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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-04-18
the papers could be prepared and acted

the papers could be prepared and acted
Oh.
The detective was provided with pic
lures and descriptions of hundreds Of
''yeggmeD," or tramp bank burglars,
but these fellows were not in his col
lection, from which it would seem that
they have not before been captured.
They are evil favored men, looking like
Internal scoundrels. Questions address.
Ell to either were referred to the other
for answer. Ask the other man.
Not Il thing was discovered touching
their local habitatiOn and their real
names.
incidentally, it may be mentioned
that the people in Wadesboro tread
lightly when they get n 1.-The neighbOr-
hood of that dynamite and nitrO-glycer-
inc. Chemistry is not their long suit
in Wadesboro and they don't want to
pecker with the fuses and caps and
other little mysteries. They let their
curiosity flow in other channels.
. SAFE BURGLAR IN robson. :.
ApropOs of the Wadesboro sensation
is an incident in the vicinity of Lum-
berton. The safe burglars are abroad
I'D the land. Sheriff Mcleod request
ed n of his deputies, MI. Sandy Bar
ker, to go to the camp of two sus-
piciOuS men, a mile or so east of Lum-
bertou. The people about there are
not Romany Ryes, and they don't like
gypsies.
Mr.. Barker went. He found only one
man at the camp. He told hm to
hold up his hands and consider himself
under arrest, going through with the
official formalities. The man wanted
time to think before doing so, out MI.
Barker's experience told against TEN
porizing. He mounted his man, fist
and skull, and there they had it. There
is no telling what had been the out
come had not certain jewellers in the
countryside come to Mr.. Barker's as
s%iStance.
They captured the man and carried
him to the Lumberton Jail, where he
now pines. He had the usual burglar
outfit on his person. He knows the
game of silence, also, and nobody in
Robson knows who or where his wife
is.rCharlotte Observer.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-04-18
TAKE ISSUE WITH PRESIDENT
Delegates t National Council of
Women Express Themselves on
Grace Suicide'' and the Cares of
ParenthOOd.

Washington, April 12.-The observa-
tons of President Roosevelt on the
question of race suicide is receiving
the attention of ONE of the prominent
delegates to the national council OF
women now in session here. Some OF
them AXE issue with the President on
this subject and say he should look to
the women of his own social set for
race suicide. 1T is pace set by our So
ciety women, particularly in official
lfe," one Of the delegates declared,
(which makes race suicide a subject
for profound thought. The women Of
the submerged halls; as we call it, do
not practice rae suicide. 1t is the
business burdened, the determined-to-
get-rich father and the society-crazy
mother who refuse the cares of parent
hood"
Tomorrow a resolution will be re-
ported on the question of p~arenthood,
which it is said, will take issue with
the Presidents views on the question
of race suicide, and will declare that
equality not quantity" in children is
preferable. Tonight the Rev. Ann
Howard Shaw, the president of the ma
tional wonlan's suffrage association,
made an address in which she openly
spoke her mind on the question of
parenthood, saying in part: 1T is said
that women should rear more children,
but l say that you must first make
your country fit to rea children in"
There were a number of addresses
by we'll known women today in which
the speakers told of the efforts made
toward suppressing the social evil.
Miss Susan B. Anthony was designated
Founder of the international and
National Council of Women.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-04-18
DECIDING VOTE CAST
Cumberland PresbH teries Vote for
Union With the Northern PresbN-
tcrian Church.

Nashville, Tenn, April 12.-Cumber-
land Presbyterian headquarters here
announced today that the proposition
for union with the Northern Presbyte-
rian church had received the requisite
fifty-eight votes, with others OF the LA
Presbyterians OF the Cumberland
Presbyterian church yet to be heard
from. The deciding vote was cast TO-
day by the Pennsylvania Cumberland
Presoytery. 1t is said that the North
ern Presbyterian church is voting for
union in the ratio of 10 to l. 1t mas
already settled the question of separate
presbyteries for negroes.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-04-18
The New State Bonds !.

Hon. B. r. Lacy. state treasurer has
not vet received the proof OF the
bonds from the Western Bank Note
Company. but Is looking for IL every
day One month from the time he
receives the proof he will advertise
for bids on the bonds.
These bonds are to nay of the
Schaffer bonds and the South Dako.a
bonds. which the state has heard ~
much about lately. The bond issue Is
for s25o.0oo.-Raleigh Times.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-04-18
Secretary Hay Continues to Improve
Daily.

