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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-04-11
SOUTH NEEDS TO PLAY A PART
No National Question for Debate now
Exists in This Standardization
Club banquet.

Chicago, April 8.-Congressman Jo-
seph S. Sherley, OF Louisville, was chief
orator tonight at the annual banquet
of the Hamilton Club, held on the an
niversary of the surrender of the army
of General Lee at Appomattox. He re-
sponded to the toast, "The South.
saying in part:
There has not been in the south
and there is not now. any intelligen;
opposition party. With no real opposi
ton, it follows inevitably that the
dommant party breaks into factions
and, all being forced by natural loyal
ty to obedience to national party plat
forms, there is no national question for
debate.
But if the south needs for her own
sagke to play part in the national pO-
litical life, in equal degree does the
north need have her play it. The cOun-
try is witnessing a wave of radical
ism sweep over it, that. while by vir-
tue of the inertia Of government it
has not yet wrought much in afirma-
the ideas of both political parties. And
it is by no means an Anglo-Saxon rad.
icalism. 1t speaks not SO much for
progress as for socialism, not so much
for independence as for paternalisn1.
There will be a. great conservative
party that believes, breaches and acts
a true conservatism, one that is pro-
gressive always, that believes in the
nation deeply and patriotically, but al
so believes in an indestructible union
of indestructible states, that will free
ly admit and use the powers of the
nation, but will also guard with zeal
Gus care the reserved rights of the
states, and that it may better guard
them will insist on effective, honest
state and local government that will
use the powers of government to pre-
vent oppression, but not to destroy
individual initiative"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-04-11
PAYMENT OF INTERLINE CLAIMS
Tentative Agreement Entered Into
By the Leading Transportation
Companies of the South and South
east.

Norfolk, Va, April S.-A tentative
agreement, having for it's object the
more prompt payment of inter-line
freight and damage claims and adjust
ment of balances, has been entered
into by the principal transportation
companies of the south and southeast
The territory covered by the agreement
may be roughly stated as bounded on
the west by the Mississippi river and
on the north by the Ohio river, and the
principal railway and steamship COM
panies in this territory are parties to
the agreement which will become ef-
fective May 1st. The agreement relates
only to the handling of inter-line
claims. Local claims will be handled
in the same manner as heretofore.
A leading transportation official OF
this city today outlined the plan OF
the agreement as follows:
''The plan provides for a simultane-
Gus investigation by all lines interest
ed. A claim base setting forth the
nature of the claim and other partic-
ulars and containing a list of qnes-
tions to be answered, is prepared and
sent out to all lines interested. This
claim base is to be returned to the
issuing company within a prescribed
time limit. When the investigation
has been completed, the company pay
ing the claim notifies the other lines
interested of the distribution and ap-
portionment.
''In the event there is any dispute
among the interested lines as to the
apportionment of the amount paid in
settlement of claim the plan provides
that the matter shall be submitted to
an arbitrator for adjustment.
"The plan, however, further pro-
vides that no payment of a claim shall
be held up pending the result Of the
arbitration of the claim base Tile
claim, if approved, is paid as soon as
the investigation is completed, aut
the apportionmcnt is then arbitratet
and readjusted.
"It is a scehme for facilitating the
handling of inter-line claims. TIE
modus operandi of handling inter-lils
claims now in use is for the lines witt
which the claim is filed to conduct its
investigation, then send the papers or
to the next line interested and so OF
| until the claim has been investigated
by all lines interested. This methof
consumes a great deal of time, ane
the claimant, in the event the claim i:
found to be just, is kept out of nj:
| money for some considerable length O
time This agreement relates only tt
| inter-line claims. Local claims w
shall continue to handle as we hav'
done heretofore, better if we can"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-04-11

