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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-12
TIE SOUTH AND THE COTTON
CROP.

At the rate the south is increas-
ing her manufacture OF cottosl it will
not be long before she will lead he
north. According TO figures Furnished
by Secretary Hester, Of the New Or
leans cotton exchange, southern mills
were only thirty-six thousand bales be-
hind those. of the north in consump-
ton of cotton for the year ended Au-
gust 31st last At the rate new mills
are building and present ones being
enlarged In the cotton growing section
it will take q very short while for this
small difference to be met and in the
course Of a few years we will see the
figures reversed and the south mani
featuring more of her cotton THAI the
north. The suspension of hostilitIes
in the east and the opening up of the
Manchurian markets. to the cotton
trade will give renewed impetus to
the milling business of the south. Re-
fore the breaking out Of the war our
mills had a large and a constantly in
creasing trade with Manchurfa. It
ceased almost entirely while that
country was in the hands of the hog
tile forces. Now that peace has come
this trade will be renewed with
greatly increased demand for the class
of cotton goods made by the southern
mills. This will tend to greatly in
crease the consumption of cotton by
our mills.
With our farmers getting eleven
cents for their cotton and the mills
finding foreign demand for their prod
ucts over and above home con-
sumption what is there to prevent
the south orfging ahead and becoming
the center of prosperity of the union?
The southern people are just begin
ming to learn how to market their
cotton crop. They displayed more
Judgment in this respect last year than
ever before. In fact it was the first
time they had ever succeeded in con-
trolling the market to any appreciate
degree. Heretofore the cotton has
been ginned and rushed upon the
ket in q lump and disposed of at prices
set by the buyers who then held it
for higher prices when the mills We're
obliged to purchase at their figures Or
close down. In other words the spec
ulators named the price at which they
would buy from the producers and at
which they would sell to the consum-
ers. Last year the farmers, to a large
extent, had as much to say as to the
price at which they would sell as did
the purchasers. They learned a vatua-
BILE lesson. They found that by united
action and %steadfast determination to
hold back their cotton for higher
prices they could control the market
to a great extent. They will not Don
forget this lesson. They will ON
closer together each year and be
more firmly united. In future
cotton will be marketed as the
demand for it arises and at such
prices as the urgency of the demand
calls for. The day is past when the
whole crop will be marketed in three
OF four months at whatever price i
will bring. Hereafter the spot cotton
market or safles from first hands will
last the year round and the farmer can
pick his time for selling.
These remarks, of course, apply to
the thrifty farmer who elves at
home and steers clear of mortgages
and crop liens, but even the latter will
be better off.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-12
THE alcCDWN CONTEMPT CASE.

|
The McCown contempt case has
caused a great deal of excitement
in Durham, as is natural, and all over
state there has been much interest in
the outcome of proceedings instigated
against him by Judge Ward. While
some members OF the legal profession
had their doubts as TO the judges au-
thority to fine and imprison him, the
general impression was.that his action
would be sustained by the supreme
court. Perhaps the desire that it
should was to a great extent response
BILE for the belief that it would do so.
No doubt the news that the court had
sustained Judge Ward was received
with great satisfaction by Il large ma
1ority of our people, both lawyers and
laymen.
The publication of the written opin-
Jon of the court, which will most likely
be ON next Wednesday, will be looked
forward to with great interest. The
pCODlc "d1L ~ hIo" ny "udt IC1cOh-
ing the cour- reached its conclusions.
AL that is known now is that the
court, with concurrence of all the
justices, has decided that Judge Ward
had legal authority for declaring Nc
Gown in contempt and for imposing
a fine and Imprisonment on him.
If reports be true there will proba-
bly, be filed a dissenting opinion by one
of the justices, who, while agreeing
with the other four as to the legality
Of the proceedings, comes to such cen
clusion by different reasoning. 1t is
said that this justice holds that Judge
Wards action vas legal under the
statute regulating contempt, but that
the ether four maintain that a judge
Of the superior court has the common
law right to define what is contempt Of
his court and to punish for the same
without regard to any acts Of the leg
islature; that this is an inherent right
of the court, which cannot be abridged
by the legislature-a coordinate
branch Of the state government.
If the court holds this, then the acts
of the legislature regarding contempt
are null and void in SO far Is they at
tempt to restrict the powers of the
court in such matters.
This we suppose will be made to APP
ply only to conduct in the actual or
constructive presence OF the court.
The supreme court will hardly extend
the principal to such matters as re-
fusal to obey process of the court etc.
1t may not touch upon this branch Of
the question in this case, but when
called upon to do so it would be apt
to make distinction between the two
classes of contempt, for the statutes
say how court processes shall be is
sued, served and carried into effect.
There is a great difference in the rea-
sons for Furnishing for the two kinds
of contempt. In the one it is to en-
force respect for the court and to pro-
tect it's dignity and authority, in the
other it is for the protection of the
rights and interests of litigants Sc
cured by DEGREES and orders of the
courts.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-12
s l. |. IMPROVEMENTS HERE
Large Warehouse Being Erected On the
WhaIf.

