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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-01
GREAT TRUCKING CENTER.
wilmington Is the Clearing House for
In Greatest Trucking District EASY
of the Mississippi River.

The Carolina Fruit and Truck
Growers Journal has the following
in the issue of June goth, relative to
the advantages derived by the truck
ing section OF eastern Carolina being
1ear the northern markets:
Those who have followed this paper
and the progress and development of
the strawberry and trucking interests
of the two Carolinas, now realize as
possibly new before that Wilmington.
the great seaport city of The Old
North State,'' is not only the head
and center, but the acknowledged
clearing house for the greatest truck
ing district east of the Mississippi
riyer-possibly the known world. For
Wilmington this IS saying much, and
this much is greatly augmented when
we come to consider that the import
ance of the trucking industry through
out his great territory is given addi-
tional significance by reason of our
proximity and accessibility to the
great consuming and distributing CT
ties in the northern. eastern, New
England and middle western states.
Savannah, Ga, is the center for Il
great trucking district, but her re-
moteness from these markets which
consume three-fourths of all the truck
grown in this country deprives the
great Georgia seaport of many of the
advantages to which Wilmington can
justly lay claim. We might go fur
Their down and illustrate that Jack
sonville, Fla, is the center for a great
trucking district, for as a matter OF
fact such is the case, but the freight
rofnS from that mort fn the oraaf cities
like Washington, Baltimore, New
York, Philadelphia, PittSburg, Boston.
Buffalo, Albany, Cincinnati, Columbus
and countless other cities in the ter
ritory just referred to render it i'm
possible for the people OF that great
section to supply more than a very
limited demand for strawberries and
vegetables Zach season before tine
growers and shippers in this territory
enter the field. In other words, when
shipments start in from this section
all that vast territory south of Flor
ence and Lake City has to practically
Withdraw from the field, for the reaSon
that our freight rates are such as will
enable u people to make money or
strawberries and vegetables, canta-
Supes and melons, when those south
81 the lines above drawn lose none
an their shipments, prices being equal.
Hence it is that Wilmington and the
territory for which this city is the great
center and clearing house, enjoys ad-
vantages over any other section of the
south Atlantic seaboard states. and
such as should make this city a thriv-
ing, busting, throbbing commercial
and manufacturing center.
Heretofore our people have only
regarded this matter as a side issue
but they are fast awaking to the Won
derful possibilities the future has in
store for us and the f1attering outlook
ahead. Being n Of the great sea
ports along the south Atlantic sea
board, Wilmington supplies the terri.
tory for hundreds Of miles in ever
direction, and particularly does all oil
the supplies furnished the strawberry
and vegetable growers come through
This port.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-01

Is Composed Of Wilmington and New
York Parties-Charter Has Not Yet
Been Applied FOr-COmpany Will
Have Authorized Capital of $780,
About 500 Boxes Per Day-Standard
Oil Company Will be One of Fac
tory's Leading CustOmers-Have
Already Received Many Orders.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-01
Dividend Declared by Lehigh Compa-
nv Directors.

Philadelphia, June 29.--The board
e directors of the Lehigh Valley
Railroad Company today declared a
dividend of 10 per cent. on the stock
and one per cent. on the common
stock. This is the first Lehigh Val
ley dividend in eleven years The
dividend on the common stock is semi
annual, while the ten per cent divi-
dend is annual. The las dividend on
Lehigh Valley stock, which was paid
in 1898, was on a basis Of 10 per cent.
annually.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-01
WIN Discharge 1000 Men.

Philadelphia, June 27.-Four thous-
and more men will be discharged from
the Baldwin Locomotive Works with
In the next few days. Six thousand
have already been dropped from the
companyss service, and the working
force will soon be reduced to 5000
men. The greatest number ever en-
pIoyed at the works Is about 16, 1000.
The action of the management is due
to q lack OF orders for locomotives,
and is directly attributed to the fall
Ing off in business on railroads.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-01
A Great Ruler.

One Of the greatest rulers is the liver.
1t govern the human organism. Whe
the liver is put of order the whole sys-
tenn becomes diseased. Keep your liver
healthy by using Rydale's Liver Tab
lets. They cure all liver trouble.
They cure constipation. Your money
back il they do not give satisfaction
r. r. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-01

Mount Vernon, O.. June zs.-The fu-
neral services over the remains or
Daniel Decatur Emmett who enjoyed
a national reputation because OF his
authorship of the famous song Dix
ie,' will be at 2 o'clock Friday after
noon at st. Paul's Episcopal church.
Rev. William E. Hall officiating. In
terment viii be made at Mount View
cemetery where Uncle Don's" first
wife and-members Of his family are
buried.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-01
New York Democrats Leave for St.
IOuiS.

