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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-02
TiElman Will Report the Rate Bill
Monday.

Washington, February 24.-On &C
count of a slight cold, Senator Till
man. who was yesterday designated by
the committee on interstate commerce
to report the the railroad rate bill. did
not go to the capitol today. 1t was stat
ed by his friends that his condition
was in no respect serious, and he per-
sonally confirmed this report over the
telephone. He expects to be at his
desk Monday and to then report the
bill in accordance with the commit
tees program.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-02
Accident to Steamer ON Which the
Longxorfhs Were TO Sail.

New Orleans, February 24-The
Southern Pacific Company was advised
by cable today hat the Prince Arthur.
their New Orieans-Havana steamer.
had broken her shaft on the way TO
Havana. II was reported yesterday
Mr. n Mrs Longwor:h had engaged
passage on the Prince Arthur, to leave
Havana today for New Orleans. The
steamer continued the journey with
a propeller. She Ii BOW at Havana
and will probably have to be locked.
necessitating the cancellation Of all re-
servat1ons for early sailings.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-02
THE WOMAN'S PAPER

The Sur is the best type of a news
paper, morally and intellectually. In
addition 10 the news Of the day. it pub
lshes the best features tina can be
presented. such as fashion articles, and
miscellaneous writings from men and
women Of note and prominence. 1t fs
an educator Of the highest character.
constantly stimulating To noble Ideals
in individual and national life.
The sun is published on Sunday as
well as every other dav OF the week.
BY Mail the Daily Sun. S3 a year:
including the Sunday sun. 81. The SUN
day sun alone. 81 q year.
Address
4. :. aBEIL COMPANY.
Publishers and Proprietors.
BALTIMORE. MD.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-02
Sad Death of Miss Elizabeth Robertson

Elizabeth Robertson, the Is year old
daughter of J.. Caldwell Robertson. q
prominent citizen of this place, was
killed at HesldersonVille, N. c., yes
terday afternoon by being crushed be-
heath a heavy stone which fell from
the top of a gate post, catching he:
beEeath it white she vas swinging on
the gate. The little girl was at the
mountain home of her father, where
the most of her life has been spent
for the past several years. Her body
viii lie brought to Columbia for inte.~
ment-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-02
THE Sun AT One CENT
Is The Cheapest High-CIass Paper I'm
The United States.

The Suns special correspondents
throughout the United States. as we'll
as in Europe. China. South Africa. he
Philippines. Porto Rico, Cuba and in
every other part Of the world. make IL
the greatest newspaper that cah be
printed.
Its Washington and New York bu-
reaus are among the best in the United
states, and give The Suns readers the
earliest information upon all important
events in the Legislative and financial
ceOterS 0f the country.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-02
4ThOmasviile's Chair Trade.

II is wonderful how some North
Carolina towns have grown within the
past few years. Now. there is Thorn
asville. Until a few years & it was
simply a village with a few places
where they bought and sold things.
five years ago the population of
Thomasville was ISL and now. says the
Lexington Dispatch. there are $500
people in Townsville and it is the
greatest chair manufacturing town in
the south, making over one million
chairs every year or $500 for every
day in the year-Monroe Enquirer.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-02
THE FARMERS PAPER

The Suns market reports n -rr.
mercial columns are complete and re-
liable, and put the farmer. ,ie mer-
markets of Baltimore. NJ ,rE,lk Char
lesion, New York. Chic ar,, philaoal-
phia and all other imp 4ortant points In
the United states AMI other countries.
All Of which the leader gets for one
cent
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-02
Mrs. BoWSer
Denies Report
She Con.radicts the Story That
MIR. B.'s Skating Tnp Fin
ished Him.
His Ambition to Cut Pigeon Wings
With the Young People Came
to a Sudden End.

copyright, 1906. by Mcclure. Phillips & Col
Y MAKE this communication to the
newspapers to correct a report
that my husband. Mr.. Bowser,
n met with a fatal accident a few
days ago and Will be heard of no more.
While l very much dislike to bring our
family troubles before the public, l feel
that l ought to set myself right in GER
tain matters.
One evening a week ago Mr.. Bowser
came home from the office with a pack
age under his arm. With natural femi-
niue curiosity l wanted to know the
contents at once, but with one excuse
and another he put me off until after
dinner. When we had reached the sit
ting room be opened the package and
showed me q pair of new ice skates.
Did you find them?" l asked.
Il should say not"
"Are you going to make a present to
some one?"
certainly not"
But they are not for YOURSELF"
"To be sure they are. Why not?'
But you can't skate. and you are too
old and too heavy to learn. You tried
it two years ago and had such a fall
that your back was lame for three
months"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-02

