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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-11-24
Temperature and Rainfall Not Worse
Than In the United States.

There is widespread belief that
the climate of Panama Is so fatal that
the construction of the canal can only
be accomplished ut an enormous sac.
rifce of human life. Both malaria
and yellow fever may be said to be
to-day practically under control. and
these are the two diseases. says the
Scientific American. which are most
TO be dreaded when the great con.
struciion camps are assembled and
work is in full swing throughout tho
whole length Of the canal. According
to Gen. Abbott. the records OF the
hospital of the old Panama canal
company show that the total death
rate among the laborers was far less
than is commonly supposed. being in
fact from A to ca per 1000.
II seems. moreover. that the rainfall
has been the subject of as gross cx-
aggeration as the diseases. 1t varies
from about 100 inches on the Atlantic
to sixty-five inches on the Pacific.
record that can be duplicated in tho
United States, where the average
rainfall on the Atlantic coast is about
fifty inches and the fall on portions
of the Pacific coast compares in total
precipitation with that of the Atlantic
terminus of the canal. Furthermore.
II will be news to many residents of
our more northerly latitude to learn
that the temperature ranges at Pana-
ma from 20 degrees to SIS degrees
fahrenheit. and that 1t is very rarely
tina. the thermometer reaches the
high temperature which is expert.
enced when n hot wave passes over
the United States.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-11-24

sustained by his nrm--thc forest 10
afirc. We are In danger OF being
burned alive. Well. sir. tina, IL .
terrible fate to face. but I had rather
NEE, Il than fall into the hands OF
those wrc,chcs:" and Jack. rcmcm.
bcrins tho savage appearance Of tho
gucrrilias. fully half Of whom were
black devils. can heartily say Amen"
to her words deep down In his heart.
What Jessie characicrixcs as
forcs, firc has really reached tho dig
nifty Of such conaa.ra;ion. for tho
flames have seized the branches. and
shoe, upward with n vchcmcacc that
promises wonderful result.
II the wind grows stronger II will
sweep over the ridge and run q
course Of miles until checked by somc
stream or savannah.
Can nothing be done. The heat
is already bccom!ng-so dreadful. Per.
haps tho carriage may take firc. and
we will lose our refuge L. what
Junnita says. just behind them.
Jack has been considering the mat.
ter. and trying TO decide which OF
Two evils il the lesser.
He realizes That whatever II done
must be accomplished quickly. else
the intense heat may cause tho
old Undertook of railway carriage
to take FIRE.
Before Travcrs can make any fur.
Their remark upon the subject. he
hears Smithcrs calling aloud for the
doctor" in the next compartment.
and II suddenly flashes across his
mind that II was agreed he should
pass under the name OF Or. Jim.
Evidently his presence is needed.
Smithcrs shows some trace of ex.
element In the tone Of his hail. and
It may be set down for certain that
when he allows his well.traincd nerves
n little holiday. there is good reason
for alarm.
ITO be continucti.)
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-11-24
Not in the Senate.

One of Senator Frye's scintillations
as presiding officer. when the Philip
pine bill was near its passage in the
senate. should not be lost to the
world. Such measures. till perfected.
are considered in committee of the
whole. not in the senate, as the term
goes. The distinction is OF little pop.
ular Significance. but of great parlia-
mentary importance.
Senator Bacon. wishing TO make a
certain motion, was informed that the
bill was not in the senate. but in
committee of the whole.
"Oh, I thought we were in the SEN
ate" replied Mr.. Bacon.
1--WE are in the senate Mr. Frye
responded. but the bill is not
Washington Post.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-11-24
PANAMA CLIMATE NOT DEADLY

ITO be continucd)
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CHAPTER XVII.


They come sweeping forward very
hoarse yells that marks their second
advance is any criterion.
like the hurricane that sometimes
.devastates Cuban sugar plantations.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-11-24

be ready for a sortie II necessary
again calls the agent.
The silence does not last long; but
in the interim the guerillas have evil
IDENTIFY been heavily reinforced, IL the
fearful chorus of screeches and
"Again!" shouts Roblado. pushing
close to the opening: and let it be
to the death. seniors ALL"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-11-24

might be the pulsation Of n mighty
heart capable of sending leaden hail
whistling through space.
From incarnate rage the shouts
blend into cries of alarm-yes, even
of terror.
The advance is not given up. but n
new system of tactics brought into
play.
One man gives his torch toss into
the surrounding jungle. Another
sees the point and follows suit. For
brief interval the air seems filled
with fambeaux. each describing a
parabola and landing in the thicket.
Jack understands what 1t means,
and has no liking for the advance
that must follow. since 1t means the
possible arrival of the guerrillas at
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-11-24