New York, June 29.-The first party
of New York City Democrats to start
for st. Louis to attend the national
Democratic convention left today,
headed by Corporation Counsel John
]. Deany, who it is understood will
open Mcclellan HEADQUARTERS. August
Belmont, leader OF Tammany Hall,
will start for st. Louis on Friday.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-01
SLEEPING


A thin, vapory smoke, iazily ascend
ing from its crater, may be the only Wis
ible sign of life in the sleeping volcano;
but within is a raging sea of FIRE. molten
rock and sulphurous gases. Those who
make their homes IN the peaceful val
leys below know the danger, and though
frequently warned by the rumblings and
quakings, these signs of impending erup-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-01


ton 60 UNDECIDED. They al
awakes with deafening roa.
heated rock and scalding as
living upon a sleeping vols
under the mercury and pot
ash treatment the external
symptoms of the disease dis
appear, and the deluded VIC
tim is happy in the belief of
= complete cure; but the
fires of contagion have only
been smothered in The sys-
tenn, and as soon as these
minerals are left off will
blaze up again. Occasional
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-01

sores break out in the mouth, a red rash appears o the body. and THESE
warning symptoms, if not needed, are soon followed by fearful erap;ions,
sores, copper-colored splotches, swollen glands, loss of hair aad other
sickening symptoms. Mercury and potash not only fail TO cure blood
poison, but Gauss mercurial Rheumatism, necrosis of the bones. often
sive ulcers and Inflammation Of the stomach and bowels. The Use OF
S. S. S. is never followed by any such bad results. 1t cures without
the slightest injury t. the system. We offer $1,000 for proof that it
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-01

living IN fancied security; when the g,an;
sand they are lost beneath a downpo"r os
les. Thousands of blood poison sufferer 1c
ano, and are taking desperate chance>. or
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-01

Bowling Green. KY, Mar. 81. 1872.
Gentlemen: For over four years I suffered
greatly from a severe case OF contagious b.or3
poison I went TO Hot Springs, staying there <aa-
months 80 . big expense. I then consuited pay
sicians, who prescribed Mercury. Ecth:a- d.i
me any good; In fact, the treatment proved =@css
harmful than beneficial. I mentioned nay eass.1
. friend. who told me that 8. 8. 8. had ce-tS.sfS
CURED him ! at once commenced its use. 81. Al
ter continuing it for sometime could End no trace
OF the disease whatever. This was about teo
years ago. I can truthfully say l ara entirely
well. =. n.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-01-01
EAvoRs PHONETIC SPELLING.
Minnesota Educational Association De-
sires Reform.

st. Paul, Dec. 31.-Without a dis
senting voice. the Minnesota Educa-
tional association yesterday afternoon
at the general session in the Central
Presbyterian church, went on record
in favor of the adoption of the phonetic
spelling of the following twelve words:
program, tho, a1tho, thoro, thorofare,
thru, thruout, eatalog, prolog, decalog,
demagog, pedagog, and voiced its dis
approval of the restoration Of the let
ter gu" in such words as harbour.
The resolutions, which are almost
exact copies Of those adopted some
time ago by the National Educational
association and by the Illinois and
Wisconsin state associations, are the
first step toward a general reform in
the spelling Of the English language,
which the educators hope to see realiZ-
ed some day.
The presentation of the resolutions
followed an address in favor of the
reform by E. o. Vale of Chicago.
There was very little discussion, al
though some of the teachers urged
even more radical reforms.
Superintendent John Kennedy of
Batavia, N. Y, spoke in favor of two
teacher system in vogue in Batavia.
The teachers were entertained at
the Commercial club in the evening.
Three More Vessels for Panama.
Washington, Dec. 31.-Word has
been received at the navy department
from San Francisco that three addi-
tional vessels had left that place to
join the fleet under Admiral Glass at
Panama. They are the gunboat Ben
nington and the destroyers Preble and
Paul Jones. {
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-01-01
WAR NOW INEVITABLE.
OPTIMISM PREVAILING IN RUSSIA
Is RUDELY SHAKEN BY DIS
PATCHES FROM TOXIC.
JAPAN PLAYS WAITING GAME
LOOKS FOR RUSSIA TO DECIDE
THE QUESTION OF PEACE OR
WAR IN THE FAR EAST.

