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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-29
Especial to The Messenger.)

Durham, y. c. November 25.-In q
duel on Main street this morning
about 10 o'clock J. S. Murray was kill
ed by his nephew, w. r. Murray.
Both were prominent business men
and were engaged in the musical in
strument business. Bad blood of sew
eral years standing, intensified by later
trouble, brought about the shooting.
j. S. Murray was killed by his own
pistol. after he had fired three times
at the man who killed him. The gun
was taken from his hand by W.R.Mur-
r. and the fatal shot fired from the
o.-e"ts OF which J.. s. Murray died in
a few minutes.
A large number of people witness
ed h stooting. 1t was on Main street
and in front of the place of business
of the deceased.
-Four shots were fired. with the fol-
lowing results; is. Murray killed. Earle
Murray, son of w. r. Murray, wound
ed on left wrist and left hip; w. r.
MURRAY inSeT on lelC Idnu DIohc1l-
from what can De learned it seems
h a Earle Murray and another m
ploye in the store of w. r. Murray
passed the store of ]. s. Murray, when
the latter stopped them and charged
that they had been following him in his
work. About this time w. R. Muir
ray came OF the scene and had come
thing to say, when the deceased pull
ed his pistol. Following this n shot
was fired by deceased and then ensured
a scuffe in which three other shots
were fired. The last shot was the one
that killed j. S. Murray, and it was
fired from a pistol that he drew but
a moment before with which to shoot
his nephew.
There are conflicting stories as to
what did occur.
The deceased was about SO years of
age and left a wife and seven children.
. His wife is a sister of I. E. Emerson.
a Baltimore multi millionaire.
The prisoner who Is now in charge
of the police pending a verdict from
the c~oroner's jury, is also prominent.
He has been in business here for a
numbe of years. He has a wife and
several children.
The tragedy has stirred Durham as
the town has not been stirred ir years.
The coroner's jury will to-
morrow at 10 o'clock.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-29
DIED ABOARD SHIP.
Jimmy 3litcilael the Bicsclist. Dies on
on His Way To America 20 Take
Part In a Six-Day Contest.

New York. November 25.-"Jimmy'
Mschaei. the noted Welsh middle dis
lance bicycle rider, died suddenly last
Monday morning on board the French
Line steamship L. Savoie, from con-
gest.on OF the brain. Michael was COM
ing TO the United States TO race again
and he was accompanied BY a number
of long distance riders who are to enter
the six-day contest TO be held in De-
cember.
Michael complained of being i'll ON
Sunday, saying TO the ship 5 doctor
that he was suffering from a very Sc
we're headache mo nausea. He told Dr.
Marie that his illness was due. he
thought, to the after effects Of 4 severe
fall he received in Berlin two years
ago.
DR.. Marie attended the bicycle rider
faithfully during the remainder Of hat
day and by night h2d succeeded in re-
ievfcng him of the pain.
He retired early AID did not complain
of being ii. About 3 O'Clock Monday
morning, his companion, Je~.. Duu-"
the French bicyclist heard MGcnaci
struggling violently in his state room.
DR.. Marie, who wa TT once called, pro-
bounced M4chael'S condition to be dan
gerouS. He was in violent delirium I'M
Til 10 O'Clock in the morning and an
hour later died. Dr. Mare sadd his
death was caused from congestion o.
the brain, undoubtedly due to a blood
clot, which had formed as a result Of
the accident at Berlin.
| The first news of MichaePs death was
a wireless telegram to p. T.. Powers,
manager of the six-day race received
frcn GougoltZ.
Michael was matched to race Bobby
! Wa1thour for the worlds middle dis
lance championship in a Is miles BIZ
| cycle race at Madison Square Garden.
| on December 8.
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(By Associated PresS.)

