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The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-05-13
BIG TELEPHONE COMBINE.
Rumored That All the independent
Lines Are to Consolidate.

lRumored That All the independent
Lines Are to Consolidate.
Louisville, May 1O.-The Post saws
preliminary steps toward the consoIi-
dation of all the independent lines in
the United States, will probably be
taken at a conference which will be
held in this city between President j.
G.. Splane of the Pittsburg and Allie
Igheny Telephone Company and the Of
ficials of the Louisville Home Tele-
phone Company.
The PittSburg representatives are
in Toledo today inspecting the inde-
ipendent telephone plant in that city.
From Toledo they will come to Louis
Vile, reaching this city Thursday
morning. They will be joined here by
President J. A. Armstrong of the Home
Telephone Company and Joshua D.
Powers, chairman Of the executive
committee Of that company.
The visitods will be shown over the
local plant and on Thursday night. in
company with the representatives OF
the home company will go to st. Louis
where a conference will be held with
the officials with the officials of the
Kinloch long distance telephone COM
lpanv of that city. The ST. Louis con-
ference, it is believed, will be final.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-05-13
CHARTERS BY STATE.
Several New Companies Given Life.
Editor Furman Takes a Rest.
Especial to The Messenger.)

Especial to The Messenger)
Raleigh, \. c., May 11.-Editor
Robert NJ. Furman, of The Morning
Post, has gone to Beaufort to rest
and recuperate. He is accompanied
by his little daughter. He is a very
hard worker. and has nearly broken
down under the continued strain.
A charter is granted the Rowan
Chair Company, of Salisbury, capital
stock 100000 residents of Salisbury
and China Grove being the stockhold-
ers- The company will manufacture
all kinds of furniture, building mate
rails and machinery.
The Rhode Island Company corpor-
alton, chartered in this state, with
headquarters at SDrav Rockingham
county, is authorized to increase it's
capital stock to S125,000. B. F. Me-
bane is the resident stockholder.
The Peoples Ice Company, of
Rocky Mount. is chartered, capital
stock $4,000, W. E. Worth and others
stockholders
The sheriff of Nash brought to the
penitentiary n twenty-year-old white
boy, to serve a year for stealing $50
from One-legged Confederate soldier.
into whose house he had broken
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-05-13
ROOSEVELTS CHOICE WINS.
%. G. Thompson Elected Chairman
Republican Executive Committee in
Alabama

~. -. thompson Elected Chairman
Republican Executive Committee i'm
Alabama.
Birmingham, Ala, May 10.-Joseph
&c. Thompson tonight was elected chair
man of the Republican executive COM
mittee in Alabama by the convention
now in session in this city. Mr.. Thomp-
Son represented what is known as the
Black and Tan wing of the party, and
was. opposed by w. F. Aldrich. IT
Thomson is said to have been the choice
Of President Roosevelt.
No other buiness except the cleo
ton Of a chairman so far has ben ae-
'complished. A bitter fight is now on
between Ad. Winds of Hale and A N.
Johson of Mabile, both negroes, as to
which shall have place on the dele
cation to the national convention in
Chicago.
After the election of J. c. ThomSol /
as state chairman, the committee on
resolutions made q report and the con-
Ivention adjourned until tomorrow.
The platform declared in favor OF
Theodore Roosevelt for President and
Senator Fairbanks for vice president.
1t endorses the Presidents Panama
Icanal policy and declares for a protec-
Tive tariff,
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-05-13
OBJECT TO BEING BARRED.
ference Protest Against Action of
Certain Hotels and Restaurants.

COlOred Delegates to Methodist Con-
ference Protest Against Action of
Certain Hotels and Restaurants.
Los Angeles, Cal. May 1O.-At the
Methodist general conference today
addresses were made among others by
by Rev. J. c. Kilgo, President of Dur
ham college of North Carolina.
The final report of the book commit
tee reviews affairs in detail and shows
the total sales of the book concern of
New York for the past four years to
have been $3,597 ,692, and Of the west
ern book concern for the same period
81, ,650,S0O.
The Episcopal fund created for min
isterial support, shows a cash balance
OF S127,131, a substantial increase over
the total at the close of the previous
quadrennium- The report makes only
casual allusion to the important
question Of the qualification of the pub
fishing houses, as the matter is fully
covered in a special memorial by the
book committee to the general confer
ence, in which fourteen members pass
the proposed plan of consolidation and
five disapprove.
The colored delegates through Rev.
Hamond, of Tennessee, today put
themselves on record In strong pro-
test against the action of certain Los
Angeles hotels and restaurants in re-
fusing TO entertain colored guests. Rev.
Hamond presented a resolution con-
demning the attitude of these places,
which was adopted by the conference.
The public school question was again
brought up in a resolution by Rev. w.
P. Haylett, Of Mississippi. asking that
the general conference petition Con-
gress and that all other protestant de-
nominations be asked to join in the
movement to secure the enactment OF
an amendment to the constitution for
ever prohibiting the use of the public
school fund for sectarian purposes.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-05-13

