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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-29
LEXINGTON HAS $50, 900 FIRE.
Town Left in Total Darkness-Plants
of Dixie Furniture Company and
Electric Light Company, Together
With Four Dwellings, Go Up in
Smoke.

Especial to The Charlotte Observer.)
Lexington. April PA fire. which
originated in the dry kiln or engine
factory. destroyed that plant, the cleo
trio light plant, four dwelling houses
n two cars belonging to the Southern
Railway Company tonight. The loss is
estimated at $4,000.
AT Spencer tonight passengers on
train No. II got word hat Lexington
was on fire. and the news passed quick
ly through the cars. At Linwood the
conductor received a message to ap-
proach Lexington y carefully as the
track was blocked by fire. Soon after
leaving Linwood the glare of the flames
against the sky could be plainly seen,
and passengers crowded to the windows
to get a view. Fortunately for the
railroad, the track was clear n the
rains lost no time, but, sad for Lexing-
ton, it was On fire indeed, and helpless
men stood by and saw valuable pror-
erty go up in smoke, with nothing bet
ter thar a water-bucket to fight the
fire with.
The fire originated in the. engine room
or dry kiln Of the Dixie Furniture Com
pany, which plant was totally destroy
ed, with about all the valuable lumber
on. the yard. Close by was the electric
light plant, which 500 went up in
smoke, with Jour dwelling houses near
by. and two cars Of the Southern rail-
way. With nothing to combat the
flames. they burned everything in reach.
Fortunately for the town. the wind wa
favorable. The Lexington Grocery
Ccmpany's building caught on fire. but
was put out. The losses, as best / can
get them. are: Dixie Furniture Com
pany, SIS, 1000, insurance $50. 000; cleo
trio light plant, $4,000 insurance not
known. Holt Walker. Frank Clodfelt-
err, Frank Osborne and James Adder
ton each lost a dwelling. worth. all
told, about $4,000. Their household eff
fects were saved. While the owners
felt the loss keenly, I heard s~tockhold-
ers tonight discussing rebuilding. The
town is in total darkness. D.. F. Con-
rad, P. J.. Leonard and others were
large stockholders in the furniture fac
tory.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-29
EXCURSION OF THE ID. A. R..
Go From Washington to Jamestown
Island. Then to Old Point Comfort.

Norfolk, Va, April 25.-One I'M
bred and seventy members OF the Con-
tinental Congress, Daughters of the
American Revolution, headed by Mrs.
Fairbanks, of Indiana, president-gen-
eral, arrived here by the Norfolk and
Washington steamer Washington"
early his morning en- route to James
town island as the guests Of the
jamestown Exposition Company. Some
twenty-five or more local people. IN
Guiding officers and directors of the
jamestown Company n Norfolk
members of the Daughters or the
American Revolution, made up the
party, who boarded the steamer here.
At Newport News a number or Old
Point, Hampton and Newport News
people joined in the pilgrimage The
party, after visiting the ruins of. the
old church on the island and
some time on the beach. boarded me
steamer again and started to Old
Point Comfort, where it was enter
tanned at luncheon at the Chamberlin
hotel, Old Point Comfort. this after
noon as the guests OF the jamestown
Exposition Company.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-29
DEFRAUDED THE GOVERNMENT
FIVE OPERATORS ON TRIAL IN
GREENSBORO.
Ii Is Alleged That During the Past
Five Years, the Government Has
Been Defrauded of Over q Million
Dollars Revenue.
Especial to The Messeneer.)


Greensboro. n. c.. April "a spe-
ciai term Of the United States Circuit
court was convened here today. Judge
Boyd presiding, to try indictments
against five operators Of North Carolina
wholesale whiskey and rectifying estab-
lishments. for alleged frauds in the
misuse OF stamps. whereby in the past
five years, it is alleged. the government
has been defrauded out of a million dol
lars revenue.
The defendants counsel made strong
pleas today for a continuance OF the
cases, on the plea that they had not
a sufficient time since the indictments
were found TO prepare the defense
District Attorney Holton prayed for
trial. Judge Boyd refused a continu-
ance. ordering all parties to be ready
for trial at 10 O'Clock tomorrow.
A government rectifying gauger was
convicted at the regular term two weeks
ago for collision with these rectifiers
and wholesalers. and judgment has not
been yet passed. awaiting the outcome
of the trial Of the parties now indicted
and that of another gauger. whose trial
has been deferred until this case is dis
posed OF.
The frauds practiced ramnify seven
different states, and the government,
besides department officials from Wash
ington. has witnesses here with docu-
m%entary evidence from several inter-
nal revenue districts in all OF those
states bearing on these alleged frauds.
1t is confidently asserted that there will
be developed facts in these cases which
will show gross carelessness, if not col
fusion with officials in the revenue de-
partment much higher than the gaugers
and sensational disclosures are freely
predicted by the presumption.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-29
NO PLOT AGAINST LOUBET.
Reported Attempt to Assassfnate the
French President is Without Foun.
dation.

