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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-08-12
s1-LLY WTTHDRAWs OFFER.
He Informs His Creditors Ihat lie
vii Not be Able to Carry Out the
Proposition Made by Him.

New York. August S.-Daniel j.. SulIy
E CO.. today. Informed their creditors
that they would be unable to carry out
the proposition made by the firm to
creditors last month to pay off forty
per cent. OF the claims in cash. with
ten per cent additional IN the form Of
ninety day notes. The inability 20 keep
this agreement, it was stated, was due
70 the fact hat certain individual
creditors would not withdraw their
claims. The firm therefore Will go into
liquidation.
The a.nou tcement was made at a
meeting o. he creditors which had been
adjourned from last week TO allow Suily
& 60, an opportunity to furnish proof
of TIE ability to make good the COM
promise offered. After HI
rnent the creditors took up the ques-
ten OF preferential claims. At the
time OF the failure OF the firm there
was on deposit at the Corn Exchange
Bank, a large mount OF money depos-
itad as margins II this was subse-
auentIy turned over 10 the cotton ex-
change creditors This action was con>
tested by some OF the individual credi-
toss On the ground that this money
should be included in the estate. They
demanded of the trustees a positive
answer. as to whether they would make
application for the return OF this mon>
ey. An attorney for the trustees said
that there was no disposition on the
port Of the latter to stand in the way
of any creditor contesting those claims,
that it was not the province of the
trustees to do so.
The meeting of the creditors was then
adjourned TO October 5.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-08-12
WORLDS FAIR FLYER
WRECKED NEAR PUEBLO

hundred and fifty feet farther, on the
bed of the Int was the coal ten
der of the engine and from that point
on for fou or five miles, vestiges Of the
coaches, the engine and tender stuck
up from the stream or lap along the
shore. Red plush seats of the smoker
are strewn all along the stream. Brass
rails from the coaches were found in
the sand a half mile from the bridge,
and pieces OF the baggage car stuck
out of the water in several places. Bits
of clothing, coats. skirts, and women's
hats were found in the brush along the
shore and the searchers scanned the
foliage for bodies. Masses Of earth had
caved in from the high sides of the
river at many places and searchers
Iassed these with fear that bodies
were buried under them which they
were helpless to reach. Five hundred
men scanned every inch of the river
and its surroundings a few hours after
day light. They waded in the stream
and carried out mud-begimed bodies
which were found at widely separated
points, some of them miles from the
scene of the accident.
One O fthe Heroes of the Disaster.
Pueblo, Colo, August S.-W. Vance,
porter on the forward sleeping car
Wyuta, was one of the heroes of the
disaster. To him and his nerve and
bravery the persons on that car owe
their lives. Vanc was standing near
the front end of the car when the
crash came, and with rare presence
of mind, rushed to the hand brake on
the front of the car and began tighten
ing the brakes on the wheels. His ca,
was slipping forward from the momen-
tum n from the terrible in front,
caused by the forward cars falling into
the stream. Vance held on to the brake
like grim death. His hands clenched
the wheel until his fingers almost bled.
but he held on until his tight grip stop-
ped the car. The forward trucks had
left the track and gone down, but the
remainder OF the coach stopped on the
tracks and the lives of the passengers
were saved.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-08-12
FOR MAH0EuvRES.
WORKMEN FIXING UP CAMP
GROUNDS AT MANASSAS.
5000 Men Will Probably Take Part
I'm the Manoeuvres-One Million
Dollars Available for Spending
September 18th VIII be Gala Day.

