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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-05-24
GIVES UP PICTURE FILMS.
Lew Dockstader Was the Originator
OF the Incident That Recently Oc-
CURED on the White House
Grounds.

New York. May 2o.-Lew Dockstad-
er, the minstrel, to-day turned ove
to the police the moving picture films
that were used In a camera yesterday
in the capitol grounds at Washington.
where photographs were made OF q
man made up TO represent President
Roosevelt extending aid to a negro
lying on the ground. The films as
yet are undeveloped. Dockstader's &C.
ton followed q visit from a police in
spector after a secret service officer
from Washington had made q call at
the detective bureau. and stated that
the Washington police wished the
films.
II wanted the pictures for a new
monologue." said Dockstader, after
leaving the inspectors office. and 4
am sorry that my venture should nave
caused SO much commotion."
1T Is not true" aid D~ockstader,
that / was made up to look like
Booker T.. Washington. although the
other man was meant to resemble
President Roosevelt.
1T was with the most innocent in
tentions that I had my confederate
made up as the President.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-05-24
POLICE RAID FOOL ROOMS.
simultaneus Raids on - Alleged Foos
Rooms Are Succcssful-Sevcnty
Prisoners Taken and Many Tcae-
phones and Telegraph Instruments
C~onfiscatei.

New York. May 2e.-Simultaneous
raids on twenty-five alleged pool
rooms and pool room exchanges were
made here to-day by the police. acting
under orders from Police Commission
er McAdoo.
Axes, hammers and crow bars were
used at many places 10 batter down
specially constructed iron and steel
doors and 20 gain entrance through
barred windows. Less tina an hour
was spent at the work. and police OFF,
Gals are highly pleased with the re-
suits
Seventy prisoners We're taken. and
many telephones and telegraph instra-
ments were confiscated. besides n
number OF books and racing charts
hat were found I'm the rooms
One OF the places raided was In h
Edison building in Broad street. In a
small v~ine-covered house on he roof.
in which thirty-four telephones and
thirteen men We're found. The police
assert that this ia the chief headquar-
tiers OF the pCS. room syndicate. In
the distribution of each days racing
information. ani the raid was regard
ed as the most important OF the day.
as the c~tire all street pool room
business W.. &c seriously affected. III
not ruined by IL.
The Syndicate building in Park
Row also was raided. twenty prascr-
ers. thirty-three telephones ana ar
telegraph Instruments being taxi.
The" Aliens place IN Sixth Al ~.
where e~ighty-one previous raids have
been made. was also visited oy the
police. as was honest" Joi..a Kelly's
house in Forty-irst street. Kelly,
who was arrCstci. deserted himself
as a mechanic. and aid there had
been NJ sAmbiing =. mis- place for some
time. He was released on bond.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-05-24
STATISTICS.
Report of the State Board OF Health.
Dispensary Profits.

Raleigh, n. c., May 2o.-A bulletin
OF the state board IF health says 81
counties have smallpox cases, aggre-
eating 700-Durham 1875. Ashe 200.
Greene 40, Vance AZ, Wilkes yer 40.
Caswel 50, Forsyth %, Richmond
20.
The net profits of the Raleigh dis
pensary this year Will be at least 500
600. half going to the city. The rev.
enue of the city from bar rooms under
the old system of license vas only
$1,000.
h PEBBLES contempt case will go
to the supreme court, and arrange
ments for making a big fight before
that court are already planned
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-05-24

ing session, is a native of South Car
DINA, residing at Spartenburg. He
served for seventeen years as pastor
OF the church there, and or the last
seventeen has been connected
with the work of the American Bible
Society, at present being field secre-
tary for a portion of the south. He
was for twenty-eight years stated
clerk Of the synod of South Carolina.
Chaplain during the civil war at Fort
Caswell, N. c., NJ at one time evan
gelist Of the Charleston P~resbytery.
There vas no night session.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-05-24
Prominent Newport News Citizen
Fined For Fighting.