A poor man may be crank, but a
rich one is eccentric.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-18
DAMAGE BY THE FRESHET.
Loss i'll Crops and Destruction of
Br:dScs-sundaya Row i'll Seventy
First-"Fire Water"
Especial to The Messenger.)

tcpCtIdi w Liz NIcSSCISCl.}
Fayetteville, August 15.-In addi-
tich to the brief account of the dam
age by the freshet sem to The Mes
senger on Saturday evening, the cor
respondent has gathered information,
showing that the total loss to the coun-
tv is considerable. The accounts Of
the Cape Fear freshet, however,
were exaggerated, on account of the
over-estimate of Professor Thusson,
Raleigh weather observer, who mott
fed Mr.. T. Cover Fayetteville wealth
er observer, OF Saturday that the river
would rise to 56 feet. 1t did not reach
that height by Il feet, though a large
area of lowland was flooded, and much
corn, peas, pumpkins, etc, lost. Many
county bridges were, swept away, Lit
tic river losing heavily, and the cost
OF replacing them will be considerable.
Cumberland is one of the best watered
counties in North Carolina, with three
rivers and several large creeks, and
While this carries its advantages, it
entails serious damage in seasons OF
freshet.
Rev. Dr.. J.. j. Hall, pastor of the
First Baptist church, has returned
from his trip to Europe, and has re-
sumed his pulpit and pastorate duties.
Wilmington gains to the loss of Fay
etteville in Mr.. Abner JacksOn's tax
ing the position in the train dispatch
er's office of the Atlantic Coast Line
railroad. Mr., Jackson has had charge
of the Fayetteville office of the West
ern Union Telegraph Company for
some years, to the complete s%atisfac-
ton Of the community, which parts
with him with regret.
Captain E. r. McKethan points out,
in an article in the Fayetteville OBJ
server, that so far as this city is con-
cerned, the Fire Waste" insurance
bill is void, the conditions of the act
not having been complied with. In
this article Captain McKethan has
rendered an important service to the
public.
At a fight at Savannah colorsa
church in Seyenty-First township on
Sunday, where, it is said, there was 8
good deal of drinking, Townsend shot
Williams, both negroes, through the
lung. The latter. who is very seriously
hurt, was brought to the Cochran an
mex of the Highsmith hospital for
treatment. Townsend surrendered him
self yesterday morning.
Rev. D. s. McAllister occupied the
pulpit of the First Presbyterian church
| very acceptably last Sunday morning
and evening in the absence Of the pas
tor, Rev. w. NJ. Farley. Mr.. McAllis-
ter is of an old and prominent family
of the upper Cape Fear country, and
is the guest of Major and Mrs. A. A.
McKethan on Person street.
A pleasant house party is being en-
joyed this week at the residence OF
Rev. Dougald Monroe, near Ard
lussa,. with the following guests:
/ Misses Polly and Lille Amstern, or
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-18
COTTON REPORT LEAKAGE
Investigation of Recent Scandal Has
Been Resumed by tito Grand Jury.

Washington, August 15.-The grand
jury of the Supreme court of the Dis
trict of Columbia today resumed its m
v~estigation into the leakage of the cot
ton crop reports of the department Of
agriculture, C. E. Clark, chief clerk CT
the bureau of statistics of the depart
ment being the first witness. A mass
of books and papers was carried into
the jury's room, iC being understood
that thew were 20 form the basis OF q
minute examination Of the Methods OF
the department employed IN the pas
in the preparation Of the crop reports.
District Attorney Beach is hopelul
of completing the investigation in a
short time, and expects to secure m
dictments against more than one per
son., Notwithstanding the absence Of
Mr.. HYDE. the former statistician OF the
department and the refusal Of Messrs.
Peckham and Haas to testify.
The district attorney, in response 10
MANY INQUIRIES by the press as to the
of Mrs. Sarah H. Peckham
before the grand jury, made the follow
ing statement:
Mrs. Sarah H. Peckham appeared IN
to the subpoenae served On
her in New York and was examined by
the district attorney. She was willing
to appear before the grand jury, II
necessary, but the district attorney con
Guided from his interview with her
hat she was not connected with the
so-called cotton leak and was excused
from attendance before that body. 1t
is only just % Mrs. Peckham to say
that from her statement she was igncr-
ant of the matter and the revelations
made in connection with it were not
due to her nor TO any domestic differ
ences in her household. So much no.
toriety has surrounded her in connec-
ton with the case that it seems only
inst to her and to her friends that THIS
statement should be made
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-18
TO DIR. ST. GEORGE TUCKER
Will he Offered the Presidency OF the
jamestown EXPOSITION Company.

