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The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-09-07

Mrs. j. f. Fancher of Ballin-
ger, who has been visiting Mrs.
d. K, Wylie several days, return
ed home Friday.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-05
Negro Executed for Criminal Assault
on Young Girl.
HE HAD BEEN REsPrTED TWICE
Efforts Were Made to Have the Death
Sentence Commntetl - Execution
Was Death Came i'm Mine
teen Minutes From Strangl,lation
A Murder Committed i'm the Way
cross Section of Sampson County
tSpecial to The Messenger. }

Clinton. n. C. September ASTON
Moore. colora1 was hanged her.: to-
dav for criminal assault upon Camilla
Brewington. an eleven var old colo-ed
girl The crime was committed last
April. and Moore was tried in Nav
and convicted.
He has been twice respited. in order
that the governor might lock fully
into his case. pending ar ouLiicaticn
of several persons for a communication
of the sentence to life impriscnment.
After careful consideration. the gov
|ernor declined to interfere.
The execution was private. being
witnessed by only some twenty-five
persons admitted by tickets from
Sheriff Aman. The drop fell at 2
o'clock e. m. and Moore was pronourc.
ell dead in nineteen minutes. His
neck was not broken. and he died of
|suangulation.
A few davs sgn the prisoner was
visited by Father Irwin. a Catholic
priest and professed religion.
On Yesterday he was baptized and
ICIGlVCI unto Tie Adl1OlC SIluTCA US
Father Irwin who was with him
Moore's body was turned over to his
mother at her own request. Though
the execution was announced to be
private. vet considerable crowd OF
the curious cane to see what thev
could See. This is said to have been
| the first legal execution fer crimina,
assault that has ever taken place in
Sampson county.
~ telephone message received here
tcdaY states that a murder was com
lnittrd in the Waycross section Of
SAMPSON county YESTERDAY afternoon
An old invalid negro man named TCnl
Merritt was murdered in his he'd. and
the house set OH fire to conceal the
crime.
| His BODY was cremated but the
crime was discovered and Coroner J
F. Parker of Clinton. went down this
morning and held an inouest. He has
fnst returned here vet. The cri.aa is
chanrge1 to a yOuEg negro man nau'co
John Mathis. who is vet at large and
| fleeing from arrest. It aDrears tc
have been a case of cold bIoode d MUIR
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-05
TWO MEN ESCAPE PRISON
ored Hole Through Wall Of Second
Story and Lowered Themselves to
Ground by Means of Blankets.

Danville, Va, September 2.-Jack
Curtef, .erving q term for malicious
assault and John T. Blackwell charg-
ed with criminal assault, both young
white men, m;de their escape from the
Henry county jail at Martinsville, Va,
at = o'clock this morning by boring
a hole through the wall of the prison
i'll the second story and lowering them
selves to the ground by means of
blankets knotted together. Both men
made their escape and have not been
recaptured, although officers have been
on their trail all day. The escape was
one of the most daring ever attempted
in this section The improyised rope
did not extend to the ground, but the
men took desperate chances and jump
ed the balance of the way.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-05
NEW ORLEANS RECORD.

Atlanta, September 2.-Dr. j. L.
Kennedy, city health officer Of Atlanta,
today announced officially that one
case of yellow fever has developed
here. The patient is John I. Caruth-
ers. 4 mechanic who arrived here
Thursday from Pensacola. He was
taken to the detention hospital outside
the city limits yesterday and the case
was diagnosed as yellow fever today.
Every precaution is being taken and
10 fear Of a spread of the disease is
expressed. No case of yellow fever
has ever existed here that was not
brought from outside.
On account of the announcement
that yellow fever existed here, DR..
C. 2. Wertenbaker, of the marine hos
pital service, today stopped issuing
health certificates to travellers. Ihls
undoubtedly will work great inconven-
fence. The Georgia state Doafu
of health today decided to advise the
health officials of the larger cities and
towns of the state, to quarantine
against infected points.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-05
HANGED FOR WIFE MURDER
j. W. Hammond at Winston. Paws the
Death Pcilalty

