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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-11-28
NEW YORK ELECTION CASES
Discrepancies Found in Many of the
Districts Canvassed-McClell May
Not be Declared Mayor Until. the
Proceedings are Ended.

. New York. No. ember 23.-The mag
nitude of the election fraud inves'l~
CATION was increased today by several
new cases. John Elder was held in
s1O.O 900 bail, charged with illegal vot-
ing and perjury, and James Gallagher
was held in $4,000 bail on a charge OF
perjury. Frank D. Batzig, a Tamnla-
ny member of a district board OF cleo
ton inspectors, arrested on a charge
of neglect of duty, was held in $4,000
bail.
In many of the districts c~anvassed
by the board of county c~anvassers OF
New York county. discrepancies were
found today and the Hearst represeR-
tatives claim their candidate gained
more than $50 votes. This gain was
disputed, however. The c~anvasse:s
are comparing tally sheets with the
police returns. Petitions for recount
in many districts may be based on this
canvass.
In the examination of disputed bal
lots before Supreme Court Justice
Giegerich todaI in the eleventh as
sembly district, it was found that
there was a gain of IL votes for Mayor
Mcclellan, II for Hearst and five for
WINS.
Counsel for w. R. Hearst today
raised the legal point that Mayor Nc
Clellan will be mayor Of New York
only as a hold-over after December 81
next unless Mr. Hearst's fight for a
recount is ended before that time.
This was said to be due to the fact
that under an order issued last week
by Justice Amend, of the supreme
court, the board of canvassers of New
York county cannot issue a certificate
Of election either to Mayor Mcclellan
or the comptroller or board of alder
men until the proceedings attending
the movement for a recount are
ended
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-11-28

to Branch's might be produced by
some forms of poisoning. The exact.
cause of the death, in his opinion. was
the o~bliteration of the vital centers,
caused by the compression Of the
blood vessels in the brain. A strong
attempt was made &c show that some
other cause than the blows Of Meri-
wether's fist might have produced this.
He was also examined as to the pos
sible effect of the hot bath to which
Branch was treated after the fight
DR.. Finney, in answer to hypotltet-
ical qquestion propounded b the judge
advocate. said that under circums-an-
ces similar to those in this case. his
professional opinion would be that re-
peated blows Of the fist had caused the
death of the person receiving them
Cross examination elected the opin-
ion that death, with similar symptoms
might be caused by the stoppage OF
the veins Or arteries in the brain from
causes other than external injuries,
for instance, matter formed by vege-
tation in the arteries, in other parts
of the body being carried TO the brain.
This, DR.. Finney though, was mos
unlikely in the present case. In ans
wer to this Judge Advocate Mark pro-
pounded the question of whether or
not the surgeon could swear that
death was caused by the effect of the
bullet when a man was shot through
the heart and not by an attack OF
heart disease just before the bullet en-
tered the body. DR.. Finney answered
that it could not be positively said,
unless an autopsy was held.
DR.. Thomas expressed his positive
conviction that no treatment would
have saved Branch's life, and that the
death was caused by the blows he Re
ceived in the hight. Practically the
same hypothetical questions and inter
rogatories on ros examination were
put to DIR. Thomas as to DR.. Finney,
and substantially the same w
were given.
The members of the court, particu-
larly Admiral Mccormick and Captain
Barrick, questioned the medical men
closely on several points. but particl-
larly seemed anxious to elicit infor-
nation as to whether or not it was
reasonably certain that Meriwether's
blows had caused the death of Branch,
and whether any other cause could be
assigned without stretching facts be-
yond the bounds of reason.
The prosecution will almost surely
close it's testimony early tomorrow. in
fact it is not likely that anything fur
Their will be brought out that Will
greatly affect the case. The defense
may be elaborate. as it is known that
Lieutenant Commander Robson n
Mr.. Monroe Meriwether's counsel,
have entered into the case with mucn
vigor and research. It is pretty well
known that an attempt will be made
to follow out the line indicated by the
cross examination Of the medical wit
nesses by direct testimony Of other
experts on the possibility OF organic
weakness in Branch. and these being
affected by causes other than the fight
and also of the effect of the unskilled
handling of Branch after the fight.
Moreover, it will undoubtedly be urged
that a long series of prosecutions OF
Meriwether by Branch drove he for
mer to seek a hight and that the chal-
lenge actually emanated from Branch.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-11-28
Booker WashinotOn'S OvercOat.