Berlin. April 25.-The report sent
from Rome to Berlin, printed in The
Tageblatt of that capital and circu-
lated on the Bourse, and which was
also circulated in the United States.
that there was a plot against the life
of President Loubet and that an at
tempt had been made to assassinate
him, is without foundation.
The report may perhaps have origi-
mated in h fact that q French priest
went TO the office Of The Italia, where,
becoming excited, he cried that he
had come Rome to kill President
Loubet. The editor of The Italia sent
for the police. but before they arrived,
the priest had disappeared. The po-
lice then arrested several priests. blt
in none of them could the staff OF The
Italia recognize the excited clergyman
who had visited the office.
All search for the priest has proved
~unavailing- Nobody, however. at
taches Importance to the incident.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-29
SCOTS EMULSION

is for babies and children
who are thin and pale when
they ought to be fat and
ruddy; for men and women
who are weak and delicate
when they ought to be strong
and hearty-for all who are
not getting proper nourish-
lnent from theirfood.
Poor blood, thin body, open
the door for disease. SCOTS
Emulsion bars the way.
Makes the blood richer, pro-
duces healthy flesh and above
al provides nourishment.
Wen send you a sample free upon request.
ScUTTSs BOVINE, 500 Pearl Street. New Yosk
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-29
That
Tired Feeling

ls a Common Spring Trouble.
It's q sign that the blood is deficient
In vitality, just as pimples and other
eruptions are signs that the blood
Is impure.
It's a warning, too, which only the
hazardous fail to heed.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-29

Prior Creek. L. T, April 25.-Six per-
sons were killed by a tornado which
swept through the country about four
miles south of here last night. Reports
have been received that a number of
others were injured. but names OF only
w are known. Dead.
John Abbott, wife and two children;
Albert Dealy. aged six years.; Lucy
Biting. aged s years.
Injured: Albert Dealy (father) prob
ably; Leopold Biting, both legs broken.
The storm started near Chouteau, on
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas, eight
miles from here and swerved to the
northeast, cutting a patch from one
half a mile wide and about twenty
miles long. The Abbott home was de-
molished and the fou members of the
family instantly killed. The storm then
struck the Dealy home. blowing it to
pieces killing the young son n prob
ably fatally injuring the father.
At Grand River, eight miles farther
on. the Biting house was demolished,
the tornado killing Lucy Biting and
breaking both the legs of her father,
Leopold Biting a farmer. The lorna
do then passed into the Flint hills, east
Of the river, and tore a strip through
the woods as clean cut as though made
by wood choppers.
The tornado was followed by a tor
rental rain.
Pine Bluff. Ark, April pa tornado
passed over Jefferson county, killing
two children n doing heavy property
damage. At the town of Sheriff., many
buildings were blown down, including
the residences Of J. NJ. Barrett, w. A.
Payne and others.
Falkland, !. T.. April 25.-Half a dozen
business blocks were destroyed by 4
tornado that swept through here yester-
day, killing seven persons outright and
injuring a number Of others. Three
Of the injured will die. The dead: Mrs.
Mary Lamar; Mrs. John Lemaster;
Arthur Brought. A child Of N. ]. Houck;
Elijah Russell, his wife and child.
1t is estimated that the tornado caus-
ed property damage to the extent of
so, 900.
Four miles south Of here, h tornado
was even more severe. Farm houses
and barns were completely demolished
and farm stock was killed.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-29
Two Cutters at Charleston.

