the Sheridan
case. Mamie Sheridan will probably
not be sentenced until towards the las
Of next week, after the other cases
have been disposed Of.
The case against william Wilson, the
tramp charged with burglary will also
be disposed of at this term Of court
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-02-05
ANNUAL STATEMENT.
The kzachanics' Home Association TN
Prosperous Condition.

The annual meeting OF h Mechanics
Home Association was called LAST
night at s O'Clock at the city court
room. but adjourned for lack OF .
quorum. This association has made
great progress during the past year as
the annual report shows. Fourteen
series have been matured, each in less
than six years and two months. The
18th series will mature next month
The 18th annual report as submitted
by Mr.. w. NJ. Cumming, secretary and
treasurer Is as follows:
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-02-05
DIED YESTERDAY.
Miss Sarah A Kershaw Passed Away
Yesterday Morning, Aged Sc Years.

MISS sarah A. Kershaw Of this city
died at the residence of her cousin.
Mr.. J. d. Reynolds, yesterday morning
at 4:Es o'clock. aged IS years and 3
onths Her nearest relatives are her
nieces. Mrs. a. G. Nelson. Mrs. J.
Schmid, Airs. j. "A Coleman ant u
nephew Nj. Ale Kershaw. all of this
city.
The deceased had many friends who
win tor1earn of her death.
The funeral service will be held this
morning II 10 o'clock from her late
residence. corner Second and Wooster
streets. thence to Bellevue cemetery.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-02-05

There WAS Il small fire yesterday
morIdas at the home OF Sam Rowan.
4l4 Queen street. The house was owned
by William Moore. The fire it is
thought originated from a defective
fue aad the damage will amount to
a6soSt SIG.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-02-05
Revival Service.

TIRE revival in progress at the Bladen
Street N. e. church is being attended
by large crawds and is resulting in
much good. The services are beinG
conducted by Rev. Geo. B. Webster,
pastor OF the church. assisted by Rev.
J. v. Williams. Rev. Mr.. Williams
will preach a. special sermon to
drinking men.
next week. :
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-02-05

A. c. Skipper and wife on yesterday
conveyed to William M. Sneeden. the
western half OF lot 4. block 16. situated
on Sixth street, between Nun and
Church, for the consideration OF $3.50.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-02-05

The schooner Geo. A. McFadden. Cap
tain wallace. cleared yesterday for
New York with a cargo OF Is, 400 cross
ties. shipped by the Hall Tie and Lam-
Der Company.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-02-05
Admiral SchIey Ill

Washington. February S.-Admiral
w. S. Schley is confined to his home
by an attack of grip but expects TO be
out in a few days.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-02-05

The members OF the chamber OF COM
Iaerce viii hold their regular monthly
meeting this afternoon at $50 o'clock.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-02-05
Directors of Truckers
Association Discussed
Matter Yesterday
INVESTIGATED

Ordered by the Directors-Wm See
just What the Trust Intends Doing.
Financial Aid OF Association pledged
o Correct Any Abuses Resulting
From Trust-Truckers Say Trust
Buy Through Agens-Wm Sell
Crates 10 Large Truckers, But no
More Than They VIII Use Them
seI-es.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-02-05

New Bern JoRrnal: Mr.. Frank Meier!
representing Tucker Brothers,, of VII
mington, arrived last n;1sht. and VII
superintead the stone cutting contrac
which his house has for tle new Meth;
odist church building in t.is city.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-02-05

Hiss Nettie Dockery. Of Raleigh. 10
visiting in the city.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-27
SHE WANTS A DIVORCE
MRS. LAURA BOUCKE BRINGS AN
ACTION AGAINST HER CON-
VlCT HUSBAND.
he Is Now Doing a Sixteen-Year Term
in the Penitentiary for
Robbery.

Mrs. Laura Boucke, the wife of Z.
+. Boucke, the insurance man, who is
now serving a 16-year term in the pen
itentiary at Waila Wala for highway
robbery. has instituted divorce pro-
ceedings against him in the superior
court at Seattle. In her complaint,
Bruen & Green. sine alleges non-sup-
port and desertion for one year. She
fendant IS ii convict or that he eloped
with another woman shortly before his
arrest. wishing to keep the records as
clean as possible for the sake of their
children.
Houcke held up and robbed the fam
lily of Mrs. Rose Blicn in the Blick
house at Green lake, and is thought to
have been guilty of other robberles of
like nature. His wife stood by him
braveIy through the trial, notWith-
standing the fact that he had been
false to her She feels very keenly the
disgrace he has brought upon her and
her little ones, and in her complaint
petitions the court to allow her to re-
sumo her maiden name of Gilbert ana
also to allow the children to be known
by that name.
PAPERS in the suit have been served
on the gentlemanly highWayman, ana
he is very indignant at his wife for
desiring a divorce.
For more than year Mrs Boucke
has been obliged to support herself and
children by her own efforts
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-27
Miner RELEASED.
He Pays Twenty five Dollars and Gets
Out of Jail.

c. L. Miner, who was arrested
Thursday on charge of beating his
board bill and stealing money from q
Pendleton hotel, was released from the
county Jail this afternoon. Miner, af-
ter considerable persuasion from his
then the Pendleton hotel keeper in
structed the authorities in this city to
release the man from custody.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-27
Personal Mention

George B. Baker, of Dayton, was in
the city yesterday.
James Wright, a stockman of North
Yakima, is in the city.
Victor II. Chastain. a business mar
of Milton, was in the city yesterday.
A. NJ. Clark. of Pendleton, is regis
tered at the Dacres.
Z. ]. Conrad, of La Grande, is in the
city.
S. c. Schoonover, a Well known farm
er of Eureka, is in the city.
Will r. King, an attorney of Ontario,
Or. who has been visiting friends in
Walla Walla, has returned to his home.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-27
SPOKANE PROTESTS.
Going After the Railroads for Dis
examinations.


