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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-20
Startling Disclosures in Hearing Of
Councilman CaYen.
ON CHARGES OF CONSPIRACY
Among the Men Whose Arrests Have
Been Decided Upon, ii Is Said. Are
state Insurance Commissioner Dur
ham. State Senator McNicaUI. Peter
e. Costello. John w. Jill AMI 9th
ference With Mayer Weaver.

Philadelphia, June 16.-Additionai
startling disclosures in the hearing of
Select Councilman Frank III. Caven,
accused of having an interest in city
contracts.
Persistent rumors are in circulation
&c the effect that the men whose ar
rests are being considered, if they have
State Insurance Commissioner |. W.
Durham; State Senator James z. Nc
NichOl, formerly director of public
works, Peter +. Costello, John w. Hill,
whose resignation a. chief of the tiltra-
ton bureau was accepted yesterday by
Mayor Weaver, Immediately after the
revelations at the Caven hearing, and
one or two mel who We're employed
as inspectors on various portions of
the filtration work.
Mr.. Durham was questioned concern
ing the statements made IN the stand
yesterday by Daniel J. McNichol, and
said:
Il have never denied that | was in
leIcStou III TIE -NcNIClOI. CONTRACTING
firm, and thought that fact was n
orally recognized. l have heard the
runors that warrants are to lie issued
for me on Il charge of conspiracy, but
know nothing of the matter beyond
what have seen i'll the papers II the
reports that are in circulation.'
Senator McNichol said:
Up to the present time the total
amount Of filtration contracts that have
been awarded M firm aggregates S13,-
100000. Every detail connected with
those contracts is open to the fullest
investigation"
Former Secretary Of War Root, of
counsel for Mayor Weaver, arrived
here this afternoon from New York
and went Immediately to the city hall
where he went into conference with
the mayor and the advisory board Of
fourteen citizens.
1t is understood that Mr.. Root ad-
vised the mayor to taxi no further
steps in the matter of prosecutions un-
til he shall have had time to examine
the evidence submitted at the hearing
of Councilman Frank H. Craven, who
was yesterday held in $500 bail for
court on the charge of violating his
cOuncilmanic oath in being interested
in city contracts.
Beyond the meeting Of lawyers there
were nc developments today.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-20

London, June 1.-THE practical GER
tainty now that peace necoations cam
not begin for another month leads to
the conviction that another great bat
tie Will be fought in the interval.
According to the Daily Telegraph's
IL Tsin correspondent a Japanese
forward movement has already COM
menced, in spite Of the rainy season.
The Daily Telegraph's Toxic cores
pendent gives an interesting idea Of
the situation from a correspondent who
IS said to be in good position to know
d actual facts. This correspondent
says that the principal Russian depot
is at Gunshu Pass, where many light
railroads are being constructed north
ward to facilitate retreat. Lieutenant
General Linevitch, bewildered by the
strategy Of the japanese, is making re-
peated reconnaissance and throwing
out mnumerable scouts. Nevertheless,
at the present mOmen the c%OrrespOn-
dent says all his army is completely
enVelOped. The japanese army has
made a circle a hundred miles in cir
conference around Linevitch and i,
gradually closing in.
The Japanese military correspondent
OF the Morning Post say the Russian
evacuation Of OmOso shows that Ger
eral kamamura's army Of the Yalu"
despite the difficulties met with over
a mountainous country has arrived in
time to synchronize with the move
ments of the other Japanese armies,
and the correspondent adds, stirring
events are imminent.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-20
.Japanese are Satisfied With Wash
ingtOn.

Toxic, June 10 p. m. Barring the
distance and consequent delay the ia
panese are entirely satisfied with the
selection of Washington as the place
for the peace conference. 1t was
hoped that some point in Northern
China would be chosen in order to
permit of q speedy meeting OF the
plenipotentiaries and an early deter
mination of the question Of peace or
q continuance of hostilities, but the ac-
ceptance of Washington is general ana
cordial
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-20
READY To RETREAT
LIneHtch BeHiIdered by Jap
anese Strategy.
HIS FORCES DEVELOPED
A Japanese Forward Movement Has
Already Commenced.

Ii Is Expected That Another Great
Battle VIII be Fought before the
Peace Negotiations Beein-Japaucse
Army Has Made a Circle a Hundred
Miles in Circumference Around the
russians and is Gradually Closing
m-ha,namura's Army is Ready TO
JON with the Other japanese
Forces - The Principle Russian
Depot at the Present Time is Gum
Shu Pass.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-20
Dismissed from the Army and Sen
fenced to PenitcHtiary.

