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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-12
TIE BRTTT-NELSON FIGHT
JcfTrics Will Probably be the Referee.
~t;cttiiss is 10 TO Z With Britt the
Eavor;te. .

San Francisco, September with
hundreds of sportsmen arriving daily
TO see the fight Saturday afternoon at
COlma between Jimmy Britt and Bat
ling Nelson, a referee had 0 been
decided on up to tonight. 1t is thought
that James .Jeffries will be referee in
spite Of objections raised by Nolan,
Nelson's manager.
Jeffries telegraphed to Manager Cof-
froth last night asking if he was ex-
pected to referee and Coffroth replied
in the affirmative.
Then | shall be in San Francisco
be is on the ground, and the managers
of h fighters can come together with
Coffroth and Jeffries, it is the opin-
ion of the best posted sporting men
that an agreement viii be reached with
out much parley.
Britt and Nelson today finished their
hard training, They have reached the
stage where the question of weight no
longer is an element in training and
all attention is paid to keeping ION
edge until the gong them to
the fray Both men are in excellent
condition. Manager Coffroth has al
ready taken in $4,000 for seats and
asserts hat when the men enter the
ring Saturday afternoon the prize for
which they will contest will lamount to
$4,000, a record amount for ring con
tests.
The betting today remains unchang-
ed at 10 to 7, with Britt the favoTite.
There is no great activity in he bet
ting, owing to the uncertainty as to the
choice of referee.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-12

the policemen. Detachments OF ma
tional troops modified on accoun. OF
the war, were called out during the
night The crowds received the sol
diers good naturally and cheered
them. The principal duty Of the troops
was the protection Of the police.
The anger of the crowds was chief
" on account of the closing of Hibaya
PARK and the denial OF the right 20
publicly meet in the park, which is
the charge Of the municipality.
After The park was closed yesterday,
the mayor and council met Immediate
~ and protested to the goverrmen.
and insisted that the park be reopen
ed. It is now claimed that all The
turbulence resulted from the indiscreet
closing of the park. Students and
young street -owdies seemed 70 be
the largest participants in the diso--
der of the night. The firemen sue
ceeded in saving the main structure
Of the home minister's residence Only
Outbuildings were destroyed.
It is impossible to secure accurate
of the casualties. The jul es-
them at two dead and five
hundred wounded, in all, including
those seriously and slightly injured,
whom are 200 policemen.
The wounds are mostly slight sword
thrusts, and bruises made by stones.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-12
Confessed to an Outage on a Young
Woman.
HUSBAND STARTED Tr,E FIRE
N"a of $500 Persons Tied the Negro
=. tise Stake-Fierce Flames We're
Famed by the Wind and the Fiend's
Suffering Was OF Short Duration.
Third Negro Burned N the Same
secsisn II Texas Within q Short
Tine.

Fort WORTH. Texas. September -
A special tn T:'c Record from vaxa-
nachie tells of the Burning tonight OF
Steve Davis. a negro. who con-
fesse'i to outraging Mrs. S. p. Norris.
aged 20. last Saturday night.
\ moo CONSISTING of $500 persons
tied the to q piece of a pipe
n had been set IN the ground. pile.i
fagots around him and set the mas
On fire. The sutferings Of the negro
Were Of short duration. owing to the
t~icrceness of the fire. which was fan
ned hy a gale Of wind.
rhc husband of the woman Is said
to have set the match to the finder
and started the blaze.
Davis was arrested last Tuesday
and taken before the wonan
who at that time was not sure 1t was
him. She had been desperately i'll
from her ordeal. Today he was again
taken before the mi who on sight
Of hiG2 tainted. When che recovered
him and his fate was sealed. The ne
gr" finally confessed. detailing the
crime.
rhis is the third negro that has been
burnei in this section of texas within
a Short time. One of these was lynche1
at sulphur Springs and another al
Wa.e.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-12