Paris, Dec. 31-The st. Petersburg
correspondent of the Paris edition of
the New York Herald says that the
optimism prevailing concerning the far
Eastern situation has been rudely
shaken by the dispatches from Toxic
The dominant sentiment now is that
war is inevitable, says the correspond
ent. A high military authority, ac-
cepting as fact that war is a fore
gone conclusion, said to the CORES
pendent:
81 presume that when the time
comes the Japanese will effect land
ing in Korea. Well, what Of it, and
what after?" thus indicating that Rus
STA does not propose to take precipi-
tate action in the event Of Japan try
ing to force the situation.
The London Daily Mails Nicnlaieff
correspondent says t o
volunteer fleet cruiser aag
lions Of war and ma l1l .at
East, have been reca 70 aaE
Sea as the possibility 81 sa N-HE1-5
Is feared.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-01-01
Jan. 1915, 1904.
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE ON 6
Triton TO SELL La N

STATE OF MINNESOTA, ca nty of Rlna
Earth.-ss. In Probate Cougsl
In the matter of theI estate of Henry w
Davies, deceased.
On reading and filing the pen ton of Joseph
W. Davies, administrator of aid estate. set
ting 1Ortn Cne amOunC OF persS ial estate that
has come into his hands, the dlaS ,ostion thereof
anu now mucn remains uhtn SpOSed of: the
amount OF ueDIs outsCanolI& against said de-
ceased, as far as the same csIn be ascertainad.
the legacies unpaid, and tk scription of ali
the real estate, excepting EGn iestead, of which.
SAID deceased died selzeGi ad the condition
and value of the respect;Hs portions or los
thereof; the persons lnterssee in said estate
with their residences; an6pr aging that license
be to him granted to sell Ohss west ten acres of
the east twenty-one ana .hlT ree-fourths acres Of
north west quarter of tie No rth west Quarter Of
section eleven In township one hundred and
eight north Orange sssas ty eight west. Blue
Earth county. MlnneSotB. And it appear-
ing by said petition. th 1T there is not sufi
Gent personal estate. in the hands of said ad-
ministrator to pay said debts, the legacies or
expenses of adminisspa ton, and that it is nee
essary for the payments of such debts, legacies
or expenses to sell said real estate.
eted in said estate spSear a persons shs inter-
Wednesday the 9th day of Jsnuary, A. ID. 1901.
at 10 o'clock a.. M, at the probate office in the
city OF Mankato, IN said county, then and there
should not be granted 20 said administrator to
sell SO much OF the real estate of said deceased
as shall be necessary TO pay such debts, Ngacies
Anasit is further ortaered, that this order
shall be published once in each week for three
successive weeks prior to said day of hearing in
printed and Published at Mankato, in said
county.
Dated at Aankato. the 2srd day of December
a, D., 1903
By the court.
WIN. F. HUGHES,
tPnobate Court Seale Judge OF Probate,
8. B. Wilson, ataozasy for administrator.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-01-01
AWAITING RUSSI
Japan May Then Maro oS~o..~
munication to Powers.

Washington, Dec. 31.-With war
staring his country in the face, Mr..
Kogoro Takahira, the Japanese min
lister, was as calm as any official in
Washington as he sat at his desk at
a late hour preparing dispatches for
transmission to Toxic and talked with
a newspaper man of the far Eastern
question.
Having called at the state depart
ment and informed the officials. of the
gravity with which the Toxic govern
ment views the situation, Mr.. Takahi-
"a said that he with the other officers
of the Japanese foreign service were
awaiting. the answer of Russia to
Japan's last note before making Sec
ond communication to the powers.
In conversation with the Associated
Press representative Mr.. Takahira
said:
81 wish the American people to know
that their many expressions of SYM
pathy for my country in the present
crisis have been promptly communi-
Gated to Toxic, and I can give the
strongest assurances that the Japanese
government and the Japanese people
profoundly appreciate this renewed
evidence of the friendship of the Unit
ed States. At time like this it
would not be eXpedient to discuss
movements of such world wide i'm
portance as now are progressing at
Toxic. You ask me if l think war is
inevitable. I can only say that Japan
is awaiting the arrival of the Rus
sian reply to her last note. Japan
will wait as long as circumstances
seem to justify, but no longer. We
have been prompt in all our PROPOSE
lions, our counter propositions, and in
fact in all the steps of our negotiations
with Russia. In our last note, we have
stated the minimum proposition which
we can submit to Russia That coun-
try has the deciding vote, whether
there is to be war or peace in the far
East We have done all that we
could"
Mr. Takahira expressed the hope
that war may yet be averted, but he
regards the outlook as gloomy.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-01-01
TEACHERS ELECT OF FIcERs.
z. w. Walker Chosen Pr resident! o4
Wisconsin Associate on.