Washington. June 1.-THE President
has approved the findings in two trials
of Captain George w. Kirkman of the
twenty-fifth infantry, sentencing him
TO dismissal from the army and con-
inement in the ~penitentiary at Fort
Leavenworth, Kansas for three years.
kirkman was connected with the sem
sational case resulting in the suicide Of
the wife of another army officer at
Omaha, Neb.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-20
Old Soldiers Proudly March
to Tune Of Dixie"
BY THOUSANDS
MANY Of the Returned Battle Flags
We're Borne.

n Parade Was Formed in Three
Grand Divisions. Headed by General
Cabcll, General c. Irvine Walker
n General Clement {. Evans.
General ice Wheeler. and jefferson
Hayes Davis. Grand Son OF Pre>i-
dent Davis. Rode TT the Head Of
the Parade as Special GueSts-ft
Was Not Possible to Make a Correct
Estimate of the Number i'm line.
Three of the Veterans Were Over
come BY Heat.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-20
Creason Acquitted of Murder.

Reading, Pa, June 16.-Samuel
GreasOn. cOlored, was today acquitted
of the murder of John Edwards. Mrs.
Kate Edwards. wife of the murdered
mar whose testimony convicted Grea-
son over three years ago, completely
exonerated him. Greason's death war
rant was issued ten times, n ms
case has developed into one OF the most
remarkable murder trials in this stars.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-20
NEEDS Of OUR FOREIGN TRADE
Secretary Shaw Addresses virginia
Bankers Association.
FOR AN INCREASE OF EXPORTS

secretary Shaw Says Our, People Must
= a to Conform to the Deman.Is
ana Needs of the Foreign Trade.
references to President Rooseycyt
heartily ADDlaudctI-A Trim fo OLD
Point Comfort Planned foI TO-DAY.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-20

Messrs. 7. S. Memory and A. E.
Powell, of Whiteville, are in the city.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-20

Mr.. f. T. Wooten, of Chadbourn,
vas here yesterday.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-20

MIR. G. e. Taylor, Jr., has returned
from a business trip north.
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The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-19
The Mouse Nibbles at the Net.

To relate the full experiences Of the
next few days would be to overweight
my narrative with unnecessary detail.
A few new developments cropped up in
the course Of the coroner's inquest,
held, as it seemed to my inexperience,
too close upon the crime for the proper
collection of all possible witnesses; but,
nothing to materially affect Mr.. Du-
rand 8 position, which, in spite Of some
few acts in confirmation Of his story,
continued to be almost universally re-
garded as that Of suspect.
No clue having been obtained from
any of the members Of Mrs. Fairbroth-
er's household, or even from her many
friends and personal adherents to the
writer Of the warning found in her
hand, a. warning which had been de-
ciphered to read: "Be warned. He
means to be at the ball. Expect trouble
it, the. obvious conclusion that,
whatever it's source, it had been di-
rected against Mr.. Durand, received no
contradiction from anyone, and soon
became the secret, and, in some cases,
the expressed belief Of many who might
otherwise have accepted as true, his
certainly rather bizarre explanations:
hfa. The circumstance, ire, h1wevsr, a1yr which
which gave to the affair it's most tragic
import, was the unexpected conirma
tion by experts Of Mr.. Grey's opinion
in regard to the diamond. This gentle
man had not been called as a witness
1,or did his name appear, but, the hint
he had given the inspector had beer
acted upon, and the proper tests having
been made, the stone for which so many
believed q life to have been risked, ant
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-19

And the bushranger obeyed with the
same sensible docility, but with his
back turned. so that Fergus could not
see his face; and it was light enough
to see faces now; yet Barmaid refused
the visible wires, as she had not re-
fused them all that night Of indigo
starlight.
<'Coax her, manl' cried Fergus, In
the saddle now, and urging the mare
with his heels. So Stingaree whispered
in the mares ear; and with that the
strapped wires few under his captor g
nose, as the rider took the fence, but
not the horse.
At a single syllable the milk-white
mare had gone on her knees, like de-
vout lady in holy fame; and as she
rose, her last rider lay senseless at her
masters feet; but whether from his
fall, or from blow dealt him in the
act Of falling, the unhappy Fergus
never knew, Indeed, knowledge for
him was at an end until matches burnt
under his nose awakened him to po-
sition Of the last humiliation. His
throat and chin topped fencePost, the
weight Of his body was on chin and
throat, while wrists and muscles were
lashed at full stretch to the wires on
either side,
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-19