Danville, Va, September "A spe-
cial from Winston-Salem, y. c., to
the Register, says:
J. W. Hammond, was hanged here
in the county Jail of Forsyth county
at 1887 o'clock this afternoon for the
murder of his wife. Henrietta Ham
mand, on April 10Th. The mans neck
was broken by the fall and he was
pronounced dead in eleven minutes.
Hammond made speech of twenty
minutes on the scaffold, in which he
acknowledged killing his wife, alleg-
ing that she had been untrue 10 him
Hammond was originally condemned
to be hanged on July Goth, but was
granted a reprieve by the governor un-
til the present date.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-05
WAR PREPARATIONS CONTINUE
No Formal Orders Given Regarding an
Arlnistice by Russians.

st. Petersburg, September 2.-6:20
p. m.-The Associated Press was in
formed at the war office at 4 O'Clock
this afternoon that no formal orders
have Yet been given regarding the
armistice; that no steps have yet been
taken to terminate the movements of
troops going to the far east, and that
nc recent mobilization has been dis
continued. In fact no steps whatever
have yet been taken toward putting
an end to the regular work of shipping
men and supplies to Manchuria or any
other business connected with keep
ing the Manchurian army on a war
footing. The explanation was that no
orders would be given to these ends
under the details Of the formal an
rouncement of armiStice are fully un-
derstood with the japanese after form
al orders have been sent by Russia
and Japan to their respective comman-
ders who will meet in the field and
arrange the details.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-05
WON'T RESIGN THEIR JOBS
of INSTRUMENTATION Against Two
Former i'm the Government Printing

Public Printer Palmer Makes Charges
of Insubordination Against Two
Former i'm the Government Printing
Office.
Washington, September Public
Printer Palmer has requested the
resignation of Oscar J. Ricketts,, fore
man of printing and L. c. Hay, fore
man of the job division of the gov
ernment printing office basing his ac-
ton upon their alleged continued acts
of INSTRUMENTATION. Both officials have
refused to comply with the request on
the ground that they are not required
to do so until furnished with specific
instances of insubordination, and Civ
en- sufficient opportunity for reply, as
required by the civil service regula-
tiOnS.
Mr.. Ricketts, tonight, made brief
statement of the case, at the same
time speaking in behalf of Mr.. Hay.
His statement says that ''They know
of no reason why this request should
be made at this time unless it arises
from the fact that they were called
as witnesses and testified in the mat
ter of the investigation of purchase of
certain type-setting machines and in
that respect they gave evidence fairly
and honestly Is they" were obliged to
do so under their oathS''
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-05
NO FEAR OF SPREAD OF DISEASE
yellow Fever MOSQUITO Does Not
Breed i'm Atlanta.

Washington, September 2.-Atlanta
is not regarded as infectable territory
for yellow fever by the public health
and marine hospital service, and no
spread of the disease is anticipated.
This view is based on the experience
of the past, as cases of the fever nave
several times appeared in Atlanta, Dut
have never produced new case. Sur
ceon General Wyman said tonight he
had received a report of the case de-
yeIoped there today from Surgeon
Wertenbaker of the marine hospital
service stationed there. The infected
person had been removed several miles
out of town and screened. DR.. Wyman
said. however, that the yellow fever
mosquito does not breed in Atlanta ana
for that reason no spread of the DIS
ease need be feared.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-05
Summary of Yellow Fever.

Jackson. Miss, September 2.-Mis-
sissippi's yellow fever summary to-
night is as follows:
GuIfport, eight new cases, FicksburS
one new case. Pearlington, two cases
under treatment and one suspicious
case, Natchez, one new case, Mississip-
ri CITY. two new cases. The latter
are members of the state militia. Five
soldiers have been stricken with the
disease and all are doing fairly well,
Mississippi quarantined tonight
against Florida on account Of Pensa-
cola infection to which the Atlanta
case is traced There will be no quar-
antine declared by the state against
Atlanta
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-05
American Cotton Manufacturers As
sociation Wire Congratulations to
the President.
Especial to the Raleigh Times-)

fSpeclal 10 tn6 haielSu 1uucsJ
Charlottesville, y. c., September 3
The announcement Of the conclusion
of peace i'm the Far East comes as
very welcome news to many of the
American industries. Especially is this
true of the Southern cotton manufac-
lures. A well known citizen of Char
lotte who is thoroughly cognizant Of
the situation stated yesterday that the
coming decade would be a marked
one in the history of the export trade
of the south.
1.-The introduction of western
ideas, the opening Of new. markets to
the export trade and the reader well
come that will be accorded foreign
manufactured products in the markets
of the Far East means much for
Southern mills" said he
President R. NJ. Miller. Jr., of the
American Cotton Manufactures Asso-
ciation, sent the following congratula-
tory message to President Roosevelt
yesterday:
ITO President Roosevelt, Oyster Bay:
.The American Cotton Manufac-
lures Association congratuates you
On the interest you manifest in. and
the successful termination OF. the peace
conference at Portsmouth. n. III.
sR. 81. MILLER, IR.
president
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-05
DANGER OF FEVER RIOTS
Threats Made Against Authorities bN
Italians at Pa,tersOn-General Ih-
DrOyement in the Situation.