Bristol. Va, May 1o.-The sh -lnken
and decayed body OF Edward L. entz
was literally taken to pieces this Il Ter
noon by physicians and detectives in
the course of the coroner's inquest.
At 7:S0 p. m. the jury was adjourne !!
until 1 tomorrow morning, when man
witnesses will be heard.
The startling feature OF the inquest
was the discovery of a 80 calibre pistol
ball in the body which might have
been discharged from the empty pistol
of the same calibre found eighteen feet
from the remains. The pail had pass
ed through the fifth rib, entering in
front, had penetrated the heart, a
back rib and lodged in the muscles OF
the back. one and half inches from
the spine. Several holes were found
in the clothing other than where the
bullets entered, but beneath them the
body was found intact. The right hand
was found missing and wa probably
borne away by beasts. A white pearl
button which could not have belonged
to the murdered man, was found near.
Detectives made careful examination
of the pistol, finding it to be a Smith
and Wesson. Two cartridges were on
either side of the hammer as well as
the two lower chambers. A loaded car
fridge of 81 calibre was found seven fee
from the body.
Many articles IN his pockets were
found intact.
At the conclusion of today's inquest
ii was decided that nothing further
could be gained by holding the body
here longer. consequently the specia
train will leave tomorrow with the re-
mains.
f. p. Dimaio, superintendent OF tn,
Pinkerton detective agency, Of Phila
delphia, who accompanied the Went;
/. brothers to the scene will not return
but will remain to make a thorough
investigation following the verdict o
| the coroner's jury.
1t was stated today by persons clos
to the Wentz boys that the question
of reward will be settled as to the a
mount and time Of payment after tn
, verdict is rendered. The terms Of tn
offer standing for the past month ar
said to be suitable reward" instead
, of a specified amount.
The most intense excitement pre-,
walls and at the inquest this Afternoon
there were five hundred people gather
ed. There is a great difference o.
opinion as 10 the cause of Wentzi
death, whether accident, suicide o.
murder, tonight may believe it wa!
suicide.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-05-13
IN MEMORY OF SIMONTON.
Special Session OF the Federal Circuit
Court of Appeals ut Richmond.

Richmond. Va, May 10.-Chief Justice
Fuller Of the United States Supreme
court sat with the other judges in the
special session OF the Federal Circuit
court of appeals held here today, in
memory Of late Judge Simonton. The
judges other than the chief justice,
sitting during the memorial meeting are
Judge Purnel, OF North Carolina;
Judge Brawley, Of South Carolina;
Judge Morris. of Maryland; Judge Goff,
Of West Virginia, and Judge Waddill,
of the District court of Virginia. Reso-
lutions from the various districts in
this circuit, and from various bar as
sociaticns, city and state, were pre-
sented with appropriate remarks, the
chief justice being among those who
paid tribute to the departed jurist.
The flag on the Federal building was
al half mast during the memorial exer-
ciSeS.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-05-13

Washington, May 1e.-The weatfer
bureaus weekly summary OF cotton
crop conditions IS az follows:
The cotton belt has experienced a
week OF favorable temperatures with
abundant rainfall, except in the eastern
districts. Reports OF poor stands OF
early planted cotton continue from the
Central and Eastern portions. hut bet
ter stands OF the late planted are in
dicated. Recent rains have improved
the situation in western Texas, but have
interfered with cultivation In the cas-
tern portions OF that state Planting
is nearly finished in northern distr.cts-
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-05-13
r II. Bellany

Do not hesitate to recommend Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure to their friends and
customers. Indigestion causes more i'll
health than anything else. 1t deranges
the stomach, and brings on all manner
of disease. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure di-
gests what you eat, cures indigestion.
dyspepsia and all stomach disorders.
Kodol is not only a perfect digestant
but a tissue building tonic as we'll Re
uewed health. perfect strength and in
creased vitality follow it's use.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-05-13
Business Section of LaF'Ollette De
Stroyed by Fire.