Newport News, Va, May GAS tie
result of a fist fight between Mayor
Allen A. Moss a lawyer. w. T. Moss,
his brother and Hon.. Robert w. Per-
kins. former member of the Virginia
legislature, the three men were fine1
$3.50 each by acting Police Justice Sem
mer, when a~rraigned in police court.
Against Chief Of Police Johnson, the
charge of cursing and abusing the
combatants was recorded, but the chief
having made the charge against himself
and no one appearing to testify against
him, the charge was dismissed. All
the fines impo<ed were later RENTED.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-05-24
Overture From the North.
err to Southern
P~resbyteridns
0 r READ

The Receipt Of the Message From the
General Assembly I'm Convention at
Buffalo, Removing All Aspersions
ana Charges ReflectiHg on the
Christian Character of the Southern
Church Was the Signal for Remark
able Demonstration-Three Plans
= or the AmalgamatiOn of n Pres
byterian Bodies-Itev. Thomas III.
Law Elected Minute Clerk.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-05-24
Sentenced to Life imprisonment

Eastman. Ga. May 20.-Robert Cav
thorn was again convicted today for
poisoning r. j. Tucker. He was given
a life sentence. The crime was COM
mitted several month ago.. The poison
was administered in capsules This was
the second trial OF Cawthorne, the
supreme court having directed a new
one.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-05-24
Last Arguments in Supreme Court
(Special to The Messenger.)

Raleigh, Y. c., May 20.-The SUI
preme court to-day heard the last
arguments for this term and will be
in conference for perhaps ten days.
The next opinions will be filed Tues
day.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-05-24

a Connecticut man has married his
mother-in-law. Perhaps the poor fell
low couldn't get rid Of her I'm any other
way.-Atianta Constitution.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-05-24

And now they say that the Macon
banks, while well Planted, were wat
cred too much.-Atlanta Constitution.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-05-24

full statement Of your case, and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable adj
vice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President Of
The Hartman Sanitarium. Columbus. O.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-25

down to the Thanksgiving dinner at
o'clock The meal was enjoyed great
", some Of the diners even stating
that they were glad they were IN the
hospital. as the menu was better one
than they would have had outside In
the evening the superintendent of the
institution, Rev. @. C. Bunting gave
a stereopticon lecture on trip 20
Washington. New York and Niagara
Falls.
The six smallpox patients at the city
quarantine hospital partOok OF their
holiday feast at 1870 O'Clock. The ia
bic was decorated with flowers an.
greenery and was presided over by
Miss Anna Channer. The menu con-
sisted of a big turkey and cranberry
sauce sweet potatoes. corn. lemon pie
and fruit. The tOasts were drunk with
medicine" The evening was pleas
antly spent i'm playing cards.
AT u o'clock, the regular dinner hour
at the county infirmaTy, the hundred
or more patients and the attendants
had their Thanksgiving repast. 1t was
a regular old fashioned turkey dinner.
with cranberry sauce, sweet and
mashed potatoes, green corn, bread and
butter, coffee, tea and milk. cake,
mince and pumpkin pie and bananas.
A number of the inmates are too i'll
to leave their beds. so their meals
were brought 70 them and they were
made as comfortable as possible.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-25
NEwsBoYs' sToMAcHs SWELL.
piper Mister" Lads Have Annual
Dinner and a Swim.

Long before , O'Clock, the hour set for
the newsboys' Thanksgiving dinner, a
crowd of youngsters of all degrees of
raggedness, with some few Sunday
clothes" mixed in, gathered in front of
Bonds restaurant on South Main
street. At las o'clock the boys were
told TO line up, and they formed in an
instant a string that stretched away
out on TO the street
Such pushing and showing as there
was on the part OF the eager ones at
the rear.
The circulation managers of the four
local dailies stood at the door Of the
restaurant and as each lad marched up
he was duly inspected and if he had
ever been within a block Of a newspaper
office he was given a ticket and al
lowed to pass in. A few ringers" en-
deaVored 10 procure a free meal, but
were spotted and not allowed to enter.
Some got into line several times, hoping
10 evade the eyes of the guards, but
were unsuccessful. Finally, when over
three score newsbOys had been seated,
as there were several tables still empty
all the hungry urchins hanging around
the door were given tickets and allowed
to partake of the dinner.
The dining room had been cleared of
the regular adult boarders- 50 the boys
came, entering hungry and departing
satisfied that there was some meaning
in Thanksgiving.
At 4 p. m. the stream of needy ones
had just begun to diminish.
To make the holiday for the news
boys complete, the managers OF The
Herald, News. Telegram and Tribune
have made arrangements with the
Grand theatre whereby the lads Will
have a section of the gallery reserved
for them this evening AS the hero of
the play, "A Little Outcast," is a news
hoy, the piece is assured Of the hearty
support of a goodly share of the audi
ence at tonight's performance.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-25
WHY AMERICA IS GREAT.
Rev. D. A. Brown Draws Good Les
sons From History.

