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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-04-13
WILMINGTON N c., APRIL l3. 1906.

that congress should protect the In
dians against thieves who we put in
charge Of their property"
Mr. TiIIman said that if the secre-
tary of the interior had permitted HIM
self to be duped in the matter Of the
payment of the Indians, he was not ft
for his place He contended that the
suits for the recovery of the money
should be prosecuted by the govern
ment ''The question" he said, 're-
plying to Mr.. Clapp, lis whether some
lawyer has not come up here from
indian territory and bamboozled the
government"
it was when he was asleep at the
switch and let the provision go through
the senate originally" responded Mf.
Clapp sharly.
IF the senator from South Carolina
has been asleep at the SWITCH said
Mr.. Tillman, just as pointedly, ''it was
when this bill was stolen from his
committee by your committee. The
bill should have. been considered by
the committee on the five civilized
tribes, of which | am chairman"
That" Mr.. Clapp said in reply,
would have been a sorry spectacle
The senate adjourned until tomor-
row.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-04-13
ITALYs HORROR
Loss Of s20.OO0.O0O by Mount
Vesuhus Eruption
$4,000 PERSONS HOMELESS
Conditions in Section Affected Are
Greatly AmeIiorated

Scientist are of the Opinion That the
Volcano Has Spent Itseif-People
are Advised to be Calm-Troops En-.
gagged i'm Clearing Roofs Of Ashes
and Sand-An Expenditure OF Many
Millions Of Dollars and a Force of
100000 Men will be Required to
Rae Houses Rendered Unsafe BY
the Eruption.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-04-13
TiIInan Wants Date Fixed for
Final Vote
sP00NER SPEAKS TO-DAY
The General Debate Will Probably
End This Week

AIdrich Challenged Statement of Till
man That Discussion on the Rate
Bill Was 'Lagging''-Session Mostly
Indian Affairs-SeveraI Tits Oc-
CURED Between Tillman on the One
Side and Teller and Clapp on the
Other-The South Carolina Senator
Been Defrauded.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-04-13
Schooner Foundered.

Boston, Mass, April 1.-THE Port
land steamer Bay State. which ar
rived here this evening, brought news
Of the loss of the schooner Sallie B.,
Philadelphia for Bangor, and four OF
the crew. The vessel foundered in
Massachusetts, Bay yesterday.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-04-13
James A. Bailey Dead.

New York, April Thames "A.
Bailey, the show man, formerly of Bar
mum and Bailey died at his home in
Mount Vernon today Of erysipilas.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-04-13

Norfolk. Va, April 11.-Oeean View
church. Observation-Disclosures at Ocean
View. was DESTROYED by fire about Z
O'Clock tonight.
The damage is $4,000. The building
is a frame structure and was entirely
consumed by the flames.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-04-13

To Protect the Sponge Industry.
today passed bills prohibiting aliens
from gathering sponges in American
waters and prohibiting the use OF
diving apparatus in the taking of
sponges.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-04-13