Building Will be O Fee1 Long and
100 Feet Wide-Wcrk Has ALREADY
for Foundation OF Building and Also
tiic Building Of a Nharf-It Is Said
That Seaboard Air Line Expects to
Put Heavier Rails Down Between
Here and Hamlet.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-12

Russell Sage, who does not believe
in working people taking a vacation,
could hardly object to the kind Mr..
Roosevelt has had at Sycamore Hill
this summer.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-12

Wonder what is keeping Statistician
Hyde over in Europe now? We have
not heard Of another carbuncle and
he promised Secretary Wilson to come
home as soon as possible.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-12

Terrible plaques, those itching, pes
tering diseases Of the skin. Put an
end to misery. Doan's Ointment cures.
At any drug store.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1905-11-22

tinue until every dog III the town is
killed. The girl was bitten by dog
on Oct. 26 and the physicians found
that she had hydrophobia.
The town officials learned that so
dogs had been bitten by the dog that
bit her and they authorized the mayor
to take such action as was necessary
to wipe out all dogs.
ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 22 The
Novoe Vreyma was the victim of a re-
markable holdup by social revolution
lists last night. Three editors of the
Workmen's Gazette, the official organ
of the Workmen's counciI, entered the
composing rooms of the Novoe Vrem.
va with revolvers in their hands and
compelled the compositors to set up
their papers, making prisoners of all
persous who entered the room. Later,
going to press, the visitors compelled
the pressmen to run off so 900 lcopies
of the WoIkmen's Gazette.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1905-11-22
CHICAGO IS
DIVORCE MAD

CHICAGO, Nov 23.-Chicago
has gone divorce mad. More than half
a hundred cases of family discord We're
docketed yesterday, occ upying the at
tention of six Judges and probably a
hundred lawyers. Nineteen DEGREES of
divorce and one of separate maintain
ance were granted and the others are
under advisement by I'll judges.
On Friday there We're Issued in
Chicago only 80 marriage licenses.
There were seventeen DEGREES of di-
vorce granted on that day-all by one
Judge. On the same day there were
so burial permits issued. According
to the method of computation en-
ployed py statisticans. 80 of these
would be for husbands or wives.
Fortynine families were therefore
brokensup by death or divorce, while
there were only 50 new families Gre
ated On Thursday the families de.
sroyed by death were fourteen in num-
Der, by divorce five and there were "a
marriage licenses issued, giving cupid
a majority.
During the week there were granted
81 DEGREES of divorce and one separate
maintainance. There were issued 1878
MARI iage licenses. This would indi-
cate that an average of more tran one
out of seven local marriages comes to
the divorce court.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1905-11-22
100000 RISING
IN INSURRECTION
AGAINST CAR
Peasants in Twenty-Four Provinces
Siezing Estates of the Rich Who
are Fleeing Abroad for Their Lives
Regular Soldiers Wayering