Washington. August s.-An army O.
workmen, directed from Washington,
is now engaged in preparing the ground
for the army manoeuvers that are TO
take place between the fifth and tenth
Of September on the battlefelds of vir-
GINA Where the Union and Confeder-
ate warriors struggled at Bull Run and
Hay Market in the sixties camps are
now being laid out for the young SOL
diers OF today. When the m-anoeuvers
are in full blast. IL is estimated that
$4,000 men will be engaged OF this
number five thousand will be regular
soldiers and the remainder state troops.
Three great camps will be established.
The water supply for the troops is one
of the chief concerns OF the camp
builders. Camp number l., which is TO
he located near Lewis Crossing, Prince
William county, will be supplied with
artesian wells, no less than % being
necessary for the purposes of camp life.
Camp number ?, near Thoroughtare,
will derive its water supply from 2 big
reservoirs, which will be fed by a fine
spring at Thoroughfare Gap.
The matter of conveying the soldiers
and their outfits, the tents and provis-
ions and the thousand and one articles
that will be needed upon the manoeuv-
ering grounds, is another great problem
to be confronted. The Southern tan
way has the matter in charge and is
busy laying down racks and construct
ing stations for the use of the soldiers
and their friends
All told the government has 81. 600 ~"
ready to spend upon the m~anoeuvers
If such a sum is needed, but it is not
probable that it will cost as much as
that. The manoeuvering area is SIS, 600
acres, which under the agreement made
with the farmers of Virginia, is to be
leased at 20 cents al acre. The dam
age to be paid the farmers will be
determined after the manoeuvers are
over, by a board of establishment. This
board will consist Of three members.
who are to be appointed respectivel
by General Corbin, by the governor o.
Virginia n by the farmers. Th>
Southern Railway Company is spending
SO, 900 in laying tracks about the camps.
On September 18th which will probably
be the gala day Of the manoeuvers,
there will be a parade and review Of
the entire force by President Roose-
Welt and General Corbin. commandins
the department of the east. There will
be a sham battle almost every day OF
The manoeuvers between state troops
and regulars.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-08-12
A WARNING FOR TURKEY.
Secretary Hay Informs the Turkish
Minister that the Patience OF the
American Government is Wellnigh
Exhausted.

Washington, August S.-Secretary
Hay today bluntly old Chekib Bey, the
Turkish minister here, that the patience
of the American government is well
RICH exhausted. The minister is ex-
pected to communicate this information
to his home government speedily.
There appeared to be an impression
In the mind of the Turkish states that
because the President Of the United
States could not make war without the
consent of he was thereby
estopped from INDUCING in a naval
demonstration to forward his purpose
to secure fair trial for the Americans
in Turkey. 1t is believed that on this
point also the Turkish charge was
enlightened by Secretary Hay.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-08-12
An Idea Worth the Money.

This story is told of one Haver-
stick, a cEairvoyant and great lin
guist, says the Argonaut. One day,
on a train in Russia. he offered to
read the thoughts of any passenger.
A lean man with c~ovetous eyes took
him up.
II will give you so roubles" this
man said, IF you will read my
thoughts"
The train was bound o Mini
Novgorod, and Haverslfck said:
You. sir. II a merchant. You are
thinking that at the fair at Mini You
will buy goods to the value of 25,0Ou
roubles. and afterward you Will fail.
compromising with you creditors on a
basis of 8 per cent"
The covetous mans eyes lit up. and
he handed Haverstick the SO roubles
without a o
"Ahai' said the e9airvoyant Il read
your thoughts correctly. eh?"
NO" said the other, you were
wrong: but you gave me an idea that
was well worth lhe money"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-08-12
AFFIRMS DEATH SENTENCE.
PRESIDENT WILL NOT INTER.
FERE IN THE Burnley CASE.
a Statement Given Ont from the
White Houe-The Negro WIZ
Hang for Committing an Assault on
a Little 4 Years Old Girl.

washington. August S.-Pressden.
roosevelt has declined TO Interfere In
ne case OF John w. Buriey. a negro
confined in the Jail of the District Of
Columbia. under sentence Of death for
the crime OF criminsd assault. IN. VIC
um s little girl four and a half wears
old.
President Roosevelt; mad. .. ,o,
lowing statement:
White HOUSE.
washington. August s Iaos
The application for The commn.
.ofi OF sentence OF John w. B,yrfsxr =,
ueo- Inis man committed the mos-
hoeous crime known TO ksws ri
twice before he committees crimes 81
d similar. though less horrible. char
ser In my Judgment. there a. no
Jusuncatlon whatever for paying heel
10 the allegations that he ia mo, Of !,
sound mind. allegations mada after
the Trial and conviction. Nobody
would pretent that there has ever
oeen any such degree of mental I'M
Souhuness shown as would make peo-
PIE even consider sending him TO an
asylum. IL ne had not committed this
crime Under such circumstances h.
shouid certainly be esteemed sane
enough 10 suffer the penalty Tor his
monstrous deed / have scam sym
pathy with the plea of insanity ad-
Vanced to v a man from The con-
sequences OF crime. when. unless that
CRIME had been committed, IL would
De impossible to persuade any per
son OF authority to ofnmir him TO an
asylum as insane. Among The most
dangerous criminals. and especially
among nos prone to commit tins
nryY~TiHrllQr nffanon aIa-
a temper so fiendish or sc brutal as
to be incompatible with any oLher
thar a british order of intelligence;
but these men are nevertheless re-
Sponsible for their acts: and nothing
more tends TO encourage crime among
such men than the belief that through
the plea OF insanity or any other
method it is possible for them 10 es-
cape paying the just penalty of their
crimes. The crime in question is one
10 the existence of which We largely
owe the existence Of The spirit of law
lessness which takes form In l%ynching.
II is &C crime so revolving that the
criminal is not entitled to one particle
of sympathy from any human being.
1t is essential that the punishment
for III hould be not only as certain.
but as swift. as possible. The jury
in this case did their duty in return
ing the verdict of death. The more
We do wharf in us lies to secure GER
tain and swift justice in dealing with
these cases. the more effectively do
We work against h growth of thai
lynching spirit which is so full of evil
omen for this people. because IL seeks
10 avenge one infamous crime by the
commission of another of equal infa-
my.
THE application is denied and the
sentence will be carried into effect
(Sisned)
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-08-12
One of the Greatest Dis
aSterS in HiStoy of
the Country
70 BODIES
RECOVERED