Trinidad, Colo, April S.-John III.
Fox was shot and killed by Deputy
Sheriff Joe Johnson today Later al
attempt to lynch Johnson was frus-
trated by Sheriff Dick Davis and posse
and the prisoner was placed in spe-
cial train to save him from a mob of
1900 persons, bent ON lynching him.
Fox was standing at door in the lob.
by Of the postoffice reading newspa-
per with his back to the door. Johnson
entered, revolver in hand, and fired.
Fox fell dead and Johnson, walking
from the pOstoffice, started toward the
county jail. He was arrested by u dep
uty sheriff and placed i'm Jail.
News of the shooting spread rapidly
and soon mob Of 1000 persons gath
cred in front of the postoffice, making
threats of lynching. A rusn was made
for the county Jail amid loud cries of
Lynch the murderer" When the mob
reached within half block Sheriff Da-
Wis announced that he would kill the
hrst man who attempted to come to
TIC jail SlcpS. ILLS cueckeu Ino uOD,
which lacked q leader
Sheriff Davis then secured a special
train on the Colorado and Southern.
Johnson, surrounded by deputies, was
started from the jail on a run of three
blocks to the train. The mob started
after the posse. The sheriff got the
prisoner on board and the train start
ed when the mob was less than twenty
yards away
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-04-11

st. Petersburg, April S.-2:4O p. m.-
There was great rejoicing last night
at the admiralty, yacht and other ma
val clubs over Vice Admiral Rojest-
vensky's having successfully navigated
the gateway of the China sea without
encountering the Japanese. The dan
ger CT the fleet being beset by the
wasDs of the deep, in the narrow wa
ters which divide the breastwork OF
islands of the Malay archipelago ano
the possible damage to the big ships
so precious in the coming encounter
with Vice Admiral Togo's fleet, was SC
great that that some of the naval ex-
perts actually favored route around
Australia.
The credit for the strategem b.:
which the feat was accomplished, the
Associated Press learns, belongs solely
to Vice Admiral Rojestvensky who
accurately judged that as the Malacca
straits was the most practicable as
well as the most direct route. the Jap
anese would calculate that he would
not dare try to force passage there
Besides this, Rojestvensky planned a
,strategem to deceive the Japanese, with
the secret of which only two men in
st. Petersburg were entrusted, by di-
recting the Russian admiralty to order
the colliers. which were to follow him
to rendezvous in Suda straits, 80.
vi IS 0I; I;,,.,
sure that the Japanese intelligence de-
partment would be equal, as it prOba-
bly, was, to the task of ascertaining the
destination of Rojestvensky, and
thereby not only thrw the Japanese Oft
the scent, but officially deceived his
own admiralty, where the news Of the
fleet having passed Singapore probably
created quite as much surprise as ii
did in the marine department at To-
kiO.
Several colliers were actually dis
patched to the rendezvous and many
already had fallen into the hands oi
the japanese, but Rojestvensky delib-
erately sacrificed them as pawns in 4
bigger game.
That the ruse worked is apparent
from the fact that Rojestvensky did
not meet a single Japanese ship in
the passage of the straits of Malacca,
while dispatches from Batavia tell OF
Sunda, Bali, Ionook, Flores and other
straits to the southwark being crowded
with Japanese torpedo boats guarding
the passages. The belief Of the admi-
rally is that Togo is waiting near the
island of Formosa, 1900 miles north
ward of Singapore.
At the rate the Russian squadron
steamed from Madagascar, which aver
aged eight knots an hour, the greatest
naval battle since Nelson's victory al
Trafalgar should occur in about ten
days.
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FIGHT WITH SAFE CRACKERS
Three Men Resist Arrest, Many Shots
are Exchanged and One Man Fa-
tally Wounded.

Charlotte, n. c.. April S.-A special
from Wadesboro, n. c., says:
Three suspicious men, supposed to
be safe-crackers were seen going to-
ward Lalesville this afternoon. That
town was notified and posse started
out to meet the men, They came upon
them in the woods and attempted to
arrest them. A hot fight ensued in
which 25 shots were exchanged. Two
of the men were shot, and the other es-
capped 1t is thought one OF them will
die. Nitro-glycerine, dark lanterns
and some money was found on the
wounded men,"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-04-11