Far belt from US to tampef WltA oec-
rotary LOeb'S delicate yet trenchant
witticism in connection with the Hen
gelmuller-WaShingtOn incident. we
leave that gem to sparkle by Itself
and even our admiration is leVeled at
it from a carefully and reverently
measured distance, but the Hengeimui-
ler-Washington incident may still be
discussed from another point OF view,
and a very important one, without II
vading the hallowed arena of jeu des-
prit aphorism and all that sort OF thing
On this understanding, and with all
rights reserved, we gently u firmly
bulge in.
The matter of chief interest with US
is the rabbits foot which the Austrian
ambassador found in the pocket OF Hon.
Booker Washington's O%vercoat. Every
body knows, of course, so 1t need not
be explained at length, that his ex-
cellency, Mr.. Hengelmuller and Prof.
Booker Washington, head of the
famous negro college at Tuskegee, Ala .
happened to visit President on the
sehhe day and at about the same nour.
The ambassador escaped first, and in
the hurry of his craving for fresh air.
took Prof. Booker Washington's over
coat in mistake for his own. AS he
passed down the asphalt semi-circle,
reveling in the peace and serenity OF
the surroundings, he reached for a
pair of gloves and, after dragging the
deep Charybdis of the pocket, rose to
the surface with a rabbits foot. No
gloves-just the left hind foot OF
graveyard rabbit, killed in the dark OF
the noon.
Evidently the overcoat was not his
There had been some mistake. Tho
garment was fine, expensive, ashton
able, as became Il wearer who moved
in the very highest and most exclusive
circles. It distilled the unmistakab@e
aroma of the select. 1t fairly smelled
of aristocracy. Nevertheless, it did no
belong to Mr.. Hengelmuller. 20 he turn
ed back to the White House, made the
exchange, got his own clothes, and
heroically relinquished the rabbit
foot. The episode has terminated with
out international heart-burnings, or
f~orebodings. The Austrian Ambassa-
Cor recovered his overcoat and gloves,
while the Hon. Booker Washington
does not know, at least until this mo-
ment-that he was ever in danger OF
losing his rabbits foot.
Alrs we'll that ends we'll, The cloud
has passed and the orb of glory fol-
lows it's bright pathway unobscured by
envy and contention. - Washington
Post.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-11-28
Will IT HANGED TODAY
Negro Murderer of Deputy Marshal
Wade Taken to Rocky Mount for
Execution

Roanoke. Va. November "a
Cephaes Poindexter. the negro under
sentence to- hang ar Rocky Mount to-
morrow Cor the murder Of United
States DEPUTY Marshal z. T. Wade.
was removed from Roanoke iail to-
night and carried to Rocky Mount
Governor Montague has on two Drevi-
Gus occasions Granted Poindexter a
respite At he last ome and unless
he again interferes the negro Will be
executed AT noon tomorrow. Poindex-
ter claims the officer fired on him be
fore ne killei Wade.
Posndexter was brought here two
-eeks ago disguised as a oman to
prevent violence at Rocky Mount.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-11-28