washington, April 11.-ln the senate
today Mr. Aldrich expressed the opin-
ion that the end of the general de-
bate on the railroad rate bill would
become apparent before the end of the
present week and that then an agree
melt upon a day for vote could be
reached The statement was made i'll
response to request by Mr.. Tillman
for such an agreement. There was no
other discussion of the rate bill during
the day, owing to the fact that no SEN
ator was prepared to speak. 1t was
announced that Mr.. Spooner would re-
ply tomorrow to Mr.. Bailey's speech
of yesterday.
The session was almost entirely de-
voted to the consideration of the con-
ference report on the bill providing for
the final settlement of the affairs of
the five civilized tribes of Indians and
in connection with that there was a
sharp controversy over an amend
ment inserted by the senate which pro-
vided for the ratification of the dis
bursement of $1S6,OOO of the loyal
Seminole fund made by Special Agent
J. e. jenkins and Administrator A. j..
Brown. The debate turned upon the
exceptional fact that the house was in
sisting upon the retention of a senate
amendment from which the senate was
apparently anxious to recede. The de-
bate was characterized by number
of spirited passages between Mr.. Till
man on the one side and Messrs. Teller
and Clapp ON the other. The South
Carolina senator contended that the
Indians had been defrauded, while his
opponents urged that if they had been
the proposed legislation did not deprive
them of their rights under the law.
No conclusion was reached.
Mr. Teller defended the action of
the conferees and in the course OF a
sharp colloquy with Mr.. Tillman, ex-
pressed apprehension that before the
matter was disposed of, the South Car
olina senator would accuse him Of
stealing something.
1.-The senator expects nothing Of the
kind" responded Mr.. Tillman, Il con-
tradict him fatty"
Mr. Teller. responded that Mr.. Till
mans arraignment of the committee
did not come with good grace from a
senator who confeses that he knows
nothing about the question. If, he
said, 1.-The senator were even a good
corn field lawyer, he would know that
the Indians lose nothing of their rights
by the adoption of the senate provi
sion"
While the conference report was
pending, the railroad rate bill was laid
before the senate and Mr.. TMlman
made another effort to secure an agree
ment to fix a date for final vote On
the bill. In doing so he made COM
plant that the debate on the rate bill
was Tagging Mr.. Aldrich challeng'
ed that statement, saying he had neve1
known a time when the debate Oh sc
important a measure. had been so con.
stinuous and so well sustained.
"If," he said, 1.-The senator is able tt
sustain his zeal for a few days unit
some more important speeches ar
made, 1 hope we will then be able tf
reach an understanding. 1 should say
that before the end Of the week We
ought to forsee the end of the genera
discussion"
The bill was then temporarily laie
aside and the discussion of the repor
on the Indian settlement bin was re
sumed. Mr. Tillman attacked ths
Seminole payment provision declaring
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-04-13
Nominated for Postmaster.

Nominated Tor POSTMASTER.
Washington, April 1.-THE president
today sent TO the senate the nomina-
ton OF l.. G.. Funkhouser as postmas-
ter at Roanoke, Va.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-04-13

for Moore's Creek Bat
tleground.
Washington, April 1.-THE senate
today passed bills appropriating 5000
for the improvement of the monument
on the Moore's Greek battlefield, North
Carolina.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-04-13

Confined on Eight Page.)
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-13
WAGES ON RUSSIAN FARMS.

The extreme poverty and the low
standard Of living of persons from
whom the agricultural laborers are re-
cruited assure a low level of wages
for agricultural labor. The average
wages will appear almost incredibly
low from an American point of view,
Notwithstanding the general complaints
of the estate holders concerning the
unreasonable demands of the laborers
According to an official investiga-
ton, embracing the decade of 1SS2-1S91
the average annual wages for a male
agricultural worker in Russia We're
less than $32 and for a female worker
less than SIS. To this must be added
the cost of subsistence, which is equal
ly low, being on an average $24 for a
male and $22 for a female worker for
a whole year, so that the average cost
of employing a laborer for the entire
year is equal to only $55 for the male
and $40 for the female.
The wages for the summer season of
five months are almost equal to the
annual wages, being $22 for the male
and $13 for the female.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-13
WHITES THE AGGREsSORs
Ohio Keeps Up Her Reputation for
Race Tronbles-FataI Case
of Cutting.

