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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-03-14
THE GOLD FEvEI
Raging I'm Mining SeciiDn OF Mont
gon.ery and Moore Counties.

The Cando- section seems 10 be preg-
naTrt with h gold fever. The Troy
Examiner says two new companies
have been organized there. one Of which
has begun operations. The other one
will begin operations soon. A rich vein
was recently cut at the lola gold mine.
This mine has yielded thousands OF
dollars worth OF gold In the past year
or 50. There Is ais activity among the
gold miners in the gold bearing sec
tion OF this county.-Sanford Express.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-03-14
White Man Sentenced to be Hanged.

Charleston, S. c., March ia spe-
cial from Darlington tells of sentence
today i'm the court of sessions and
among the penalties imposed, Bob
Smalls a white mar recently convicted
of killing a respectable and Industrious
negro named Frank Scott. was SEN
fenced to be hanged Friday, May 5th.
John NoH, also white, an accessory to
the crime, a recommended to mercy
and was given a life sentence. Sam
Marks, q negro. VINO killed Hillary
Iangston, white, was sentenced TO die
on the gallows with Small, May 18th.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-03-14
HEAVY RUSSIAN LOSSES.

St. Petersburg, March 11.-6:50 p. n.
1t is reported I'm the military clubs
this evening that General Kuropatkin
has lost 900 guns and about $1,000 pris-
cners besides about tire same number
of killed Or wounded.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-03-14
III Eu72Crs

Are iInr--c matters which tire sk;n
liver, kidneys and other organs cau
not take care Of withoE; help, there is
such AZ accumulation OF them.
They litter Lae Whole system.
Pimnlcs, bells, eczema and otl,.s
eruptions, loss o. appetite, that tired
feeling, bilious turns, fits Of ind;ges-
ton, dull headaches and many Other
troubles are due TO them.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-08-22

craned their neckS
When 1t became apparent to the man
In the spider net that the ship was IN
perfect control he permitted himself to
test its dirigibllity. Just as 1t reached
point above the junction of Fifty
ninth street and Central park west, he
pointed the bow of the ship slightly
downward and 1t responded perfectly.
1t sailed downward distance OF sew
eral hundred feet on a graceful decline,
and then, with it's nose pointed high. II
climbed up once more to height OF
1000 or 1000 feet.
The propeller was brought almos. to
a standstill as the machine approached
point Immediately above the place
where the descent was to be made. AT
the same time it began to descend un-
der perfect control. 1t came down
gradually with Knabenshue keeping Il
sharp lookout earthward. 1t was sefn
that he was directing the operation OF
the ship with as much skill as an ex-
pert chauffeur would drive his car over
q dangerous course.
The ship came down between two
trees, scraping off some of .he small
branches and knocking off leaves
When it finally came to earth with the
leaves and branches fluttering over the
big balloon it was received by great
throhg, while the air was rent with
the mad cheering for the succe ss!ul
aeronautic pilot.
AT the close of the two-mile flight
Knabenshue said there was not mo-
ment when he experienced the slight
oct fear
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-08-22
imes- Republican, aarsla:n,u, an1ua, August ~ 1905

correspondents that the department
acreage reports can be prevented from
once more becoming the laughing stock
OF the world. When concerned only
with the condition Of the growing crop
except under special circumstances, the
reports of county and township cores
pondents are not without value. When,
lhowever, these correspondents report
either upon the acreage or upon the
size of the crop in bales, their reports
are absolutely worthless.
For instance. the crop last year was
estimated by township correspondents
at less than 100000 bales and by
county correspondents at less than H.
100000 bales. Failures on the part OF
the board to recognize the widely vary
ing degrees of reliability which charac-
terize the reports of it's different classes
of correspondents will inevitably de-
stroy the value of it's reports for gen
eral statistical purposes
Mr.. Hyde said that he gave this in
terview to The Associated Press
against the earnest protest of his ply
stefan and that he had forwarded an
affidavit to Washington covering his
connection with the cotton report. He
said that he expected to return to AM
erica about October l.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-08-22
AlRsHlP sTIRs NEW YORK.
knabenshue Of Toledo Sails Spider
ike Craft Over Cjty,

