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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-10-19
CASE AGAINST Standard OIL
Evidence All in and Argument Begun.
Jury Will Probably Get the Case
Today.

Findlay, Ohio. October 16.-That the
case Of the Standard Oil Company Of
Ohio. on trial for conspiracy against
trade will be in the hands of the
jury tomorrow is confidently predict
ed tonight by attorneys for both sides.
The evidence is all In and argument
progressed for four hours today. The
jury has yet to hear Attorney Kline
for the defense and the closing argu-
ment for the state by Attorney Gen
eral Ellis. Prosecutor David began
his argument at 10 o'clock this morn-
ing after two witnesses had testified
for the state and defense had closed
It's case with the submission as evil
dence of a single document, the de-
cision of the supreme court OF the
state.
Mr.. Troup concluded by asking who
i'm Hancock county has been injured
by the Standard Oil Company OF Ohio.
No one had made sny complaint.
eff they want simply to bust q
trust" he said, and there is q trust 10
bust, they cannot bust 1t by prosecut-
ing some company criminaIly before
this court But there is a way they
can bust it-they can go into the com-
mon pleas, the circuit, or the supreme
court and ask to have the charter OF
that company declared null and void
But your verdict Of guilty would no;
accomplish any such result"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-10-19
THE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
Now in Session at Brooklyn Bap-
fist Church.
I'm Several Eastern Counties
Compose the Association - Last
Session VIII DO Held on Thursday
Aftcrnoon-Sosions arc Held ~
$3.50 and 2 O'clock-Mectings arc
Still Being Held nc the First Bap-
tisf Church by DIR. Hamilton.

The sixth annual meeting OF the
vened In the Brooklyn Baptist church.
Fourth and Brunswick streets. yester-
day morning. The sessions Of the as
ISOLATION will continue until tomorrow
afternoon.
II was IN 1901 that the Baptist
churches in New Hanover and Fender
counties. and those in parts of Ons-
low, Duplin and Sampson counties,
reached the conclusion that il would be
best for the denomination IL the asst
ern association was divided The
Wilmington association was then or
ganized. This association. which il
destined TO play an important part In
the affairs of the denomination. EN-
braces a membership OF about 3.i0o.
Geo. f. Leftwich, OF this city is mod
orator.
The association Is cooperating heart
lily with the First Baptist church and
the protracted meeting now in progress
there. The hours for holding the daily
sessions have been arranged with this
In view. The association meets At $50.
~adjourns al noon and re-convenes at
2 O'Clock in the afternoon for a two
hours session. Yesterday morning DR..
Hamilton, the evangelist, preached the
opening sermon taking for his sub
iect, The Mission OF a New Tesla
ment Church Is that of Sou Winning"
At the First Baptist church DR.. Ham
ilton continues To have most gratf1-
ing congregations. His hold upon the
people is wonderful. He is preaching
twice daily and his ermon are having
an influence for good which a lever
be truly estimated. The two sermons
will continue this week and probably
through next week. The hours are 4
O'Clock in the afternoon and 7:30
o'clock at night.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-10-19
MANY CHARGES CONFRONT HIM
RuffaIo Tender OF Pawnee Bills Show
ts in Serious TroubIe-Brought Here
From Whiteyille n Lodged III JAN.

Constable Savage returned last night
from whiteville where he arrested a
negro by the name Of Walter Gallo
way who is charged with highway
robbery, assault with a deadly weapon,
carrying a concealed weapon. selling
whiskey on Sunday and also selling
whiskey without a license. The negro
was with Pawnee Bills Wild West
show and looked after the bunaloes.
A negro by the name OF William Lar
kins says that the negro who was ar
rested held him up on Sunday night
and at the point of a pistol took his
watch and also all the money he had.
The watch was found on h negro
but he says that Larkins pawned it to
him. He was brought here last night
and placed in jail and will be given
a preliminary trial today before JUS
tice Bornemann. The negro says his
home is in South Dakota.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-10-19
Several will be for the Purpose
Of Experimenting.
II Desirable Water Can be Obtained
From Wells IL May be That City VIII
Put in Plant and Get Water From
Such q Source-Board Of Audit n
Finance Were in Season Last Night
importance Were Disposed of.