MOSCOW, Nov. 22.-Tw enty four
provinces in European Russia. not in
cluding roland. Finland and the
Caucasus, having a population of 62,
900, 900, are now in state of insur
rectior. Peasants everywhere are selz-
ing the land of the great estate owners
who are fleeing abroad. The autho-i-
ties everywhere have been issueing
contradictory manifestos The priests
are warning the peasants not to believe
in the lies purporting to ccme from
the czar.
The attitude of the present zemst-
vos congress savors strongly of the
Revolutionary methods. The con-
gress realizes that they lave an over
whelming power behind them and
they are summoning all Russia to rise
in arms, declaring that the regular
soldiers are already Uaveiing III their
duty toward the car.
ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. %
The revolutionists say that civil war
will begin ON the anniversary OF
"bloody Sunday" A party of guards
and officers conferred with the revo-
lntionnary leaders last night and
asked them to supply the troops with
political pamphlets. The leaders i'm
mediately placed $4,000 copies at the
disposal OF the troops.
Dispatches received here state that
the troops dispatched by the vice gov
e,nor to quell the agrarian riots at
Porisg Tliebsk fired into mob, kill
ing 100 and wounding many.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov.
22.-Tbe first formal steps toward
the beginning of the great battle that
it is believed will be Fought his win
ter between the senate and the presi
dent were taken this morning when
the senate committee on inter state
commerce assembled with nine out
of the thirteen members present to
consider the subject of rrailroad rate
regulation.
This was in accordance with the
direction of the senate at the last ses-
sion and was in furtberance of the
aims of the committee, when, IN the
early summer it heard a hundred wit
nesses for and against the proposed till
by the president to give the interstate
commerce commission power to fix a
rate where disputed rate had been
found unreasonable.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1905-11-22
D0WIE WILL GO HOME
FOR THANKSGIVING

Ell PASC, Tex, Nov. 22.-John
Alexander Dowie and party have
reached Tampico after inspecting the
offerings for proposed Zion colony
and are ready to take the steamer
for Chicago via New York and Havana
Dowie has wired Zion city denying
that he is i'll and dec lares that he is
coming home to keep his promise aud
celebrate Thanksgiving. He says 20.
900, 900 acres of land have been offer ed
for his colony.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1905-11-22
PLACE THE BAN UPON
PRIZE FIGHT. PICTURES

PORTLAND, Ore. Nov. 22.-Dar-
ing threats by the showmen Ut future
damage suits failed to keep the mu-
nicipal league from serving an injunc-
tion on the Britt Nelson fight moving
picture show at Grants Pass last night
and the performance had to be cancel
led. Hero in Portland there are per-
sistent rumors that Sheriff Word will
stop the local production. but the
sheriff refused to confirm them this
morning.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1905-11-22
Notice to Voters

Notice is hereby given that mass
convention OF voters OF the city OF
Wenatchee will be held at the Wenat-
chee theatre on the evening Of Thurs
day, November 20. 1905, for the pur-
pose Of nominating city officers for
the ensuing year as follows. One
councilman at-iaroe for one year,
three counciimen for two years. one
councilman to fiji unexpired term OF
U. G. Posue. mayor. clerk, treasurer.
der OF the mayor
NC. LiTTlEFiELD.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1905-11-22
BRILLIANT SOCIETY WEDDING

WASHINGTON, d. G. Nov. "a
Anna Hitchcock, daughter of the SEQ
retary of the interior, was married =
noon today to commander William
Sims. u. s. n. Dr.. Ronald Cotton
Smith, officiated.
There was brilliant assemblage of
officials and society people. Army
and navy officials acted az ushers.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt were
present.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1905-11-22
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

|. For lie Five room house, lot 80
bv 12O on Wenatchee avenue, 3 doors
south of court house, easy terms. Ap-
ply to owner on property.
Horse, wagon and harness for sale
cheap. Call at Aliens livery barn. If
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1905-11-22
END OF WHEAT
BLOCKADE NOT
YET IN SIGHT
Thousands of Bushels of Grain Lying
out of Doors at Stations Along the
Columbia River and on Line of
Great Northern Railway.