TWG Crowded. Passenger Cars and a
Baggage Car Were Engu1fed I'm the
Raging Torrent that Tore Away the
SpaHl of IL Bridge-TNyO Sleeping
Cars and a Diner Remained on the
Track. and None bfy the Occupants
Suffered-Of All the Persons on the
Wrecked Carr. Only Three Remain
AIive-A DiIigent Search for the
Dead Results i'm the Recovery Of 5G
Bodies of Which so Hav Been
Identified.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-08-12
Alarming News from Port Arthur.

London, Aug. ~9.-According to the
correspondence of the Morning Post at
Shanghai, it is reported there that
there are ten thousand sick and wound
ed persons at Port Arthur and that the
Russians are negotiating with the
japanese to send the hospital ship Mon
golia away full Of sick.
1t is reported, the correspondent says
that Lieutenant Genera Stoessel has
nrasgt
has committed suicide, and panic pre-
walls at Port Arthur
Marquis Oyoma has proceeded north
and expects to attack Laoyang August
%.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-08-12
Big Strike Will Soon be Called.

New York, August S.-The advisory
board of the A~malgamated Meat Cut
tiers and Butcher Workers union OF
America, tonight decided to order a
strike in New York and vicinity. Be-
tween 5000 and 1000 men will be called
out. Slaughtering will cease ats O'Clock
tomorrow morning and two hours will
be spent in clearing up.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-08-12
VIEWS OF HAY

VIEWS OF HAY
Washington, Aug. s.-"'The recesni-
ton in principle OF the treatment Of
coal and other fuel and raw cotton as
absolutely contraband Of war might
ultimately lead TO the total inhibition
OF the sale by neutrals to the people
Of belligerent states, OF all articles
which could be finally converted { nail
itary uses. such an extension OF the
principle. by treating Goa and Other
fuel as absolutely ~contraband OF war,
simply eau they are shipped by a
neutral TO a non-blockaded Port OF 4
belligerent would not appear 10 be In
accord with the reasonable and lawful
rights of a neutral commerce"
This IS a summar yof a declaration
by Secretry Hay on the right OF a neu-
trail nation during the war. II was
embodied in a circular TO American
ambassadors to Europe which he is
sued from the state department June
10, last. but for some reason withheld
from the public, although certain ship
pers h inquired AT the department
after the rights were supplied with
copies. The circular is based on a dec
laration by the Russian government
that coal, naptha, alcohol and ether
fuels have been DECLARE contrabanj
Of war.
Secretary Hay directs 20
the West African conference I'm 1884.
when Russia took ~occasio to dissent"
vigorously from the Inclusion OF coal
from among the articles c~ontraband of
war"
Due note is made of the fact that cot
ton could be made up into clothing for
the military uses OF a belligerent. but
the secretary adds that there is a mil
ftary use for the supply OF every ,le-
scription which might be shipped from
neutral ports TO the non-biockaded
ports OF a belligerent-
The principle under consideration
night. therefore" he says. be extend
ed SO as TO apply every article Of hui
man use, which might ultimately De
used for the military purposes
The secretary speaks Of coal and 9TH
er fuel and cotton as being employed
for a great many innocent purposes,
and that many nations are dependent
on them for the conduct of inoffensiye
industries And no sufficient presuiEp-
ton of an intended warlike use seerns
to be afforded by the mere fact of their
to a b~elligerent port He
declares that the recognition, in prin-
ciples teh treatment Of coal and other
fuel and raw cotton as absolutely con-
traband OF war might ultimately lead
to the inhibition of the sale by neutrals.
to the people of belligerent states of All
articles which could be finally convert
ed to military uses. This. the secre-
tary contends, woui not appear to b.
in accord with the reasonable and law
full rights OF commerce.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-08-12
Miss Lallande VIII Christen the
Louisiana