Norfolk, Va, August 15.-The board
of directors of the Jamestown Expo
sition Company, this evening decided
to offer the Presidency of the compa-
ny to Henryq st. George Tucker, dean
OF law school of George Washington
University, Washington, d. c. Action
of directors will be ratified at a meet
ing to be held Friday afternoon. Mr..
Tucker who will succeed the late zen
eral Fitzhugh Lee as head Of the
Jamestown Exposition Company, is
the son of former United States Sena-
tor John Randolph Tucker and for a
number of years represented the
Ninth Congressional district of Nir-
ginia i'm the House of Representatives.
Eight year ago he retired from poll
teal life and was elected professor of
law at Washington and Lee University
which position he resigned two years
ago to accept that of dean Of law
school of George Washington.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-18
JAP MARINES LANDED
Exposed to Sudden Attack From Rus
slams. Who Were Finally Dispersed.

Toxic, August 15.-1:30 D. m.-Ad-
miral Katakoan reports that a detach-
ment of his squadron attacked the
Russions ut LaZareba point in the Tar
tary straits, August 13. Marines were
landed and they were exposed TO a
sudden attack from Russians who were
hidden in a forest. The Japanese loss
was only one killed and -four wounded,
but the Russians were finally dispers-
ed.
A Japanese torpedo boat destroyer
operating on the east coast of Sagha-
jim island attacked the Russians hold
ing the telegraph office AT Raioro on
the morning of August Is, and captur-
ed eighteen men and the telegraph ap-
lparatus.
RUSSIAN OUTPOSTS DRIVEN
BACK BY JAPANESE.
Field Headquarters OF Japanese
Army in M~anchuria, august 13.-5 D.
III. via Fusan, August 15.-Delayed i'm
transmission. \ japanese reconnais-
sance in force along the line OF the
railway on the Kiran road, from the
Chang TUT Line. drove i'm Russian out
posts. On August 10Th, eleven Rus
slams were killed and ten captured i'm n
counter reconnaissance in the section
|of Kinyton. The Russians were driven
back by the japanese outposts.
JAP ATTEMPT To LAND TROOPS
FAILS.
G~odZyadani, Manchuria, August Is.
Two japanese torpedo boats today
Ibombarded Port Hazarovo, Port Lara.
ref. An attempt was her made to
land troops, but they were beaten or
Iby Russian c~hasseuers.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-18

Red Springs: Coline Monroe, of Hick-
DRY, and NJ. E. Kelly, of Moore county.
Mr.. l. E. Brady and Miss Rena Mel
vim were married at Cotton last even
ing, Rev. E r. Welsh performing the
ceremony.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. c.. Lamb, of Will
Mrs. S. H MacRae today, ON their
way to visit Judge and Mrs. j. c. Mae
Rae at Chapel Hill.
Mrs. Emeline Autry, wife of Mr.. w.
". Autry, died on Sunday at Stedman,
aged 81 years. She was the daughter
of the late Blackman Culbreth, of
Flea Hill township, and leaves e "
eral children. The funeral services
took place at Stedman yesterday after
noOn.
Mr.. J. r. Williams, vice president
of the Newfoundland Humber Copper
Mining Company, returned to New
York yesterday
Mr.. d. c.. Whitfield, of Chadbourn,
paid a visit to relatives here yesterday.
Jack jackson, negro, was arrested
here yesterday, charged with selling
whiskey.
Mr.. w. w. Murphy, of Staunton,
Va, succeeds Mr.. Abner Jackson as
manager of the Fayetteville office of
the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany.
Mr.. J. Nj. Lamb, proprietor of the
"Sunnyside Nursery and Mrs. Lamb
ere attending the meeting of the So
ciety of American Florests in Wash
ington City, of which Mr.. Lamb is vice
president.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-18
DENVER. KANSAS AND GULF
New Railroad to onncct the Harri-
man loads in tue North. With Those
i'm the South.

