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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-05-08
CONDITION UNCHANGED
Conductor Virgins. of Salisbury, Who
Was shot by Negro, Still Lingers
and There is a Possibility of RecOv-
ery.
Especial to Charlotte Observer.

tSptCld1 W C1d1 lClI0 oOSC4 Wa
Salisbury, April 3O.-The condition
bf OonductorW. A. Virgins, who was
$50 seriously shot Sunday morning by
John Black,a South CarOlinan egro,
is practically unchanged and the days
lean only determine the result. He has
lived more than half the time which
1.-THE physicians pronounce the deciding
point in the result Of the Injuries,
land. if he survives yet today, his
Ichances are better. There has been no
considerable change in his condition
and, barring the internal hemorrhages
following the wounds, he has shown
favorable symptoms all the while. Mr..
EWiggins is being attended by several
Iof his relatives, Mrs. Hutchins, Of
Raleigh, his sister; Mrs. Tise, of Win
lston. a si~ster-in-law, and Mr.. Jas. Tur-
lner, of WilkesbOrO, a brother-in-laW.
Ito the offer of Sheriff Julian, $50
from his pocket, Mrs. Hutchins has
ladded $50 more, and it is thought that
1.-THE governor will be asked to supple
lment this amount as will the county
commissioners. The people yesterday
lwere decidedly after the criminal and
mo mount OF money WOulu nave o0Sh
Ia greater incentive to action.
SINGS matters have cooed a trliile
ltoday. some sidelights have been
Thrown upon the tragedy. One Of the
witnesses to the tragedy says ne was
lone of the II pprsuers, but that the
NEGRO simply outran the crowd afte!
Iemptying the weapon. He was a bl
too full and probably his defectlV'
hearing was due to a local produc
THAT sometimes aus two sounds a
lit does two sights when there SHOULD
have been but one. It seems that tn
negro shot but twice, although he snap
ped his pistol twice. and it was Tn
first that took effect in the arm OF
| lwell-dressed young man giving III
name as c. r. Range, of Philadelphia
He is reputed to be wealthy. In
lcrowd that followed was stood BAG
lby he negro's occasional defiant att
ltude with the gun. He seems to b
Igone for good and the poorest descrll
ition only can be given. He is out G
9 the way and the chances for capturln
him are but small. The woman Wn
ipartly caused the trouble, is in Jail
: "a half hysterical condition and talk
= lsenselessly of the occurrence.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-05-08

He'd Been Married Thirty Days and
He Got Thirty on the Roads.

The law in amplified form was hand
ed out to James Dairy. a benedict OF
thirty days standing by substitute Po-
lice Justice G. E. Jones this morning.
The man was arrested on a warrant
charging him with "disorderly conduct
by assaulting his wife" 1t was alleg-
ed that Dairy slapped her. AS the
evidence was being given the young
police justice inquired as to the charge
and Immediately ordered that two
warrants be substituted for the one.
On the warrant charging him with
assaulting his wife Dairy was ordered
to The roads for thirty days, just the
number he had been married, the
court remarked, and on the charge
of disorderly conduct a fine of $50 and
costs was imposed. An appeal was
taken.-Asheville Special to News and
Observer.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-05-08
Freak of Dawn on the Stage.

In the short last act of The Girl
of the Golden West at the Belasco
theater, in New York, a scene OF Sc
rious and touching sentiment Is en-
acted by Blanche Bates as The Carl
and Robert Hilliard as the Road Agent
Perhaps the nos wonderful feature
however, is the beautiful effect OF
da wn. which Mr.. BelaSco's artistic
genius has evolved, and which deVel-
OBS so naturally and slowly as to con-
sumo at least three minutes from the
first simmer of approaching daylight
70 sunrise. Although the act itself
lasts only six minutes, It is so intense
and poetic as to hold the audience spell
hound with q considerable portion OF
it in tears.
A few nights ago, however, for the
first time during the remarkably 'ohs
run of Mr.. Belasco'S California play
this act got a laugh, says the ChlcaSt
Tribune. Oft the stage, in n wings
whore all is dark, a careless stage
/ hand upset a boxfuI of broken glass
known in stage parlance as a gas
crash" Had MI. Belasco written TN;
effect into the play, together Win MI
billiards appropriate line as he &C
t1allv spoke a second later, b man
us.ript would have read something INK
this:
: lGlass crash heard off the stage
Pause.) 1870
Mr.. billiard: The dawn is break
ing
This was enough for the audience
No day had ever been known to Drea
so loud that one could hear it liner
was a pause, then a great roar 9
~1auoh1er The glass crash, the frat
tured dawn, and Mr.. BelaSco's poe'i
nict,1re all went down TO good nature
disaster together.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-05-08