washington, August s.-The Navy
department has been informed that the
governor of Louisiana has selected Miss
Juanita Lallande. OF New Orleans, to
Christen the battleship Louisiana.
which will be launched at Newport
News, Virginia, August n. A large
party from Louisiana and officials from
he Navy department are expected al
the launching
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-08-12
Preparing for the Notification Oere.
monies

mOnieS
Esopus. N. z. August S.0Carpen-
ters today erected a speakers stand
at Rosemount, from which Congress-
man Champ Clark. OF Missouri. on
Wednesday will formally NOTIFY Judge
Parker OF his nomination for the Office
of President. The platform is situat-
ed in the grove above Judge Parkers
home. A large crowd is expected to
attend the notification ceremonies. The
grounds will be open n no visitors
will be urned away.
August Belmont came here tonight
from New York by train and spent
the evening with Judge Parker. No
thing can be learned regarding the
conference.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-08-12
Reports of Damages Co japanese
Warships.

ST. Petersburg. Aug. s.-Viceroy Al
exief reports that in the engagement
which took place July IS OF Port Ar
thur between the japanese and Rus
sian squadrons, three Japanese war
ships. including a gunboat were dam
aged.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-08-12
Senator Vest Dying.

Sweet Springs. Mo-, August Sat
10 O'Clock tonight the attending ply
eicians said that Senator Vest was
dying and could live burt a few hours
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-08-12
The Manchurian Army's Sphere OF
ODeratiOns

oICTdtIoI1t.
St. Petersburg. Aug. s.-Lieutenant
General reports that up to
noon yesterday there had been no
change in the Manchurian army's
sphere OF operations.
The Caichas i'm Charge of n Prize
Crew.
Vladivostok, Aug. Sill D.. m.-The
British steamer Calchas from Tacoma
Tor japanese ports, which was arrested
by the Vladivostok squadron. 30 miles
north of Toxic bay. during the recent
cruise of the Pacific coast OF Japan,
arrived here today in charge Of a prize
crew. She was a week overdue, hav-
ing been detained by fogs. The Calchas
is the last vessel captured by Admiral
Jessen's cruisers. n papers of the
Calchas showed she was carrying $40
tons Of -four. nine ons Of cotton, 2I5
ccgs and 125 Parts OF machinery, al
consigned to Yokohama The remain
ing 1900 tons of Cafchas' cargo were
consigned Co Hong Kong.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-08-12

Diphtheria relieved IL .wertv min
utes. Almost miraculous DR.. Thomas
EcIectric Oh. At any drug store
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-08-12
Firing Heard i'm the Direction Of PORT
Arthur

Chefoo. Aug. S.-E p. m.-The firing
Of heavy guns at intervals Of one min
ute has been distictly heard in the Gf-
rection Of Part Arthur since 1880 p.
m, the acoustic conditions OF the at
mo9phcre being unusually favorable
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-08-12
Declaration on Rights of
Neutral Nations Dur
ing War
NEWS

From Port Arthur the Report Comes
That Lieutenant General Stoessel
Has Committed Suicide and Panic
Prcvails-There Are Said TO be
10000 Sick and Wounded Within
the Cty-Secrcfary Hay Makes q
Declaration on the Rights Of Neu-
trail Nations During the war@Hc
Discussed What Can be Termed
Cont~aband Of War.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1904-04-22
Secular Sunday School.

In England and America the term
"Sunday-school" has definite mean
ing, and is exclusively used to denote
place of religious teaching. N Ger
many, however, the race for CONNER
cial supremacy has led to the estab-
lishment of Sunday-schools at which
mechanics are given practical instruc-
ton in their trades. There is, for ex-
ample, school for masons, at which
the students, many of them mechanics
who work during the week. spend sew
eral hours on Sunday morning in learn
ing the higher branches of their craft
Similarly there are Sunday-schools
for tailors, ironmongers, bookbinders,
and followers Of other trades-even
BARRIERS and blacksmiths.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1904-04-22
Precious Stones in This Country.