i'll tn. South.
Kansas City, August ia special
OF the Star from Topeka says:
Application was made here today for
a charter for a railroad company, the
purpose of which is to connect the
Hartman lines running to New Or
leans and through the Southern states
The new railroad will run through the
Kansas wheat Oelt, and be chartered
under the name of the Denver, Kansas
and Gulf. The capital stock of the
company is two million dollars and 2
half million of which has been sub
scribed.
The new railroad will connect with
the Burlington lines on the north
either at Oronoque, in Norton county,
Kansas, or Republican Junction, in
Harland county, Neb. 1t will run south
from one of these places to Hays City.
Kan, and then through Great Bend or
Larned to Pratt and out Of the state ut
Kiowa. At Cherokee, Okla, it Will
connect with the Denver, Enid and
Gulf, a few miles of which is in opera
ton. II will run east from Oklahoma
City to Texarkana, where it will con-
meet with the Texas and Pacific. The
headquarters of he new company will
be in Medicine Lodge, Kan.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-18
MESSENGER, FRIDAY. AUGUST Is. 1905
TO PUT OFF ROGERS HEARING
Case Against Bernard Nav be Conn
promised Communication Ursc4I for
Will Adams. Under Sentence OF
Dcath-Crop Bulletin for the Week.
Messenger Bureau,

Raleigh, n. c., August Is.
Tomorrow is The day set for the pie
liminary hearing of Policeman /. NJ.
Rogers, on the charge of shooting John
c. Dockery for the ruin Of his daughter
but it is understood that there will be
no hearing, owing to the illness Of
Magistrate SeaGark, in whose court the
case is pending, and the absence OF
counsel from the city. John Dockery
is also away at his home in Rocking
ham, and scarcely able to make he
trip here for the hearing at this tinle
There is considerable talk just now OF
a probability that the civil suit against
C.. II. Bernard by II. G. Howell for the
ruin of his daughter in the same affair
will be compromised.
A thief entered the room Of the jari-
tor in the county court house here
Sunday and stole $500 in money and
a number Of articles OF value. The
janitor was spending the day with re!a
tives in the country.
Give the negro children text books
with pictures Of negro children, not
white GOys and girls, in them, is the
unique recommendation Of Rev. G. ".
Clement, the retiring superintendent OF
Wake county public schools, just made
to the county board Of education. He
adds that the pictures Of white chill
dren in their textbooks tends TO in
crease the desire OF the negroes for 50.
cial equality.
w. 3. Snow, as attorney appeared DC
fore Governor Glenn today and urged
a communication for Will Adams, VINO
is under sentence to be hanged next
Monday in Wake county jail, for Kill
ing Mary Bridgers and her two daugh-
tiers, near Raleigh. A respite was
granted some weeks ago and the gov
ernor has taken the matter of the COM
mutation under advisement.
The young timer, J. H. Camden, who
fell from the roof of the agricultural
building at the A. and NJ. College Fri
day, VIII recover, SO the attending plJ
sicians say now. He is being treated
at Rex Hospital, having both arms bro
ken and also ais ankle, and his back
s~prained, besides other injuries.
A charter is issued for the Cooke &
Evans Co., Of Windsor, BERTHE county
$40, 900 capital, to DO a general mercan-
tile business, c.. A. Weeks and NJ. e.
Evans principal lncorporators.
The Fuller Combing Co., Of Char
lotte, increases its capital from $780,
900 to $3.50, 000, James T. Fuller is pres
ident and ]. j. Farman secretary.
The North Carolina crop bulletin for
the past week issued today says chat
rains in most sections have been ex-
c~essive, crops beng injured rather than
benefited by them. Cotton is reported
as shedding in almost all sections, and
the wet weather has caused rank
growth. In Johnson county, rust III
cotton is being about completed in the
eastern section. Corn is badly injured
by the rains, being washed u n
turned yellow in the lowlands. In the
east a fair crop is expected, upland
corn is doing we'll, pulling fodder is
quite general, but difficulty is expert
enced in saving it, owing to the wet
weather. Fruit is generally reported a
failure.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-18
PROGRESS OF THE BOYCOTT
Only at Shanghai Is There n Seriou;
ASPECT.

Washington, August 15.-Dispatches
received at the state department today
from China. show that Shanghai is the
only place where the boycott against
American goods has assumed anything
like a serious aspect. At Canton the
movement has made some Roadway,
but at other points it has not been sue
cessful.
This information was supplied IN
to instructions sen some
days ago to Minister Rockhill and con-
sular officers in China to keep the state
department advised as to the progress
of the boycott. One dispatch on this
subject received today was not made
public at the state department, but
was sent to the President at Oyster
Bay.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-18
TWO SPECIAL AGENTS RESIGN
Two Others Have Not Yet Compiled
WitIi REQUEST for II,cir Rcsigna
tons.