DAILY.
Nervi, Italy, April 13.-The condition
OF Secretary Hay improves daily. He
received today a visit from Ambassa-
dor White, who stopped here on his
way to Rome. Mr.. Hay discussed the
principal questions interesting Italy
and America, chiefly emigration mat
tiers, and King Victor Emanuels propo-
sal for the establishment of an inter-
national chamber of agriculture. giving
verbal instructions to Mr.. White on
the subject The latter expects TO ar
rive in Rome Saturday.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-04-18
Two Injured in Derailment of Passen-
ger Train.

Vicksburg, Miss, April 13.-Only
two persons were injured in the derail-
ment early today of northbound pas
senger train No. IL, On the Yazoo and
Mississippi Valley railroad, ear Har-
de station. The injured are James de
Currency, the express messenger, and
Adelaide Smith, a negress. The ditch
ing of the train was caused by the
opening Of a switch leading to a spur
track. Both engineer and fireman es-
capped.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-04-18
200 Transfers Strike for Higher
Wages.

wages
Philadelphia, April 13.-More than
200 teamsters who Ire employed to
haul produce from the West Philadel-
phia freight yards to the Delaware
river front went on strike today. The
drivers demand $40 per week. They
are now paid S13 weekly i'm summer
and SIS in winter. 1t is understood
that the employers have offered to COM
promise at S14 a week. summer and
winter. Cars loaded with fruit and
vegetables from the south are stand
ing in the yards and are likely to spoil
il the strike continues.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-04-18

CASTRO LEAVES CARACAS.
Ca-acas, Venezdela, April 12.-Pros-
ident Castro left Caracas this morning
for a months trip in the interior.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-04-18
ACT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL
NOTABLE OPINION DELIVERED
BY SUPREME COURT

Possession of Licnor Not Prima Facie
Pupils OF the Deaf. Dumb and Biind
Institution III With yarieloid-Com
ment on the Visit to AppomattoS.
The Next Memorial to be Dedicated.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-07
WILL WIPE OUT
THE EQUITABLE
THREAT MADE BY ONE OF THE
HYDE PARTY
Rather Than Surrender Control of
the Society He Will Divide Its
Assets Among the
stockholders

Special to The Herald
NEW YORK, March 6.-At recent
conference of the Alexander. and Hyde
factions In Equitable Life Assurance
society war the astounding threat was
made by one OF the Hyde party that
rather than surrender control of the
society Hyde would wind up the affairs
of the Equitable so that the huge as
sets of the corporation would be dis
tributed among the stockholders. The
method proposed was as follows:
To provide for the reinsurance of the
100000 policy holders of the Equitable
in other companies on an arrangement
that would transfer to the companies
taking this reinsurance, sums from the
assets of the Equitable sufficient to
profit them in taking such tremend-
Gus amount of business in one lump,
much of it old business that is soon to
mature.
The legality of such a movement, it
is asserted, could not be successfully
attacked, there being several prece-
dents in existence.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-07
CAS- EXPLODES
UNDER HOTEL
WORKMAN BLOWN THROUGH
TUNNEL; SEVERELY HURT
Panic Ensues and Many Guests Rush
for the Street, but They Are
Quieted by the
~ Clerks

To be blown twenty-five feet through
an underground tunnel and escape
with only few burns and cuts was
the experience undergone by Ernest
Carpenter young engineer at the
Nadeau hotel, yesterday afternoon.
AS result Of the explosion Carpen-
ter is at the receiving hospital, his
head Swathed in bandages and his room
darkened, while in the basement of the
Nadeau hotel, iron doors wrenched
from their hinges and splintered sup
ports show the path of the escaping
gas.
The explosion occurred late yester-
day afternoon and just after the lobby
of the hotel had partly filled with
guests returning from their day of
sightseeing in the city.
On the outside of the building on the
First street side an oil wagon was
stationed and preparations were being
made to fill the great storage tank be-
meath the building which supplies the
hotel with fuel.
While the thick stream of black ooze
was entering the tank, Carpenter was
sent below to inspect the tank, and
donning his working clothes went to
the engine room. The entrance to the
tank was a low door and Carpenter
entered upon his hands and knees. The
interior was pitch dark and he turned
to get match from his pocket and
strike light. The action saved his
life, for s%fe turned there came a
rushing noise and the engineer was
blinded by great flash.
The next second he partly recovered,
to find himself lying on the floor of
the engine room with his hair in flames
and his face mass of burns. He was
placed in an ambulance and hurried
to the receiving hospital, where he was
examined.
A long scar on the back of his neck,
a severely burned and cut hand and
were the extent of his injuries. AS
the man lay upon the hospital table
with his eyebrows and eyelashes singed
from his face, the physicians bent anX-
iously over him in an effort to ascer-
tain whether the man could see, but
although the explosion had blistered his
face and even burned off his eyelashes
his eyes were unimpared.
Following the explosion at the hotel
a general rush was made for the door,
but the guests were easily quieted and
an examination was made of the oil
tank. The natural gas from the under
ground tank is supposed to have col
lected and exploded when the draught
was turned upon II.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-07
STRIKE BEGINS ON NEW YORK
SUBWAY AND ELEVATED
Citizens Living in Upper End of the
Island Are in Unpleasant
Situation

By Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March Z, 4 a. MAT
five minutes to o'clock this morning
the strike on the elevated and subway
lines of the Interborough Rapid Tran
sit company began. A train which
reached the One Hundred and Fifty
fifth street terminal of the West Side
elevated line at that hour was de-
serted by its entire crew.
Ticket choppers, agents and other
employees at the One Hundred and
Fifty-fifth street station also went out.
Four o'clock was the hour set for
officially beginning the strike and word
was passed to the men that work was
to be suspended at that hour as near
as possible.
The utter impossibility of the multi
tude of travellers in the upper part of
the island reaching their places down
town is one of the most serious fea-
lures of the situation and 1t is feared
will be the cause of much disorder.
All police reserves were summoned
ON duty tonight and strong guards
were placed at all stations. both on
the subway and elevated railroads.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-07
LOSSES ARE VERY HEAVY
kuroki Comparatively Quiet on the
Russian Left

BY Associated Press.
ST. PETERSBURG, March Z, 3:15 a.
m.-According to correspondents with
the Russian army, the tide of battle
yesterday was gradually setting back
from the immediate vicinity of Muk-
den, operations up to noon having re-.
suited in the capture of several viii
lagos west of Mukden, but late in the
afternoon the Japanese inaugurated
series of attacks. Gen. Kulbars, who is
considered to be the best of Gen.
Kuropatkin's subordinates, has taken
personal charge of the operations In
this field. Comparative inactivity is
the rule on the extreme left.
The Russians claim minor successes
against Kuroki, who, presumably, hav-
ing shot his bolt and won one of his
objects-that of drawing Russian rein
forcements-may have forwarded part
of his army to reinforce the center
and west flank.
The war office estimates the number
wounded in the battle of Mukden at
10000, including 239 officers; but makes
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Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-07
BANDIT HOLDS WOMAN
WHILE COMRADE ROBS HER
Two Highwaymen Attack Mrs. Mary
Foster and Steal Her
PurSA

Mrs. Mary M. Foster of 1856 South
Hope street was robbed by two high
waymen last evening on Grand avenue,
short distance north of the state
normal school. One robber seized Mrs
Foster from behind while the other
snatched her purse, which contained
about 49, so.
The highwaymen did not try jiu
jitsu tactics, as one of their comrades
had done recently. Neither did Mrs.
Foster follow the example set by one
of her sisters in distress and bite her
way to liberty
Mrs. Foster says that as she walked
beneath some trees which border
Grand avnue she was attacked. Her
screams brought no assistance and
both men escaped. After the flight of
the robbers Mrs Foster went to u
hotel nearby and telephoned to the
police. She was able to give but a
slight description of her assailants.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-07
AMBROSE B|ERCE
DIVORCED BY WIFE
AUTHORS SPOUSE ALLEGES
DESERTI0N
Declares That Her Husband Told Her
to Go Home to Her Mother.
The Suit Was Not
Contested