New York, November 23-It WAS
late in the afternoon today when Mr..
Hughes, counsel of the legislative in
surance investigation committee, called
to the witness chair William S. Man
ming, of Albany, referred to in letters
addressed TO John A. Nichols by Sena-
tor {. Nj. Depew, at a previous session
as the "r~ambunctious friend up the
river"
Mr. Manning was the most interest
ing witness of the day, and was uues-
toned closely by Mr.. Hughes as to his
connection with life insurance, He
detailed his work for various COM
panies for many years, and came grad
ually to the time when he took I'm in
surance work in Albany, and, as he
testified, was paid $3.50 a year by John
A. Nichols Ito protect life insurance
interests, always in the interests of
the business, but not in the interest of
the officers
After several years. he said this
amount was reduced to $500, He did
not know where Mr.. Nichols was get
ting the money, and had never inuuir-
ed. He denied that he had ever re-
celved money from the Equitable Life
Assurance Society. When his fee was
reduced, however, he understood that
the Equitable, the Mutual Life and the
New York Life had each paid $3.50.
and that tho rc1rcticr woo IT, -
fact that the New York Life had drop-
PED out Of the agreement.
An Interesting part of his testimony
was reached when Mr.. Hughes in
quired concerning the state insurance
investigation i'll 1877. Manning said
he acted as an expert there and found
that the reports Of the proceedings
were "garbled and untrue" He testi-
fed that he secured a corrected report
OF the proceedings from the official
stenoSrapher n had a volume print
ed, the alleged garbled parts being
printed in Italics. The volume was
copyrighted, but Mr.. Manning declin-
ed to admit that this copyright was Sc
cured to prevent the publicantion Of ties
t1mony contained in the work. He de-
MED also that he had ever made ar
engagements with insurance companies
to stop the publication of his book.
Il just gave it up lie said. when Mr..
Hughes inquired.
Manning said that the only time he
had seen Senator Depew was when he
made arrangements to appear as an
expert in opposition to the Graham
bill before the Senate committe on in
surance in 1877.
4 might say" said the witness, that
the bill would have ruined the insur-
ance companies"
When the bill came out of commit
tee, the witness continued there re-
NAMED but q few hours of the Senate
and two Of the Senators took that time
up in talk.
That's n Of the ways they have
of killing Il bill," he added with a
smile.
He admitted he had done nothing
else in the matter Of legislation ex-
cept to keep Mr.. Nichols Informed of
what was going III.
Girar r. Brown, of the Equitable
and George d. Eldridge, of the Mutual
Reserve, were other witnesses.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-11-28
Harvard's Captain Has n Blood Cot
On the Brain.

Boston, November 23.-Captain ID.
J. Hurley, of the Harvard varsity foot
ball team, who was ordered to the city
hospital yesterday by DIR. y. Nichols.
the surgeon-in-charge of the Harvard
football squad. has a blood clot on the
brain, according to a statement made
by DIR. Nichols today DIR. Nichols said
that there was hope that the clot would
be absorbed in the natural processes
Of the body. The injury Is the result
OF n blow on the head received in thu
Dartmouth game last Saturday
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-11-28
t~niructifa against Striking Printers
= for Twenty Days.
Va. November

-.oE VA, November Z3.-
JuG .Tllar Of the city chancery
court today allowed the employing
printers sho figured In the recent
strike proceedings here. twenty days
in which TO prepare ar appeal from
his order dissoiving the injunction
against the striking printers. which
was recently granted. This leaves the
matter as it ira before the Judge gaye
his opinion dissolving the injunction
and the original Injunction will stand
for twenty days longer at least.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-11-28
Fatal Result of a Quarrel Over 6
Woman

Bristol, Va, November pa special
to The Herald from K%ingsport, Tenn,
says: George Maness, formerly Of Bris-
toll, was shot and fatally wounded by
Jim Kinslow. a farmer of that section,
about noon today. The trouble is said
to have come about as the result OF a
quarrel over a woman. After the
shooting Kinslow fed and had not been
captured at a late hour
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-11-28

Chicago, November 23.-During Il
dense fog today, a gravel train and a
work train ON the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad came together in a headon col
Iision, n mile from Albion. Ind Ac-
cording to the statements of the Bal
timore and Ohio officials Of this city,
two men were Killed. the fate Of two
others are in doubt and four were in
iured
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-11-28