Baku, Caucasus, September THE
situation here tonight shows no signs
OF ame%lioration. 1t could hardly be
worse.
The terror-stricken inhabitants are
fleeing from the city, knowing that
the garrison is utterly inadequate to
protect them, and, although the wost
scenes of fire and massacre have not
think how far the excuses may pro-
coed.
The principal fighting IS not in Baku
itself, but at Balakhan, where hun
dreds have been shot by the infantry
and artillery and where one thousand
were killed Or wounded during a des-
perate attack On the military camp and
provision depots. The troops sus-
tanned few casualties.
4. large number of workmen barri-
caded themselves in the Balkan hos
pital. The soldiers began the attack
with rife fire and then stormed the
hospital and completed their work
with the bayonet.
The entire oil and commercial quar-
tiers Of Baklahan, Sabunto and Nomani
have been wiped out by fire and the
inhabitants remaining behind were
massacred and thrown into the
flames. Bibiebat continues to burn
and is threatened with the same tate
as Balakhan.
The consulates, banks and admins
tration buildings in Baku are guarded
by troops. All Of the English resi-
dents, and almost all other inhapi-
tants of the better class have boarded
ships and gone to sea to escape from
danger. All available steamers have
been employed for this purpose.
Martial law has been proclaimed in
the city. Nobody is allowed on the
streets after 8 O'Clock at night, and in
habitants of houses are held strictly
responsible for shots fired from them.
Artillery was employed against one
house from which shots were fired
The walls were preached the house
was stormed and all the people IN
side were killed. There is a general
panic in the city.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-12
POLICE IN PGBLIC DIsFAVOR
Soldiers and GenGsrmers Performing
Guard Duty-Forei2ners Roughly
Used.

Toxic September Noon. The
ony serious disturbance this morning
was the partial 'vrecking of a print
ing Office. which was assisting the
KOknmin Shimbun to publish it's edi-
ton of today. 4. crowd Of people at
TEMPTED to enter Hibavc Park. but the
soldiers preve rted them. Some light
ing resulted.
The police are being Withdrawn or
bang kept in the background. because
OF the fact thai they nave fallen into
public disfayOr. The sOIdieTy and
gcndarnes are performing guard duty.
Soldiers are guarding the foreign le-
cations. Apparently the outbreak IS
is not due to anti-foreign sentiment.
burt the government is anxious to pre-
vent injury to any Of the legations or
,.ion.bors Of the LEGATIONS. Foreign
.ers. however. who are caught by the
mobs are roughly used.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-12
YIELDS TO FRENCH DEMANDS
H.'rtccan Government Makes Formal
Apology and Pays Over the Iniem-
NIFTY Asked.

Paris. September IA dispatch TO
the foreign Office from NJ. st. Rene
Taillandier, minister fo Morocco, an
nounces tina the Moroccan government
has yielded { o the French demands
and given complete satisfaction.
The dispatch says that September 4
the day proceeding the expiration OF
the ultimatum, the grand viZier, Sir
Feedoni Garnitt, accompanied by n re-
tinue went TO the French legation
where he was received by he minister
and his staff aud the trading European
officials. The grand vizier then pub
licIy presented n formal apology for
the arrest Of the French Algerian citi-
zen. Bouzian. and handed the minister
the amount Of the indemnity demanded
for the imprisoned man. and also pre-
sented letters from the Moroccan min
istry OF foreign affairs announcing that
the Caid responsible for Bouzian's
arrest had been removed.
The foreign Office here says the
preparation Is complete on all points
and that the incident Is closed. thus
terminating the anticipated resort to
coercion through the military and ma
val branches OF the service
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-12
Guard AMERICAN LEGATION
'1hc 11;tirftu.ti Party Have an Exciting
Tirne-Dfnne1' in Their honor Cam
csIicd.

Toxic, September 6. delayed in
transmission.) The Hartman party
had an exciting experience last night
while attending and returning from a
dinner given by Baron Some, minister
of finance. DR.. w. G.. Lyle and j. {.
Mcknight were caught in a crowd on
their way to the dinner and were
escorted the-Sfnt eB
stoned, DR.. Lyle being struck Dy a
missile and slightly hurt After the
dinner was over a detachment of SOL
diers escorted the party to the lega-
ton. A crowd stepped R. P. Shwertn-
vice president of the Pacific Mail
Steamship company, and assaulted his
runners, but they did not touch Mr..
Schwerin.
Crowds menacing a neighboriag po-
lice kiosk filled the a in front Of
the American legation and hOoted and
jeered the soldiers escorting the Harri-
man party, who, with fixed bayonets,
charged the crowd, cleared the street
and guarded the legation throuhout
the night.
The dinner planned for tonight in
honor of the Hartman party will not
take place owing to the disturbed con-
ditions in the city.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-12
PENCE TERMS STILL UNKNOWN
Japanese People Feel Resentment
I"v ards the Goyernment-About
q Arrests Wade Since Noon Tues
day.