New York, Aug 22.-Thousands OF
persons witnessed a genuine trip OF an
aerial machine that skinned thru the
air with the grace of a bird. After ris-
ing to height Of about quarter of Il
mile above the street level the strange
ship made a voyage of more than two
miles and came back to earth almost on
the spot where the navigator said it
would land.
1t was exactly 1922 p. m.. when the
airship, with it's inventor, A. Roy Kna-
benshue of Toledo, at the helm in the
spider-like framework below the huge
egg shaped balloon, left its anchorage
in vacant lot at Sixty-second street
and Central Park west and rose
straight in the air. Just fifty-four min
utes later the ship landed gently on
the greensward OF Central park.
There was never moment when the
machine was not in complete and per-
feet control. The navigator drove 1t
against strong head wind, turned and
ran with the wind and veered it from
one side to the other with perfect ease.
All the residents of the West Side,
from Long Acre square up to Seventy
second street, were kept in fever of
excitement while the airship made its
successful voyage. Traffic Of all kinds
came practically to a standstill. Street
car lines were blocked. The running
schedules of the elevated roads and all
the surface car lines went to smash
Motormen were caught in the fever of
excitement and forgot about their
trains and their cars. Elevated trains
slowed down to a snails pace, while
motormen, guards and passengers alike
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-08-22

still remained the salutary expedient of
screening both the patient and the
nonimmune person from the presence
of the mosquito. This Is practically
the modern way of dealing with yell
low jack. That it has been effectual
is proved by the fact that within a
few months after mosquito extermina-
ton began at Havana the fever dis
appeared-for the first time in CEN
fury and half.
1t is a well authenticated fact that
yellow fever has prevailed endemically
throughout the West Indies and in GER
tain regions on the Spanish main ever
since the discovery of America. Bar
bados, Jamaica and Cuba suffered cpl
denies before the middle of the sew
enteenth century. There were out
breaks of the pest in Philadelphia,
Charleston and Boston as early as 1892
and for hundred years afterward
there were occasional eruptions, Gull
minating in the famous Philadelphia
epidemic of 1893. Most northern cities
were able by extraordinary sanitary
and quarantine measures to prevent
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-08-22
a Physician Healed.

DR.. George Ewing, practicing ply
stefan Of Smiths Grove, KY for over
thirty years, writes his personal exper-
fence with Foley's Kidney Cure: For
years had been greatly bothered with
kidney and bladder trouble and en-
larged PROSTATE gland. used every
thing known to the profession with
out relief, until ! commenced to use
Foleys Kidney Cure. After taking
three bottles I was entirely retrieved
and cured I prescribe 1t now daily In
my practice and heartily recommend
its use to all physicians for such
troubles have prescribed 1t in hun
dreds of cases with perfect success. b
A. Morgan.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-08-22

|lently on the west coast Of Africa. in
the countries bordering on the Mediter-
ranean and in India. OF course Its
wide distribution at the time 1T was
first classified as distinct disease
would not initiate against the theory
of it's American origin, but 1t is also
an undeniable fact that outbreaks of
the disorder occurred in the lagoons
of Africa long before the discovery Of
the American continent.
Once accepting the theory that yell
low fever is of African origin, 1t Is not
difficult to explain it's transportation
to America. 1t is one of the baneful
legacies bequeathed by the slave trade
The slave dealers of the seventeenth
and eighteenth centuries often lost
from one-half to two-thirds Of their
cargo during the voyage. from a mys-
terious fever which broke out sudden
ly in the filthy holds of the over
crowded ships, and this complaint,
formerly denominated African, or ship.
fever. is now believed to have been
yellow fever. Whenever it appeared
among the hapless and terrified
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-08-22
MRS. TAeeART WINS POINT.
Court Refuses to Allow Motion Made
IN Sensational Divorce Case.