Secretary Mcdonald of the CONNER
cial club is in receipt of a copy of the
resolutions adopted recently by the
Spokane chamber of commerce, pro-
testing against the railroad companies
discrimination iD freight rates. The
resolutions set forth that the freight
rates changed by the railroads on
wheat and other grains from all in
land points to the seaboard are very
much in excess OF those charged from
Minneapolis and ST. Paul to Puget
sound points. The Spokane chamber
of commerce asks the Walla WalIa
Commercial club to adopt similar res
olutions and forward the same to the
railroad companies. Another resOlu-
ton has been passed by the Spokane
body endorsing the proposed amend
ments to the interstate commerce law.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-27
Folsom Escape to Hang.

SACRAMENTO, Feb. 27.-Convict
Jose Murphy, a Folsom escape. was
today sentenced to hang May 20, for
the murder of Guard Cotton.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-27
AMONG THE ATHLETES
BIG BOWLING CONTEST IS
SCHEDULED FOR NEXT
THURSDAY NIGHT.
MuIlan and Reilly Getting in Shape for
the Tournament at Ath
etic Club.

Between bowling contests and get
tween Barney Mullan and Jack Reilly
next Friday night these are busy times
la Athletic club and the members. The
next bowling contest that is already
attracting much attention will be pull
ed off at the club alleys next Tuesday
night between the Tradesmen and Re-
tail Clerks team. The teams were
made up today and from the personnel
Of each an exciting contest is expected.
The teams as made up will be as fol-
lows:
Tradesman-David Landlord, James
Trythall, John Merely, j. b. Baer,
Jerome Windemute with j. McAllister
as substitute.
Retail Clerks-Alex Hergert, Ohio
Estes. r. f. RoWley, w. T. Allen. Leo
Ferguson, Al Hastings substitute.
The bowlers will contest for trophy
and admlttance will be free to the pun
lie. The games will be started prompt
ly at s o'clock.
Among the Boxers.
Both Mullan and Reilly are showing
beneficial effects Of bard training Tor
their ten-round so next Friday night.
Both men are conscientious IN their
work and promise to be III the pest
possible condition the night of the bout,
Reilly took q long run to the power
house east Of the city this morning
while MulIan counted ties on the wal
lula branch Of the q. K. a \. Ihe
gymnasium work IS what attracts the
crowds and every afternoon the TWO
training quarters are 1i!ed 10 "dtc2
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-27
For the Debate.

Brown, Greenslade and Sutherland
are hard at work OF the labor union
question: The Pullman debating team
comes down here two weeks from last
night. Whitman has the opposite side
OF the question from the one discussed
with Oregon in January.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-27

We make photos that are a credit to
the new studio. Maxwell.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-27

Try Calumet Baking powder; two
cans for Csc at Muntinga's.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-27

j. w. Cookery. licensed embalmer
and undertaken. Babcock block. ~
First street. Tele Main 379.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-27

Alfalfa seed and seed rye at c. A
Beck's grocery.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-27

MaXwell's studio is up to date. Ir
the Die Brucke.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-27

An exceptional opportunity is offered
| for the investment of $4,000 to $4,000
| in the operation of a Touring mill in
| connection with lessee, situate and now
running at Seattle. Capacity 225 bar
rels. which could be easily increased
and secure favorable lease, with option
! of purchase. Local trade alone could
easily be built up to net $1,000 profit
monthly. Address \. G. X, care
Statesman.
| WANTED-GOOD CLEAN LINEN
and cotton rags at the Statesman
press room Will pay y cent per
pound.
Try Muntingas bulk pickles and
olives.
The Electric Light bath cures PIN
pies.
Take an E. L. 3. the morning after"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-27
CAMPAIGN FOR GYM
FUND is RAPIDLY BEING IN
CREASED By WHITMAN COL
LEGE COMMITTEES.
Students Will Begin Active Canvass
for Subscriptions Monday
College Notes.

The campaign for funds for the
gymnasium is being rapidly organized
by Professor Hendrick. Circulars
were sent out to town people yester-
day and already $3.50 of subscriptions
have come in in this mornings mail.
The personal solicitation by students
will begin next Monday. Out of town
circulars will be mailed by the COM
mittee this afternoon. Much encour-
agement is felt al the success so far.
Penrose improved.
President Penrose, who has been
confined to his home for several days
on account of an attack of Ia grippe,
is about again today.
GIee Club Concert.
The Whitman College Glee club re-
turned this morning from a successful
concert tour. Theq sang at Weston
last night and Pendleton the night be-
fore. The home concert of the Whit
man Glee club will occur next Monday
evening. 1t promises to be a very fine
musical treat Both clubs take part
on the program.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-27
VISITED SCHOOLS.

Waitsburg Institutions Of Learning 'r
Good Shape.
Mrs. Josephine Preston, assistant
comfy school superintendent, mas re-
t,,rned from Waitsburg, where she mas
baen paving an official visit to the pun
lie schools in that city. she reports
that she found the schools in mos
satisfactory condition, with large at
tendance of pupils.
,rioS To nla9Sp YOU, give
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-27

FREE K n Hge ~ RRnn o Css cM t. SSs!
to any afflicted, positive cure for Eczema, Sal,
Rheu a, Erysipelas, Piles and skin diseases
instant relief. Don't suffer 1onge., Write F. W
WILLIAMS, 400 Manhattan Ave-. New York.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-27

Mursinga tries to please you give
him a call.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-27

Try Muntinga's bulk pickles anG
olives.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-27

Take an E. l.. B. the morning after
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-27

The Electric Light bath cures PIN
pies.