Toxic. Wednesday. September g.
3 D. m. The city continues quiet
There are small crowds of Deor.lc
aro' nj Hi5aya Park. but no further
trouble has occurred. The officers of
the Kokumin Shimbun continue IT, be
beseiged. The 1oors and windows are
b~arricaded. Lines of police closed the
.%".tis" block and heavy police reserves
arc within call. A detachment OF
mounted gendarmes is stationed in
trent of the foreign office. prepared to
meet emergencies in the disturbed dig
triut. About the government build
i:Igs the military display is inconspic-
L0lIS. A few sentrles are patrC1lfHg
The front Of the buildings and the Of
ti"ial residences Of the ministers. The
lnain forces of the military ace con-
ceaIea. HHH1
An irritating feature Of the sitlia-
ti"n esults from h continued fail
ure of the government to inform the
public of the exact results Of the
Portsmouth conference. Net a single
feature of the negotiations has been
communicated officially to the people.
The result has been much popular re-
sentiment. the people arguing that thew
fought and paid for the War and are
en::ried to know the results.
About two hundred arrests have
Been made since noon Yesterday. The
Office captured eight Of those who
wee engaged IN the attack on the
home :litiister's residence.
II is now reported that four persons
r.e.to siIlr7
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-12

Toxic, Tuesday, September 800
D.. m.-Serious rioting followed the at
tack today On the Office Of the koku-
min Shimbun, the government organ
A mob attacked and set fire to the
official residence of the minister Of
home affairs which stood between the
Mobiles Club and the Imperial Hotel,
and faced Hibaya Park, which was
the storm center t%hrougout the day
Threatening demonstrations occurred
in the neighborhood of the official
homes of Premier Katsura and Bar
on Komura, foreign minister, who is
now in the United States, but the po-
lice succeeded in preventing injury to
the occupants or damage to the
houses.
The attack ON the minister's resi-
dence was intensely dramatic.
rPhroughout theh day a series Of dem
onstrations occurred in the neighbor-
hood Of the building, and late in the
afternoon the mob attacked the house,
swept the police away, and battered
down the gates. The police and SER
wants resisted stOutly, but the mob
surged forward and entered the house.
One of the mob leaders carrying an
armful of burning straw, gained The
-real + the structure and succeeded
in settin it ON fire. The police reserves
charged the crowds, using their swords
freely, but the mob rallied from sew
-eral quarters and stoned the fremen
when they arrived. The members OF
the ministers household were rescued
and escorted to the Imperial Hotel.
When darkness came the flames from
the burning building Illuminated a me-
acing scene, the mob hOoting and
throwing stones at the police and fire
men and the police repeated clearing
the streets.
Another demonstration is planned
for September 8 and it is believed teat
the strongest measures will be neccs-
sary to prevent serious riOting and
bloodshed.
A member of the mob which burn
ed the home minister's residence said
to the correspondent of the AssOciaL-
ed Press:
1--WE burned the house for the pur-
pose of attracting the attention of the
Emperor We want him to refuse to
ratify the treaty. We believe that
those surrounding him prevent his
correct understanding of the popular
attitude toward the disgraceful humil-
,iating peace"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-12
EVIDENCE IN THE NALL CASE
Bruises Found ON the Dead
Man-Hospital Irussccs to Meet
Next Weduesday-Test Case of the
Power Df Police Justice.
Especial to The Messenger.)

Raleigh. y. c.. September To-
might Coroner Jordan made public the
evidence. ten columns long. at the in
.dence of DR.. Turner. county physician
of Chatham. who at the direction of
Coroner Jordan held two autopsies. in
Chatham and at Raleigh. lie said he
found extensive bruises ON Nails hips,
caused by repeated blows: a scalp
wound on the side OF the head. two
inches long. made with some blunt in
|strnment: and upon removal of the
hair from the scalp a mass Of coasu-
lated blood iown the rear of the skull:
inside the skull was a blood c.ot from
the top nearly 70 the base. this causing
death by comr1essing the brain.
The expert who embslmed Nails
body said he onlv cleared I'D the face
land hands with fluid and injected some
lin the side Of the head where wound
vas. He did not examine Nails hips
lat all. Superintendent Mckee. Of the
hospital for the insane hal telephoEed
MIN that Nall had died from over ex-
Iertiou in running and directed him.: to
IeinbaIm the body.
The council met in special session
this evening to consider matters grow
ing out of the death of Nall at the
state hospital. SUPERINTENDENT Mckee
of the hospital was present uDon no
'tice. 1t was deciGcd to ask him to
call a meeting of the hospital trustees
20 consider the matter. He expressed
his WILLINGNESS TO do 60 and according
ly calls them TO meet next Wednesday
to make thorough Investigation.
Attorneys for the hospital atten-
|dants CHARGED with the death of Nall
will have a conference tomorrow
norniax to See whether they shall in
haoeas corpus proceedings to
release Of the men on bail. AS
yet their course is o decided.
Walter f. Barbee. Of Durham. came
here today for the body CT his brother
who ble~ out his brains yesterday.
He took the remains home. The sui
eide had $3.50 when he came here.
He spent some time i'll the tenderloin
districts.
A test case is made I'D here tn See
whether it Is constitutional for the
|T"olice Justice Of Raleigh to sentence
to work On the roads. in other
words to be convicts. Application is
to be made to Judge Purnell. by at
|torrfeys. under '11beas corDu for two
negroes. Will Snow. sentenced to 6
for IN assault with a deadly
weapon and Osborn Brown. to 3
months. for conducting a gambling
|n1ace
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-12
R|OT|NG IS WORSE.
ESaious Co nditiOn Of Affairs
IN TOXIC.
ATTACK MINISTER'S HOUSE
Hob Wants Emperor to Refuse to Rati-
fy Peace Treaty.