New Orleans, La, September =
Danger of yellow fever riots at Fat
terson was reported today in te's-
gram 10 the state board of health from
Dr. c. L. Horton, who is representing
the board at Patterson. Threats nave
been made against the emergency IS
pital and the physicians who are tight
ing yellow fever Horton telegraph
ed that rioting by Italians is feared.
Several Italians have died Of yello"
fever at Patterson, and the doctors
today were warned to be on theii
guard.
DR.. Horton Immediately ordered a
guard to be thrown about the hosplta'
apprehending that an attempt miSh!
be made to burn it. A meeting OF
citizens was held and formed an or
ganization to protect the hospitals
the physicians, the nurses and he
town itself from violence.
DR.. Horton telegraphed to Cover
nor Blanchard and the governor re
piled that the doctor must protect tbs
hospital under all circumstances an5
that arms would be sent to him TO.
that purpose. Inc SneflH Will TAX,
charge of the volunteer guards. DR.
Horton said that there was not al
Italian in the hospital at this time
AS. to the fever situation itself. b.
said, it was improving, there beins
only two cases reported today.
Favorable reports of the yellow
fever situation, both in New Orleaa
and in the country were again III
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-05
WILD DEGOs OF A MANIAC
After Terr,rizing County for Three
DAYS. Shot Himself ne a Posse ui
Armed Farmers Was Making Rcs,iv
to Capture Hiul.

Lorain. o., September 2-On the
point of capture by sheriff's posse,
Peter Pitts. the maniac, who terrorized
the country side from Avon Beach TO
Lorain for three days is dead by his
own hand. He shot himself in the
head today in full view Of the band
of armed farmers who were pursuing
him and sank dead upon the ground.
The three days In which he ran
amuck through a territory of twenty
miles in extent. firing men and wo-
men. burning farm houses and driving
the population from their homes to
places of safety in the city, marked
one of the strangest and most sensa-
tional episodes in the history of the
county. Young, powerful, intelligent,
Pitts turned maniac was more power
full than an ordinary man would be I'm
der similar circumstances. Formers
were afraid to approach him, even with
loaded rifles and shot guns. His first
deed of violence was on Wednesday
when he fired three shots from a corn
field upon Miss Mary Heckler. His
next was when he set the torch to the
Heckler homestead, burning it to the
ground. Afterward he attempted to
fire another house, but was driven
away. Friday morning he piled ties
upon the tracks of the Lake Shore
electric lines, but failed in his object.
The motorman of the Toledo limited
car discovered the obstruction i'm time
to save himself and his passengers
| from destruction. The climax came
| when word was received that Pitts,
still armed and raving, had been seen
at his grand fathers home at French
Creek. Thither a posse of 100 men
galloped without stopping while the
| farm houses in the neighborhood were
locked and barred by their frantic in
| mates. At French Greek the posse
was met by the news that Pitts had
| been refused shelter by his grand
| father, and was then bound down the
| Stoney Ridge road.
The posse followed. At q turn of
! the road they saw him in the distance,
| and they formed, ready to fire. He
turned, watched the squad moment,
| drew his revolver, vaulted a fence, and
| then, while the posse grimly watched,
| he shot himself four times and fell a
| cOrnSe
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-05

rule today and with increasing evil
dence that all danger of a repetition
Of the devastating epidemic of 1875
is past, public alarm is slowly disaD
pearing in the rural regions.
The appearance of sporadic cases of
fever at VicksDurg has had a helpful
effect in New Orleans, because it made
Vicksburg realize that the danger does
not lie in infection of freight
DR.. White today said that hereaf-
ter Natchez adm Vicksburg would ac-
cept marine hospital certificates fol
freight and for passengers.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-05
RUSSIAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
Peorle Are Beginning to Realize What
Long Forward Step Has Seen
TaI1en-ElectiOns for the Assembly
Must be Ended by DcCcLnhc" 15.k.