Ignoring Of. the Charges By the Senate
Observation-Disclosures OF Sena-

There was considerable indignation
among many senators today. when 1t
was fully understood that the senate
committee on postofaces ard post roads
had ordered printed. for distribution
among senators. ex parte statements
that have been gathered together in
the case OF Mr.. Benjamin F. Barnes.
nominated 10 be postmaster OF this
city, and at the same time had re-
fused 10 permit absolute contradiction
OF these statements TO accompany
them"
The ex parte Statement which the
committee is distributing In the form
OF an executive document for the con-
idential information OF senator's, con-
tains many assertions that were known
to the committee ID be co~ntradicted
by reliable evidence. That could have
been obtained by merer! issuing sub
poeuas to witnesses TO appear and tes-
tify. Many OF these assertions refecI
upon Mrs. Morris in Il way 10 impure
her standing before the community.
One OF these assertions Is from a ply
stefan in Asheville. y. c.. who says
that. two years ago. he treated MS.
Morris for insanity. Mrs. Norris her
self has said that she has never been
in Asheville, a which place this ply
stefan declared she vas his patient.
DR.. Morris has asserted that his vile
has not been south Of the Potomac
river for Is years. L IS understood
that Senator Tillman, who Went be-
fore the committee several days ago
offered TO prove the entire falslty o.
the declaration of the Asheville pny'
stefan, but the committee brushed hin
aside: declared in effect, that 1t was
not interested in his contradiction:
and forthwith ordered that this allie
cation, absolutely unsupported by ties
tinOny other than that of the physl
clan and c~ontradicted in positive man
ner, should be printed as part OF al
executive document and distributed L
senators.-WaShingtOn Star.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-05-08
Too Much Funny Business"
From Success Magazfne.")

TIOIA SONOSco
A Well-known kentuckian tells 81 a
marriage ceremony b a a justice OF the
in the Blue Grass State was
.hurriedly called upon n day TO per
form.
IT e that the bridegroom, r
big m~ouataineer very roughly dresSed
mad brought his prospective pride WIN
him to the office of the clerk of court,
thinking to secure his license and have
the performed at one visit
when his license had been duly graute1
1.-The mountaineer asked if there was a
l~iusttce of the peace then in the court
house who could tie the knot. upon
being advised by the clerk that he MIN
self was a justice of the peace and nat
Inc was willing to join the two lovers,
the bridegroom said:
WAL, then, we're ready; go
ahead."
But o will have to secure two
witnesses smilingly observed tne
Iclerk and justice, before can pro-
Iceed." =
At this the mountaineer demurrec
Saving that he did not care for Wit
I~nesses. Nevertheless, he vas conVlnc-
ied in q moment that this formally
was an indispensable one, and accord
Iinslv the necessary witnesses were pro
Icured and the ceremony began. Waer
the couple had promised to love, OBEY
ETC., together with the rest OF a.
service, the justice Of the peace quit
~tnnocently observed that the or1oe
groom should kiss the bride
Thereupon the mountalner exhlbitef
Ifresh impotence at the exact1ons o
THE official. Look here." he exciaim
led, angrily cit seems TO me that you r
ldraggin' in a lot of funny business i
this weddin'. Why, 1 kissed her De
fore we came I'M
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-05-08

Taken by Massachusetts Senate on the
jamestown Exposition in Order to
Placate the Negroes.