Losses a Been Sustain
Abk. to Cope With the Disorders and
Direct Appeals Have Been Made to
the Enperor-RevO1t Formed by
Turkish fGmissaries and Agitators.
Population of the Towns and VIII
Iaers in Danger of Being Slaughter
cd-Troops VIII be Overwhelmed.
Unless Re-enforcements Arrive.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-12
SUMMARY OF COTTON CROP
Statistical Committee Estimates On a
Yield OF 9.5SS,13 Bales.

AshevilIe. N. c.. September 1.-The
of the cotton CROP Of 1905-65
as reported by the statistical commit
tee OF the Southern Cotton Growers
Association. today. is as follows:
Production 9~.5sS.133 bales: per-
centage Of condition as compared with
last year 1873 and as compared with
the governments estimate of 72.L-
The yield is regarded as exceedingly
small. as from ten TO ten and a half
million bales was expected.
The estimated yield by states and
the percentage of condition as reported
by tho statistical committee is as fol-
lows:
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-12
James Daugherry E~xhonerated +
Charye of Murder.

Asheville, N. c.. September Floyd
James, who was arrested Tuesday on
the charge of having murdered his
brotRer-in-law, James Daugherty. was
discharged this afternoon after a pre-
liminary hearing by Judge Jones,of he
criminal court, who found that there
was no case of probable cause against
the accused. James was jailed by The
local police authorities who acted on
evidence adduced at the coroner'S in
quest. whereat a verdict of murder
against unknown persons was return
ed. Daugherty was found dead in
James boarding house Sunday, Au-
gust 81.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-12
VIEWED WITH ALMOST ALARM
Enormous Losses at Baku-Authori-
ties of the Caucasus Taken by Sur
prisc--T,irect Appeal to tho En-
aierOF.

DerOf.
st. Petersburg, September Z, 100
p. m.-Though the dispatch from Tif1is
and current reports in st. Petersburg
say that. the Oil works and tanks at
Baku have been entirely consumed,
and the town practically wiped out,
according to a dispatch to the Nobel
Company from Baku, this is an error
and the loss though enormous is not
complete. This dispatch stated that
the firing in town had ceased, and
that the incendiarism had been check
ed. The fate of the tanks and works
which are not yet on fire depends ON
the wind, which is blowing a hurricane.
Unless it changes and sweeps the hre
back on the unaffected districts there
is hope Of saving some of the proper
ties. The sender of the dispatch was
unable to give details.
The authorities of the Caucasus
would seem to have been taken COM
pletely by surprise by h magnitude
of the Tartar rising. There is not the
least doubt that it had long been plan
ned and carefully organized, and Is
connected with the separatist move
ment. The officials of Tifis say they
have unmistakable proof that the e
volt has been famed by Turkish ennis
saries and agitators bearing a green
standard who are raiding the whole
country. The Tartars, the officials
add, intend laying a regular siege TO
lBaku, Shusha and other places. They
have laid many villages in ruins and
have pitilessly ,massacred the inhabit-
ants.
Unless sufficient troops are available
TO promptly suppress the outbreak IN
the Caucasus, which the news from
Baku would show not TO be the case,
the whole of that country will be de-
wasted and the population Of the
towns and villages butchered- The
situation is viewed in St Petersburg
with the utmost alarm. The managers
of the oil works at Baku. despairing
of the arrival Of reinforcements OF
troops. have telegraphed direct to the
emperor.
The latest dispatches from Baku
give gruesome details. of the carnage.
No quarter was asked or given by the
insurgents or troops. In the suburbs
of Baku the flames were spread by a
high wind. one burning building after
another coIlapsing- Pillagng and
numbering have been going on every
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-12
Minimum Price for New Cot
ton Crop.
FIGHT BETWEEN FACTIONS
Convention to Deal With Suspension Of
Peters.