After having lived apart from her
husband for nearly fifteen years, Mrs.
M. E. Bierce yesterday asked Judge
Trask in the superior court to free
her from the matrimonial alliance ex-
listing between herself and Ambrose
G. Bierce, a well known author.
Bierce is we'll known throughout the
United States as a writer and student
on national affairs, and the action
taken by his wife, from whom he has
been separated since 1891, comes as
a surprise to the friends of the es-
tranged couple.
From the testimony introduced yes
terday it appears that Mrs. Bierce has
corresponded with her husband since
he deserted her, but by special agree
ment between the parties they agreed
to destroy their correspondence.
In one of the letters received by Mrs.
Bierce, her husband is said to have de-
clared that their married life was a
farce" and he intimated that he
would welcome a dissolution of the
marriage bonds.
Mrs. Bierce told the court that she
had not seen her husband since 1891,
at which time she declared Bierce de-
serted her.
She asserted that her husband told
her to ''go back to her mother" and.
without making any provision for her
support, left for the east.
1t is said that Bierce has accumulat-
ed considerable wealth, but in yester-
days action Mrs. Bierce did not ask
the court to award her alimony.
Judge Trask granted the plaintiff the
usual interlocutory decree.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-07
Funeral Of ex-senator wOIoOtt

BY Associated Press.
PARIS, March 6.-The funeral of ex-
United States Senator Edward o. VOL
colt, who died at Monte Carlo March
/, took place today at the mortuary
chapel of Pere Ia Chaise cemetery, in
the presence of Ambassador Porter.
Henry Woleott and some intimate
friends. The Rev. DIR. Goodrich Off
eiated. The body was cremated The
ashes will be taken to the United
States on the American steamer St.
Louis. leaving Cherbourg March H.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-07

TOXIC, March 7, noon.--lt ls re-
ported that the Russians are prepar-
ing to abandon Mukden an Fushun,
and to retreat to Tie Pass.
TOXIC, March Z, 10 a. m.-All Japan
is eagerly watching Developments at
the great theater of war in Manchuria.
The people are confident that Field
Marshal Oyama will defeat General
Kuropatkin. The only question con-
sidered is the extent and severity Of
the blow that he will inf1ict and Its
effect upon the course of the war.
1t is believed that the possession Of
Mukden and line on the Hun river
is already assured and many predict
even a greater disaster for the Rus
slams. General Kuropatkin seems to be
devoting his greatest energy to the
protection of Fushun in order to pre-
serve a line of retreat. He has sent
masses of reserves there. The positions
east and south of Fushun have already
been the scenes of the most t,oody
fighting. The operations of the Jap
anese left and part of the center con-
tinue to be successful.
1t is believed that the Japanese will
succeed in cutting the railway north
of Mukden.
Various estimates of the losses al
ready sustained by the opposing forces
are being made. One Toxic newspaper
places the Russian loss at $4,000 and
the IaDanese at 10.0 900,
The estimates are unreliable on ac-
count of the meagerness of the infor-
nation at hand.
The Japanese spoils of war promise to
be heavy.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-07

1.-THE gas monopoly has too long DOM
mated the people of Los Angeles and
now unless your honorable body takes
immediate action in this question and
gives the people their rights they will
and are ready to exercise their sover-
eign powers as citizens and invoke the
initiative and referendum and thus get
control of this octopus which is striv-
ing to fasten it's deadly grip upon the
throat of our fair city," declared Judge
H. G. Hentig, representing the Good
Government league of Los Angeles in
a speech before the city council yes
terday.
The invasion of the council chamber
by the league was decidedly the fea-
ture of the meeting.
'If the ordinance which provided for
the control of the sale, price and quail
ity of gas which was presented to you
for consideration some time ago, and
which you buried in the committee of
the whole, is not the right thing" como
tinued the speaker, "then give us an
ordinance which will accomplish the
ends sought.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-07
LEAGUE DEMANDS
CAS- LEGISLATION
THREATEN COUNCILMEN WITH
THE "RECALL"
Good Government Officials Denounce
Practices of the Monopoly.
Municipal Ownership to
Be Investigated
DAYS GAS PROCEEDINGS

Gas monopoly bitterly denounced
by Judge Hentig of the Good Cow
ernment League.
; CounciImen warned by r. n. Nor-
ton, president of the league.
Committee appointed to invests
gate feasibility of municipal own
ership of public utilities.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-07
Attorney for North California

BY Associated Press.
WASHINGTON. March 6,-Robert T.
Devlin has been appointed by the pres
ident as United States district attorney
for the northern district of California
with headquarters at San Francisco.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-07
LAST OF JEFF DAVIS
CABINET PASSES AWAY
Judge John Reagan Dies In Texas at
the Age of Eighty-Six
Years
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated FfesS
HOUSTON, Tex, March 6-Judge
John Reagan. sole surviving member Of
the Confederate cabinet, died today at
Palestine, Tex, Of pneumonia. Judge
Reagan. who was So years of age, has
been failing in health for year or
more.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-07