Fort Worth, Texas, April S.-An
enormous crowd today flied the streets
of Fort Worth to welcome President
Roosevelt when he arrived from San
Antonio.
The presidential special arrived at
9:45 o'clock and left at 11.03 O'Clock.
Forty minutes of the Presidents visit
was occupied by parade In which he
rode. The Presidents visit included
the ceremony of planting a tree In u
lawn facing the Carnegie library. the
frst tree that the President has plant
ed since leaving Washington. The
presidential parade was distinguished
by the presence Of nine veterans who
fought in the war with Mexico.
houses and public buildings more
beautifully decorated and never before
did cheering crowd two miles long
stand in line in Fort Worth to honor a
guest.
A TYPICAL AMERICAN WELCOME
1t was genuine American welcome,
warm, impulsdve and sincere, at times
bursting into cheers that could have
been heard mile. Despite the eager
ness to see the first President who ever
visited Fort Worth, the long wait in
the hot sun and the continual move.
ment caused by fresh additions to the
crowd, the people were orderly.
No sooner had the President finished
and started for his train than there
was a simultaneous movement OF the
people in his direction. Thousands
pushed past by soldiers and policemen
in an effort to catch last glimpse of
the chief executive, and finally sur
rounded the special train. 1t was a
genuine bit of tribute which seemed to
please the President more than any
incident of his brief stay.
After the parade, the President adj
dressed an immense open air audience,
saying among other things:
~ have come to the conclusion, trav-
cling through this great land OF ours,
from the Atlantic to the Pacific. that
the chief thing we need is to have
Americans know one another. l am
willing to bet on the result, IL you will
just get them together. Now that Is
what impressed me most i'm going
through the country and speaking tn
various audiences. not the points Of di-
vergence, which are only small, but the
points OF fundamental unity. We have
got our troubles. the same IS all na-
tons, some of them belonging to n
given locality, but we are going to
solve all the problems ahead of Us, be-
cause as a nation, think We have the
| necessary courage, honesty and COLI
mon sense to enable us to work out our
salvation"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-04-11
LAUNCHING OF THE MINNESOTA
New Battleship Texas Takes the Water
The Vessel Christened by Miss
Sclialler-A Post-Launching Luncll-
con.

Newport News, April S.-The battle
ship Minnesota was successfully
launched at the plant of the Newport
News Shipbuilding and Drydock Com
pany today. The vessel was christen-
ed by Miss Rose Marie Schaller, daugh-
ter of State Senator Schaller, of Hast
ings, Minn. Her maids of honor were
Miss Constance lay, of st. Paul, and
Miss Lillian Macmillan, of Minneapo-
lis. Governor Johnson was unable to
attend and was represented officially
by his private secretary, F. A. Day.
The governors wife was in the chris
tening party.
Among the visitors in attendance
were Assistant Secretary of Navy Dar-
ling, Rear Admiral P F. Harrington,
cOmmandant of the navy yard at Ports
mouth; Governor A. J. Montague, OF
Virginia; Senator Thomas s. Martin,
Lieutenant Governor Joseph E. Viii.
lard and number of army and navy
officers stationed at Fort Monroe and
Norfolk.
Newport News, Va, April S.-The
luncheon which followed the launch
ing of the battleship Minnesota here
today was a brilliant affair. Among
the toasts responded to We're the fol-
lowing:
1.-The President" by Senator Carter,
of Montana, who paid a high tribute
to the present and all former occupants
of the White House, saying one might
always honor both the Office and the
man, no matter how diverse political
views might be. Assistant Secretary
Darling responded to the sentiment,
1.-The Navy. He spoke of his ap-
preaching retirement and compliment.
| ed the Newport News shipyard for its
part in the upbuilding of the navy.
He declared the navy was not devel-
Oping beyond the growth and advance
| ment of the nation. Minnesota was
responded to by Hon. Frank A. Day
| who represented Governor Johnson, Of
| Minnesota
Governor Montague responded to the
toast Virginia" Senator J. c. Bur.
rows, of Michigan, spoke on the
| american Merchant Marine" urging
such legislation as will develop the
ocean carrying trade of America. The
sponsor responded to a troast to her
| self by expression Of the hope that the
ship never would be found fighting
| save I'm case of truth and justice. State
| Senator SchalIer, of Minnesota, re
sponded to the sentiment, 1.-The Wife
| of the Governor of Minnesota"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-04-11
Russian Fleet viii Soon Meet
Togo.
PROBABLY WITHIN 10 DAYS
ROjestyensky's Ruse by Which tn
Japs Were Deceived.