The end of the W heat blockade in
Seattle is not yet in sight Agent A.
A. Piper received advices from Seattle
today stating that there were lSi CARS
of wheat in the Yards yet TO be taken
care OF and that they were being
emptied at the rate of twelve cars a
day. At this rate Wenatchee alone
could keep the Seattle terminals
blocked for weeks. Unless there is
sudden demand for export wheat the
blockade, with the present Seattle
facilities, will last for weeks. MIR.
Piper states that there never has been
a condition like this before. He gives
as reason for the blockade that the
elevator men had NOT made prepara.
tions for the immense crop OF wheat
that was grown in the state this year
and they were caught zap; iIG. He
believes that conditions in Seattle will
remain unchanged for two weeks at
:he very least.
". Gehr, manager OF the milling
company, takes very gloomy view
of the situation. Yesterday he gave
orders to his buyers on the river
stations to cease buying wheat until
January |. The warehouses that are
controlled by his company along the
line of the Great Northern railway
quit buying grain some time ago.
The company has one hundred
thousand sacks of wheat out doors at
present and is liable to incur heavy loss
if rainy weather sets in. At least 100,
900 sacks are out of doors. Most Of
the company's wheat is at Bridgeport;
They have %, 900 sacks of wheat out
side there. There are IA, 600 sacks out
of doors at Tramway and wheat out of
doors at every river station EXCEPT
O1ondo. Along the line of the Great
Northern conditions are the same. The
most of the wheat is at Ephrata where
there arel 5, 900 sacks piled out of
doors. The mill in this city does not
do much to relieve the situation as
they use only about one thousand
bushels of grain day. Wheat cannot
be shipped to Spokane on account of
the heavy loss that it would mean to
the shipper. Wheat sells at the same
price in Spokane that it does in We.
natchee and freight charges are high.
There are not many mills or elevat-
ors in Spokane and it would not take
long to duplicate seattle conditions
there.
The @ and o Company will continue
to haul wheat down the river as long
as the high water lasts. They have not
facilities for storing the grain other
than to pile it along te river bank but
in order to protect the farmer from she
loss he would have to bear did he have
to hold his wheat until next spring the
boat comany is helping in this fashion.
Z. A. Davies roughly estimates the
quantity of wheat at hand at the We
natchee docks of the company at abo ut
5,0Q0 sacks or about %, 600 bushels.
The boat company has a force of men
erecting platforms and have already
used 30. 900 feet of lumber for this pur-
pose.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1905-11-22
CITY COUNCIL ORDERS
ALL DOGS KILLED

HACKETTSTOWN, N. j., Nov.
z2.-In the last three days 20 dogs,
two thirds of the dog population ofthis
town, have been hanged drowned or
shot. The determination is due to
the death Of Mary Harris and fear of
hydrophobia epidemic. 1t will con-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-01-06

The deal transferring the bis
"Twenty-one" ranch with the accom-.
panying water rights TO c.. W
Thompson, OF the Commercial Trust
company. by Mrs. Mary E. GODDARD
was completed yesterday. The trans
fer involves one OF the largest and
oldest ranches in Idaho and the wa
ter rights are Of inestimable value,
The "Twenty-one" ranch contains l.
sfl acres in tillable pasture lands,
and at the present time about 500
acres are under irrigation by the
ditch leading from Lake waha.
The "Twenty-one" ranch has been
settled and cultivated for more than
10 years and the first water right
was filed AZ years ago. 1t was this
right with other privileges OF more
recent filing that were transferred
with tine big acreage yesterday. With
the ranch was also transferred the
livestock, grain and farming imple-
ments and the deal calls for about
$4,000. The price for the ranch and
accompanying rights is $4,000. and
the remaining $4,000 is for the per-
sonal belongings that were included
in the sale.
OF the vast acreage OF 1925 acres
more than 1900 acres are susceptible
of a high state OF cultivation and the
farm has been long regarded as the
most valuable in the Inland Empire
Tribune.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-01-06
CHIEF PE0 INSANE
MALADY Is PRONOUNCED
ALCOHOLIC DEMENIIA.
Is On his Way TO Government Asy-
lum At Canton, s. D.-Unfortunate
Man Has Been of the Most Influ-
entail Indians OF His Tribe, and
Wealthy-Was Chief 80 Years,
Though Amos Pond is Chief Regent
at This Time.