The Massachusetts legislature has
for quite a while been wrestling With
the question Of making an ~appropria-
ton for an exhibit at the jamestown
Exposition, and curiously enough the
race question has been allowed TO
dominate the whole matter and oppo-
sitiOn Of certain negro leaders blfs
fair to defeat the proposition. When
the bill was about to be passed the
negroes came forward and asserted
that their race was not given a lair
show at the exposition and unless chat
defect could be remedied no apprOpfla-
ticn should be made. The negro vote
is apparently of some importance to
whoeevr can secure it in .Massachu-
setH and for several weeks past the
| general assembly of that great state
has presented the spectacle Of endea-
vorinS to find . way out OF the 1l.h-
| Guilty without offending the colored cit
liens. The legislators, it seems, are
| not willing that their state shall go
unrepresented at the exposition and
vet they must not diSpleaSe the col
| ored brother. AS a final solution OF
| the problem a Boston senator has
| proposed an amendment to the appro-
priation bill and the senate has adopt
ed it. This amendment, according to
the Boston Transcript, is destined ito
! Mace Massachusetts in a false ana
| foolish position before the country"
The amendment as adopted "cOnc!-
lions the appropriation upon a guar
antee satisfactory to the governor or
the state that citizens of Massachusetts
shall be as we'll treated in Virginia
as they are here" say the Transcript.
"Of course the meaning Of that Is
apparent. 1t practically means that
under certain circumstances likely &c
arise Virginia must suspend the opera
Tior Of her laws and customs. else
Massachusetts, will not participate IL
the historical event for which genera.
preparatiOn is now making" In short
we take it that there must under nc
circumstances be anything that coult
be construed as a drawing OF the colol
line at the jamestown exposition /
this Massachusetts appropriation IS Il
be available. III all probabilities, hi:
amendment. if II passes both branches
of the LEGISLATURE, will have the ct
feet of arnuilirg the apprOprlatlon
The Eostnl 1'ransc,i pt takes a stron;
stand against sucn d course, declarnl;
that CT IS an insult t O Virginia, bu
it is a ~eproack to u w common
wealth. II pcrn Ted to stand, con
tinues the paper I o1ed, I'VE shall DC
hurt the Ole Dom ZION, but We shal
I put ourselves in a position to justly in
, vite the ridicule of other states. Th
!, action is a sacrifice of dignity, a 70
. fusal of ordinary courtesy and a VIC
, lation Of the most evident interstat
ccnity and civic propriety." In add.
ton it is said that the negroes, who's
favor It was intended to win an
whose support it was offered TO Ia
:. down" are not satisfied.
1t is indeed a nice thing for a sta
- like Massachusetts to set before II
country, but withal not d source
any great surprise.-Charlotte Oose
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-05-08
SOUTH AND WESTERN
ARAyDONS ROUTE
Costing Many Thousands il Aban-
doned-Rumors That southern and
South and Western Have Reached
lurpeHnenf

The South & Western Railway Com
pany mas abandoned its camp No. y,
just South Of Marion. and all work
south OF the tunnel AZ camp No. IL.
just east OF Marion. has been stopped
The cause Of this action is said TO lie
in a 10 and more desirable route that
has been found by the engineering
department Of this company. Notwith-
standing the fact that thousands and
thousands Of dollars have been spent
on the line which will now be aban-
doned, yet il is claimed that b COM
pany will save $4,000 10 $4,000 By
the revision Of the line.
There are a great many rumors OF
different kinds going the rounds. One
Of than is TO the effect that an agree
ment mas been made between the
Southern Railway Company and the
South & Western Railway Company
whereby the latter is TO revise the line
Of the Southern Railway Company be-
tween Marion and Rutherfordton, a
distance of some % miles, taking out
the curves and lowering the grades
that that the two roads will Use a
common track between that point and
| Marion. This rumOr has o been con-
| frmed, but it is thought by o Oh
| the inside that it will be but a few
days until The whole matter will De
known to the public that is whether
, the South & Western Railway Com
pany will build its W line from here
as far as Rutherfordton or whether
it will come TO some agreement be-
tween the Southern and themselves
Marion Special to Charlotte Observ'
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-05-08
The City of Eggs.

Everybody in Chicago is cackling to-
night. The Beef Trust is being de-
fed.
Never since the Chicago market be-
came the leading enter for n farm
products of the west did so many eggs
arrive in one day as was the case this
morning. One hundred carloads, ach
containing 400 cases, and each case
holding 80 dozen, were received.
The 40, 900 cases of eggs mean I
grand aggregate Of IA, 400, 900, and al
lowing that the population of Chicago
is 1000, 900, that would mean seven
eggs apiece for each man, woman and
child constituting the city's popula-
ton in the days arrivals-.Chicagi
Correspondence New York World
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-05-08
Dismal Swamp Canal.