Bear: s:. ii: NV k:l: =; u: ;!::!: Bought

The great weakness of temperance
is the deadly dullness of it. AS soon
as we shall have discovered how to
make the water wagon seem to be go
ing some, the problem will be pretty
much solved.-Puck.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-02

All subscribers in District OF Column
bia, Virginia. North II South Carroll
ma, PENNSYLVANIA, Delaware and
Throughout the United States a Get
The Sun by Mail at / Cent n Copy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-02

CABBAGE PLANTS-A fine lot OF
Charleston Wakefield Cabbage
Plants for sale at s1.10 per thous-
and. Address c.. W. Trask, VIII
mington, y. G. ian s Ste
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-02
PRICE | CENT!
THE sun
baltimore. Md

Now Sells for I Cent. and Can be
Had of every Dealer. agent or News
boy ut that Price.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-02
Irascible, as Usual.

woman, what are YOU talkin.
about?" he demanded as be flushed III.
Every time you get q chance you ring
in that am TOO old or too heavy f0i
this or that, rs if ! was so;ne superannu-
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-10-20
Engineers Report
Pollard Florence Mining and Leasing Co.,

Pollard Florence Mining and Leasing Co,
Goldfeld, Nevada.
Gentlemen:
Conforming with your request | herewith take pleasure IN sub
uniting my report on your lease, which is on the Red King claim be-
longing to the Florence Mining Company.
Developments. This lease has approximately $50 feet of work
done in shafts, crosscuts and drifts, most of which work was per
formed in developing two of the main lodges traverIng the ground in
an easterly and westerly direction. At the 63-foot level of the main
shaft I find the quartz somewhat broken, being intermixed with tale
and iron stained lode porphyry.
On the 170foot level this condition has changed considerably as
the south ledge, which has turned into suphides here, has better con-
tinuity and is of much greater width and value. The quartz here is
about ten feet wide, has low grade values and upon examination with
a hand Tense proves to be identical with the re in the surrounding
producing properties.
This amply demonstrates that depth must be attained before your
anticipation of securing shipping ore can be realized.
This same statement applies to the north ledge, being a parallel
lead to the above, about $50 feet north.
Conclusion: rhC development so far has gr IA increased The
value of the property and with the installation of the new hoist and
the timberng of the shaft you will be excelently equipped for extern
sve development and / recommend that you sink Immediately to the
water level as there is no doubt in my mind that the lodges n con-
tinuous and will increase materially in width and value after the regu-
lar water level is encountered.
Very respectfully,
ROBERT LANKA
Consulting M. & Met. Engineer.
Consulting Engineer for the Cox Investment Co, New York.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-10-20
A Permanent Mining and Leasing Organization
FL Lease
INC ORGANIZATION

The block of ground which this Company is developing is the
largest in area under lease on Florence ground and has, under the
present management, reached an advanced stage of development. The
workings are but a few hundred feet from those of the Florence Com
pany where over a million dollars worth of high grade ore IS now IN
sight.
Three strong lodges have been exposed in the workings and three
shafts have been sunk; the main shaft, now down III feet at a point
where, at greater depth, it is evident the veins will converge and
where there is ample assurance that the lodges will yield high values
This shaft will be continued to a depth of 300 feet in order to tacll-
tate prosecuting and developing the ore bodies at the different levels
Over 900 feet of underground work has been done and this has
produced over $50 tons of milling ore which is now On the dump, the
ore being of a character identical with that of the great Florence mine.
The Company is installing one of the largest gasoline hosting plants
in the Goldfed district and will at once erect a large gallows frame
and timber the shaft from top to bottom, when sinking will be re-
sumed. The famous Reilly lease, which produced an immense for,
tune in a few months, is but a short distance from this block and
N. II. Truet, of Mohawk fame, has leased an adjoining block where
he is installing a 30-horse power hoist and began operations with
three shifts of men on October s.
With few exceptions every mining investment offered the pub
lie entails development of new and unproven ground, whereas already
more than $4,000 has been expended in equpping and developing
this property which is now in such a condition that but little further
expense will be required to place it on a paying basis. 1t is now
proven beyond question that the rich ore zone of the Florence mine
which is exposed again the record-breaking Mohawk, extends directly
through the ground of the POLLARD FLORENCE LEASE.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-10-20