Knoxville, Tenn, May 10.-The bu-
siness section of La Toilette, Tennes-
see burned to-day. Thirty-fve build
ings were destroyed. Loss 100000:
insurance $4,000. The fire originated
in the lamp room of the Cumberland
Inn. All the guests escaped unin-
jured. except DR.. w. F. Adams, who
jumped from a third story floor win
dow and broke a leg, and Fred Hall,
who was badly burned. The town
has no fire department.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-05-13
Captain Walter Allen Commits Sui
eide

st. Louis, Worlds Fair Grounds,
Nay 10.-Captain Walter Allen, OF st.
Louis. connected with the worlds fair
Jefferson guards and a brother of a
former congressman, John Allen, nat
ional worlds fair commissioner, from
Mississippi, committed suicide today by
shooting himself through the heart in
Ia room in the dormitory of the Wash
lington University now utilized by the
He left a note stating that
i'll health had driven him to commit
III he
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-05-13
DIR. W. W. Moore Elected Presiden,

Of trustees Of the Union Theological
lSeninary (Presbyterianl tonight Gre
lated the Office Of president of the in
istitution and elected Rev. DR.. w. w.
Moore to fill that position. DR.. Moore
has for some time been chairman OF
Ithe faculty and professor OF Hebrew
i'm the seminary. He Is a native Of
North Caroline.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-05-13
ROYAL
Baking Powder
Wakes tie tood more aUbolesoue, and more
nArf~iffdHs to botb brain and muscle.

| have given the Training Table
to the Cornell University for five
years very satisfactorily, and am
certain that much of the success
has depended upon the quality of
articles used In baking powder,
l use the Royal, for it is undoubt.
edly the best. | have occasionally
given others trial, and have dem
onstrated to my satisfaction that
there is but one always reliable,
always making perfect, delicious
and wholesome food, - The Old
Reliable Royal"
(Mrs.l Amelia Morey Atkins.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-05-13

AEheyille G2zette-News: In police
coz. this morning a white man was
fined $40 and COTS for going 20 4 re-
<pectable negro Woman's house and Of
1ering her insult. Judge Jones told the
prisoner that but for the fact that he
was under the influence Of whiskey at
the time the offense was committed he
would have given him the full punish
ment.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-05-13
Railroad and TelegraphiC
Communication Has
Been Restored
OFF ClAL NEWS

No Details Concerning the Re-estab-
nslment of Communication Are At
Hand-Report That the Russians
and JaDanese Have Met In Another
Severe Engagement-Port Arthur
Again BOmbarded-Cotton Is Dc
cIared Contraband of War-Expla-
nation of Russian Officials on the
Ja-anese Withdrawal From the
Railroad.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-05-13
Chief Engineer of the Panama Canal

Chicago, May 10.-John F. Wallace,
general manager of the Illinois Central
railway, this afternoon accepted ap-
tpointment as chief engineer OF tie
Panama canal. He will leave not later
than early in June for the isthmus.
His successor as general manager or
the Illinois Central Will probably be
leither A. w. Sullivan, /. G.. Rawn or
wv. J. Harahan.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-05-13
Difference of Opinion as
to Cause of VENTS
Death
WAS IT SUICIDE?

Hany People at the Scene Believe That
the Young Man Ended His Own
Life-'-he CorCner's Jury Held
an All-Cay Session, and They VIII
Examine More Wi. nesses To-day
Detectives IRE On the Spot and They
When the Cor ner's Ju:y Renders
It's Verdict
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-05-13

New Orleans May 10.-Probably
the first direct development effect
to be felt in the Louisiana territory
as a result of the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition is the semi-official recogni-
ton given by the Japanese commission
to the immigration movement from
japan to the rice-growing country in
Louisiana and Teyas. About June 1,
q number of Japanese now in ST. Louis
will leave for Louisiana and Texas,
under escort OF Mr.. r. Onisha, who
will take them throughout the rice
country on q tour OF inspection.
About the same time a party Of more
than 100 japanese, who are en- route
from Japan for San Francisco, will
reach Houston. The latter will settle
in the rice country and become rice
farmers. Two members Of this party,
it is said. are bringing with them
more than 100000 each with which
to purchase rice lands and start Japa-
nese colonies.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-05-13

Shan Hal Kwan, May 1s.-s q. M.
1t is reported that the first japanese
arm corps, having followed the Rus
slams retreating from the Yalu river,
overlook them twenty miles south Of
Lao Yang yesterday and a severe en-
gageme-t ensued. The japanese
dragged their runs up hills believed
to be unsurmountable. The Russians
thereupon continued to retreat north.
A division of the first corps IS ap-
preaching New Chwang. which il now
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-05-13

Red Springs Citizen: Reuben Me-
lcrinr.in, the negro whom the autheri-
ties have not been able to keep in the
lookup go far. has been again sent
ito the penitenttary In the Scotland
'cour, last week he plead guilty OF horse
stealing and was given twenty years.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-05-13
Southern Railway Agents Association.