A meeting of the board Of audit and
members were present but Mr.. Wilder.
Meeting a not a long one by any
means as there was but very little bus
mess TO be transacted Perhaps the
most important matter % come before
the board was in regard to five wells
that are TO be sunk. 1t Was decided
some time ago TO sink three wells and
last night Alderman johnson appeared
before the board and asked that the
number be increased TO five. It is the
intention of the waterworks commits
sion to have two sunk for the purpose
of seeing what kind of water can be
obtained with a view of putting in a
waterworks system. The board agreed
to allow five wells to be sunk. One is to
be at Eighth and Worcester, one at
Front and Red Cross streets and the
third al Ninth and Market streets. It
is not known where the other two wells
are 10 be sunk but they will be expert
mental wells.
While the matter was up and being
discussed Chairman Mcqueen remark
ed that if water anything like that at
the city hall could be obtained he
thought the money would be we'll spent
when used for putting down wells. He
mentioned the report by the state
biologist and fact that it was stated
that water could be got from wells that
would be fit for domestic purposes. AL
derman Johnson said the real facts did
not bear out the report submitted to
the Clarendon WaterwOrks Conway for
the Wilmington steam laundry used
water from awell and that a large we'll
was now being sunk in front of the
laundry to supply the same. He
said this was sufficient to show that the
water was all right for domestic uses.
Alderman Price appeared before the
board in regard to purchasing certain
things for the new city library, such
as a desk, tables, chairs, etc. It is
hoped to have the library ready TO be
| opened by the first of November but
the work is progressing very slowly.
The matter of so much curbing be-
ing purchased "a mentioned and sew
eral members of the board expressed
| themselves as thinking it very absurd
to spend SO much money in putting
curbing on such a large number of
streets when work that it is far more
important should be done. In this
connection the macademizing of Red
Cross street was mentioned, the work
not having been completed and the ap-
preparation has given out.
With the exception of the above no
business was disposed of with the ex
ception Of passing upon the current
bills.
In the absence of Captain Meares, the
clerk, Colonel Chas. H. White acted in
his stead.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-10-19
WIFE KILLS HUSBAND
Woman Was Being Chased by Her
Husband With a Knife. When She
Fired the Fatal Shot

Chicago, October 16.-In the pres
ence Of her daughter and a party Of
children, Mrs. Sarah Alcopa shot and
killed her husband, John L.. Alcopn,
early today at their home.
The shots were fired to save her
own life. Alcopa was chasing her
around the house with a butcher knife
and she ran into her bedroom, took a
revolver from the dresser and fired
two shots, one striking the man in
the left temple and the other in the
lung. He died instantly.
Aloopa was a cigar maker 80 years
old. His wife is 80 and there are
two children.
Jealousy of John Minerino, a roomer
at the house, is said to have caused
the shooting. Mrs. Alcopa was ar
rested.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-10-19
AN ELABORATE PRODUCTION
Academy Offers "Dorothy vernon or
Haddon Hail. saturday at Matinee
and Night.