Peo, chief for 2s years Of the Una
tillas, is insane, and has been taken
from the reservation and is on his
way TO the government hospital at
Canton, S. D. Major ]. ]. McKoin.
superintendent of the UmatiIla In
dian reservation, is in charge of the
patient. Peo's ailment is pronounced
by DR.. T. NJ. Henderson, reservation
physician, as alcoholic dementia.
About three years ago while intoxi-
Gated and resisting arrest, it is al
legged that Peo was struck on the head
by a policeman, the blow affecting
his mind
Amos Pond has practically been
at the head of the Umatillas since
early last summer. Peo's mental de-
cline caused his subjects to assemble
and select a new chieftain. and while
Peo still bears the title OF chief, his
days of ruling are al an end.
Peo is about IS years of age. He
was the son OF We-nap-snoot, cele-
brated in the Yakima war of 1856.
Peo succeeded his father upon the
death Of the latter in 1876. Peo was
married four times and has two
daughters, Jennie and Mabel, by his
nrst wife. They are graduates Of the
Indian school at Chemawa.
Soon after Peo was elected chief Of
the Umatillas he acted as govern
ment scout for the troops sent out
from Fort Walla walla TO punish
renegade Indians known as the /
sheep eaters" These Indians were
so named because of their wanton |
acts in destroying flocks Of sheep and |
herders. Several expedi-
lions had gone against the sheep |
eaters" but without avail until Lieut. |
"a S. Farrow with five regular !
troopers and the UmatiIlas headed by
Pee started after them and weeded |
out the dangerous band.
PeO was known az natural orator, |
and made In all five trips to Wash
ington in the interests of his tribe |
He was at one time considered one |
of the shrewdest Indians on the res
ervation, and amassed considerable 1
wealth. When his mind began to fail |
his herds began to wane, until now
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-01-06
DREDGING THE SNAKE.
The WaIlOwa Has Much to Contend
With and the Work Is Slow.

Portland, Jan. 6.-Major W. c..
Langfitt and David B. Ogden. of the
corps OF United States engineers have
returned from points on the Snake
river, where they made an inspection
OF the government improvements
now in progress.
The dredge Wallowa has complet-
ed work at the Log Cabin bar, be-
tween Riparia and Lewiston, and is
employed in clearing out a channel
at Offield's bar, in the same vicinity.
The bed OF the river is reported to
be made up Of cobble stones rang
ing in weight from one to -
pounds. Consequently the dredge
can make but very slow progress.
She removes in the neighborhood OF
25O cubic yards OF material day, but
II she had the same formation TO con-
tend with as is in the Willamette
river. it is claimed that fully twice
as much a showing could be made.
After working this month II is the
intention to take the dredge out of
service for the winter. The Snake
river is unusually low. and last week
the steamers plying in those waters
were unable to operate for a couple
of days but since the recent rains
they have gone back into commits
sion.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-01-06
WHIPPED HER HUSBAND.
Tah-How-Its. an Undutiful Yakima.
Punished by His Wife.

Tah-hOw-its went to his home on
the reservation last evening with a
bruised and bleeding nose. that would
be an ornament and pride to Barney
Mullen or Kid Mccoy. He ran
against his wife's fist. on the streets
yesterday evening, and the print of
a heavy finger ring will decorate the
aquiline nose OF Ta-how-its for sew
eral days to come.
Ta-how-its and his wife are Yakima
Indians, but they are allotted on the
Cmatilla reservation. They separated
some time ago. and since have quar-
relied furiously at times. Yesterday
they met on the streets Just as the
Wife was starting for the reservation.
and she stopped the team for a few
minutes, while she whipped her un-
dutiful husband She carried a baby
on her back at the time, but did the
job up with neatness and dispatch,
and then left for the reservation hap
PLY as If nothing unpleasant had hap
pened in the Tah-how-its family
Charles Wilkins, for nine years
agent on the Cmatilla reservation
says the women can be brave and
arrogant in the city, where the white
mans sympathies are wholly with
her. but when the reservation is
reached the situation changes and
the buck becomes the master at
once, and administers unmerciful
punishment to the suuaws, at times.
So when Mrs. Tah-how-its reaches
he smoke-begrimed tepee on her al
otment, she may repay for the broken
and bruised nose she triumphantly
gave her former husband on the
.treet.