Charlotte, n. c., November pa.
a result of business rivalry, w. r.
Murray this morning shot and killed
his uncle. j. S. Murray, at Durham,
N. c..
The shooting took place in front OF
the store Of the dead man. on Main
street. in the business section of the
city.
Both men had been running music
stores and were well-known business
men. w. r. Murray, who did the
shooting, is a brother-in-law of I. F.
Emerson, of Baltimore, Md, the we'll
known chemist.
Early this morning, j.. s. Murray
was preparing to ship a piano and
he accused a salesman of w. r. Muir
ray of watching and prying into his
business for the purpose of trying to
thwart the trade.
w. r. Murray heard that his sales
man had been SO accused and accom-
panied by his son. Earle Murray. he
went to the store of his uncle, which
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-29
Water-Logged Vessel Burned.

Mayport, Fla, November 25.-Cap-
tain Fossett, of the schooner John w.
panna from New York reports that
in latitude 30:4O; longitude 1920, he
sighted the American b~arkentine Ell
miranda waterlogged, deserted, and
lumber floating around her. He
boarded the ~barkentine and not deem
ing her worth attempting to save, set
fire to the vessel, as h was a dan
gerous menac to navigation. The Ell
miranda sailed from Jacksonville No
vember 4th for Trinidad. Her cap
tain and crew Were taken off by the
British steamer Horsa. and landed a.
Hamilton, Bermuda, November Il.
Her cargo consisted of 371,0 feet of
lumber.
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Is about half e-elock from his own
place OF business II the door ne
was met by J. s. Murray.
A short. bitter quarrel followed n
J.. 9. Murray pulled his revolyer n
began shooting At W. r.. and Earle
Murray. the three bullets fired all
taking effect on Earle. In the hand.
arm and thigh. w. Z Murray, a
powerful man. closed In on his as
Sailans. and. taking the revolver from
him, shot him. the bullet entering
Just 10 the right of the breast and
ranging upward and TO h left, sew
ering an artery
The wounded man fell and was
taken into his store. where he expired
within a few minutes. without hav-
ing spoken.
". r. Murray. was arrested and
s:it remain in custody until 10 o'clock
tomorrow. when the coroner's inquest
will be held.
Nearly every lawyer in Durham has
been retained on one side or r other.
and several out OF town lawyers have
been called in. The affair has caused
a s~ensation In Durham.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-29
AN IMPORTANT ARREST.
y. Morgan Smith, Brother-in-Law of
Nan Patterson Captured.

New York, November 25.-The
World will say tomorrow:
j. Morgan Smith, brother-in-law
of Nan Patterson, and the nan who is
said to have purchased the revolver
with which Caesar Young the book
maker, was killed, was arrested yes
terday in West Nyack, n. Y, by De-
tective Sergeant Judge, of the central
office staff. Smith is now believed to
be locked up in a eel. in police head
quarters.
Smith is the witness for whom the
district attorney and the police have
been hunting eve inc the criminal
authorities decided TO prosecute Nan
Patterson on a charge of having muir
dered Caesar Young. Smith was
found boarding under a fictitious
name with a private family.
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THE SWAYNE CASE.
Several Witnesses Examined-COn-
flicting MISUNDERSTANDING
Statements.

Washington. November 25.-W. F.
Hardwick. a hotel man from Fort
Worth, Texas, was the first witness
today in the Judge Swayne investiga-
ton. He testified that Judge Swaync
was at his hotel for a day and three
quarters for which he paid S6.25.
E. T. Davis. of Pensacola, Fla, tes-
tilted as to the expense of travelling
New Orleans; Birmingham, Alabama,
and other southern points. On cross
examination Mr.. Davis said he was
employed by the prosecution as coun-
Sci and made the trips to ascertain the
cost of travelling over the same routes
taken by Judge Swayne.
Mr.. Davis stated that he went into
the case because he had clients whose
litigation he thought would be pre-
JUDGED by trial in Judge Swayne's
court.
Mr.. Higgins sought 10 hav the
names of these clients stated, but the
prosecution objected on the ground
that these men were afraid to have
their names known to Judge Swayne.
The committee sustained the objec-
ton.
5. E. McIlhenny. of Dallas, Texas,
connected with the hotel where Judge
Swayne stopped for forty days. testi-
fed tbs the total amount paid by
Judge Swayne was 1925, which i'm
Guided everything. He said that Judge
Swayne had special rate at the hotel
of from $3.50 or $500 per day.
John NJ. Calhoun of Marienna. Fla.
was called by the defense and denied
the testimony of Ellis F.. Davis rela-
tive to the settlement of the contempt
proceedings against Charles ID. Has
kins. Davi had testified that Cal
houn had come to him and told him
that the contempt proceeding against
Haskins could be settled for $500 CAL
hOun denied that he ever approached
Davis. but said that Davis did come
20 him and asked if the case could
be settled. Calhoun also said that he
never talked with Judge Swayne about
the Haskins case except in the pres
ence Of Haskins' attorney.
Ellis F. Davis was recalled and con-
tradicted Calhoun's testimony. Davis
also told about his work at Tallahas-
see, where he went with one ONeal
to work with members of the legis-
Iature to secure the passage of a res
olution requesting the impeachment
of Judge Swayne. During the sixteen
to seventeen days he was there O'Neal
spent two or three hundred dollars
for champagne for members of the
legislature.
Robert j. Boone, of Mariana. Flor
ida, c~ontradicted the testimony of
Davis regarding a conversation which
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-29