SOho I -O4h LA4SlOA
Blessed is the nation whose God is
the Lord"
This was the text selected by Rev
d. A Brown of the First Baptist church
for his Thanksgiving sermon yester-
day. The sermon was in reality a re-
view Of what God has done for America
since the landing of the Pilgrims on
Plymouth Rock. Through the whole
course of our history from the laying
of the foundation down to the present
time the hand Of Providence was traced
and valuable lessons drawn from the
record.
Summarizing the things for which
this nation should be thankful Dr.
Brown laid special stress on the fol-
lowing:
First-Our prosperity.
Second-Our 2eace.
Third-Our unity.
FOurth-Our preservation.
Fifth-The perpetuity of those rights
unto today upon which our nation was
founded.
Each of these ideas was elaborated
in an impressive way. The idea that
ran through the entire discourse was
that this nation is Gods Inheritance.
that God possesses the nation. and
that IL has grown TO be powerful and
great because Of the Christian charac-
ter of the people. 1t was a beautiful
sermon and carried with it an impress
sive lesson.
A special feature of the service at the
First Baptist church was the music ar
ranged for the occasion by the First
Baptist church chorus of ten voices.
The singers rendered some beautiful
anthems in a way TO give great pleas
ure to the congregation
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-25

seen likewise in the expressed hunger
of the church for the positive message
and the fruitful life which normally
follows II. There are two things the
church Of Christ must do, if it would
truly express its gratitude 10 God for
its life and its call. One of them is to
seek very earnestly until ii finds the
awakening Cor which it seems TO be
increasingly hungering. the other is
that having found it, there shall be an
earnest effort TO apply the deepened life
and the abiding truth which is its
source TO the worlds life and prob
lenfs.
The church has sorely failed in this
latter thing. 1t has been busy with
tithing of merit and anise and
cummin. but il has omitted some Of
the weightier matters of the law.
THE thing. however, vitality import
ant to the church at this stage is the
maintenance of spiritual power. 1t
needs TO live over the steps of its APP
prehension of God, and To deepen its
hold on the vital essence of the life
given BY Jesus Christ"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-25

Your doctor says you must
take cod liver oil. Probably he
means SCOTS Emulsion be-
cause you cannot take the
clear oil; no one can take the
clear oil who needs cod liver
oil. The doctor understands
that and doubtless means
SCOTS Emulsion Of cod liver
oil which everybody can take
because it is emulsi6ed, and
prepared SO that it can be
very easily digested by the
most sensitive stomach. Most
everybody likes it.
Wen send you sample free.
SCOTT & BOVINE. 400 Pearl efrss4r Me- Voyk
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-25
AT THE PENITENTIARY.
Thanksgiving Dinner Laid For 200
Prisoners.

Nearly two hundred prisoners at the
penitentiary spent an enjoyable
Thanksgiving day despite the fact that
they We're under few hindrances. In
the morning the men were entertained
in the chapel by a musical programme,
under the direction of Miss Nora Glea-
son. in which the following aided: Miss
Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Miss Corinne
Harris. Miss Fern Granting, Miss Mil
lie Williams, Peter Odenwalder. w. J.
Willes, Gus Bachman in recitatiOns,
and Edward Fitzpatrick. jr., violinist.
Following the concert, the men sat
down to a repast of fowl and meat and
other good things. q memory of which
viii probably finger until the next
Thanksgiving day. The men voted
thanks TO Warden Arthur Pratt for the
bounteOus dinner.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-25
MADE ILL BY CELEBRATION.
Mrs. May Ferguson Is Taken SeTi-
ously Sick and Becomes Delirious.