Charleston. s. c.. April 25.-The reve-
nue. cutter Galveston IN tow OF the cut
ter O~nondaga en- route from Galveston
to New York arrived here this after
noon where they viii coal and tomor-
row night probably sail northwar5.
Aboard the Onondaga il Postmaster
General Payne, who Is taking a sa
voyage for his health
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-29
Hoods ~garsGpasiill
and Pills

Remove it, give new life, new cour-
age, strength and animation.
They cleanse the blood and clear the
complexion.
Accept no substitute.
"I felt tired all the time and could not
sleep. After taking Hoods Sarssparilla
o while / could sleep well and the tired
feeling had one This great medicine has
also cured me OF s~crofula." MRS. C. II.
Roor, Gilead, Conn.
Moods SarsaparIiia promises to
cure and Keeps the promIsa-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-29
Many Persons Killed and
Great Property DAM
age Done
IN THE FAR WEST

By Severe Tornadoes, Which Were
Followed by Heavy RainsMany
Houses N Business Blocks Were
Destroyed and Altogether Over a
Score of People Were Killed and
Many Others Seriously Injured-The
Property Damage Will Go Up Into
the Thousands.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-04-26
Goodman RiVes.

Mr.. Alexander V. Goodman, Of
Shelbyville, and Miss Margaret T.
Rives, of this county, will be mar
ried tomorrow at o p. M, at the
home of the brides sister, Mrs.
Elliott B, Beard, IN Shelbyville.
The bride.to-be is a daughter of
Mr.. H. p. Rives, of South Christian,
and is a charming and attractive
young woman. She has been
spending some time with her sister
in Shelbyville, whose husband is a
prominent young lawyer of that
place, and it was there that she
first met Mr.. Goodman. Mr.. Good
man is leading young business
man in that section and is a son of
Esq, James V. Goodman.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-04-26
N. E. A. DELEGATION
To ST. Louis Meeting on cIay
10th.

About half of the Kentucky dele
gates appointed to the st. Louis
meeting of the National Editorial
Association have paid their per
capita and will attend the meeting.
Others are yet to be heard from.
Those who will surely be in the
delegation, unless hereafter pre-
vented, will be the following:
President *. p. A, Paul M.
Moore and wife, Darlington.
W.Q. Adams and wife, Owens
boro.
Lew 3. Brown and wife, Har-
rodsburg.
Chas. NJ, Mercham and wife,
Executive Committeeman for Ken
lucky, Hopkinsyille.
w. H. Jones. Glasgow, and L.
w. Gaines, Elkton.
Arrangements have been made
for the Kentucky delegation to have
rooms together, on one of the most
desirable floors of the Inside Inn,
where the n. e. A. will make it's
headquarters.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-04-26
GONE WEST.
Mr.. w. S. Cheatham Accepts AS
sistant Superintendency
of Times.

Mr.. w. S. Cheatham has resign
ed his position with the Planters
Hardware Company to accept the
Assistant superintendent of the
Alpine Gold and Silver Mining
Company, of Idaho Springs, COL,
and left yesterday morning for that
place to enter upon his duties.
Mr.. Cheatham is a stakeholder in
the mining company. His new
position is lucrative one. He is
good business man and will no
doubt fill the place in an accepta-
BILE manner. Mr.. Cheatham's
health has not been good for some
time and he hopes to derive much
benefit from change Of climate.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-04-26
BARKER-RlVES.
Marriage of Popular Young PeO-
pie Takes Place Today.

At 4 o'clock this afternoon at the
home of the brides parents, near
Casky, DR.. Joe Lewis Barker, of
Pembroke, and Miss Mary Belle
Rives will be united in marriage.
The Rev. w. F. eastman, of this
city, will oficiate. Miss Rives is
the second daughter of Mr.. r. F.
Rives, a wealthy farmer, and is a
sister of Mr.. Frank Rives, of this
city. She is one of the most at
tractive and popular young women
of the Casky nelghborhood and is
greatly admired by all who know
her. DR.. Barker is a rising young
physician, of Pembroke, who stands
high both professionally and per-
sonally. He is a son of Mr. John w.
Barker, of Barker Mill, and is a
brother Of DR.. f. q. Barker, Of this
city.
The couple will come to this place
tonight and take the tram for St.
Louis, where they will spend ten
days. On their return to Penn.
broke they Will at once 90 to house
keeping.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-04-26
LEFT FOR CALIFORNIA.
Two Young lien Gone to the
Pacific Coast.