first to yield, for felt that it was un-
shared, and thus token Of weakness.
Fighting my battle, succeeded in win
ming it, as thought, just as the nurses
diploma was put in my hands. Then
came the great surprise Of my life.
Anson Durand expressed his love for
me and awoke to the fact that all my
preparation had been for home joys
and a woman's true existence. Ono
hope, then tragedy and something ap-
thru Eh'I a Schooling. a But was it, It one e't to
make me useful In the only way I could
be useful now9 I did not know; I did
not care; I was determined on my
course, fit or unfit, and in the relief
brought by this appeal to my energy,
I rose and dressed and went about the
duties of the day.. - "
one Of these was to determine
whether Mr.. Grey, on his return to his
hotel, had found his daughter as ill as
his fears had foreboded. A telephone
message or two satisfied me on this
point. Miss Grey was very i'll, but not
considered dangerously 80; indeed, if
anything, her condition was improved
fresh complications, the prospects were
that she would be out in fortnight.
I was not surprised. It was no more
than had expected. The cry Of a
banshee in an American house was past
belief, even in an atmosphere sur
charged with fear and all the horror
surrounding q great crime; and in the
secret reckoning I was making against
a person I will not even name at this
juncture, I added it as another suspi
cious circumstance.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-19

and gave it to her. While she was
puzzling over it, for it was apparently
far from legible, he took another look
out in time to mark a figure rush from
below towards the carriage drive. He
did not recognize the figure nor would
he know it again. As to the nature OF
the communication itself he could say
nothing save that Mrs. Fairbrother did
not seem to be affected favorably by it.
She frowned and was looking very
gloomy when he left the alcove. Asked
if he had pulled the curtains together
after closing the window, he said no;
she had not requested him to do 50, so
he left them just as he had found them.
This story, which was certainly a
strange one, had been confirmed by the
testimony of the coachman who had lent
his whip for the above purpose. This
coachman, who was known to be man
of extreme good nature, had seen no
harm in lending his whip to poor devil
who wished to give telegram or some
such hasty message to the lady sitting
just above them in lighted window.
The wind was fierce and the snow blind
ing and it was natural that the man
should duck his head, but he remem-
bered his appearance well enough to
much done up and that he wore a great
coat with the collar pulled up about
his ears. When he came back with the
whip he seemed more cheerful than
when he asked for it, but had no "thank
you" for the favor done him, or If he
had, it was lost in his throat and the
piercing gale.
The communication, which was re-
gardedl by the police as a matter of the
her hand by the coroner. It was mere
scrawl written in pencil on small scrap
of paper. The following facsimile of the
same was given to the public in the
hope that some one would recognize the
handwriting:
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-19

mate Howie has his obvious limita-
tions. I've long wanted a drop of new
blood. Barmaid's 3 thorobred and strong
as an elephant; re neither of us
heavyweights; by the powers, IN
trust you, and you shall ride behind!' -
Now, Barmaid was the milk-white
mare that was only less notorious than
her lawless rider, 1t was noised in
traveller Is huts and around camp fires
that she would do more at her masters
word than had been known of horse
outside a circus. It was the one touch
that Stingaree had borrowed from a
more Napoleonic but incomparably
coarser and crueller knight Of the bush.
IN all other respects the fn-de7siecle
desperado was unique. It was a stroke
of luck, however, that there happened
to be an old white mare in the bank
stables, which the police had impounded
with solemn care while turning every
other animal adrift. And SO it fell
out that not a shot followed the
mounted bushrangers into the night,
and that long before the bank shutters
were battered in the flying trio were
miles away.
Fergus few like runaway bride, his
arms about the belted waist Of Stin-
sraree. Trees loomed ahead and few
past by the clump under a wonderful
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-19
H"7he Black Hole of Glenranad

kept his blue eyes on the cleaning
ring Of the muzzle.
The hammer fell, the cartridge
cracked. and from the. lifted muzz1e
tiny cloud flowed like a bubble from
pipe. The post quivered under Car
rick's chin, and splinter flew up and
down before his eyes. But that was all:
calm longer" said he. HGet it
over this shot,
"Iyl try
But the same thing happened again.
"Come nearer,o sneered Fergus.
And Stingaree strobe forward with
an oath.
"I was going to give you six of
them. But you re braver man than
thought. And that's the lot
The bound youth y livid face turned
redder than the red dawn.
'tShoot me-shoot!'' he shouted, like
lunatic.
emo, shall not. I never meant to
I did mean you to sit out six-but
you re the most gallant little idiot I've
ever struck. Besides, you come from
the old country, like myself!o
And sigh foated into the keen
morning air as he looked his last upon
the lad thru the celebrated monocle.
stThen I'll shoot myself when 1 IN
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-19