Wooster, O.. Aug. 22.--.When the
Taggart divorce case opened Monday
Attorney Sterling for the PLAINTIFF
made an address to the court i'm which
he claimed that Mrs. Taggart, as q
nonresident Of Ohio, has no right In
court here, except in answer to her
husbands petition, and that she cam
not, under the laws of Ohio, be gran
ted divorce, being here by right on
ly to make a general denial to her
husbands claim.
Sterling said that Mrs. Taggart's
cross petition is really no cross petit
ton, in that it does not state q cause
of action, that no summons had ever
been issued on the cross petition and
served on the defendant.
The whole matter is alleged to be
based on Mrs. Taggart's answer when
a witness in the Rope case, at the
mayors court the other night. in
which she charged Rope with perjury
and whereupon, being called as wit
ness, she answered that she had lived
in Chicago, San Francisco not giving
Wooster, Ohio, as her legal residence.
Judge Eeason refused to dismiss the
CROSS petitiOn.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-08-22
DENIES CHARGES
John Hyde, Although Under Care Of
Physicians, Gives Out Statement,
Denying Charges Made Against Him
Regarding Report of June on Cot
ten Acreage Report.

London, Aug 22.-John Hyde, former
statistician of the United States de-
partment of agriculture, who at present
is in London, has been under the care
of a physician for several weeks and
is still prohibited by bis physician from
attending to business.
To The Associated Press last night
he said:
II have just seen for the first time
the revised cotton acreage report, is
sued by the United States department
of agriculture on July 26. The crop
estimating board reduces the official
estimate of June by more than 1,100.-
900 acres and even goes so far as to
say that l made the estimate lower
than the reports received from official
reporters employed by the bureau
warranted. To this statement l give
unqualified denial and assert that the
most trustworthy of the various sets
of figures on which the report Of June
2 was based afforded the most ample
warrant for my estimate.
ct is only by an entire disregard of
the reports of the county and township
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-08-22

Its suppression. With the history of past
visitations of the. scourge in mind, the
citizens of the regions most exposed
to it's ravages have been prompt in
their measures of resistance. Fortu-
nately the combat against this most
dreaded Of summer visitors is no longer
the unequal struggle it once proved to
be. Modern research and improved
methods of sanitation have robbed the
ancienl. terror of much Of its grew
someness, but too much that is remin-
iscent of its horrors still remains.
Medical men have never left off the
orizing about the cause Of yellow fever
since they began to treat it. 1t was
believed by many that it was in
fictitious, a specific miasm carried in
the air. Others taught that it was
contagious, contracted only by actual
contact with substances which had been
contaminated by fever patient After
the search for micro organisms be-
came the fad there were many an
.nouncements Of the discovery Of the
fever bacillus, but conservative ply
sicians were inclined to be skeptical.
In thu, summer OF 1900 came the first
linking Of the true solution. The
United States government had UNDER
AAken to tree Havana from tts nm
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-08-22

charged her cargo. It is not difficult
in the light Of present knowledge to
trace the course Of yellow fever in
tropical countries, and whenever suffi-
cient and unprejudiced investigation
has been made it has been found that
the disease has followed the slave
trade. In the interior towns of Mexi-
co, Central America and in the Span
ish settlements on the South American
continent it rot infrequently prevailed
after the arrival of a shipload of AZ
rican slaves, and its appearance In sub
tropical Europe may be referred to the
same cause. Its earliest recorded ap-
pearance as a pestilence ON the con-
tinent of Europe was in the Spanish
ports of the Mediterranean, whence it
spread to the cities Of the Levant.
along the Red sea and finally to In
dia. In the latter country it found
congenial surroundings and obtained SO
firm foothold that it is still we'll es-
tablished in the crowded Hindoo cities.
In the seventeenth century the slave
trade was regarded as perfectly le-
gitimate business. followed by the ship
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-08-22
THE FEMININE SEX
AND BANK CHECKS.

