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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-18
WILL CONFORM TO THE LAW.
ties Company Will Fully Follow the
Law as Interpreted.

New York, March 15.-President
Hill and other officials of the North
ern Securities Company, were in con-
ference today. Vice President and
General Counsel Clough had a long
talk with Mr.. Hill and Daniels La
mont, vice president of The Northern
Pacific Railway. was another early
visitor.
Colonel Clough refused to discuss
the conditions produced by yesterdays
decision n would give no hint as
to the securities company's next move.
Later James j. Hill gave out the
following.
Until the full official copies of the
opinions and decree of the Supreme
Court have been received and our at
torneys have had an opportunity to
advise US as to our course of proceed
Ure, the officers Of the can
make no further announcement tina
to declare their purpose to promptly
and fully follow the law as now in
terpreted.
Mr.. Hill visited ]. P. Morgan in
the afternoon and h two conferred
for some time. Both declined to be
interviewed. but Mr.. Hill stated that
there was nothing new in the general
situation. The strength and activity
of Erie stocks in the market revived
the old story of an Erie holding COM
pan to take over either Great North
ern or Northern Pacific. The story
was pronounced as absurd by repre-
sentatives Of the Northern Securities
Company.
In regard to the report tina the
Northern Securities Company of Can
d was to be the successor of the
Northern Securities company of the
United States, President Hill was
quoted today as saying:
WE a as much notion of fncor-
porating a company in Mars or the
moon. az in Canada We intend to
conform to the law"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-18
STRIKE y RIOT.
Striking Employees Stone Drivers Who
Refused 8 Quit Work.

Chicago. March ia series OF
Of riots occurred todya between
striking employees of the American
Can Company and union teamsters.
who had refused to quit work in sym
pathy with the strike. The first dis
turbance occurred on the north side
of the city ut one OF h stables of the
can company, a number Of men being
injured and two pickets arrested. Six
teamsters attempted to leave the
stables with teams. The pickets by
signals summoned about twenty help
en TIE. drivers were stoned, it 10
alleged. and dragged from h wagons.
the assa3lants escaping when a patrol
wagon loaded with police. arrived.
After several conflicts with the
crowds, the wagons with their police
escort. stopped at the Erie Railroad
freight house and were attacked. Girls
in the crowd tried TO cut the harness
and prevent the wagons leaving the
freight station Girl strikers tried to
persuade the union freight handlers
to refuse to handle the goods from the
wagons. but the freight handlers de-
clined to enter the fight.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-18
TOY PISTOL CAPS EXPLOSION
Manufacturing Plant Destroyed
Three Persons Killed and Others
Injured.

{ Chicago, March 15.-Three persons,
two of them being boys. were killed
and eight other employees were injured
today by an explosion of toy pistol
caps, which completely demolished
the 2-story brick manufacturing plant
of the Chicago Toy Novelty Company
at Weston avenue and West 18th
street. h wrecked building caught
fire Immediately after the explosion
and the bodies of the dead were so
badly burned and mangled that it
was impossible to recognize them ex-
cept by remnants of clothing.
The building was occupied by three
factories, employing nearly 100 per-
sons. and it is believed some others
may have been killed, but until the
debris which Is piled twenty feet high
be removed away. the exact num-
Der of dead cannot be ~aScertained.
1t is not known what caused the
explosion.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-18
GREENSBORO THE PLACE