All of the Medical Officers Gave 1t as
Their Positive Conviction That
Branch Died From the Effects of
Blows He Received in the Fight
With Observation-Disclosures Gave
ii as Their Opinion That No Treat
mcnt Could Have Saved His Life.
Defense VIII be Elaborate and Other
Medical Experts Will Testify as to
the Possibility of Organic Weak
ness i'm Branch.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-11-28
He is DepeH's' Rambunctious
Friend up the River
AN INTERESTING WITNESS
Questioned Closely as to Connection
with Life Insurance

Manning Was Paid to Protect Life In
surance interests ut Albany-He Did
Not Know Where the Money Came
From. N Never Notwithstanding
Acted As Expert i'm the State Insur-
ance Investigation i'm 1S7--Kent
Mr.. Nichols Informed of What Was
Going OH in the LEGISLATURE.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-11-28

gss-e +ba n The Kind You Have Always Bought
G1HTcZsI

AS the Georgia candidates are now
.going at it in earnest it may be that
they are going to attempt to
all that they have been saying of
Aeach other.-DIrham Herald.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-11-28
BalfolT May Bring Ills Minis-
y to Close
APPEAL To THE COUNTRY
Breach Over the Fiscal Question Cause
Of This Move

Public Interest Ccntcrs I'm the Cabinet
Meeting Today When the Situation
VIII bc Discussed-Liberal Papers
Think That Balfour's Name WIN
Fail. and That the Dissolution or
Parliament Is Immenent-BaIfour
Thought TO Law Inspired Editorials
Suggesting His Resignation.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-23

against the fence. Well. one day he
got into row with feller younger
than himself-forgot his age and
whipped him. Then he went home
and caught his horse and put the plow
gear on him.
- Why. Buck said his wife, what
on earth are you goin' to do?
I'm goin' out in. the field to rlow
That bottom field is mightily in the
grass
- Why, Buck says she, YOU can't
plow.'
"iCan't? who said so?'
But you're too old.
'..Is that SOP said Buck: and with
that he went on out into the fie q and
plowed. The neighbors were astonished,
but Buck kept on a plowin ard | reck-
on If he hadn't been killed tryin' TO
break a colt he would have b1en plow-
in till yet'
Tried to break colt" said the
Judge. THAT shows that age went too
far"
yes, but it showed also that age
was young again or 1t wouldn't have
gone too far. Nothin' is better proof
of youth than TO go too far. And that
brings us down to an important point
Youth goes too far and age doesn't go
far enough as a general thing. 1t is
when man strikes compromise be-
tween the two that he has reached his
best But his best lasts longer than
some folks suppose 1t is said that the
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-23