z. w. Walker Chosen PI resident. OF
Wisconsin Associate on.
Milwaukee, Dec. Sine WISCONSIN
Teachers association elect ed oft ,ers
as follows:
President, z. W. Walker 5 Deias ran :.
first vice president, J. A. I fezelw ood:
second vice president, A. L San ford.
Stevens Point; third vice presH dent,
julius H. Pratt, Jr., Mlflwag kee:
treasurer F. A. Lowell, Hsnfaeia lder:
railroad manager, William r: Seq MIL
waukee; secretary, T. w. BoycsI Mil
waukee, holds over for two year s. be-
ing elected for term Of three. wears.
A resolution was adopted pre- viding
for the appointment of commit ttee to
secure if possible legislation on Y higher
wages. j. w. Stearns, G. P? "a lrv and
D. r. Augusberg were the 8 peakers
OF the day.
W. G. Bruce, chairman Of ! he Wis
consin committee on the z louisiana
Purchase exposition, reported that the
committee had secured S5 900 for
Wisconsin's educational. exits Dit at the
fair,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-01-01
SCORES OF PERSONS TRAMPLED
TO DEATH IN THE FRANTIC
y RUSH FOR SAFETY.
OVER FIVE HUNDRED DEAD
DOZENS OF OTHERS ARE HURT
AND SEVERAL MORE ARE RE-
PORTED AS MISSING.

More than five hundred and fifty
dead, ninety-two injured and fifty-five
missing is, in brief, the result of the
fire in the Iroquois theater at Chicago
Wednesday afternoon. Scores of peo-
pie were trampIed into shapeIess,
unacceptable pulp and many others
were burned and charred beyond all
hope of Identification. The city is one
vast house of mourning, with thou.
sands of people crowding around the
repositories of the dead, seeking for
some missing friend or relative.
Chicago, Dec. 31-About $50 per-
sons were killed in ten minutes
Wednesday afternoon during a fire in
the Iroquois theater, the newest, the
largest and as far as human power
could make it, the safest theater in
Chicago. Estimates of the dead and
Injured vary. The police count of
dead is 536 The estimate Of the
newspapers is SEQ. Besides this there
are fifty-fve missing at midnight, the
majority Of whom are probably among
the dead in the morgue and various
undertaking establishments. Eighty
six of the dead have been positively
Identified, and ninety-two others are
known to be injured
A few Of these people were burned
to death by fire, many were suffocated
by gas, and scores were trampled to
death in the panic that followed the
mad plunge of the frightened audience
for the exits. 1t will be many hours
before the number of dead is accurate
ly known and many days before all
Of them will be identified. There are
bodies lying by the dozens in the IN
dertaking rooms, in the police station,
and in the hospitals from which near
ly everything that could reveal their
Identity to those who knew them best
Is gone. Their clothing is torn to
rags or burned to cinders and their
faces have been trampled into an I'M
recognizable pulp by the heels of the
crowd that trampled them down as
they fed for safety.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-01-01
ABOUT THIRTEEN HUNDRED
PEOPLE IN THE PLAYHOUSE