We thought the Agricultural and
founded and kept in operation at the
lexpense of the state as an institution
Iof learning and not fer q place OF
injecting and free hotel accommoda-
ltions for political gatherings. What
fright has President Winston to tender
1.-THE auditorium of the college for the
holding OF the democratic state con-
Iventon and the dining hall as a free
lunch for the delegates? Is the
college going to furnish the free
lunches? II so, why not open the
ldormitories to the delegates for lodg-
lings and furnish them regular meals
Ialso? II this is not done the college
should furnish free transportation to
1.-THE members Of the convention to and
from h city
Raleigh must be hard pushed for
inducements FOR holding the conven-
Ition there If this is the best she can
Ioffer.
The convention should be held at
Greensboro by all a That city
lcan accommodate comfortably all who
will attend, and can feed them well at
reasonable rates. This 1t has done and
will do again. We do not gee how any
man who has attended conventions at
both places can for a m hesitate
lin his choice between the two places.
treats the delegates roy
ally. Raleigh after she gets them there
acts as if she thought their presence
was one Of the burdens incident to
her being the capital OF the state,
which h must bear as stoically as
possible, in the meantime recompens-
ing herself for the Inconvenience by
charges.
We do hope that the committee,
which meets in Raleigh tonight to
decide upon the time and place for
holding the convention. will select
Greensboro as the place.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-18
WE '- USE.

TIE BEST GRADE OF WHITE
CORN in tho manufacture OF MEAL
AND QRTrs, and thoroughly screen,
scour and fan sane, positively remov-
ing every particle Of dirt before ft
reaches the grinding machinery.
We grind eur meal under the
gradual reduction system and the pro-
duO Is THOROUGHLY PURIFIED
BETWEEN EVERY BRHAE- thus
renewing all bran and other u1Duri-
ties before the meal Is ground.
Sur machinery IL tho best, and we
spare no pains or expense 10 maiu>
the PURN1r AND BEST GRADE Or
WHfT TABLE MEAL thai can be
produced from CORN.
We ave q daily capacity OF 5000
bushels, and need and want your
sood VIII and orders.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-18

subscribers tonight. against the protest
OF the Bell lawyers. and il is said. tAat
a recommendation will be made by the
committee. that subscribers persist in
their determination to take out their
phones April 1st. rather than pay the
Increased charges. The Bell attorneys
claim that they had no time in which
TO give the data require by the COM
mittee. and that the meeting OF citizens
is premature. II Is also intimated by
some. that the precipitate action or the
committee may be due to a desire 20
prevent any compromise by the Bell
Company. so that an independent COM
pany may be formed. n that that has
been the purpose or the part OF some
all along. This charge is resented by
the principle managers OF the citizens
movement. who say that there is not
the least excuse for the raise in prices
at this time. and Investigations made
by the committee. shows conciusfvely
that at present prices there Is a big
profit to the Bell Company on its
Greensboro business. and they do not
propose to pay for its losses in giving
free service or reduced prices in other
own TO stifie competition.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-18

That supreme courts decision in the
Northern Securities Company case is
something Of q white elephant on the
hands Of Mr.. Roosevelt. No doubt he
would have much preferred the court
p~ostponing announcement Of the judg-
ment until ate next fall. There can
hardly be any excuse 10Y for the de-
partment of justice to delay prosecu-
tons in other cases Of violation OF the
antitrust law. Those people who are
pouring in upon the president their
congratulations On the success Of the
government surely expect to see the
good work Of trust busting" proceed
without any break for the campaign.
The question is: What will tho presi-
dent do with his victory? He wont
want to force too many trusts to un>
load during the campaign; still he will
be anxious to keep up the enthusiasm
of the people for the "trust-buster'.
Wonder If MI. Roosevelt. Gear down
in the bottom OF his heart, has not hid
away the secret wish that Justica
Brewer had gone over to the side Of the
Jour dissenting justices entirely? TheD
he could have told the people how anx-
ious he was to break up all the bad
trusts and at the same time called to
the attention Of the trusts the fact that
they were not in any danger from his
administration.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-18
Roosevelt Being Congratulated.