Mount Vernon. o., Nov. 13. = Race
troubles, which have existed here for
some time, eliminated in a serious cut
ting ARRAY when Grant Stewart, col
ored, slashed George Dunn. white,
with a knife so that forty-seven stitches
were required to close the wound.
Dunn is dying, and Stewart is in Jail.
Dunn ordered Stewart out of a restau-
rant where Stewart was seated, the
order being given without authority of
any kind and because Stewart was a
negro. This ended in the fight narrated
above.
The race trouble started four weeks
ago when a white man is alleged to
have made an insulting remark to a
colOred woman on the street Street
fights between the whites and blacks
have occurred frequently since.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-13
THEATRICAL NOTES.

points and white blaze face that races
in the chariot of judah, the Prince of
Hur. in the colossal production of Cen
eral Lew Wallace's stirring romance
..Ben-Hur" now running at the Chicago
Auditorium. Monk is the horse near
est the audience; he has always raced
there from the first performance up
to the present time, and now is in his
eighth year on the treadmills he is as
active and speedy as ever.
Not only has Monk raced two thou
sand times, but he has visited every
city Of Importance in this country and
Canada. and has travelled over 81 900
miles. lie was the first horse to be
taught to run on modern treadmin
and so intelligent is he that his trainer
Mr.. Charles J. O'Brien. uses him to
break in the green" horses. Through
long association he has been taught a
variety Of tricks. He is a high school
horse with all it's gaits, he viii play
tag with his trainer; he viii lie down
and roll over like a dog at the word of
command; he will run into his harness
like the hosrses at the fire station; and
will trot, pace. gallop and singlefoot
at command.
the
| Ben Hur" stable, he is the only one
that is not led. he follows by himself
should one or two Of the horses be
left behind through any cause Monk"
always manifests the greatest I'M
easiAess and he fingers about until
they appear He is most jealous in
his disposition; if piece of apple or
sugar, of which he is extremely fond,
is not offered to him first, he will not
take it, and he is resentful for two or
three days, acting as though his dig
nifty had been offended.
Hundreds of offers have been made
for this horse and some very large
sums Of money involved, but the ans
wsr that has always been returned in
every case was tnat Monk" was not
for sale. Just recently overtures were
made to secure Monk" as the star of
a dramatization of the famous story
Black Beauty"
Last summer Monk" spent his va
cation in a large pasture at Hemp
stead, Long Island. He did not seem
to thrive well there, and refused to as
sociate with the strange horses with
which he had been placed, but when
some of his old companions of Ben
Hur" trouping days were sent down
to the pasture he took on new life AND
seemed to thoroughly enjoy his sum
mers outing.
When Monk becomes too old tc
win the laurel crown of victory for the
Prince of Hur, he will be honorably
retired and placed on the pension list
for the remainder of his days by the
Klaw & Erlanger company.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-13
CHICAGO SEASON OF BEN-HUR
ENDS IN FOUR WEEKS.

The closing days Of "Ben-Hur" at
the Chicago Auditorium are announc-
ed Klaw & changers stupendous
production Of Wal1ace's mighty Biblical
romance is to be withdrawn IN four
weeks time. A special matinee is an
nounced for Thanksgiving day in adj
dition to the regular Wednesday and
Saturday matinees of that week. The
present engagement of "Ben-Hur' is
the most notable in it's career. Chi
Cages largest and most classic amuse-
ment temple has never held more cul-
tured and distinguished audiences. It
IS estimated that By the time the en-
gagement closes fully 5000 600 people
will have attended. This is a marvel
Gus record and indicates that this great
semi-re Iigious drama Of Palestine, the
product of the pen Of General Lew
Wallace. able statesman, gallant sol
der, entertaining writer and cour-
teous American gentleman will remain
a potent factor in the amusement
world for years to come.
1t is advisable for those who in
tend witnessing this attraction to lose
no time in writing Mr.. Milward Ad-
ans director of the Chicago Audi
torlum. for seat reservation. Mr.. Ad-
ans promises prompt attention to mail
orders accompanied by remittance.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-13
MONK
Equine star of the world.