AS result Of partaking too freely
of refreshments in honor of Thanks
giving day, Mrs. May Ferguson was
taken suddenly i'll while enjoying a
plunge at the sanitarium baths yester-
day afternoon. She had severe sink
ing spells and her friends were fearful
lest she should die. as d physician could
not be procured. The woman was con-
veyed to her room in the lodging house
over the theatre drug store, First South
and State streets, where she Paved for
some time. badly frightening passers-
by who thought that some awful crime
was being committed The woman
kept calling for her husband, Bert Fer
guson. who had left Wednesday for
Goldfeld, to help her.
Mounted Policeman J. ". Taylor pro-
cured the services of DR.. c. NJ. Bene-
dict. who relieved the woman's suffer
ings with a hypodermic injection at II
o clock last night.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-25
CITY PRISONERS HAVE FEAST:
Are Given Plain But Substantial
Meal THANKSGIVING Day

Thirty-two prisoners at the city Jail
sat down to a substantial meal IN
honor of Thanksgiving at 8 o'clock yes
terday afternoon. Here, as at the
county jail, the number was consider
ably smaller than last year. The city's
guests satisfied their appetites with
roast pork, mashed potatoes, brown
gravy, mince and pumpkin pie. cake
and tea with sugar. Sugar is an eX-
pensive and an unheard-of luxury at
Salt Lake City's municipal hotel. But
yesterday as it was a holiday and a
time for rejoicing, the prisoners were
all given generous helpings of the sweet
substance
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-25
SUCCESS SCORED
IN CELEBRATION
Thanksgiving Great Day in
the City's History.
IDEAL WEATHER FOR SPORTS
NMANY GOOD SERMONS IN THE
LOCAL CHURCHES.

Never in the history of Salt Lake was
Thanksgiving more generally observed
than yesterday. Never was there va
more enjoyable day. and so far. as
learned there was nothing to interfere
with the general enjoyment OF the peo-
pie. Services We're held in a number
OF churches Of the city, and in many
cases two or more congregations ruted
in special Thanksgiving services. The
sermons were all pitched in high key.
The speakers drawing lessons from the
history OF this nation and the provf-
dence Of God as revealed IN the pros
leriIy OF the American people. g
IN addition 10 the religious services
~ the churches there was much going
forward to attract the attention OF the
people. The football game on the
university campus was OF course the
bis event Of the day, and il is estimated
that upward of 1000 GeVotees of the
great college game enjoyed the sport
The matinees at both theaters were
well patTonized, ana the evening per
1ormances drew such crowds that
standing room could not be secured by
late corners. Such large crowds have
not bombarded the doors of the thea
tiers since the opening of the seas IN.
The free dinner given the poor unde~
the auspices Of the Salvation Amy was
the magnet that drew large numbers
OF the unfortunate 20 the Realty Duild-
ing on West Temple street, ana the din
ner given the newsboys Dy The daily
papers of the city was as good as a
show 10 many.
10 was a day Of feasting in all parts
al t ne city. The hospitals. jails, orphan
asylums and many other institutions
gave special dinners. But the great
feature of the day in this direction
was the great number of family re-
unions and the elaborate home dinners
The high price of turkeys and other
good things seemed to have little effect
IN reducing the size of the dinner ia
bles or the amount of food they con-
tanned
The day itself was ideal The wea-
ther was perfect. 1t was a day in which
people consider it a rich treat to be
alive, and 20 be out of doors is to be
close to heaven. The breeze was warm
until Old Sol sank low toward the west
eln horizon. Then a spice of cold was
added to the air; just enough to make
the blood tinSle and sharpen the APP
petite for the Viands fresh from the
oven at home. The day viii go down
ip Salt Lake history as a success in
every particular.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-25
"THE NEW LEAVEN.v
Dean Eddie Talks on Change From
Old False Life to Sincerity.

