The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-09
Happenings Of the Past Twenty -four
Hours.
ODDS AND ENDS OF NEWS
FIRE at COrtlele. Ga.-Runauay Boy
Returns HOme-SchOOner Beached
Railroad SoId-Tax on Shipping
Agents-Arrestef for Embezzle-
ment-Arrested for Writing Letters
to Miss Alice Roosevcit-Heayy
Sentence for Robbiug Express Car

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Houston, Texas June Hon John
| M. Moore. of Richmond county, dem
ocratlc nominee has been electel to
| Congress from the eighth Congressio1-
| al district in succession to the late
John M. Pinckney, who was killed
April oath, during a riot at a prohibi-
ton meeting at Hampstead, Texas.
Atlanta, June 7.-Secretary Leslie M.
Shaw, of the treasury department, ar
rived here today and is the guest of
| Colonel r. ]. Lowry. Secretary Shaw
will leave tonight for Jacksonville and
Atlantic Beach to attend the annual
| meeting Of the Bankers Association nf
Georgia and Florida
Atlanta, June IA special to The
Journal from Cordele, Ca, says a fire
which started here about noon has de-
City Electric Light plant and several
blocks OF business and residence prop
erty threatened. The loss ALREADY is
estimated at $10lOOO
Norfolk, Va, June LEO Fleishmau,
the runaway boy from New York, who
| was discovered as an enlisted hospital
apprentice, at the Norfolk naval train
ing station last month, after his pur-
ents had spent over $4,000 in an un-
successful effort to locate him, .oday
was released from the navy and will
leave tonight for his home in New
York, accompanied by his cousin, Miss
Wilhelm, who arrived here today and
met him.
Norfolk, Va. June THE three
masted schooner Addie Jordan, bound
from Norfolk to New York, lumber
laden, which sprung a leak at sea and
had to be beached at Chincoteague, en-
the eastern shore Of Virginia, was aoat-
ed and tOwed into Norfolk today by
the tug Reliance. Of Charleston, S. c..
The vessel is in g waterlogged cendi-
ton. She will be unIoaded and doched
for repairs.
Richmond, Va. June THE Farm
vile and Powhatan narrow guage rail-
road, running from Bermuda Hundred
on the James river to Farmville, Pow
hatan county, distance of about sixty
miles, was sold today by order of court
and purchased by W. NJ. Mableson and
Henry Miller for s125,000.
Norfolk, Va. June THE common
council of Norfolk has placed license
tax of s1OO per gear on all walking"
shipping agents. who for years have
been operating il. this city without a
license Regular licensed sailor board
ing house men ana sea captains trading
IN of o1o
the walking agents had been lnjiir-
ing their interests.
Bloomington, Ill, June To-day Sec
ret service men from Washington az
| rested John Johnson. a Swede for writ
ing to Miss Alice Roosevelt. Johnson
said that he was sent here from Swed-
| en- to marry Miss Roosevelt and COM
municated his mission in letters to the
Presidents daughter. The arrest fol-
| lowed Johnson was at once taken to
Jacksonville and committed to an IN
sane asylum. He was former inmate
but had been out for two years.
ST. Paul. Mum, June 7.-Advices
| were received at the headquarters Of
the Northern Pacific railroad here to-
day from Phillipsburg, Montana, to
the effect that Clarence Young, who at
tempted to rob the express car Of the
Northern Pacific train two miles east
of Bear Mouth, May 9th, after he had
dynamited the car, has been sentenced
by the district court to serve fifty years
in The Deer Lodge penitentiary.
Philadelphia, June Mayor Weaver
tonight dismissed eleven men from the
police force for dereliction of duty.
These men had been tried and found
guilty before the dismissal Of David j..
Smith as director of the department OF
public safety. Mr. Smyth sentenced
each one of them to fine Of one days
pay. The mayor, however, decided that
the punishment was not severe enough
and ordered their dismissal.
New York. June 7.-Henry Wagner.
a cabinet maker. aged 26 was stabbed
to death at his home in Central ave
nue. Brooklyn tonight by his wife.
Margaret. who surrendered herself to
the police. The woman says she and
her three year old child were alone
when her husband came home. he
having been drinking. He attacked
her according to her story. and she
seized knife and stabbed him. the
knife piercing the heart
London. June S.-The Toxic corre-
spondent of The Daily telegraph SAYS
he now learns that owing to the rough
sea. the Japanese submarine boats
were not used effectively in the naval
battle. The same correspondent saws
that the captured Russian vessels have
been renamed as follows: From Orel
to iwami: from Imperator Nikolai l..
20 Xxi: from General Admiral Aprax
inc to Okinoshima: from Admiral
Senaiv;n to Minoshima.
Macon. Ca. June 7.-Dr. w. W.
Lcndrun. of Atlanta. Ca. who was
Monday night elected President Of
Mercer University today declined the
position. and the trustees have chosen
the Rev. S. T. Jameson. of Atlanta.
secretary of the Baptist state mission