Dividend Paying Leases

From the Goldfeld News, September %, 1906.
Another lease has entered the dividend paying list, and accord
ing to the rate it pays, it stands at the head. The Mohawk Leasing
and Development company, which only a few months ago put its
stock upon the market at % cents per share, yesterday declared a 25
per cent. dividend, thus returning to stockholders, in one and the
first dividend, the full amount of their investment, with many more
dividends in sight.
1t twas only last week that The News took occasion to comment on
the leasing system as applied to Goldfeld, and suggested then that
good leasers were a good thing for a owning company which might
otherwise be unable to determine the value of its ground, and that a
good leasing company on a good lease, was a good thing for investors
and stockholders; for as a rule their money was put directly in the
ground, and the returns were often quick and profitable.
The two public companies that have paid dividends do not own
the only paying leases in the camp, by any means. Up until recently
such thing as an incorporated or public" leasing company was I'M
known to Goldfed, leases being worked by individual or small pi
waite companies; hence their operations have not been made public
property, and their production and profits are unknown. But there
We're scores of them and several of these private leases are among the
most profitable that are operating today. And there are a score OF
other incorporated leases that will soon enter the producing and dlvl-
dend paying list, several upon the Mohawk, and apparently others on
the Silver Pick, the Daisy, Great Bend, Atlanta, Diamondheld Tn-
angle. Florence, Combination, Goldfeld Mining, and others too nu-
numerous to mention. We predict that more dividends will be paid
out by leasing companies during the coming year, than from all the
other companies of the camp, working on company account, put
together.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-10-20

Henry J. Pollard, E. NJ. Pres. & Gen1 Mgr.
A mining engineer of % years experience
in Australia and South Africa
George D. Pyne, Att y, Vice-Pres. & Counsel
One of the leading lawyers of Southern Nevada
Charles E. Calvert Secretary and Treasurer
Manager Of the Goldfeld Columbia lee and
Cold Storage Co. president of the Gold
field Hercules Mining & Milling Co.
Richard Rigby Director
Prominent business man of Fall River, Mass.
John S. Cook q o.---~--~- Bankers
Depository of the Company
The Company is Incorporated under the
laws of Arizona for 500, 900 shares of the par
value of $1.O0 per share; 100000 shares in the
treasury. All shares fully paid and non assess
able. Incorporation endures for % years.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-10-20
Operating the Famous Pollard Lease IN the Florence Companys Ground

OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY-It is
demonstrated in this camp that the water level
must be reached in order to obtain the best
values in the ores. The shipping values are
found mainly in the ~sulphides which appear at
and below the water level. In forming this cor
p|oration the owners have as their objective the
thorough and rapid development of this lease
by further sinking and blocking out the ore
bodies. Before the expiration of this lease it
is the intention of the Company to acquire other
leases or mining properties and to develop the
same. A reserve fund will be devoted to these
purposes and, as stated, the Company's opera
tions will not be confined to the life of any
lease. The Company is a PERMANENT MIN
INC ORGANIZATION.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-09
WARsHlPs MADE SAFER,
Automatic Shutters In Use In the
Turrets.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Aug s.
Inc automatic shutters which have
heen placed OH board some of the
battleshps IN the turrets are found
To work with much success and to
inliy meet the requirements of pro.
lection in that part of the vessel
The kearsarge and the Kentucky
are shortly 10 so 10 the Norfolk Navy
yard TO have installed in the turrets
OF those ships these devices for clos.
ing the opening between the t,irret
proper and the ammunition holsters
leading TO the magazines.
The shutters were adopted after ;,
disaster which showed that It was
possible, for flames to communicate
with the powder in transit between
the magazine and the turret guns.
II was believed that an automatic
appliance would be necessary in or.
der to insure this complete separa.
ton. IN addition to this installation
the experts have removed from the
lurrets the electrical fixtures which
could Just as well be placed else.
where more remote from any chance
OF contact with metal implements cal.
culated to create sparks and so lead
to fire or explosion.
The department is taking steps to
surround the orcunnpt. nc t,,n 49,,
rets with every means of protection,
although the work has in some re-
spects been delayed by the necessary
absence of vessels from navy yards
where the installation might be car.
ried on.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-09
BRAXT0A IS PRESIDENT
Chosen Leader By hsnte's Of
Virginia Bar Association
B. G. BIcKfoRD A vIcE-pREsIDExT
Newport News Attorney Honored by
His Fellow Members of the Legal
Profession-Paper Read on convic.
tlon Of Major Andre.
Especial to the Daily Press ,