Unfortunately the average woman
knows little or nothing Of banking.
However, women are capable Of learn
ing and they should commsnce some
little study Of banking ideas for their
have no Interior object. But they can
bank cashiers.
l have on many occasions admired
the patience with which a bank cashier
has. explained some simple matter to .
lady customer, and have just as often
marveled at the ignorance-or shall we
say innocence ?-of the lady herself.
Payment by check is such common
thing nowadays, and it is so useful to
be able to do little things Of the kind
for husband temporarily laid aside
by illness that more knowledge OF
Check matters should be in the pos
session of wives.
have seen. for instance, lady pre-
sent a crossed check at the counter for
payment and look either indignant or
anxious when informed that cash could
not be given for 1t. isn't the check 2
good one?" she may ask in bewilder-
ment. Or she may not wait for an ex-
PLANTATION, but leave the bank either to
make things lively for the drawer Of
the check or for the bank manager.
1t seems a simple matter to acquire
the knowledge that check is crossed
for safety, SO that the money cannot
be stolen in the post or elsewhere, YET
there are hundreds of thousands of peo-
pie to whom those two lines are AZ
mystifying as Chinese puzzle. II -
check is not crossed any one might
forge your name on the back and get
1t cashed; the bank cashier knows the
signature of the one who writes the
check, but not that of the one to whom
it is made payable. Now. when those
two lines are placed on the check 1t
cannot be cashed offhand. It must be.
paid into an account at some bank, and
then it is passed on. In due course you
will find that the amount has been
added to your own account, and you
can then draw upon it. You thus have
the safeguard of knowing that your
own signature, recognized and accept
ed by bank cashier who knows 1t and
will not pass forgery. is required be-.
fore that money could get into other
hands.
II you yourself have no account you
must get some one WHO mas an account
with any bank, not necessarily the
same bank) to give you the money for
it,
II a crossed check Is stolen It is
worthless. 1t must be paid in through
bank, and it can be traced. Some
tradesmen might be deceived into CASH
ing it for the thief, not knowing that
it had been stolen, but he would lose
his money in the end. Hence, trades
men are cautious about cashing checks.
To explain the various matters con-
nected with having an account" at a
bank, with the clearing Of town
checks and country checks. the spass
book" the methods Of paying In" any
checks received by you and which you
desire to add to your own account. All
this would exceed present limits, but
these matters are not difficult to grasp,
and every woman ought to learn some
thing about them. You probably have
husband or some relative who is in
business and can explain most Of them.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-08-22
j. D. Fiddler In tho West.

Long Beach, Cal, Aug. 16.-Mr. Ed
tor: Thinking that few lines aDous
our trip west might interest some OF
your readers, especially those VINO are
anticipating a trip to the PACING coast
we submit the following: J. u. SNOW
and myself left Williams, Iowa. at $50
D. M, August 6, for Omaha over the
Illinois Central railroad. August ., at
1880 a. m. we took the c. r. I. & T. to
Colorado Springs, Col, riding 6oo mics
in fourteen hours, about forty-nve
miles an hour. At Colorado springs
and Manitou Springs we spent Two
DAYS, riding up Williams canon TO the
Cave OF the Winds, 1920 feet up the
mountain. The cave is a very nice one
and we found twelve or fifteen teams
at the cave. Manitou Springs are
strong mineral water. We drove
through the Garden Of the Gods and
up to the Castle OF Gen. Palmer who
owns the garden and other places OF
interest in this vicinity MY. Palmer
is very wealthy. We went to South
Cheyenne canon and was on top when
a. thunder storm occurred. The canon
Was CrOWuGQ Will lOAl I0SSs NO. 80 y
268 steep steps to climb In one place.
It is very picturesque. The Seven Falls
Is immense. The road through the
Williams canon to the Cave OF the
Winds cost 100000, so reported by our
guide. We went through several tun-
nels up to the top of the mountain to
the Divide on our way to Victor and
Cripple Creek gold mines. There Is lo-
Gated here the greatest gold mines In
the United States. One, the Gold Coin
mine, Is right in the heart of the, city
of Victor. We took an observation car
and rode all around the mines. We
left Colorado Springs August 10 for
Grand junction, Col, passing through
the Royal Gorge at night. It was
grand. We stopped at Grand Junction
twelve hours and viewed the incest
apple, pear and peach orchards In the
west. We also registered for claim
on the Uintah reservation at Grand
junction. We left at 1880 a. m. for
Salt Lake City. Arriving at II q. m.
we took an observation car and woFe
pointed out all the principal places by
q guide. At 5 p. m. we went into the
Mormon tabernacle and heard their
large organ for half an hour. We new
er before heard such fine music. We
visited Salt Lake proper and saw the
bath houses and piles Of salt. which
had been refined from the water. We
left Salt Lake and were two nights
and one day on the road, arriving at
Los Angeles at a. m. Sunday. We at.
tended the First M. e. church at u
a., m. Monday we went to Long Beach
and Tuesday out to Catalina island.
On the ocean we witnessed fight be-
tween shark and a sword ash. Long
Beach and Catalina Island are hne
places to visit. For fear Of too long =
letter, we will close. Yours truly,
]. D. FIDDLER.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-08-22
OFFERS LIFE TO FREE SLAYER
Man Tired of Living Asks to be
Hanged in Murderer's Place.