Washington, November 8.-On ac-
OF Saturday, December 3rd. being
a hale holiday on many Of h cotton
the December Official cotton
Of the department OF agriculture
viii be published at 11:16 a m, De-
cember 3rd. instead Of at L O'Clock.
The report Of December Ord win show
only the estimated total number OF
bales of cotton grown during the pres
emit season Details viii be given On
Monday. December 9Th. at IL o'clock
m !
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occurred about Davis trip to Wash
ington.
James N. Richardson, also of Mar
ianna, Fla. who was connected, in the
capacity of an agent of Receiver Cal
houn. with the Haskins case. testified
regarded the Haskins' books. He
said that Charles D.. Haskins O the
books away from him and assaulted
him. knocking him senseless.
Charles T. Davis who was in pos
session of the property of Haskins
for a time, testified regarding the
custody of the property.
w. H. HasNins. the principal in the
bankruptcy proceedings in Swayne's
court, testified regarding the assault
by his son upon Richardson. who was
in possession of the Haskins' books.
The comittee adjourned nutil to-
morrow.
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Kansas City, No, November 1.-The
here today stated that Stephen
|Peutney. Jr., enlisted al the United
States Recruiting station in this city
on last Monday. giving his aga as n
years. He was assigned TO the artil-
lery service n requested that h be
stationed at st. Louis. He left for Jef-
serson Barracks near St. Louis On
Tuesday. r ". Williams and r T.
Hancock. a cousin and a friend OF
P~utnev's. who were In Kansas City
the search fo- him started
for St. Louis late today. upon receipt Of
4 telegram announcing that he had re-
turne6 there
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-29
CONSUMPTION CAN BE CURED . H q
p ABeautiful Girl Saved From Dread Consumption
s@ Other Wonderful Cures.

Miss Amelia Weymer, Appleton, Wis, writes:
"EaE!y last summer I contracted q cold whiod
seemed to hang on to me and could not be shakes
From the head 1t went to the throat, and then
affected my lungs. My mother felt very anxious
and as we had used Peruna In the family before,
she advised me to try ID. was somehow very op-
posed but was persuaded to try Peruna. Using IL
one day convinced me that it was no ordinary med
Icfne, within q week 1 was much better and ia two
weeks was well, and I felt much stronger and in
much DETER health generally was perfectly SAT-
Lsfed with the results from the use of Peruna. "-..
Miss Amelia Weymer.
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1t is the praise of those who have been
cured by Peruna that makes this remedy
so popular and so extensively used. No
advertisement could have accomplished
this result.
Peruna cures the first stages of con-
sumption by removing the cause, which
is chronic catarrh. The catarrh having
been cured the cough and other dis
agreeable symptoms cease
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-29
Abandoned Schooner Sighted.