The Dismal Swamp, which has tg-
ured a good deal in print lately, IS a
oraat natural wonder. Editor Creecy,
Of The Elizabeth City Economist, says
that Its formation, its eleaVt'on
above G level being twenty-five feet
above this town, and it's substratum be-
ing composed of a depth of twenty~feet
of marine shells indicate that II was
once a portion of the Atlantic ocean
and by some pheiomenal upheavai OF
he earth it was thrown up and LETT
a stagnant morass.'-Charlotte enron
ia1n
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-05-08
Mr.. Gift.

Tie Eastern Carolina News, OF Nef-
nersville-
Mr., John A A~rringdale, genera
manager of the Cape Fear Lumber
Companv. of Wilmington, has voiun-
1arily given to the trustees OF the
lanes Spr1nt Institute $3.50 TO defray
tho expenses Of n poor girl al the
lanes Sprunt Institute for next year.
The condition Of this donation Is 'ha'
il shall be given TO a girl IN Is un,
able 10 pay her own expenses ana
cnuld not otherwise attend MT Al
ringdale takes a deep interest IN Ne
Evansville and Duplin county and ms
gift will meet with much appreciation
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-05-08
And He Came Down.

Senator Bailey certainly did do
things to Senator Spooner in his
speech On the rate BILL" said James Ce-
Gil Hooe. according to the New York
World.
Yes replied Louis A Cooiic3e'
che did. 1t reminds me of the man
who had a row with the hackman- He
was telling about it when his f7erds
saw him in the hospital.
What happened? they asked
Why said the man, L called the
hackman down
"'And he came down, replied tie
man in the hospital
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-05-08
New York's All Night Bank.

On May LIST there will open IN Ne"
York what is know as 1.-The Night and
Day Bank" and it will do business
+wenty-four hours every business day,
The institution numbers among 1t oil
rectors some of the most prominent
fnauciers of the city. While this Is
probably a mere experiment, the all
night bank will likely soon be as much
of a fixture in large cities as the all
night restaurant now s.-Charlotte ob-
server.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-05-08
SDecial to The Messenger

Raleigh. \. c., May I'm collision
of on on the SeabOard Air Line ,
freight ward here Engineer Tnomas
p. Terrell was struck by an engine
operated by Engineer w. w Tucker
and seriously hurt on the head n
body. Both engines are much dam
aged.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-05-08
Elected
fSoacial 10 The Messenger

Raleigh. y. C, May 2--The direc-
tors of the North Carolina home IN
surance Company elected as secretary
George F. Polk, cashier OF the bank
of Fdenton. He succeeds Cnaries
Root. now cashier Of the Raleigh say
ings Bank
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-05-08

Does the Rhamkatte Rooster regard
the man with the muck rake as a
friend who uncovers choice morsels TOR
its own particular consumption or en-
interloper who is trespassing upon its
preserves? -Industrial News.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-05-08
THE HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE
Over -Four Hundred Patients Now
in the Institution

The Annex for Women Nearing Com
pIetion-Charters Granted-High
Point the Most Hustling Place in
the State and Has the Best Graded
School Building-Dry Weather
Running Crops in Wake County-In-
crease i'm Postoffice Receipts for
April.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-05-08