Especial to the Daily Prrss)
HOT SPRINGS. VA, Aug. S.-A.
c. Braxton, of Richmond and Stann-
ton, was unanimously elected presi.
dent of the Virginia Bar Association
nj the session today.
The other officers recommended by
the committee. headed by Judge J.
NJ. Quarles, of Stanton, were ms
follows:
Vice presidents. +. w. Sims. of
Louisa; John w. Stephenson, of
Bath; II. G. Bickford. of Newport
News; }. c. Byars, of Bristol, and Il.
b. Davis, OF Petersburg.
New members of executive com.
mittee, A. w. Wallace, of Fredericky.
burg. and Robert w. Withers. or
Nansenlond: secretury-treasurer, John
b. Minor, of Richmond, reelected;
delegate to the American Bar Asso.
clation, r. Walton Moore, of Fair
fax: Alexander Hamilton, of Peters
burg, and Eugene Massie, OF Rich.
mond. i"i
w. r. Shields. OF Lexington. read
IL paper at the session today on "The
Trial and Conviction of Major An.
Dire Mr.. Shields has for years made
study of this case. both at home
anu in London. and he has collected
facts not generally before known.
He. treated the subject from the
viewpoint of lawyer and sustained
from a legal point of view the action
of the American court martial in sen.
fencing the spy to death.
Trains last night and this morning
brought more lawyers to the conyen-
ton, among them Harry st. George
Tucker. from Lexington, and William
A. Glasgow and wife. formerly of
Virginia, but now of Philadelphia
Mr.. Glasgow. as counsel for the
government in the recent invcstiga.
lions under the Gillespie-Tlllman res.
olution to investigate the Pennsylya.
Mas and other railways, has. been
Instrumental IN unearthing much ras.
caiity In connection with the manage.
ment of the coal carrying roads.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-09
MEXICAN SCARE BAsELEss.

Consular Officials, Answering EN-.
bassy, Say No Trouble is Expected.
MEXICO CITY, via VALVESTON,
TEN, Aug. S.-The United States
Ambassador, Mr.. Thompson. gave ont
kilograms today from twenty-three
American Consuls and consular
agents, covering practically all of
Mexico, relative to reports of expect.
ed anti-foreign trouble
These kilograms are in answer to
queries sent out by the American
Embassy here. The Consuls and con
sular agents are unanimous in the
statement that there is nothing in
their respective districts to warrant
sensational reports. The majority
say the first heard of expected trou-
Bile was in American papers sent to
their districts. In few cases the
Embassy's query was the first init
nation that the agent had of expect.
ed trouble.
In two or three instances consular
agents state that such reports have
been In circulation, but an invest!.
CATION has proved that there is moth
Ing to warrant fears of trouble.
In only two cases is there any.
thing which might possibly be con.
strued as an indication of trouble.
MIR. S. f. Cross. consular agent at
San IAnis Potosi, says:-"Therc
seems to he bad feeling between
American and Mexican railroad en-.
pioSes have been investigating all
the reports and find nothing authen.
tic In any of them.v
Mr.. Lewis A. Martin says:-"Mex.
lean laborers think they have a
grievance against foreigners. This
sentiment is perceptible. but there
Is practically no agitation"
These are the only ones of the
twenty-three agents that even hint of
possibility of trouble,
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-09
SUBMARINES TO BE FAST.
Naval Officers to Pass on a New
Type Of Boats.