Forty Seven Ships of the Russian Pal
tic Squadron Passed Singapore Yes
terday AfternoOn-The Fleet Did
Not Stop, but Was Visited by the
Russian Consul-Great Rejoicing i'm
St. Petersburg Over the Successful
Eassase of the. Gateway to the
China Sea-ROjestyenslxy Planned
to Deceive tho Japanese and His
Ruse Worked.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-04-11

Roanoke, Va, April S.-A special
from Allisonia, Pulaski county, Vir-
ginia, to The Times says:
While tamping powder in blast this
afternoon at the Ardway Limestone
quarry, in this county, about four miles
west of Allisonia, the blast was acci-
dentally discharged. This caused the
explosion of two other blasts that had
been set nearby and fearful accident
followed.
Eight men were instantly killed and
two others were so badly injured as to
leave but little hopes of their recOv-
cry. The names of the victims are:
Killed:
JOHN FORTNER, colored laborer.
WALTER MILLER, colored laborer
JOHN HARRIS, colored laborer.
TOBE SUTTON, cOlOred laborer.
o. DAVIS, cOlOred laborer.
A. VAUGHAN, colored laborer.
A. 0. WALTON, white laborer.
One unknown man.
The injured: Tom Sampson, cOlOred
laborer William Dalton, white fore
man, who was in charge sof the gan5
or wOrkmen.
SO far it is not certainly known if
these are all OF tie victims and it is
feared that other bodies will be founc
i'll the debris when it is moved.
The quarry is operated by the Viz
ginia Iron, Coal and Coke Company.
The explosion occurred on a bluff
over the track of the Norfolk and
Western railway company, and the
whole mass of earth and stone was
precipitated upon it. A wreck car and
a force of about one hundred men has
been sent by the railroad authorities to
the scene to clear the track, and the
quarry force is ienIing assistance in
getting the line open.
Ii is impossible al this time to Sc
cl re the addresses Cc the dead and in
jured, but it is believed that the great
er part of them are from this section.
An eastbOund passenger train was
behind the blockade and the train was
run from Pulaski to that place, and
the passengers and mail transferred.
Tho wounded men are being given
the best attention possible.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-04-11
A Smytlse Merchant Killed and Rob
bed

Birmingham, Ala, April s.-w. T.
Hill, a well known and prosperous
merchant Of Smythe. five miles from
Birmingham, was killed and robbed in
a th;cket near that place this after
noon about o'clock. He was shot
four times with q shot gun To-day
was pay day in Smythe. and Hill was
known to have had considerable money
with him.
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Only Negro Consul in the Service

Washington, April 8.-James II
Hayes, colored lawyer of Richmond
Va, has been selected for the post OF
consul at Guadalupe, French West In
dies. Now that Professor Greenes has
been retired as consul at Vladivostos
Hayes will enjoy the distinction OF
being the only negro consul in the
United States service
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Enormous Crowds Greet the
President.
PLANTS HIS FIRST TREE
He is Impressed With the Unity OF the
American People.

Fort Worth Buildings We're Elabo-
ratcly Decorated I'm Honor of the
Chief Executives visit-It Was n
Genuine American Welcome Ex-
tended the President-He Rode i'm
a Parade and Then Addressed an
Immense Open Air Audience
PRESIDENT Leaves Texas for Oklalio-
hOina to Begin His Hunting Trip.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-04-11
Death of Major General Battle, Dies
in Greensboro.

Richmond, Va, April 8.-Major Cen
eral Cullen A. Battle, aged rs years,
died in Greensboro, N. c., today. He
commanded the famous Third Regi-
ment Alabama troops in the Civil war
and has since filled many distinguished
positions in Alabama- The body viii
be taken TO Petersburg, Va. for inte1-
ment on Monday.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-04-11
EIGHT MEN INSTANTLY KILLED
Fatal Accident at the Ardway Lime
stone Quarry.
CAUSED By POWDER ExpIosrO,

There May be Other Victims Besides
Those Already Dead-TwO Men
BADLY Jnjured--NOrfolk and West
Passengers and Mail are Being
Transferred.
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JOHN \. FOX SHOT AND KILLED
His Murderer Narrowly Escapes Being
Lynchcd.
MOB HELD AT BAY By ONE MAN

Fox Was Taken Unawares and Shot I'm
the Back by Deputy Johnson-A
Mob OF 2.Oo0 Made Rush TO Sc.
cure the Murderer but They Were
Kept on by Sheriff Davis. Who
Placed johnson on a Special Train
to Save Him.
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PROPOSALS.

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December s, 1905.-Sealed proposals will be re.
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