League demands gas legislation.
2-Cabinet named by president.
3-Womans press club at feast.
4-Southern California news.
5-White ribboners to visit coast.
6-EditoriaI.
City news.
e-e-classified advertisements.
10-Sports.
1-Markets.
12-McClure to hang.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-07
People Are Suffering

Something must be done immedi-
ately, however, for the people have
suffered too long already and they will
take the affair into their own hands If
action is delayed L understand that in
the little city of Pomona a fight against
the gas monopoly has just been sue
cessfuly conducted and why shouldn't
we do the same?
ITO illustrate the tyranny and op-
preston of the gas monopoly l want
to tell you of a case which has come
under my notice. In 1903 a poor
Swede by the name of Head rented a
part of a house in the neighborhood in
which l lived at the time. He had a
family to support and had to do 1t
on about 81 week. He was laborer
and did not have work all the time.
His wife signed for the gas meter when
the company's agent came around, not
knowing any better.
THE bill for the month of December
that year was $4O5. and January 1t
came to 1915; but i'm February the bill
amounted to $S.25, and they had used
no more gas than during previous
months. Head could not pay the bill
and the company refused to make any
deductions to bring 1t within reason,
so the poor laborer had to move.
Says He Was Prosecuted
about the first OF this year the gas
company located Head and found
where he was working. The other fam
lily in the house was forced to move
shortly after Head left, also owing the
gas people bill. This and interest
was added to Heads bill and brought
the total up to $19.25. Immediately on
finding Head the gas company sued
him for that amount and garnlsheed
tContinued ON Page Ftvel
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-07
THE DAYS NEWS
FORECAST

Southern California;: Cloudy
Tuesday; light north winds. Max
imum temperature in Los Angeles
yesterday, SO degrees; minimum,
So degrees.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-07
Herbert's Statement

Mr.. Herbert issued the following
statement:
"Mr. Morgan came to my rooms in
the Brown Palace hotel last Thursday
with Mr.. Daniel Sullivan. Mr.. Morgan
stated that he and his people were for
the seating of Mr.. Adams; that Boul-
der county had gone for Mr.. Adams,
of the state were for Mr.. Adams, ani
he had told them he would vote for
Mr.. Adams, and that he had told Gov
ernor Adams the same thing; that the
(Continued on Page Five)
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-07
CLAIMS He WAS
GWEN A BR|BE
COLORADO STATE SENATOR
MAKES CHARGE
ACCUSES JAMES M. HERBERT
Declares Vice President Of Colorado
G. Southern and the Cripple Creek
Postmaster offered Him Flf-
teen Hundred Dollars
BY AssocIated Presr.

BY Associated Press.
DENVER, Colo, March Ex-senator
r. w. Morgan (Republcan) of Boulder
county announced at the opening of
the joint convention of the general as
sembly today that $500 had been off
cred him, and $3.50 had already been
given him, for his vote for Governor
Alva Adams in the contest for the office
of governor. He produced the money
which he said he had received, and 1t
was handed to District Attorney Std
ger, who will file charges in court
against the men who, Senator Morgan
said, had attempted to bribe him. A
bribery committee was appointed by the
general assembly to investigate the
charges.
Senator Morgan named James M.
Herbert vice president and general
manager of the Colorado G. Southern
railroad, and Postmaster Daniel Sulli-
van of Cripple Greek as the men who
offered him the bribe. District Attoc-
ney Stidger filed informations against
Messrs. Herbert and Sullivan in the
criminal court charging them with bri-
berry of a member of the legislature.
Bonds were Immediately furnished.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-07
TOXIC CONFIDENT
OF VICTORY WON
REGARDS FALL OF MUKDEN AS
ASSURED
FIGHTING STILL DESPERATE
st. Petersburg Military Authorities
Take More Optimistic View and
Think Kuropstkin Has In
sured His Retreat

BY Associated Press.
TOXIC, March 7, noon.-It ls re-
ported that the Russians are prepar-
ing to abandon Mukden an Fushun,
and to retreat to Tie Pass.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-07
EASTERN

Friends of Hyde threaten that he will dis
rupt the Equitable rather than yield control
Supreme court decides unanimously against
Hartman in the Northern Securities case.
reconciled at Montreal