Memphis, Tenn, May 1.-THE South
Railway Agents Association compler-
ed it's annual meeting here today ana
adjourned after electing officers.
The executive committee will select
the place and name the time for the
Aext annual meeting and while there
are number Of cities endeavoring to
secure the meeting. it IS very probable
Saat birmingham viii be selected.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-05-13
To Contest Seating of Iily-White
DELEGATES

New Orleans, May III. Madison
Vance, colored lawyer, and Joseph
Fabacher. white contractor, have
been named Roosevelt delegates by
a state convention of the Cohen fac
ton They will contest the seating OF
the Lily White delegation.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-05-13

New Chwang. Monday, May s.
l(Delayed in transmits :on)-Of the
five Russian regiments which were in
garrison here. four-have left and the
other received orders to go to-day.
but this order was cancelled an hour
later.
! The Russians are stron~lv en-
trenched at Anping. where the guns
from the New Chwang forts have
been sent.
Colonel Muenthe. the military ad-
wiser of Viceroy Yuan-Ski-Kai. COM
mander-in-chief of the Chinese forces
arrived here this afternoon. It is be
llieved he came to New Chwang to
lconfer with the Russians regarding
the proposal to turn New Chwang
lover to the Chinese.
TIE Russians are known to be COM
municating with the Chinese brigands
and to be stirring up a state of terror
lamong the natives.
st. Petersburg, May 10.-An i'm
lperial order declaring cotton contra
!band Of war was officially gazetted
lthlS morning. This action was taken
because of use Of cotton in the manu-
lfacture of high explosives.
Washington. May lot is said that
the two United States warships which
have been ordered to Che Foo will
!act under the instructions SUGGESTED
iby the American minister and the
consul at New Chwang. 1t is be-
l1eved to be desirable not to advance
the ships from this nearest neutral
port into the theatre of war without
very grave reasons. So the captains
Iof the ships will communicate with
Minister Conger. who in turn is ex-
lpected to communicate with Consul
MILLER at New Chwang. though how
lhe is to do this event that telegraph
lines are broken, is not suggested
there
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-05-13

st. Petersburg. May 1o.-e:45 p. m.
The correspondent OF the Associated
Press has obtained absolute confirma-
Ition OF the reDort that railroad COM
lmunication with Port Arthur Is again
lopen. The locomotive came through
last night and the second at 9 o'clock
this evening.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-05-13

|garrieoned by q handful OF Russians.
japanese scouts have been seen six
miles from New Chwang.
Nineteen women were the last civil
ians to leave New Chwang for Shan
Hal Kwan. They arrived here to-
night and confirmed the reports OF the
evacuation OF New Chwang.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-05-13

New Chwang. Mondav fay g.
might. delayed in transmissi cn) )-The 2
UNITED States copsul. Mr.. Miller. was
prevented for time from telegraph
ing to Minister Conger a statement of
lthe situation here Mr.. Lfillers
message was released after he had
made a strong protest on the subject.
Many japanese spies are in this vi
icinity, disguised as beggars. They
have cut the wires at the mouth Of
Lao ri--1r.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-05-13
Railroad Communication Restored.

Washington, Nay 10.-Count Cassini,
the Russian ambassador, has received
a dispatch from ST. Petersburg saying
that Viceroy Alexieff telegraphed the
Emperor that railroad communication
with Port Arthur was restored DUNG
the night of May 9Th and 10th and that
the telegraph line is being repaired.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-05-13

London, May 1.-THE Toxic CORES
pondent of the Morning Post, cabling
under date Of May 10, says that a
high angle bombardment of Port Ar
thur is proceeding.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-05-13
- - - tG 80 II Ia.
as.,st,o +, lie Kind YOa Hare ilgayS bougs
ss.s'''' .s &NAZzzzx
TO INSPECT RICE COUNTRY.

Settlement OF Japanese in DOuisi-
ana.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-05-13

Seoul, April 30.-3:30 p. m.-(De-
layed in transmissioli)-Th japanese
authorities peremptorily refuse to
permit steamers to sail from Chemulpo
for Chinampo or to leave that port.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-07-01
IMPLICIT A DISASTROUS DEFEAT
UPON CARS FORCES IN A
RUNNING FIGHT.
KAlCHoW CAPTURED BY JAPs
CITY FALLS INTO HANDS OF THE
MiKADo's MEN AFTER Sc.
WERE FIGHTING.