WASHINGTON, d, c., Aug. g.
The Navy Department will soon take
UP The question of submarines. pro.
viding for the new vessels Of tina,
type which are to be built under an.
'hority OF the latest naval act.
A board of naval officers will be
detailed to arrange program for
the preliminary tests OF sucb sub.
marines as are built and which may
DC offered to the department for
test. The board is expected to pre-.
scribe the conditions and name the
results results desired to be attained In the
newest type of submarine.
l Ihere Is chance that the sub.
merged speed will be increased, and
.nis naturally means an increase in
the displacement OF the approved
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-09
AMERICAN INTERESTS IN
COLUMBIA.

Despite the fact that Uncle Sam
already has secured the only avail.
able canal site III the possession OF
Colombla, the American minister To
Rogota Mr., John Barrett, of the on.
Union that we should cultivate the
friendship OF that interesting repub.
He and assist 1t In developing tho
wonderful resources in Its posses.
Sion. Mr. Barrett calls attention to
stn l fact that Colombia is nearer to
All the principal ports OF the United
States than any other South Ameri.
can country and lays special stress
upon the opportunities for deyelon.
sment offered in its fertile territory
,gSF One OF the strong points OF Colon.
'$bia is said to be its variety of eli.
mate While all OF Colombia IL geo.
graphically in the tropics, and its
sSsalt hermost point is only few miles
from the equator. 1t has sections
!. 1agl large as New England where the
acltmate 49, as cool and refreshing the
ysar round as Vermont In MAY and
sssptemb sr. and where all the pro,
off the temperate gone grow
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-09
.sGRowlNa INDEPENDENCE OF
i, THE PRESS.


The good old days when The party
ofgan flonrished. and when the po-
litical boss named the slate. and
wrote an editorial endorsement of
the candidates on the ticket seem to
be memory. They are gone beyond
recall. Today there has grown up an
entirely new race Of voters and
newspapers. The former are nclin-
ed to boot nj the assumption OF the
erstwhie arbiter of political Affairs
\ and to demand of the candidate that
Z he "show" them wherein he Is wor.
thy OF support. The newspapers al.
80 have taken more independent
stand. They are beginning to realize
( the obvious fact that political boost
ing" Is advertising pure and simple.
and there seems to be universal
movement IN the direction OF acting
upon this realization. For instance,
i all through the Northwest, where the
primary Is coming into vogue, the
s country newspapers are announcing
3bthat candidates cards must he ac-
companled by certified checks II they
would escape the fate OF rejected
communications"
&s The Kentucky editors also are In
7 revolt against the old order of things.
At their recent State convention they
decided to support no candidates for
the general assembly, for Congress,
) or for state offices, whose position
on questions affecting newspaper In.
terests Is not perfectly defined. The
a association also adopted resolution
which will require all candidates to
y pay five cents n line for every com.
pllmentary notice or announcement of
candidacy which may appear in any
OF the papers. In the future long
cards "boostng" candidate for OF.
lice Will have to be paid for like any
other advertisement and cannot be
inserted as free news, as In the mast
We believe this important reform
VIII be better for the newspapers and
Z Tor the people at large. There Is no
Legitimate argument to be advanced
I IN favor OF the old. method pursued
by the hide-bound party organ 1T:
Judgment was warped and in its con.
sideration OF candidates the question
or personal fitness could not enter.
IN the political Independence which
mas taken the place of the political
subserylency of the past, and In tn,
4 q btulss'iiness-like method making political
announcements paid advertisements
y Is easier to protect the interest;
OF all concerned.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-09

even better than they do. in Maine
and Minnesota.
+ Bogota the capital. a city OF 10000
people, has climate which Is not
as cold as Atlanta and mot as hot
as Montreal. but Is braclng, while
never chilling. during the entire year.
II Is not merely location on the map.
but altitude above the sea that lie.
termlnes temperature. and there are
vast plateans III the Andes OF such
a height TINT they possess an ideal
climate. "rA'3EII
Leaving ont all sentimental consid.
eratiOns. II certainly would he tho
part Of business wisdom to cultivate
the friendship of the Colombian PEG.
pie. Americans worry much about
the trade of the Orient, while ne.
slecting richer and more promising
opportunities on their own hemls
phere.