Messrs. Hugh Lander and Jack
West, of Church Hill, left Sund ay
for Los Angeles, CAL, with a view
of making that state their future
home. Mr.. Lander had recently
been engaged in the mercantile
business at Brandon, Miss, but
sold out few weeks ago, and re-
turned to Church Hill to visit his
parents before leaving for the
Pacific Coast.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-04-26
No Relief This Session.


Washington, Apr 3, 1904
Geo. f. Gary, HoPkinsville, Ky.
Replying to your telegram re-
ceived to-day, l beg to say that
am assured by the Republican
majority of the Senate Committee
on Finance that they do not intend
to let the bill come out of the Com
mittee at this session. You know
that / am anxious to render every
service that can, but the above is
a frank statement of the situation.
J. {. S. Blackburn.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-04-26
ENTRIES FROM HERE
In the School Contests at Mari.
on This Week.
Contestants Will Compete in Nearly
All Classes From Start TO
Finish.

This District School Contests at
Marion, Ky, will come off Wednes-
day and Thursday of this week at
Marion with the public schools of
half dozen Western Kentucky cit
les competing.
Hopkinsville has entered the fol-
lowing contestants:
Reading I'd grade-Nell Yates.
Language 4th grade-Cinderella
Armstrong.
Numbers 5th grade Susan Moss.
Arithmetic Grammar grades
Coleman Moore.
Geography-Sarah Cooper.
Civics-Lena Crabtree.
Physics-Annie Cate.
Reading under 9-Louise Petrie.
Reading 9 to 12-Katherine Long.
Reading y to Saddle Green.
Declamatory Contest, LIST to 4th
grades, MARY Danforth. Same 5th
to 9Th grade,-Caldwell Feland.
U. S. History-Tom Smith.
Oral Geography-Eph Wilkinson.
General Hlstory-Archie Mason.
Caesar-Lawson Faxon.
OicerO-Frank Dabney.
Virgil-Bernice Hickman.
Algebra-Herschel Long.
Geometry-Ira d. Smith.
OratorIcal Contest-Jas. Breath
lit, Jr.
Essay-Martha Ellis Soyars.
Recitation, High School, Allen
Walker.
Debate, Alvin Clark, taking af-
6rmatiye Of hequestion: Resolved
that in the interest Of civilization
China should be partitioned among
the Powers. negative, Coleman
Haynes, Marion.)
Spelling under 9-Louise Petre.
Same, Q to 12-Susie Matthews.
Same, y to SADDLE Green.
Vocal solo-Lula Boales.
Vocal duet-Lula Boales and
Minnie Hadden.
Vocal quarttette-Will, Keene
and Trice Waller and Waiter
Trice.
Vocal quartette both sexes-Lula
Boales and Minnie Hadden, Trice
Waller and Walter Trice
Piano solo-Katherine Long.
Piano duetT-Katherine Long and
Addie Green.
Running race, 100 yards-Henry
Wallace. Other athletic contests
to be decided upon today.
The contestants Will leave to.
morrow and Thursday. Those on
Wednesday nights program will go
under the charge of Miss Mary
| Walker and Prof. and Mrs. J. B,
Taylor will take the rest Thursday.
The children will be entertained in
the homes OF the people of Marion.
The Hopkinsville contingent will
undoubtedly return with many Of
the awards.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-04-26
CHRISTIAN COUNTIAN
VIII Complete Arrangements
for st. Louis Tobacco Exhibits.

Mr.. w. B. Kennedy, of this city,
who deals in tobacco, will leave
this week for st. Louis to complete
arrangements for the exhibition
there of samples of the tobacco pro-
duced in this state, and which ex-
hibit will be in the Kentucky
building of the worlds fair. Mr..
Kennedy is chairman of the COM
mittee appointed by the Kentucky
Exhibit company, to get up an ex-
hibition consisting of the tobacco
grown in West Kentucky, and for
the past six months has been hard
at work, and has succeeded in get
ting together most creditable dis
play.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-04-26
NATIVE OF TRlGG
Dies in PaduCah After Brief III.
ness of Pneumonia.

Mr.. John r. Curling, formerly of
Trigg county, died in Paducah
Saturday, after an illness of about
a week, of pneumonia. He was a
widower and left no children. He
had been a resident OF Paducah
eight years. The interment took
place near Cadiz Sunday afternoon,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-04-26
NUCKOLLS.FOWLER.
Prominent Church Hill Farmer
Will Marry in jacksonville.