Newchwang, June 30. - Russians
were defeated in a disastrous running
light extending from Haihu to Simu-
cheng, on the military road from Flung
hwang to Haicheng, and the Japanese
pursued them to Tatung pass, the gate
to the center of General Kuropatkin's
main position.
The Japanese who drove them back
comprised a strong detachment of the
Twelfth army division, commanded by
Lieutenant General Inouye, supported
by a brigade from Lieutenant General
Baron Nishi's Second army division.
The victorious column vas strength
ened further at the junction of the
roads to Haicheng from Funghwang
and Siuyen, near Simicheng, by sew
eral regiments, batteries and s%quadrons
from the First division of the Taku-
shan army, advancing northeastward
along the siuyen-Haicheng road.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-07-01
ARMY JEERED THE NAVY.
Haunted Russian Sailors Into Making
Recent Demonstration.

Chefoo, June 3O.-Eight refugees
who left Port Arthur in a Chinese junk
were picked up Wednesday,. They be-
long to the upper class. The informa-
they give seems reliable. They state
the Russian squadron now consists of
the following ships in good condition:
Czarevitch. Retvizan, Peresviet, Pol
tava. Diana, Bayan, Novik and twenty
torpedo craft and smaller boats.
The torpedo transport Amur is dam
aged and the b~attleship Sevastopol
slightly damaged. but they can soon
be repaired.
There are 10000 sailors and 10000
soldiers in the fortress. Women are
largely employed as nurses. There are
$50 artisans and $500 citizens. OF
these 1000 have now been drafted into
the army and are drilling day and
night. There is plenty of food, but
the governor is controlling prices in
order to prevent speculation. The re-
fugees also state that owing to the
jeers of the army the fleet was forced
to make the recent demonstration on
June % in order to preserve the morale
Of the garrison.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-07-01
MAY NEVER BE SOLVED.
Mystery Surrounding Murder. Of a Min
neapoiis Girl.

bS0CSo0 ~
St. Paul, June 30.-Although the
body of the young Oma found float
ing in the Mississippi river here Tues
day evening has been identified as
that of seventeen-year-old Ruth Teach
out of Minneapolis, the case is still
surrounded with as much mystery as
when the girls remains were dragged
from the water.
That Ruth Teachout was brutally
murdered is the belief of the police au
thorities. She was strangled and beat
en-, they say aud then the body was
thrown into the Mississippi to hide the
crime.
Who committed the crime or what
was the motive, the police and coroner
are unable to say. They even init
mate that the mystery may eve be
solved.
Ruth Teachout left her home at 1906
Fourth avenue south, Minneapolis, Sat
urday morning. She told her parents
that she was going down town to take
her regular daily lesson in typewriting
at a business college. She never re-
turned and the last time she was seen
alive was when boarding a Fourth
avenue car.
Her sister Eva, accompanied by the
girls grandfather, yesterday identified
the remains at the Ramsey county
morgue.
That death was due to strangulation
was shown by the postmortem exam
ination, for the doctors found that
there was not a drop of water either
in the stomach or lungs.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-07-01
REPUBLICANS OF MICHIGAN.
Viii Probably Nominate Fred N. War
ner for Governor.

Viii Probably Nominate Fred N. War.
ner for Governor.
Detroit June 30.-It is conceded by
many persons that Fred M. Warner OF
Pennington, secretary Of state OF Mich
igan. will be nominated for governor
by the Republican state convention
in Light Guard armory today. Homer
Warren of Detroit and George H. Hor-
ton of Lenawee county are also GU
bernatorial candidates. . Justus X.
Stearns of LudingtOn and Grand Rap
ids, who has made a campaign for
the nomination for governor by means
Of literature and attacks on the SO
called machine element of the party
in Michigan, may also have his name
presented.
Perhaps the liveliest fight in the
convention will be that for the nom
nation OF auditor. The a%spirants are
Malcolm j. Mcleod of Detroit, DR.. j.
B. Bradley of Eaton Rapids, who seems
to be leading, and E. A. Wildey OF
Pawpaw. The so-called machine ele-
ment of the party will, it is said, fight
any attempt to pledge the party to
primary reform, further than the de-
claration made at the recent conven-
ton in Grand Rapids in favor of a bill
providing for local option in each
county on the question.