ST. Petersburg, September 2.-1:24
a. m.-Though the new national as
sembly during the first days of the
issuance of the emperOr's manifesto
calling the assembly was given more
of unfavorable criticism than Of praise
and the Russian press through ignor-
ance took q far less favorable view OF
the new constitution than did the for
eign newspapers, the value of the as
sembly, the extent Of it's plans and
the long step forward it marks in the
path of reform are now becoming gen.
orally recognized throughout the en-
pire.
A flood of addresses of thanks is
coming in from all classes and from
all regions, the city douma leading the
list, though the urban population was
supposed to have been placed at a
considerable disadvantage to the peas
ants and the nobility until the cleo
toral arrangement has been made.
A number of doumas have couched
their addresses with requests for free
dom of speech and of the press, but
only in few cities were addresses
rejected The project, the provisions
of which are difficult of comprehension
by people not experienced in parlia-
mentary institutions is being taken up
for careful study and consideration
and because of this. much of the adj
verse criticism is wearing away and
the talk of boycott of the assembly
by the liberals is no longer heard.
Public discussion of the assembly and
the steps that are being taken to put
it into effect are bringing to light
minor defects and impracticable pro-
visions in the project and the ministry
Of the interior is busy arranging Ques-
tons and furnishing interpretations on
doubtful points. 1t is apparent that
a number of notifications. either by
imperial direction or by the dOuma it
self will be necessary before the assem-
bly, becames practical working body.
The elections in the entire empire
must be ended by December 18th.
Since the work Of canvassing the vote
and the jorneys of distant representa-
tives to st. Petersburg will occupy the
month before the date fixed by the
emperor for convening the assembly
the work OF preparation or electofai
lists is actively underway in the vari-
Gus cities and in the country districts,
and telegraphic orders have been sent
to the dilatory heads of number of
governments to proceed Immediately
with the work.
The project is received with sat
isfaction by the Jews in Russia, pri-
marily because it is the first general
law promulgated in Russia in thirty
years not containing clause discrim-
mating against Jews as a race. This
is more than they had hoped for.
They are granted political rights under
the douma equal to those of all the
other races of the empire, but they
are still without a large proportion of
the civil rights enjoyed by other Rus
slams.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-05
ST CASES AND 19 DEATHS
The Cholera Record for the Day-i'r0-
fessor Kafka. Head Of the Institute
of Infectious Diseases. Will Take
Charge of Measures to COnline the
Disease

Berlin. Eaptember 2.--The record
tonight stands at 81 new cholera cases
and nineteen deaths. a steady increase
and a high percentage of mortality.
The most uneasy news for America is
that a second case exists at Hamburg.
1t was officially reported late today
that 4 lab orer in st. Georges hos
Lital. where the Russian emIgrant
the seizure is of a milder form than
the seizue is of a muder form than
the previous one. Two of the other
fresh cases are in East Prussia. In
dicating that the infected area has
widened. The imperial health office.
as shown by the statement made to-
cav to the Associated Press. is conf
dent that it has the. disease in hand.
The most recently reported victims
sre among the Russian rivermen in
quarantine. Professor Adolph Kafka.
Professor Koch successor as head
of the institute of infectious diseases
has gene to the infected district to fi-
rect the measures to conf1ns the dis
ease.
The institute of infectious diseases
will be opan all night examining secre-
tions taken from the digestive tubes
Of persons who have died under cir
cumstanees suggesting cholera. From
time to time ooUriers arrive frCm
scne port of Germany with PORTIONS
IF bodi as done I'D nermetically. The
ninistery of the interior has issued
an order covering all Prussia recurring
physicians immediately after the deafh
cf anv SUSPECTED patient to senr a
messenger with sections of the ALI
mcntarv canal to the institute OF in
fecticus diseases for thorough exam
;notinn
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-05
n v. Chamber Of Commerce.