At St. Marks cathedral yesterday
morning Dean J. b. Eddie took for
his theme ''Leaven." He opened his
sermon by stating that abundant har-
vests and prosperity were ample
causes for thanks. For the unfortun-
ate ones. no matter what hardships
they have 90 bear. still there is some
one thing for which thanks can be
rendered.
'Leaven' is the word that describes
modern society," continued the
speaker, ON olden times il reached the
extreme of fanatiCism and AT present
St goes to the other extreme of
materialism and Unbclief In the
Bible leaven stands for wicked
NESS. Thanksgiving should be an OPP
portuHity whereby we can get away
from the material blessings and think
of the higher ones. While we are feast
ing and rejoicing and giving thanks
for ordinary blessings the hand of
providence may be writing the fate Of
our nation upon the wall.
OF the various kinds of Ieaven with
which we have 10 deal the leaven of
commercialism seems to stand out first
The heartless desire for wealth, pro-
b cured by any means whatever. per-
ueates everything. 1t has even reached
literature as is evidenced In Norris The
Pit Grants 'Unleavened Bread and
LawsOn's 'FrenZied Finance We
could well revise the old saying to.
'Oh business, what crimes are COM
mittcd IN thy name
our political life has Teen leavened
by party strife-each continually at the
others throat. Instead of this there
should be large heartedness, public
mindedness and real love Of country.
We should remember that our country
IS above creed or party.
THE leaVen Of social life is extrava-
gance, love for show and pretension.
il is senseless to glory in the display of
wealth for il is mere accident of live
10 be born rich. People should en-
deavor to return to greater simplicity
in living. We should get at the true
and not the material value of things.
Iretense and sham are a tremendous
drain on the income and comfort OF
many families. The great tax on
families today is trying to pretend
What they do not have. Let us all be
frank and If we are poor be not
ashamed TO say so. Let us pretend to
he what we really are and we will all
b. better and happier
"One of the greatest menaces to the
social life is the divorce evil which is
sapping the foundation of home life
and the state. How little is thought Of
the terrible breaking up of the home
and its influence. Children are grow
ing to have but little respect for their
parents; one cannot expect much else
when the elders are constantly quar-
relng and finding fault with one an
other. Little ones cannot show affec-
ton for their father and mother when
these two show none for each other.
"Leaven has even affected religion.
Empty rituals, ceremonies and rites
are useless. There should be simplicity
as well as grandeur More sincerity
should BE- displayed. for that will earn
The respect of others. Outsiders viii
say. although we cannot believe i'm
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-25

Wen send you sample free
scs)TT & BOVINE. 4ooiPesSi Street. Nev York.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-25
DINNER AT COUNTY JAIL.
Prisoners Have Colored Waiter to
Serve Them.

Not many who enjoyed Thanks
giving dinner yesterday had meal
with a black man for a waiter. Such
was the case at the county Jail yes
terday when the twenty boarders at
Sheriff Emery's inn sat down 10 their
repast at 2 o'clock. Bob Hatch" one
of the TRUSTEES, was delegated TO wait
on the other prisoners. and he served
them as though it was a banquet.
Before the men sat down they gave
a vote of thanks 10 Sheriff Emery for
remembering them on the nations holy
day.
The bill Of fare consisted of chick
en- with dressing and cranberry sauce,
boiled potatoes with brown gravy, Gel
cry, bread and butter, pumpkin ana
mince piCe, and tea with just as much
sugar as one wanted. This last is a
luxury at the Jail, for it is never sup
piled except on special occasions.
The ordinary prisoners ate in the
jail, while the half-dOzen TRUSTEES had
a separate table in the corridor out
side
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-25
INvALIDs ENJOY DINNER.
Local Hospitals Entertain Inmates
With Feasts.

The various hospitals throughout the
city had turkey dinners for the pa
tents. At the Holy Cross over i hun
dred sat down to the repast Nearly
all except the typhoid fever, invalids
were allowed TO partake of the good
things.
The Keogh-Wright hospital is al
most full and nearly every one of the
inmates was able to enjoy the Thanks
giving dinner. The patients had an
unusually good time, the meal being
enlivened with stories and jokes.
AT st. Marks hospital 100 persons,
including patients and employees, sat
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-25

their religion yet we cannot help re-
specting them because of their sin
CERTIFY
The new heaven is the symbol of
sincerity and truth. as is shown in the
practice of the Jews. There is no de-
ception in the modern leaven. The
supreme object OF the nations holy
day is the working of the change from
the old to the new leaven. History
tells us that after the leaven of unrest
perneates "a people a reformation has
come. The old leaven we ought TO put
away The love of country ought to
grow until the kingdom of this world is
the kingdom of the next
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-25

the entire rear pool to themselves and
were given a good time until il was the
hour to hasten 10 the new spaper offices
for the afternoon papers.
The number of applicants assisted
this year was slightly in excess of those
aided on Thanksgiving, 1903. Among
the officers and privates of the Saliva
ton Army who directed the work were
Captain and Mrs. John T. Dale. Cap
tain z. A. SymOnds. Lieutenant q.
Symonds. Captain and Mrs. M. 0. Cal
lagher. Ensign and Mrs Kettle, Cap
tain Case, Mrs. Halstead and ". p.
Wood