wide sky of scintillating stars. The
broad bush track had very soon been
deserted at tangent; thru ridges and
billows Of saltbush and cotton-bush
they sailed with the swift confidence
of wel1-handled clipper before the
wind. Stingaree was the leader four
miles out Of five, but in the fifth his
mate Howie would gallop ahead, and
anon they would come on him dis
mounted at wire fence, with the wires
strapped down and his horse tethered
to one Of the posts till he had led
Barmaid over.
It was thus they careered across the
vast chessboard of the fenced back
blocks at dead Of night. Stingaree and
Fergus sat saddle and bareback with
out break until near dawn their
pioneer spurred forward yet again and
was swallowed in a steely haze. It
was cold as a sharp spring night in
England. But for a mile or more
Fergus had chung on with but one arm
round the bushranger' waist; now
the right arm came Stealing back; felt
something cold for the fraction Of q
second, and plucked prodigiously; and
in another fraction an icy ring mouthed
Stingaree's IS neck.
Pull up, said Fergus, hoarsely,
or your brains go dying.'
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-19

no mate for this sparkling coquette,
whose charm was Of the kind which in
creases with it's exercise. Tho no actual
scandal was ever associated with her
name, he grew tired Of her caprices, and
the conquests which she made no en-
deayor to hide either from him or the
world at large; and some time during
friendly understanding which led to
their living apart, each in grand style
and with q certain Difference to the pro-
prieties which retained them their
friends and an enviable place in society:
He was not often invited where she
was, and she never appeared in any as
semblage where he was expected; but
with this exception little feeling was
shGw9 snS n Rs matters cseaR E + sm9athy ssa
one ever heard either of them speak
otherwise than with consideration Of
the other. He was at present out of
town, having started some three days
before for the southwest, but would
probably return on receipt of the tele-
gram which had been sent him.
The comments made on the murder
were necessarily hurried. It was called
mystery, but it was evident enough
upon as the almost certain prelude to
his arrest on charge Of murder.
I had had some discipline in life.
Altho a favorite of my wealthy uncle,
I had given up very early the prospects
he held out to me Of continued enjoy.
ment Of his bounty, and entered upon
duties which required self-denial and
hard work. did this because enjoy
having both my mind and heart occu
pied. To be necessary to some one, as
a nurse is to a patient, seemed to me
an enviable fate till came under the
influence Of Anson Durand. Then the
craving Of all women for the common
lot Of her sex became my craving also
a craving, however, to which I failed al
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-19

"Little traitor!'' whispered the
other, with an imprecation that froze
the blood.
"I am no traitor. I swore wouldn It
abuse the revolver you gave me, and
it g been in my pocket all the night.
E'The other IS unloaded.'
"You wouldn't sit so quiet If it
our tracks full split. It's getting light,
and we shell see them plain. IF you
vary yard either way, or If your
mate catches us, out go your brains. -
The bushranger obeyed without q
word. Fergus was almost unnerved by
the incredible ease of his conquest over
SO reboubtable a ruffian. His stolid
Scottish blood stood by him; but still
he made grim apology as they rode.
"I had to do it. It was thru me
you got to know. I had to live that
down; this as the only way 4.
"You have spirit. If you would still
be my mate
"Your mate! / mean this to be the
making of me as an honest man. Here's
the fence. give you two minutes to
strap it down and get us over.
Stingaree slid tamely to the ground
sfDon't you dare to get thru those
wiresl Strap it from this side with
your belt, and strap it quickl''
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-19

"Now I'm going to shoot you like
dog," said Stingaree. He drew the
revolver whose muzzle had pressed into
his own neck so short a time before:
Yet now it was broad daylight, and
the sun coming up in the bound youths
eyes for the last time.
"Shoot away!'' he croaked, raising
the top of his head to speak at all. -
gave you leave before we started.
Shoot away!'
s'At ten paces," said Stingaree,
stepping them. ''That, I think is
fair. -
Perfectly replied Fergus, "But
be kind enough to make this so-called Lea
man Of yours hold his foul tongue till
I IN out Of earshot Of you all. -
Huge HOWE had muttered little
enough for him, but to that little Stln-
garee put an instantaneous stop.
"He'sia dog, to be shot like dog,
but too good dog for you to black.
guard" cried he. "Any message
Not thru you.
ESQ long, thenl'
HShoot away!o =,
The long barrel was poised as steadily
as Aeld-gun on its carriage. Fergus