Fernandina. Fla. November Is
Captain Holden of the schooner Flor
ence Leland. reports that on Novem-
Der 18th in latitude 1855, longitude
1922 he sighted a four masted
schooner apparently full of water and
with no sign Of life aboard. He could
not read h name, being too far to
windward.
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81. Louis. November 25.-Stephen
Putney. Jr.. the son OF a wealthy Rich
mond. Va, shoe manufactures. who
disappeared nine days 3 while visit
ing the fine arts building at the WORLDS
fair. returned to-day TO the Hamilton
hotel. where his broSher. Danghorne
.Putney. is stopping. in 20 npany OF a
OF the family who sceen 2
to Kansas City TO get the boy. Yoth
for whom the police and his
relatives have been searching since the
day after his disappearance, was in
kansas City all the time. stopping at
No. 623 Walnut street. 1t is stated. HIS
family refused to discuss Stephens re-
turn, saying that his explanation OF his
absence was satisfactory and that
they desired no more publicity OF the
Iaffair. Young Putney. when he so sud-
disappeared, had with him jewels
valued at more than s. .0oo. but a less
than slOe in money.
The story tina young Putney was
kidnapped is discredited by the police.
| Later in the day the seal OF silence
adhered to ever since the young mans
disappearance was broken by Lang
horne Putney who said they were going
ITO Jefferson Barracks to see what could
lbe lone about getting Stephen Putney
discharged from the army. According
Ito the statement made by him. Stephen
lenlisted in the army nj Kansas. city.
his size enabling him to pass as CT the
required age without difficulty. He
BARRACKS, according to Langhorne Put
Iney, and on "Wednesday was recognized
from published descriptions of him.
Langhorne Putney thought that as
stephen was only 16 years of age there
would be no difficulty about getting
him discharged from the army.
This brother OF the youth said furth-
Ter Ia stephen had been drugged and
abducted by three men with whom he
had taken a drink. Danghorne declares
that after the drink stephen lost con-
seriousness and remembered nothing
lmore until he found himself in a strange
lcity- Stephen vas OLD he was in Kan
Isas City. L~anghor1fe says. He had no
money and new no n 10 whom he
Icould appeal for help. He was asham-
led to notify his family of what had
happened and. d~isconsolate. wandered
about until he saw a poster calling for
larmy recruits. He decided 10 enlist In
1.-THE United States army and went TO
1.-THE recruiting office.
Pu.ney's borther was overjoyed when
1.-The young man reached the hotel today
Iand at once notified the other
Iof the family who are at Richmond. Va,
iof his safe return.
Langhorne says Stephen met the
three men wnI.c lie was in the fine arts
building at the Worlds Fair just after
having separated for a from
his sister-in-law Mrs. Langhorne II.
lPutney, whose purse containing her jew
Ielry valued at more tina $1,000 and
about $50 was in the young mans care.
He also had about s25 OF his own
money.
At the headquarters Of Colonel An
lderson. in command of jefferson Bar
tracks. II was stated today that moth
ling was known of h supposed enlist
lment of young stephen Putney in Kan
isas City.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-29
The Vote OF Arkansas.

Little Rock Ark, November 9th
nya of the popular vote of Arkan-
sas was made today and the result
showed a plurality Of 1854 for Parker.
The official figures are: Parker 81, 434,
Roosevelt 1880. Watson 2,3ls, Debs L.
S14. swallow 993.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-29
Seaboard Air Line Reaches Birming-

birmingham. Ala, November 26.-The
connecting rail on the extension of the
Seaboard Air Line from Atlanta to
Birmingham was laid today in Roper's
tunnel. twenty seven miles east of Bir-
mingham. The company expects to be
running trains into Birmingham from
Portsmouth. Va, early next month.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-29
A Bark Ashore,

Las Palmas, Canary Islands. Novem-
Der 25.-The Urguayan bark Pillar. Cap
tain Company. which sailed from Car
1abelle, Fla, July 18th for Valencia
and Barcelona, is ashore IL Rio straits
Canal del Rio between the Islands
Dazarote and Graciosa). The vessel
will probably prove a total wreck.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-29
for a Murder Seven Years
Years Ago.

Raleigh, N November 26.-Thomas
Broadway, who killed Milas Reed IN
Rowan county, this state, III 1897, and
who was captured in South DakotEl
three months ago was today convicted
of m~anslaughter in Rowan superior
court. sitting at Salisbury, and recon-
mended to the mercy Of the court.
Broadway proved a good character.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-29
Miss Amelia MeymeE
Hundreds of Women Cured of the
First Stages Of Consumpt on
by Pe-ru-na.
The Following Letter From a Thank
full Woman Tells Its Own
Story.

