The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-06
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Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh, N. c., June ).
The Legislative committee on he
code, which Is Tow known as the re-
visal OF 1906, ended session today here,
having met with the Code Commission.
All of the members OF the committee
were present, Senator Zollicofer being
the chairman. and the other members.
A. w. Graham and ]. T. Redwiae.
These accepted the code, finding every
thing alright. The commission Is about
ready to turn over the copy TO the
public printers, Uzzell and Company.
the contract having been authorized.
1t is expected that the work will be
done by August.
Last night revenue officers made n
raid near Pocomoke and captured two
Illicit distilleries. One operator was
on hand. but he fed. The stills were
taken and also 1900 gallons of beer.
Judge Purnell returned this morning
from Asheville and next Monday will
begin the term of the federal court
here, the docket being a very full Ole.
PARLOR CAR BETWEEN CHAR
LOTTE AND WILMINGTON.
The Seaboard Air Line officials say
they will put On a parlor car between
| Wilmington and Charlotte on the 18th
| OF this month, thus increasing the
| service.
Jefferson Davis's birthday was OBJ
| served at the Soldiers Home this af-
ternoon, the Daughters of the Confed-
eracy being in charge of the exer
cises. There were addresses by Colonel
Thomas S. Kenan, and State Auditor
| Dixon and the music by special choir
and orchestra.
Mr.. Robert E. l.. Bunch has taken
charge as general taffic manager of the
Atlantic and North Carolina Railway.
He mas had long experience in this
line OF work with both the Southern
and the Seaboard Air Line Railways.
1t will require more than two weeks
to dispose of the cases or the docket
of the United States District court
here, there being 100 new cases. The
docket is, in fact, a very heavy one.
LAST OF THE RALEIGH MALE
ACADEMY.
The commencement exercises of the
Raleigh Male Academy ended it's exis-
tence. The building in use for the
| past twenty-five years is in bad condi-
| ton and private residences are occupy
ing a space SO long the school grounds.
Professor Hugh y. Morson has been in
charge twenty-eisht years, and now be-
comes head of the new high school.
Rev. DIR. T. N. ivey, editor TO The
| Christian Advocate, delivered the last
address.
Governor Glenn has been made jun
iOr warden of the Raleigh lodge of Ma
sons.
Arrangements have been made tor a
cruise OF the four divisions of naval
militia in cas- the navy department
can furnish a gun boat, for which
Governor Glenn has made a request.
WORK OF UNEAkTHING FIREBUGS.
1t was in 1899 that the legislature
enacted the law creating the insurance
department and giving the commission
er very full authority to run down per-
sons guilty of house burning. Com
missioner Young took charge that year
and has had wonderful success along
this line of unearthing firebugs. He
stated today that under the provisions
of this law he had secured about 90
convictions. Some of the cases are very
striking. One of the most noted was
that of a Swiss, named Hauser, at Viii
mingtOn, who laid trains of paper, oil
ed, connecting with a central maya
zine, to be ignited by clockwork, he
being a clockmaker, and who then left
his place and went to the ~Seashore,
several miles away, the clock being SO
fixed as at a certain time to set fire to
the magazine, the fire being intended
to spread on botn floors of the build
ing along the widely extended paper
trains, it being the most elaborate
scheme for house burning every known
in North Carolina. Hauser was sem
fenced to the penitentiary for a long
term, but about TWO months ago es-
capped very mysteriously. Another case
was in a western county, where a store
was burned and the owner claimed
that the safe had been dynamited, that
a hole had beer drilled in it and the
door blown open. The building was
a wooden one and of fiimsy construc-
ton, and SO when it burned the safe
fell over upon its door. The owner told
all about the drilling of the safe, but
when The people gathered and the safe
was lifted up it was found that while
the hole was drilled in the door, the
cartridge within the safe had not ex-
ploded, and furthermore that it was
half an inch larger than the hole drill
ed in the door. TEe neighbors at once
commented on this and b arrest OF
the firebug Immediately followed and
he vas quickly convicted. In one
town in the state a very strange state
of affairs exists. There had been a
number of fires. and in every case one
faction there being two factions I'm the