st. Louis, Aug. 22.-Ten minutes af-
ter Henry j. Heusack had been hanged
for murder In the city Jail here yester-
day, a man aged and poorly dressed,
who said he was Chris Becker, of this
city, asked the sheriff to be allowed to
take the slayer's place on the gallows.
He said he was tired Of living and saw
no reason why he should not be hang
ed He was greatly downcast when
informed the prisoner already had
been executed.
Il am tired Of life" he said, "and
Heusack wants to live. Why not let
me die in his place? He would be bet
ter satisfied, would be better satisfied
and the law that demands an eye for
an eye a tooth for tooth, would be
satisfied. Besides, / do not believe
this man is guilty. This looks like
legal murder to me-
The man was locked in the observa-
ton ward at the city hospital by
order of Chief Kiely.
Heusack was convicted Of the muir
der Of his father-in-l law, and went to
the gallows protesting his innocence.
After he had been hanged, Father NC
Erlano, who attended the prisoner,
said: II believe that man was inno-
cent?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-08-22
Explosion on the Gunboat Ben
nington, Was Not Due to
Defective Boilers
COURT MARTIAL is SUGGESTED
In The Case ',f Ono Of the Survivors
Ensign Charles r. Wade, Who Is
Pointed Out Among Those RESPONSE
bic for the Accident-Dscipline Was
Excellent.

Washington, Aug. %. Secretary
Bonaparte has received, and as soon
as he had himself read made public
the proceedings and findings of the
court of inquiry which investigated the
explosion on the gunboat Bennington
at San Diego, Calf, on July 81. The
findings were complete surprise, for
they. at onc's set at rest the stories
that the Bennington's boilers and per-
haps those Of other naval vessels
OF the same age, were defective. AS a
matter of fact, the court found the ex-
plosion resulted from the closing of a
valve which connected the exploded
boiler with its steam gauge, so that
the pressure on the boiler may have
been several hundred pounds to the
square inch when the accident oc-
Cured.
While praise was accorded to the Of
f1cers and ships company for their
conduct during the narrowing scenes
following the accident, the officers and
men who were responsible, in the opin-
court. martial proceedings suggested
in the case of the one of them surviv-
ing, Ensign Charles Z. Wade.
Boilers in Fair Condition.
The court says that considering their
age the boilers were in fair condition.
After giving details Of the closing OF
the valve connecting with the steam
gauge, the discovery Of leak in boiler
B, which the boilermaker was instruct
led to repair, and describing at length
all that happened after the explosion,
the court says:
mo one seems to have noticed any
escape of steam from the safety valv-
es, Of any Of the boilers, and no one
can state that any Of the safety valves
blew OFF at any time that morning;
that we csn find no record of the safe
ty valve Of boiler B having been over
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-08-22

great epidemics, at least after the be-
ginning OF the nineteenth century. but
the disease crept in from the West
Indies now and then and ragged cpl
demically in the southern towns.
Although it has been the habit Of
certain medical authorities. especially
those Of foreign countries. to describe
yellow fever as disease which origi-
mated on the western continent. there
is excellent ground for dissent. 1t is
we'll known to medical historians that
at the time when the plague first APP
peared in the West Indies and at vari-
Gus points In South and Central
America similar disease ragged yio-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-08-22

rect from the yellow fever hospitals
In thirteen cases where ncnimmunes
We're bitten by mosquitoes which had
bitten fever patient ten contracted
the disease. In the other house, al
though an equal number had slept
there several nights, no one became ILL.,
This discovery, which has since
been verified repeatedly at once worked
revolution in the management of the
dreaded fever. AT Havana a war of
determination against the culex was be-
gun. If the death carrying pest could
be abolished, it was evident that the
scourge would disappear. II complete
determination were not possible. there