Mrs. Mary Z. Hoblit, 2JOl Clinton
avenue, Minneapolis, Mimi, writes:
"My son suffered for three months with
catarrh of the bronchial tubes which.
threatened to become very serious. The
doctors advised that he seek a more
favorable climate, but as he had heard of
Peruna as n specific for lung trouble he
decided to give it a trial before he left
his family for an expensive journey
among strangers. For six months he
used it faithfully and found that the
trouble gradually disappeared and bless
ed health took its place. In two months
he was perfectly we'll and able to per-
form his duties. You have indeed a
grateful mothers thanks."-Mrs. Mary
Hoblit.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-29
Ends inFdiar Shooting
ARRAY in City of
Durham
THE FATAL SHOT

Fired from Pistol OF the Assailant-A
Business Man and His Son Attacked
by Uncle of the Former-The Son
Twice Wounded-The Father Then
Takes the Pistol from Their Assail-
ant and Fires One shot Which
Proves Eatal-The Homicide Under
ArreSt-Intense Excitement in Dur
ha-:.
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Stranded Schooner F1oated by Wreck.


Norfolk. Va, November 2s.-The
schooner Myra w. Spears. which went
ashore at Chicamicomico, n. c., ever
u weeks g was ioated by wreckers
today and is being towed to Norfolk
leaking badly.
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PntneyV
pedranCe AcCd
for by his FaHN
JOINS THE AR

Found at jefferson Barracks WI
He Had Been Sent After Enlist
I'm the Army-The kidnapping Til
ury Exploded-The Family Tryins
TO Hush the Matter Up-He Claims
To Have Been Drusyed oJ
With Whom He Took n Drink-He
Claims To Have Gone TO ktnsas my
where He Eniisted-NothinE IL
Known ut Barracks OF Ills Enlist
.cent.
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Crews of Abandoned Bark Rescued.

Queenstown, November 25.-While
passing Brow Head late today the Brit
ish steamer Iowa, from Galveston
bound to Liverpool signalled that she
had IN board the crew Of the Norweg-
ian bark iHamingja, which was aban-
doned at sea while on a voyage from
Brunswick, Ca, to Sharpless, England.
The Hamingja, a wooden vessel OF 457
tons net sailed from Brunswick on No
vember 4th under Captain Aanonsen.
She hailed from Lillesand, where she
was owned by J. E. Jahnsen & Co.
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Stocks and Bonds.

New York, April 2S.-The listless
drifting to which the stock market is
being accustomed was again notably
in evidence today. With money to
be had on almost nominal terms,
there is no pressure on anybody to
sell stocks to realize cash and no one
forced to do SO would attempt to
market holdings in such a narrow
and apathetic market as that existing.
On the other hand there seems to be
nothing in the current conditions or
the prospects that can induce the
buying of stocks, in spite of the
abundant facilities to be had in the
way of borrowed money The sterl-
ing rate at Paris sank to % francs
margin of profit on gold shipments
from New York, in spite of an easier
tendency of sterling here. Yet the
market is obviously sensitive to the
offering of any fresh claim on capital
resources, such as the intended issue
by the Norfolk and Western of $685.
100000 of bonds reported today. This
announcement cost the stock a point
in the price, although it was stated
that the present sale of the bonds
is not contemplated The formidable
decrease of 100000 in Fries net
earnings for March bringing the de-
cline for the nine months of the fiscal
year up to $27 GA weakened the
stock of that company and had a
dampening effect on the whole rail-
road list. The sympathetic effect OF
these declines was to check the hard
enlng tendency elsewhere, due prin-
clpally to early sympathy with a re-
wal OF activity and strength in the
London stock market Anlalsamated
copper, which sold ex-dividend, was
il1ted nearly point and Anaconda,
controlled company, jumping six
points. There was some further pres
sure on United States Steel preferred
put the stock recovered to a shade
aooVe last night. The market closed
stagnant.
Bonds were neglected and about