er.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-01-11

therefore [ can not understand how the
] hold-up story managed to crop out, or
| where it came from. DR.. Jordan did
! not know any of the details in that
| line, and this further convinces me he
| il, being misquoted.
while making my investigation at
! the Islands I employed five stenogra-
| piers, SO many people did I question
| and to such an extent. 1t would have
| been impossible for any one to secure
/ a full text of these reports save my
| self. I had them all transcribed and
| brought them to this city, where L
turned them over to Mr.. Wilson. No
| body save he, Charles Lathrop and my
self knew what they contained. DR..
Jordan was not informed and could not
have learned their contents.
'I have been turning in reports to
Wilson and Lathrop from time to time,
and they have kept the matter secret
from everybody else. We are still
working on this case, though nothing
has developed that would furnish any
startling news. 1 am not in a position
to make public any of the data col
lected during my research In fact,
there is nothing that would interest
the public, and that is one of the rea-
sons that Mr.. Wilson has not deemed
it necessary to give out the report.
There is absolutely no necessity to
plunge into the poison mystery any
more. We fully demonstrated after
Mrs. Stanfords death that strychnine
never killed her. That is an old story
now, and l thought it had been settled
to the satisfaction of everybody. 1t
seems strange that DR.. Jordan should
mention this again, for it was settler
so long ago as to have almost entirely
slipped the minds of all of us con-
nected with the case
Albert Beverley, the butler, who was
discharged by Mrs. Stanford some time
Before her death and whose name was
mentioned with so much prominence
during the noted case, has left his San
Mateo home. Last October he disposed
of his property and came to live in
this city. An attempt was made to To-
cate him last night, but without sue
cess.
Beverley is still in this city. He was
seen at the racetrack a few days ago.
He was never kept under surveillance |
after the police and the Morse dectec- |
tive agency became satisfied he was en- |
tirely innocent of any plot or scheme
to obtain money from Mrs. Stanford.
All Wing is also some place in the vi /,
cinity. He was allowed to go where 7,
he chose after the case had been clos |
ed several months ago. Some suspect |
ed that the Chinaman knew more than |
he wished to tell at the time, but Cap |
tain Callundan was convinced the &C. |
lestial was innocent, and for that rea- |
son no watch was kept on him lately |
Captain Callundan said he did not |
think anything would come of the pres
ent story, and that neither himself nor
Wilson would take any action. as they |
are fearful that a mistake has been
made in quoting Jordan.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-01-11
THINKS REPORT.
IS MISLEADING

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 31.-Cap-
tain Jules j. Callundan, of the Morse
Detective Agency, which had charge
of the investigation of the mysterious
death of Mrs. Stanford, refused to be-
lieve that Dr. Jordan made the sensa-
tional statements credited to him
from Denver. According to Callun-
dan, Jordan never saw the reports in
the case and therefore is not in a po-
sition to make any revelations regard
ing any new developments which
might occur.
81 feel sure DR.. Jordan did not come
out and make any such statements as
those attributed to him. said Callun-
dan last night. ''There are only three
persons who know anything about the
reports. They are Attorney Mount
ford Wilson, Charles Lathrop and my
self. DIR. Jordan was not shown these
reports and therefore is not in posi-
ton to make comments.
81 will say that if we had any such
evidence as DR.. Jordan claims is on
hand we would have made arrests long
ago. For instance, Miss Richmond,
Mrs. Stanford IS former maid, has been
allowed by US to go to her home in
England several months ago. IF we
did not think her entirely innocent we
would surely have detained her.
IF DR.. Jordan is quoted correctly, he
directs his suspicion directly against
two persons, Miss Richmond and All
Wing, the Chinese cook. Long ago we
proved both to the satisfaction of our
selves and to the general public that
neither of these persons had anything
to do with a conspiracy to turn Mrs.
Stanford against her secretary, Miss
Berner
There could be no one else to cast
the finger of suspicion at, for Miss
Richmond and All Wing were the only
persons who We're close enough to the
dead woman to hatch out such plot.
But they had nothing to do with it
and we allowed them to go their way
after the investigation
LAS regards the hold-ups by Homo
lulu officials, L will answer that it is
all nonsense. For instance there were
four doctors attending to the case.
They worked hard over it and each put
in bill for $500 That was very rea-
sonable, considering the work they
did. 1 was surprised at the small
1 know just what was spent |
at Honolulu, for L was in touch with !
every phase of the case there and no |
hold-up occurred.
The officials did not have a chance |
to do any work in this LING. for the !
reason that the investigation was SIM
ply confined to the household and as
there was nothing of a startling ma
ture to keep quiet the public knew just
what was happening and therefore no
one had a chance to make any de-
nands. High Sheriff Henry conducted
he case in business-like way and I
know neither he nor any of his depu-
ties ever attempted to play the game
If hold-up on any of us while we were
here.
THE bills have all been paid long
90. They We're all reasonable. and