New York, September lowing to
the early date of their planned depart
ures from this country, the peace plen-
ipotentiaries have been unable to ac-
cept, without qualifications, an invi-
tation to a reception by the chamber
of commerce of New York. The en-
yoys had been asked to name a date
to suit themselves after September Is
when they and their staffs might be
entertained in this city, but in re-
plying both indicated that they would
sail before the time suggested.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-05
lis READY TO SIGN
Treaty Of Portsmouth, Al
most Completed.
HAS SIXTEEN ARTICLES
Complete Agreement Was Reached
on all Points.

Eoth Parties Agree Not to rortify
Sakhalin-Tbe La Poursc Strait Is
TO be "Open" and Japan Agrees Not
to EJECT Works to Command the
Strait Troops to be Withdrawn TO
Mukden and Harbin. From Man.
churia. After Final Rat;fcations
Have Been sigped-Communica
With Japan Interrupted and This
May Delay Signing of the Treaty.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-05

Charlotte, y. c., September "A
says that VI. e. McCown, ex-mayor
of Durham, assaulted Judge George
w. Ward, of the first judicial district,
knocking him to the floor of the hotel
lobby. The assault was occasioned by
the imposing of two years sentence
Oh Allen Haskins, cOlored, by Judge
Ward, at the afternoon session of the
superior court, for killing l. G. Day,
who was nephew of McCOwn. The
attack was the occasion of some ex-
citement. Judge Wards assailant was
Immediately attached for contempt and
is being given hearing in the Dur
ham county court house tonight.
The hearing was concluded at late
hour tonight. Judge Ward sentenced
McCown to thirty days in Jail and
fined him $500. He overruled a mo-
ton for an appeal to the supreme
court.
EA-N1dyOI mCSo"u lS Ouc vi Du1
hams best known citizens and his
nephew, the late Irving c. Day, wa.
we'll known over the state. The diff
Guilty between Mr.. McCown and Judge
Ward, as above stated, grew out O.
Judge Wards imposing sentence d
two years en- a negro who shot youns
Day It has been nearly a year since
Day died He and another youns
man were together and the negro
plea was that they assaulted him an
he shot them in self defense. one bul
let going through Day; hand, tn
other entering his hip. The wound
were not at first CONSIDERED fatal bu
after lingering for several weeks r.
passed away.
Young Day was a son of Mr.. Jane
Day, who, with General Julian S. Car
and the late Colonel W. T. Blackwell
at one time owned the Du1h ham Bul
Smoking tobacco factory. Irving c
Day attended Horner's school and lat
er was at the University Of Nort]
Carolina.
1t was learned over the long dis
| tance telephone last night that MI
McCown assaulted Judge Ward abou
Z o'clock yesterday afternoon in bi
room 1t seems that McCown went t
| Judge Wards room to censure him an
| it ended in the Judge being strickel
down. The judge at once had Meow
| arrested and st p.f m. convened conr
| to try him for contempt. He was sen
| fenced to 80 days in Jail and to pay
fine of 5000. Hi attorneys gave no5ic
of appeal and after considering th
! matter for a short time Judge War
announced that he would overrrule tn
| motion for appeal.
| The affair created great excitemen
| and the court room during the con
tempt proceedings was crowded t
| 0vprfaWino
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-05
One New Case i'm Vick,bIrc.

Vicksburg, Miss, September 2.-One
additional case of yellow fever, a ne
gress, living beyond the northwestern
limits of the city. was reported tonight
by DR.. Guiteras SO far as can be
ascertained the sick woman has not
been near the other two cases. Neither
has been out of the city for months.
AS yet the physicians have been abso-
lutely unable to trace the source or
infection.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-05
Another Case in Pensacola.

Pensacola, Fla, September 2.-One
new case of yellow fever developed
here today within the infected district
and within two blocks Of where the
first case was discovered. This makes
six cases developed here within the
past four or five days.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-05
To Study Tobacco Conditions.

Washington. September 2.-Joseph
P Kiilebrew. NJ Tennessee kas heen
sppointed by Secretary Wilson OF the
derartusent OF agriculture 4s the TO-.
bacco expert OF that department. He
,Yill have general charge Of the de-
rartment In the interest OF the to-
hacco industry and will visit all the
tobacco fields and study the conditions
throughout the country.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-05
Death of Mrs. Brooks Morgan

Atlanta. September Mrs. Rrcrks
Morgan. wife of Brooks Morgan. as
sistant general passenger agent OF tile
Southern Railway died here Yesterday
and was buried tojay. Mrs.. Morgan
was formerly Miss Isabel Block. of
this city