Washington, March 15.-MeSsages
of congratuiation from all parts of
the country are being delivered to
President Roosevelt by telegraph. by
mail lit in person, on the Supreme
Corrt's decision in the Northern Sc
curities IL
Attorney General Knox today de-
clined to indicate what action. IL any,
he might take in the future in follow
ing UP the Supreme Courts decision
He would no. n whether he had
formed any plans looking to prosecu-
lions OF further actions under the
Sherman anti-trust acl or not.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-18
TaIesman Would Not Hang a Woman

al Francisco, March 15.-The work
OF securing a jury for h second trial
of Mrs. Cordelia Bolkin on the charge
Of numbering Mrs. John P. Dunning by
means of poisoned candy. Is proceeding
slowly in the superior court. Nine
Jurors have been secured. Several
talesmen declared that they would not
render a verdict to hang a woman and
a number had already former opinion
regarding h case. None Of those ex-
amined were anxious to serve and il is
not expected that a jury will be obtain
ed for q day or two
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-18

Those who ave been calling the
Hon. David Bennett Hill a dead poi
.tician will have to change their tune
most likely. 1t looks k he and Nc
0Carren have gotten the upper hand
with the party in their state. The
state committee will meet in Albany
on April 18th. While this was a COM
promise. it is said Tammany was NOT
anxious 20 put up a fight against the
new n
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-18

That James H. Tillman should be
willing to come before the public as a
declared candidate for congress is as
founding. Had there been no suspicion
Of foul play in his killing of n. G. Con-
zales he would shrink from thus
thrusting himself upon public notice
We're he a man of ordinary suscepti-
bilities and refinement Of feeling.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-18
japanese Military Situation.

Paris. March 1T.-The Toxic CORE
spondent of the Madn sends this in
formation which he says comes from
reliable authority concerning the Jap
anese military situation up to March
10th:
The first army or 5000 troops un-
der General Kuroki. occupies north
ern Korea The brigade landed at
Gensan. forms part OF a con army
of similar strength The mobilization
of the latter has been completed and
the troops will sail shortly for an un-
known destination. The mobilization
of n third army began on March 1th.'
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-18

The files of the old Raleigh Sentinel
would be interesting reading about
now. The present TODD over the At
lantic and North Carolina railroad
brings to mind some of the late Hon.
Josiah Turner'S editorials about the
old Chatham railroad bond
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-18

Failure OF the VIadivostock batteries
TO fire upon the Japanese fleet when it
visited that port recently is explained
by the statement that the Shells sent
there by the ordnance department were
OF a different calibre from the -uns.
Just suppose the Japs had known this
at the time
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-18
Emperor william Received by King
Alfonso.

Vigo. Spain, March 15.-The North
German Lloyd steamer Koel Koanig
Albert with Emperor William Of Ger
many aboard. arrived here at 2 o'c.5ck
this afternoon. The town and river
were enfete. The Emperor re e we'd
King Alfonso on board the Friend ich
Karl. The interview between the
Monarchs lasted forty-five minu es. AT
z o'clock Emperor William left the
cruiser to return King Alfonso's visit
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-18
Fol- u Memorial Park i'm the Slhenan-
doah Valley.

Washington. March 15.-Representa-
tive Flood. OF Virginia. introduced a
bill today providing for h appoint
ment Of a commission of three army
officers to acquire a site for a memo
rial park in the Shenandoah Valley.
Virginia near Stanton and the cree
ton OF a suitable memorial 10 COM
memorate the events in this valley
from 1851 to 1865 and appropriatfng
SO, 900 for the purpose.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-18
Rheumatism
Is Not a Skin Disease.

Most people have an idea that rheunnadsun is contracted like a cold, that the
Damp, chilly air pendatest e muscles an joints In causes The terrible aches
and pains or that it Is something like a skin disease to be rubbed "a with fmi-
ment or drawn ont with pasners; but Rhuematsm originates IN the blood and Is
caused by Urea or Uric Acid, AN irritating, corroding poison that settles n aus
chs joints and nerves. producing Inflammation and soeneS and the sharp, cutting
pains peculiar o this distressing disease.
Exposure to bad weather. Or sudden own Sfeen'h ,.
chilling of the body will hasten IN at Anoufs SsGsg olt E 1880 s y acu.s
tack of Rheumatism afr the blood an ieTs below he kEse. I ooIdn oe raise M
system ar. in the right condition for arm o com6 Ey hu.. DoctoEsp prescribed
develop, but have nothing to do with iorm ms W nv usIs !" . ags q g a aTgns ~
the ea1 true causes of Rheumatism, an deoidsd orr i unedia com
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- cure Of this most painful disease effected
S. S. S. is harmless vegetable remedy, unequaned
q blood purifier and a invigorahng pleasant tonic Book o n Rheumatism will
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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-18

The evidently thought that a
continuance of the trial OF Mr.. McBee
in order to give the defendants law
yers an opportunity to prepare their
case was a waste of time.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-18
Delegates to the Chicago Convention.