Frederick Remington struck a re-
sponsive chord in the heart Of nearly
every man when he declared that his
tombstone would contain but one
phrase. He loved a horse There are
horses and horses; not only of different
colors. shapes and qualities. but OF dis
positions as Well Some horses at
tract you to them; you don't know why,
but there is something that excites
your interest and. with association,
your affection This is true TO re-
markable degree with the horse
Monk. who possesses the most re-
markable record for having raced two
thousand times without ever once being
defeated. You look at the scene upon
the stage and While you know that he
and his fellow racers gain the advant-
age by a mechanical device. yet his
struggle is so earnest and so mag
nificent that the illusion of a real vic
tory sinks down deep into the mind.
Monk" is the bay horse with black
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-13
THE GENTLER SEX.

Ellen Beach Yaw. the prima donna,
SO the story goes is camping in the
mountains near Los Angeles. The 9TH
er day she saw two deer drinking; also
two Creeping hunters" What does
the fair lady do? Why, she saves the
deer's lives by singing a brilliant OPP
cratic cadenza, which SO charmed the
wicked gunners they forgot their
quarry, and SO scared the deer they
scampered out of range. After this
don't try divorce or lost diamonds OF
any other hackneyed catastrophe to
advertise star.-Musical Age.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-13
THE BIRDS BILL WAS LOCKED.

A curious bird tragedy is told about
in the London Field. man found a
yellow hammer dead in his yard at
the foot of a wall The bird had flown
against it with such force as to be
stunned. Not only that, but the upper
mandible had been bent back and in
the Strengthening out the sharp
point was driven down through the
lower bill and locked, thus booming
the bird to death by starvation. The
man sent the head to the Field. A good
many similar accidents have been
recorded, but it was always a
heavier bird, whose weight made
the springing of the bill easier A good
many of the birds were found in a
starved condition, showing that they
died lingering deaths from want of
food Birds that fly against the light
houses have the skull bones crushed
and die instantly, but others are
stunned only.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-13
The Thanksgiving Proclamation.

DS THANKSGIVING EEOCldI1dNOAs
A Thanksgiving proclamation is Of
necessity largely matter Of form.
Asking a man to be thankful when his
luck is working backward Is much like
requesting a man to be gay in the
midst Of a dream that his mother-in-
law is twins.
If prosperity has hit the man a few
friendly, playful raps in the solar
plexus he is only too glad to join In
the annual slaughter of the turkey,
but if the prospects are that he will
have to work the free lunch route on
the feasting holiday he may be quite
inclined to And fault with the wording
and punctuation of the proclamation.
Not that we would question the presi-
dents intentions or say for a moment
that the majority Of people couldn't
find something to be thankful for with
out using a microscope, but that doesn't
alter the fact that here and there Is q
man who would have to do some
mighty clever detective work to find
his reason.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-13
EYEBROWS AND LAsHEs TO ORDER

Eyebrows and lashes are in sea-
son. They are cheap today" Although
the above notice is not actually dis
played to the public gaze, it is literally
true. A well-known ladies' hairdresser
in oxford circus, London, who invents
false eyebrows and lashes, is having
his busy time just now. "Eyelashes
are selling very well now the dark
days have commenced" he said. They
can be had in all shades, and only cost
sixty cents a pair which is cheap, con
sidering their delicacy and fine work
manship. The hairs are sometimes hui
man and sometimes those of an Angora
cat or goat. eyebrows are the most
difficult things TO make. The shape OF
the forehead has TO be taken, and they
are composed Of camers hair on a fine
invisible skin. They cost $3.50. False
eyebrows and eyelashes can only be
worn two or three weeks, as the skin
becomes dirty, and the deception APP
parent"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-13
NEWS FACTS IN OUTLINE