1T is little strange" said Irving
l.. Russell, that the United States,
so far ahead in national resources of
every other part of the globe in all
essential things, should be so deficient
as a producer of precious stones.
am of the opinion that there will be
a big discovery some day of the most
valued gems, probably in some out
of-the-way corner of the land.
II do not mean to intimate that we
are exactly destitute Of fine stones,
but that those found are mostly of in
ferior quality as compared with the
output Of the old mines. In North Car
DINA good many emeralds and ru-
bies and sapphires are to be had, but
they are not of sufficient value to
warrant cutting. Some very fine pearls
have been taken out of the shells
picked up in the streams of Arkansas,
and at one time the search for them
down there amounted to craze.
Pearls, by the way, have gone up in
price from 200 to 300 per cent in re-
cent years.
"a great many semi-precious stones
are mined in California, the turquoise
found out there being especially beau
tiful, but lacking in hardness. Tour.
malnes also come from California in
abundance. Washington Post.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1904-04-22
OLD TIME SPORT REVIVED.
FaIconry Practiced in Scotland With
In Recent Years.

FaIconry Practiced in Scotland With
In Recent Years.
Hunting with falcons was revived In
Scotland some years ago by Sir Henry
Bethune. A writer on field sports
says: THE falconers had an old set
ter dog which hunted till he found a
covey OF cartridges. The falconers
then threw on hawk. which rose
in circles till very high, then lowered
above the dog. The dog looked up to
see IL the hawk was ready, and then
ran in and reused the birds. Swoop
went the hawk. II he missed, the
birds generally went into a hedge and
the hawk scared again and lowered
over the birds. The old dog then went
on after them and got another point
III the hawk killed its bird the falcon
er went gently to It and picked 1t IN.
IL not he had to fetch the bird with
the lure, a dummy bird with bit of
pigeon on 1t. He called the hawk
'Killy. killy. Voiyook.' sort of view
halloo. and hurled the lure in the air.
The hawk stopped to 1t and began
to eat the pigeon. and he then sue
ceeded in picking II up"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1904-04-22

The tomato has a curious history.
After the revolution OF Santo Domingo
many French families came from
there to Philadelphia. where they in
troduced their favorite "pomme
d'amour." Although introduced from
South America as early as 1896 into
England. 1t was looked upon with sus-
piclon and its specific name, lycoper-
sicum, derived from lykos (wolD and
persikon Ca peach) referring to the
beautiful but deceptive appearance OF
its fruit IntImates pretty closely the
kind OF estimation in which 1t was
held. 1t Is now however. almost uni
versally used.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1904-04-22
ItaIy's Maoaroni Industry.

Italy has some $500 macaroni fac.
tories employing nearly $4,000. A
number of these factories are large,
using improved machinery and steam
power. The total annual output OF
macaroni exceeds 215,000 tons. It is
growing industry. The local con-
sumption, as well as the exports, in
crease steadily. The exports of maca.
roni in 1889 were 7,719 tons; in 1899.
S,S9S tins; in 1901, 1878 tons; in 1909.
ll,322 tons; and in 1903 (eight
months), 1926 tons. Nearly ou per
cent OF the above exports went to the
United States
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1904-04-22

Kidney Pills are quick to soothe and
strengthen sick kidneys and help them
free the system from poison. Read
how valuable they are, even in cases
Of long standing.
l.. G. Lowell of Ais North First ST.,
Spokane, Wash, says: Il have had
trouble from my kidneys for the past
ten years. 1t was caused by a strain
to which | paid little attention But
as l neglected the trouble it became
worse and worse until any strain or
slight cold was sure to be followed
by severe pain across my back. Then
the action of the kidney secretions be-
came deranged and was caused much
annoyance besides loss of sleep.
Doan's Kidney Pills were brought to
my notice and after taking them a
short time their good effect was APP
parent. All the pain was renewed
from my back and the kidney secre-
lions became normal. Doan's Kidney
Pills do all that is claimed for them"
A FREE TRIAL of this great rem
edy which cured Mr.. Lowell will be
mailed on application to any part OF
the United States. Address Foster
Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale
by all druggists, price so cents per
box