house is appraised and with it the por-
trait. Then arises the question of it's
authenticity. 1T is naught. 1t is
naught.' saith the buyer, as he has al
ways been saying since the days of the
wise king. The picture was painted so
long ago that nobody living has ever
seen the painter or the face which it
represents. Perhaps 1t was manufac-
tured in Wardour street for the purpose
of giving a semblance of reality to a
doubtful pedigree, as they say the like
ness of Christ was made up in the dark
ages for the purpose of giving sub
stance TO the story of the divine life
on earth. Perhaps it is the fictitious
substitute for an original long ago lost
CIR stolen or sold by the family, or de-
stroyed by fire.
1T may even be the very painting
mentioned in the title deeds. and yet so
deoayed by time or changed by SO
called restoration as to have become
Worthless IS a picture and unrecog-
MIA bic as q likeness.
How shall any certainty be attained
as to the value or the authenticity of
this portrait? The following questions
are asked and have to- be answered.
place them side by side with similar
questions touching the likeness of
Christ. In either case reasonable an
swers should carry conviction:
1.-THE tradition of the family-How
far is it to be trusted? The witness of
the church-how far is it to be believed ?
'II-Portraits. said to be of the same
man, are possessed by other branches
If the family-do they bear a common
resemblance? Likenesses, believed to be
of Christ are regarded ais authentic by
different churches-do they bear a COM
mon similitude?
''III-Were the artists of the period
I.Nr, III IL
ing such picture? Were the artists
of the first century capable of paint
ing the likeness of Christ?
IN-lS there any reason to think
that the heir had any interest in con-
cealing or in falsifying this mans like
ness Is there any reason for suppos-
ing that the early Christians desired
the face of Christ to be unknown or to
be forgotten?
Wis 1t question between this por-
trait and another, or is it between this
and none? Is 1t a question between
this and some other likeness, or is it
between this and none?
VI-What is the opinion of acknowl-
edged experts in the art of portraiture
How was the likeness of Christ regard
ed by the masters of the Renaissance
'VII-Here Is a miniature. 1t has
been hidden away in a secret drawer,
and is inscribed with the mans initials,
Is 1t the same likeness? Here are some
portraits from the graves of the first
Christian martyrs. They are inscribed
with Christ's initials. Is the likeness
the same
WILLIS there any theory TO ac-
count for the portrait except that 1t is
likeness? Is there any theory to ac-
count for the likeness except that it is
D0rtrait?"
One by one Sir Wyke answers the
foregoing questions in such a way as to
leave them no longer open. He proves
that for twenty centuries all Christian
churches and Christian peoples have
preserved the one tradition as to
Christ's likeness: that it's history is ar
integral part of the history of the
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-23

most of the poetry is written by young
men, / reckon this is true. But the
most of the poetry isn't worth readin'
ana doesn't live much longer than it
takes them TO write it, The most
valuable writin' comes out of expert
encs, which is wisdom; and without
age there can be no very great expert
ence. ! reckon the best prizefighters
are between 20 and 80. certainly not
much more than 80; but the world
couIu manage to get along without
prizefghters. Old Oliver Cromwell was
somethin' CT a fighter, but he was un-
known until he was gettfn' old / have
noticed that. aoa makes a bigger liar
of u liar. As long as liar can grow
he is improvin' and if a lie can grow
il seems. to me that wisdom can man
age 10 move up few pegs as we go
along. Let the old man take his mind
on his ailments and put it on a book.
And the first thing he knows his mind
VIII be bigger and his ailments less.
YonGer comes old Jerry Dabs. Now
Jerry is nearing so and nobody ever.
caught him in truth And suppose
he should make an effort now and tell
the truth. Wouldn't that be an inn
provement? Wouldn't ii show an ad-
vance even at his age? / want to tell
you, gentlemen, we've all got an oppor-
tUnity to do somethin'. We can at
least go home and tell our wives that
business detained u.s."
(Co pyrighted. 1905. by Opie Read)
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-23

weighed his brain and found that it
was a third heavier than Websters.
He was not only a murderer, but was
little short of <bein' an idiot. No, sir;
the mind isn't physical. 1t doesn't
have much OF kinship with the body
Alexander Stephens was almost a
dwarf. The poet Byron wore a six
and quarter hat. But old Bill San
derson th&t lives out here hasn't more
than sense enough to drive up the
calves and he can't get hat in town
big enough for him. A man is use
full as long as he can think. He
thinks as long as he learns. When
he gives up his mind, why, his mind
gives him up. Old men talk too
much and read too little. The mind
needs food. And this mind food is
not to be raked UP out of the past
of your own life. The past is worth
nothin' except as it serves as a light
for the future. This has been said
more than once, but that doesn't make
it less true. An old man dreams that
he is young. 1t is rare that he dreams
of bein' older. And in his dream of
youth great ideas sometimes come to
him. He awakes younger. but his
disa ppointment at findin' himself still
old -robs his mind of the freshness it
drew from the dream. Sometimes a
suddenly awakened determination
will make a man younger. There
was old Buck Jameson. He was
not only showed aside, but jammed