David Tower, for sixty-eight years
a resident of Mayfeld, H., is dead,
aged IS
The warehouses Of the American
Snuff company at Eddyville, Princeton
and Fredonia, Ky, have been wrecked
with dynamite.
Mrs. Russell Sage will give away the
bulk of the fortune of about SSO,OOO.-
600, bequeathed to her by her late
hlsband, to individuals whom she con-
siders worthy.
News of the Official nomination of
Raisun, the bandit chief, to be govern
or Of the town of Arzilla. Morocco, and
neighboring provinces is received at
Tangier.
The Tri-State Vehicle and Implement
Dealers asSocia ton is holdingits eighth
annual convention and exhibit at Lou.
isville.
Six hundred steel passenger cars are
TO be built for the Pennsylvania rail
road in the next year.
Chief Justice Fuller has announced
that the supreme court of the United
States will take a recess from Nov. Is
to Dec. 8.
Secretary Shaw says he sees nc
present need of going TO the assistance
of the money market.
The management of the Rock Isl
AMI railroad has issued orders for new
equipment TO cost 100000.
At Irkutsk. Siberia, an unsuccessful
attempt was made TO kill the governor
General Reunenkampff, with a bomb
1t failed and the bOmb-thrower was
captured.
The first colored state fair in the
history of the race has opened at Ma
con, Ga, with a large attendance. Al
opening address was made by Booker
7. Washington.
Dolphin VI. Delmas, leading lawyel
on the Pacific coast, has been retained
70 defend Harry 4. ThaW,
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-13
The Famous Baron Roederer.

A New York wine agent is com
piling a volume of anecdotes Of the IA
NOUS wine dealers Of the past.
OF the late Baron Roederer he said
the other day:
"Roederer once received a letter
that read
"'Sir-I have not centime to my
name, but l adore champagne. Be
good enough to send me case Of your
delicious nectar With it's help l hope
to forget my wretched poverty"
Roederer replied by return mail:
'Sir-The means wherewith you
propose to forget your poverty will not
avail. The incessant and persistent
presentation of my account would re-
mind you every moment of your sad
condition
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-13
TowLE's OPERA HOUSE.

The immense royalties accruing 10
Hal Caine annually from companies
using THE Christian would be a
princely income for the average in
dividual. The Christian" is the play
to be presented by the Imperial Stock
company at the Towle opera house
tonight and it IS probable that no
theater patron will allow this oppor-
tunity to witness this famous play go
UNDECIDED. The scenic fnvestiture is
equal to that carried by the original
company and if indications can be de-
pended upon, capacity house viii be
in evidence other plays in the roper
toire are "At the Risk of His Life,
The Partisan Princess" The Scouts
Revenge" and the great Saturday
matinee bill, Jack, the Giant Killer
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-13

The numbers of quail that inhabit
the Arizona valleys are almost unbe-
lievable. l went out to shoot with
young lady the other day. We drove
for a couple of miles up the course of
the ella valley. That is, I drove and
she did the shooting, firing from the
seat in the blackboard. We had only
twenty five cartridges, but she killed
seventeen birds with them, good bag
for lady, considering the conditions.
It's not so easy to shoot from a seat
in a wabbly blackboard. I do not hest
tate to say that we saw at least a
thousand quail during our two hours
drive. There wasn't a moment of our
time that more or less of them were
in sight. to the right to the left and
ahead of US. feeding on chickweed
seed and chasing one another away
from the best patches of it. They are
as pugnacious as they are handsome
Forest and Stream.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-13

GENERAL SKATER IN PARADE UNIFORM
McKittrick, his son-in-law, twents
miles south of this city, after an i'll
ness of seven days, despite the best
medical attention available in Cali.
fornia.
While returning from the polls last
Tuesday General Shafter contracted 81
severe chill which augmented a slight
indisposition and necessitated confine-
ment to his bed. The case soon deyel-
oped into pneumonia and, although ev-
erything known to medical science
was done to save his life, he lapsed
into Inconsistencies at 8 a. m. yester-
day. Up to this time he had been full
ly conscious and cognizant of his con-
dtion. His body will be taken to the
Preside tomorrow evening and inter
ment will take place in the post ceIne-
terry there, with full military honors.
General Shafter was born Oct 16,
1885, at Calesburg. Mich. He first en-
tered military life in the civil war and
made a fine record entering the regu-
lar army at the close Of the war;