Montgomery. Ala. March 15-The
Republican convention Of the Seventh
Congressional district met at GadsGen
Ala. today and elected II. G.. Ashley
and George L. Malone delegates to the
Chicago convention. J.. b. Byers, OF
Cullman. was nominated for Congress.
The delegates were not instructed.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-18

That Bristow report is giving some
congressman opportunity for making
|rousing speeches for home consump-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-18

Mr.. Schwab is doing the shipbuildiag
trust bondholders OF Paris. He seems
to be out for the rest instead OF the
rest cure.-Atlanta Journal.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-18
Is In Charge


Il II believed that when the bandits
see the iron monsters they VIII not
come near the railroad.
The Union Republican., 1904-10-28

The loss of the Federal Army of
Cumberland in the battles of Chatta-
nooga, Lookout Mountain and Mission
airy Ridge, as given by Cist, was S24
killed and 1858 wounded. So much
for war in the sacrificial sixties
In the year 1889, which Is the first
year of systemmatic accident tabula-
ton, 5,S23 men, women and children
were crushed, torn, mangled or
burned to death on the line of Ameri.
can railroads, and 26,309 others were
injured in the same disasters. So
much for peace, public Indifference
and the railroad accident fifteen years
ago.
Having thus made sure our foot
ing In the later eighties, let us come
in one broad step to the present; this
while we have the war tables before
us. Our historian, Cist, asserts that
all things considered, the two days
fighting at Chicayauga stands unsur-
passed as the hardest fought and
bloodiest battle of the civil war. The
Federal killed in this battle number
ed 1887 and the roster of the wound
ed falls but a few names short Of
10000.
But in the unbelligerent year end
ing June 30, 1902, the aggregate num-
ber of persons killed in railroad ac-
cidents was 1888. and during the
same period 64.631 persons were in
jured.-Reader Magazine.
The Union Republican., 1904-10-28
ouakerlsm Increasing.

Quakerism is increasing in MEM
bership The Sunday Strand remarks:
"The inevitable reaction from ex-
treme ecclesiastical ritualism and or
ganization throws the worshipper
back on an ultra simplicity. The in
tensity and demonstration of modern
life render more attractive the Quak-
er habit of solitariness. The tendency
which we observe increasingly in all
churches to concentrate religious faith
and fervor on social work is in favor
af people whose philanthropic zeal
has ever been distinguished feature.
And as the world gets older it loses
faith in controversy, as 1t thinks more
1t talks less, and this tendency may
recruit the disciples of silence"
The Union Republican., 1904-10-28
INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS.