Mr.. J. p. Nuckolls, of the Church
Hill neighborhood, a prominent
farmer, will be married tomorrow
at 8 o'clock p. m. to Mrs. Belle
Fowler, of Madisonville, a sister of
Hon. Ruby Laffoon aud a niece of
former Congressman Polk Laffoon.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-04-26
DWELLING DESTROYED.
Loss About ST., 900 With No In
surance.

The dwelling house of A.C. King,
near Barnes, KY, was burned
Saturday morning, the house and
most of its contents being total
loss. The loss was about 81, 200,
with no insurance. Mr.. King is a
poor man and the loss falls heavily
upon him. The fire originated from
a defective fiue.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-04-26


The total number of confessions
during the three weeks the meeting
was In progress was estimated at
$50 to 800. 1t is known that a good
many more will join the city
churches and many of the converts
were country people who will doubt
less unite with churches near them.
Some were among the colored peo-
pie who attended in large numbers,
filling the left hand gallery at near
ly all of the night meetings. Some
of these will probably unite with
their own churches.
The meeting as whole exceeds
any revival ever held in the city,
except the first Jones meeting Jan,
/, 1905. The church members were
greatly benefited by Mr., Ham S
earnest preaching and the tidal
wave of religious enthusiasm has
reached into many of the country
churches. The young evangelist is
not a great preacher, he is not a
polished speaker, but his indomita-
bic energy, his answering indus
try, his fervent zeal and devoted
splritualism make him an evange.
list OF great promise. He not only
breaches most convincing sermons,
but his singing was a feature at
many of the services. After Prof.
Towner left, Mr.. Ham conducted
the song services himself at the
last few meetings, and did it in a
thoroughly creditable manner.
Some of his solos were musical
treats.
At the Sunday night meeting the
various pastors and other church
people made short talks and there
was a general expression of christ
ian fellowship and thankfullness to
God for the great revival.
Mr.. Ham lett yesterday morning
for Dayton, KY, to begin meeting
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-04-26
Games a Stand.OH

The first of the two match games
between S. X. c. and Mooney teams
was won by the S. X. C.s by score
of 4 to 3. The visitors won the Sec
ond by IL to S,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-04-26
SlDE.TRACKED.
Senator Blackburn Says Republi-
cans Have PigeOn-fiOled
Tobacco Bill.

Mr., Geo. E. Gary, VINO wired
United States Senator Joe G. S.
Blackburn in regard to the Tobac-
co Relief Bill, has received the fol-
lowing discouraging reply to his
letter.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-04-26
FRUIT NOT ALL KILLED.
Indications Still Good For a Fair
Crop.

After all the wintry weather of
last week, the fruit trees still have
enough live buds on them to midi
cate fair crop. Strawberries
also Jared well. The rain of Sun
day has started things to growing
and has greatly benefited gardens
and the young corn crop.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-04-26
MEETING CLOSES.
Evangelist M. F. Hams Great
Revival at an End.
Total Increase In Church Mem
mership to Date Is 50.
Others to Join.

The great Ham revival closed
Sunday night with another monster
crowd packing the big Union Tab
ernacle. The results of the meet
ing as shown by the additions to
the city churches up to Sunday
have been as follows:
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1904-09-24

{ STATE RING.
MOCRATIC CANDIDATE BE-
HIS NOMINATION
Getting the Conditions Which Led
overnment at Jefferson City,
ling, in View of Folks
of Cook and Allen
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1904-09-24

FOLK AND TIL
STAND TAKEN BY THE DE-
FORE, AND AFTER
FOR GO
Hon. Bert D, Nortoni's Speech, F
Folk to Oppose Machine G
Makes Interesting Rea
Recent Endorsement
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1904-09-24

~acled<
LACLEDE, MO-, SATURD.
and sparkling with glittering stories
of the integrity and Righteousness of
the party in power.
eve have seen this man called upon
by legislative committees and the
grand jury to explain his possession
of $1,000 bill and we have seen him
crowd and scrouge and scramble with
other shining lights of his party to
hide behind the Constitution of the
State.
These facts and many more of like
kind are but snatches of the personal
history of the leading spirits of the
dominant party in Missouri. Under
a leadership such as this If would he