I'm the Convention One Faction Held
Out for 10 1-2 Gents and the Oths.r
for II Ceuts-Outside Element
Ciausorcd for I2 Ccnts-There WuI
nc No Revision of the Constitution
aT tho AsssciauoE-ytce President
f.fefs Declares lie Il Still i'm Office.
11.c Association Will Probably Sus-
tain ti,e Suspension. Made by Pres
i.is.,it Jordan
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-12
Toxic, September co a. m.-The
destruction of small poles sub-stefln1s

continued until midnight. It is impos-
sible to ascertain the exact number de-
stroyed, but it is. estimated that fifteen
were wrecked. Two of the larger po-
lice stations were also destroyed. The
s4nobs generally prevented damage to
adjoining private property by drag
ing the police kiosks into he middle
of the streets before applying The
torch. Shortly after midnight another
attempt was made against the Koku-
min Shimbun Offices. but the police
dispersed the attackers, killing u
of the assailants. The fact thai Inc
man was cut in the back angered the
crowd, which demanded the arrest OF
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-12
Farmer Held Up and Robbed.

Cascade, Ca, September 1.-Two ne
groes held up and robbed Thomas
Lamb, a farmer living near Cascade, of
s1.4O0 on the Campbellton road be-
tween Westend and Fort Mcpherson
last evening. One thrust a pistol in
the farmers face, while the other went
through his pockets. The money
which was in two pockets they .cok
and still keeping Lamb covered with
a revolver, effected their escape.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-12

Asheville, n. C.. September THE
Southern Cotton Association, in con-
vention at Kenilworth Inn. tonight.
established a minimum price of eleven
cents for the incoming cotton crop
This action was reached after a four
hours struggle in the minimum price
committee room this afternoon. ant
a joint secret conference of that COM
mittee and the general committee O
night. 1t was a contest in which grow
ers. %spinners, manufacturers and brok-
ers were involved. and one in which
the combined influence of all those
elements was brought into play, In and
out Of the meetings which preceded
tonight's work.
After the announcement of the esti-
mate Of the crop yield Of 1905 and
1906. the fight narrowed down TO two
factions-One holding out for 10 1-2
cents. the other for IL cents, notwith-
standing the fact hat an outside ele-
men clamored for twelve cents. Some
of the growers this afternoon were
inclined to the opinion hat the unex-
pectedly short yield crop report would
have a tendency to push the minimum
to IL cents, but Ii was known that
these predictions would not be fulfill
ed when the price committee emerged
from its caucus at GAS this evening.
1--WE have labored like a mountains
and brought forth a mouse" said one
of the committeeman to the Associated
Press correspondent tonight. the con-
sentative element wins"
After the minimum committee male
its report the association proceeded
TO take up routine business. 1t devcl-
oped during the course of the evening
that there will be no revision OF the
constitution of the association by rea-
son OF the fact that due notice had
not been given.
President JORDAN appointed Hickey,
Of Texas; Maxwell, of Louisiana;
Brown. Of North Carolina; Love. of
Arkansas, and Erwin Of Tennessee TO
serve on the finance committee.
The association before adjourning
decided to accept the invitation of the
citizens of Waynesville TO visit that
sity Saturday.
An interesting feature with Which
tomorrow mornings session OF the
convention will deal is the suspension
of Vice President Peters,o of Texas, VINO,
although suspended by President Jor-
a with the telegraphic approval, OF
a majority of the committee, :wo
months ago for his alleged defense OF
the agricultural department at the
time Of the recent exposures Of leak
ages in the bureau of statistics, .5til,
holds IN to his title. IL not the Office
Mr.. Peters declares he is still in Of
fee. although the executive COMMITTEES
does not recognize his claim. The de-
posed vice president declares that he
made no defense Of the cotton specula-
tors. but simply espoused the Il
OF Secretary Wilson, who. he says,
was not 10 blame for short comings
in his department. It is asserted by
many prominent growers tonight hat
the association will undoubtedly sus-
tain the suspension of Mr.. Peters.