Washington, August 15.-Only two OF
the four special agents of the internal
revenue bureau, whose designations
have been called for have 70 far COM
piled with the request, these being
Captain Charles II. Ingram, in charge
of the New England division, and one
|of the northwestern agents whose name
lis withheld. Special Ament c. II. Curg,
|of the Southwestern division, and an
other western agent whose name IS
withheld have no yet responded.
Commissioner Yerkes today declined
to discuss the changes further than TO
say tina the treasury department knew
nothing against the integrity Of the
men who had been asked To resign, but
it was thought that nor active men
would best serve the interests OF the
government. Mr.. Yerkes added that
SO far as he knew there would be H.,
further changes In the force OF special
agents.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-18
The Will of Archbishop ChcppelIc
PVofafai

Will OF ArciibistabD
PrObated.
New Orleans. August 1.-THE Will
of Archbishop Chappelle was proba:sd
today. The requests were as follows
"All of the property, real and per
sonal, I may possess at the time of my
death situated in the state OF Louisiana
| will and bequeath TO the Right Rev
Edward Fitzgerald bishop Of Little
Rock, Ark /; Right Rev. Edward P. Al
len, bishop of Mobile and to Very Rev,
j. M. Laval, my vicar general. My
property, real anu personal, situated in
the territory of New Mexico, | will and
bequeath to the Very Rev. Anthonv
F%ourchigu, administrator of the arch
diocese or Santa Fe during the vacancy
of that See.
"All my real and personal property
situated in the department OF Lozere
France, | will ana bequeath to M
niece, Josephine Solignac."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-18
PRIVATE CAR LINES.
Alleged Combinations Made
With Railroads.
INVESTIGATION TO BEGIN
Complaints Made by Interstate Com
merCe Commission.

Who Charge That the Act TO Regulate
Interstate Commerce is Being VIC
Iatcd III several Part;cuIars-The
Proceedings Will Prove Of Value in
Informing Congress What Laws are
Needed for National Control OF Pri-
vatc Car Lines. Where Illegal Com
bilatia1lS are Made.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-18
More Liberty Wanted for l:ogcrs AMI
Sorrel.
lSpeciaI 90 The essenger.l

tDPCIAuk 70 LHN NSsSH6C4D
Raleigh, N. c., August 15.-Couasel
for J. Rowan Rogers and J. P. SorrelI,
now serving six months in the Wake
Jail for embracery, in attempting to in
fuence jurors IN the Gattis vs.. Kilgo
suit, went before Governor Glenn tc-
day and asked that an order be made
for the two prisoners to have the
privilege of the prison bounds, rather
than rs now keeping them closely con
fined. The plea is hat the close co.,
fnement will wreck their health. The
governor has the matter under advise
ment.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-18
Car Set on Fire by Lime.

During a heavy rain yesterday the
top Of a box car on the yards at Po-
mona loaded with lime, sprung a leak
The water set the lime on fire and the
entire car was burned, the destruction
of other cars being prevented only by
cutting them loose and shifting them
on.-High Point Enterprise.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-18

Miss Elizabeth Cheshire, OF Raleigh
10 visiting Miss Munds, on Dock street.
Bisbee daily review., 1905-10-20
! A a . e A sa s& ss . . . ss . ss !,

A well dressed young man walked up to Marshal Snodgrass near the fire house yesterday afternoon and said he wished to surrender himself because of guilt of embezzlement of $b7 1000 from Brooklyn firm ten months ago. He added that there was a standing reward of $1,O0o for his capture.
 The marshal at once took the man into custody and locked him up. In a cell he said his name was Frank Hayes, and that he had surrendered because he had run through with the money he had and was weary of dodg- ing from place to place in evasion of officers. He declared willingness to go back to New York, saying he would tace the thing out in the courts. Hayes came to this city Sunday and registered at the Copper Queen from Fl Paso. Monday at the Copper Queen Store he presented references from Denver and Chicago houses as an Of fee man, and was given a position. He worked Tuesday, his expertness at tracting attention in the office. Wed nesday he did not report for duty. This and other points of conduct aroused suspicion in the office, and letters of inquiry concerning him were sent to Denver and Chicago.
 At the hotel couple of pieces of aggage that belong to Hayes are held He paid his bill there up to WedneS day night. Thursday he ran bill of s1.60. He drank heavily Wednesday and Thursday, but whef he gave him self up appeared to be sober. Brook lyn was wired by the marshal ias' night, and reply is expected today re garding Hayes.