When an e1ector is ready to vote,
he should enter the passageway, an
nounce his name to the election
board, if challenged establish his
right to vote, and enter the door of
the election room; when admitted,
procure from one of the clerks a
ticket that has the initials of the
clerks written on the left-hand cor
ner of the back, and an indelible
black lead pencil from the other clerk.
He should then, if he so desires it,
request the Voters Assistant to go
with him into a booth and the said
Voters Assistant shall assist him to
mark, alter, change, scratch or fold
his ballot in his presence and of each
other, and shall also, when request
ed by the voter, read over to him the
names of the candidates on the ballot
which he desires to vote; if the voter
should not desire the help of the Vo-
ter's Assistant he should go alone in
to booth and mark his ballot with
the inc elible black lead pencil. If he
desires to vote for all the candidates
of one party and none other he shall
make mark crossing two lines
with the said pencil anywhere in the
large square enclosing the device and
above the title under which are print
ed the names of the candidates of
such party; the vote shall then be
counted for all the candidates under
that title; but if the voter does not
wish to vote for all the candidates of
any one party, he shall as before
make mark crossing two lines with
said pencil in the square enclosing
the device and above the title under
which are printed the names of the
candidates majority of whom he de-
sires to vote for, and shall erase the
names of those candidates under that
title for whom he does not wish to
vote; and if he desires to vote for
other candidates in the place of those
whose names have been erased, he
shall i'll that case write the name or
names of the candidate or candidates
under other title or titles for whom
he wishes to vote in the place and
stead and for the same office and posi-
tion as those whose names he has
erased; the vote shall then be counted
for all the candidates whose names
The Union Republican., 1904-10-28
The Stone Of Palestine.

Jerome Hart writes: "In jana and
Jerusalem, as in Malta, everything is
of stone. Even the very cisterns or
tanks on the housetops are OF stone.
But in those stony cities the stone
does not stop with the street level
the dwellers descend and burrow into
the earth beneath. In many Of tho
Jerusalem and Bethlehem buildings
there are Easements, endorsements.
crypts, subcrypts and dungeons. Ono
may descend several stories Into the
bowels Of tho esxth. T~ ~
The Union Republican., 1904-10-28

given: "Lord Lumley's, SO Grosvenor
street." Startled, turned. Was that
dainty little ghost Of woman going
to haunt me? 3.
One of those perfect valets, next to
speechless before his employers, To-
quacious with his kind, was ordering
to the given address heaps Of lilies,
white passion flowers and what not
all that could be found in the cold
candor of snowy scented blossoming.
Says my master. says e: Get the
best Oh, 'e's a great 'un. Up'n go
with inf e don't change lis mind
first. A day ago it was h-America, and
i'm going to unit mountain hons in
New Mexico. Now, to-day, is's h-on
to the wars, it is."
Gentleman in khaki ordered South,
is 'e?"
Gentleman goin' South. No change
this tie. e just stopped me in
hour packin long enough to send me
ere, and, says e: Get the best Oh,
'e's a great 'un. Sir Hugh Clavering."
The hero of the story that was a.
weaving had found a name.
The little shopman, elated to very
unsalesmanlike zeal by Adele's joy in
his collection, with utter disregard of
his own business or knowledge-but
he should let that of others alone
was about to present to Adele the rest
of my day, by telling her that she
could gain sight and scent of her
longed-for bloom at Kew Gardens.
Just as the load of cool. white
blossOming splendor left the shop
Adele said she was ready to go. and
she came up and clasped both hands
about my arm, and knew that meant
Kew Gardens.
Two years later | was back in Lon.
don where all the world crowded to a
coronation. But | came at Aaelc's
She was to be married and | must
come to look upon the man Of her
choice. She had been taken by an
erratic father to all sorts OF outland-
ish places since | had piloted her
over London. The father was an old
general whose hill acres
had turned to set of coal mines.
and whose lowland plantations were
about to sprout oil, while two new
railroads had seen fit to cross them
selves and uprear city on his private
wild lands"
The shadow of Big Ben fell a-near
us as we watched together. Adele and
|, the London crowds welcoming home
the South African soldiers.
In the procession the man who,
next to Lord Kitchener, looked the
most tired of all the noise and blare
Of applause, happened to look our way.
AS his eye fell on us his face lit
with the flashing of a uniquely pleas
ant smile. Adele caught my arm and
waved in her other hand a bit Of
lawn and lace: Look" she said,
that is he whom you must love for
my sake, that is Hugh"
looked at the mans face, and
Hugh Clavering.
turned to look at Adele. She had not
the least recollection Of that incident
of two years ago in the National Gal
lery. | wondered had he.
l asked myself: "Is that dainty lit
lie ghost of woman going to haunt
ne?''-Martha Young, in New Or
cans Times-DemOcrat