AS near as can be estimated about
1900 people were in the theater. Three
hundred of these were on the first
floor, the balance being in the two up
per balconies, and in the Railways
back OF them.
The theater is modelled after the
Opera Comique in Paris and from the
rear Of each balcony are three doors
leading out to passageways toward
the front of the theater. Two of
these doorways are at the end of the
balcony and one being in the center.
The audience in it's rush for the outer
air seems to have, for the greater
part. chosen to flee to the left en-
trance and to attempt to make its way
down the eastern stairway leading in
to the lobby of the theater.
Outside of the people burned and
suffocated by gas, it was in these two
doorways on the first and second bal
comics that the greatest loss of life
occurred. When the firemen entered
the building, the dead were found
stretched in pile reaching from the
head of the stairway at least eight
feet from the door back to point
about five feet in rear of the door.
This mass of dead bodies in the Gen.
ter of the doorway reached to within
two feet of the top of the passageway.
All of the corpses at this point were
women and children.
The fight for life which must have
taken place at these two points, is
something that is simply beyond hui
man power to adequately describe.
Only a faint idea of it's. horrors could
be derived from the aspect Of the
bodies as they. lay.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-01-01
ROOSEVELT AND WEBSTER.
Choice of Observation-Disclosures Re-
pubIicans.

Omaha, Dec. 31.-Representative Ne
braska Republicans held a meeting.
during the day to organize move
ment for the advancement of the can
iidacy of John L. Webster for the vice
presidential nomination. The meeting
decided on the selection of an execu-
tive committee of Shirty leading Re-
publicans of Nebraska, whose work
will be to extend the Webster propa-
ganda throughout the Western states
Resolutions endorsing Roosevelt and
Webster were unanimously adopted.
The committee of thirty will be chosen
by a committee Of five named by the
meeting
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-01-01
JAPAN WANTS MORE SHIPS.
Offers to Purchase Two Chilean War
Vessels.

Santiago de Chile, Dec. 31.-The
Chilean government has received Of
fers from the Japanese government for
the purchase of two Chilean warships,
the battleship Captain Pratt and the
cruiser Chaicubico.
The Captain Pratt is Of 6,100 tons
displacement and the Chaicubico of
500 tons displacement.
When questioned concerning the af-
fair Baron Hayashi, Japanese minister
to Great Britain, said:
eve want more ships. Of course
this is only a precautionary measure
and it may be lot Of expense for
nothing"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-01-01
DECISION FOR, MRS. rNeERsoL
Case Involves Large Sum for Legal
Services of r. G. lngersota.

Boston, Dec. 3f.-The United States
circuit court for the district Of Massa-
chusetts Wednesday made decision in
favor Of Eva A. Ingersoll, administra-
trix of the estate of Robert G. Inger-
soil, in action against Joseph A. Co
ram and others, to the effect that the
PLAINTIFF has a good lien on the prop
erty of the defendant on account Of
legal services rendered by Mr.. Inger.
soil. The case involves about $780,
600 alleged to be due the estate for
services given by Mr.. Ingersoll as at
torncy in settling the estate of the
late millionaire, Andrew ]. Davis Of
Butte, Mont.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-01-01
EXPRESS TRAIN DERAILED.
Passengers Badly Shaken Up But Es-
cape Serious Injury.

Butte, Mont, Dec. 31.-Northern Pa
cific express No. 4, eastbound, Seattle
to st. Paul, struck a broken rail near
Tusca Siding, 1876 miles west Of Mis-
soula at o'clock a. m. Seven cars
were derailed, including two Pullmans.
The passengers were badly shaken
up, but none was badly hurt. Traffic
was delayed several hours.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-01-01
DEAD BODIES HAULED AWAY
IN DRAWS LIKE CORDWOOD.

Although all the patrol wagons and
was pressed into service, they were
utterly inadequate to carry away the
dead and in short time there was a
line Of corpses fifty feet long piled two
and three high on the sidewalk in
front of the theater. 1t was found
necessary in order to convey the
bodies rapidly to the morgue, and to
the various undertaking establish
ments to impress trucks into service,
and in these, upon costly blankets fur
nished by the drygoods stores in the
vicinity, and covered with the same
material. the dead were hauled away
practically like so much cordwood.
One large freight truck was so
heavily loaded with dead in front of
the theater that two large horses at
tached to it were unable to start it
and the police were compelled to as
sist by Juggling at the wheels.
The merchants in the vicinity Of the
theater rose to the emergency in
splendid fashion. Large dry goods
stores sent wagonload after wagon
load of blankets, rolls Of linen and
packages of cotton to be used in bind
ing up the wounds of the injured and
to cover the dead. The drug stores
furnished their stock to anybody that
asked for it in the name Of people hurt
in the fire. Doctors and trained nurses
were on the ground by the score with
in half an hour after the extent Of the
calamity was known, and every
wounded person who was carried from
the building received prompt medical
aid