The delightful atmosphere Of the
DAYS of Good Queen Bess', with
historic Haddon Hall as a back
ground, will pervade the Academy
when Miss Laura Burt and Mr.. Henry
Stanford play local starring engage
ment in Dorothy Vernon Of Haddon
Hail. Saturday matinee and night.
AS is we'll known the production,
which is under the direction of Err
nest Shipman, presents in dramatic
form Charles Majors delightful 70
nance of the E~lizabethan era, the
story which already has charmed in
Vulnerable readers. In the preparation
of the production no expense has been
spared and not a detail has been over
looked, and when the last line is
spoken, the curtain will have 1auen
upon one of the most complete pro-
ductions. not only in point of %interpre-
tation but also in the matter of scenic
aetail that has ever been seen IN
this city.
The Identification of the novel was
entrusted to Paul Kester, whose WORT
in preparing for the stage Mr.. Majors
when Knighthood was in Flower is
well known. The play is full OF live
ly action, spirited dialogue and the
climaxes are said to be highly eSclt-
ing.
Mr.. Shipman has spared neither
pains nor expense so far as the scenic
features are concerned. The scene OF
the novel is laid chiefly in and about
Haddon Hall, which remalns TO-DAY
the best preserved and most plctur-
| espue manor house Of the Elizabetnan
age. .-
In the matter of costumes, historic
| drawings and tapestries have been
faithfully copied by the most expert
| costumers, and the special music 1o1
! the production was composed oy n
Melville Ellis.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-10-19
KNIGHTS GIVE SMOKER
Lodge Rooms OF the Knights Of Co
lumbus.

Wilmington Council No. 1914,
Knights of Columbus. gave a most en-
joyable smoker last night at their
lodge rooms on Third street and in
attendance were most OF the Whining
ton Knights and also several visiting
members Of the order.
There was an address by Rev. Faith
er Dennen and also by Rev. Father
Hannah. Several members made talks
relative to the order. Some excellent
music was furnished by quartette COM
posed Of Messrs. Matt Myer. Frank
Banks, Joe Quinlivan and Ed Reilly.
occasion was greatly enjoyed by all
Refreshments were served n the
who attended
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-10-19
3 in the afternoon SO that they could

8 in the afternoon so that they could
be summoned.
T. l. Vines, deputy collector OF Gus
toms. testified that the two men sit
ting "a him (pointed them outl
came to the custom house several
days ago and said they had been
shanghaied; that they belonged on
the cruiser Columbia and had been
taken On the steamship Osceola. He
stated that they told him they were
sem ashore In regard to some crate
bars and that a runner aeco6ted them
and got them to take several drinks
with him and the mex thing they
knew they yer on the Osceola. Mr..
Vines stated that the two men re-
quested that the matter be taken UP
with the government
John English, said his home was
Norfolk and he was q coa1 trimmer
and at the present time he was on the
Osceola. When he came aboard the
steamship, he stated. Byrne and Flynn
were talking 10 officers and seemed
to want to go somewhere. Later the
two men were in the water and police
threw them a line and pulled them
out. Stated that he heard word
around deck that the two men be-
longed to the United States navy.
On cross examination he said he
heard the captain say TO one OF the
officers that threw out q line, THAT
Is my man..
Tom Savoy said after he signed re-
membered seeing men aboard. That
it was in the morning and he went 10
sleep and did not wake up until III
the evening when he heard some OF
the sailors fussing about someone
having taken some OF their dry
clothes. He stated that n OF the
sailors said two navy fellows had
jumped overheard
Messrs. George Rountree n j. U.
Carr appeared for the defendant. Al
the hearing in the morning Mr.. George
L. Peschau, who appeared for one OF
the sailors, asked to be allowed to ex-
anime witnesses, but it was not allow
ed, but in the afternoon he aga'n ask
to be allowed to take part In the ex-
animation of the Witnesses and ex-
planned his position by stating that
certain things might come up that
would have a serious bearing upon MS
client. Commissioner Collier under
| these circumstances allowed him tc
| take part in the proceedings. Nessrs
| Rountree and Carr stated that tney
| had no objection, but that under the
law they did not think Mr.. Peschau
had any right to participate.
A telegram was received yesterday
| frow Secretary B~onaparte which a
as follows: "Byrne not reported to
department as deserter."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-10-19
Five Million Dollars an Acre.

The extravagances of municipal
ownership in the borough of Fulham
have aroused the reform party to Wig
orous efforts to bring about a change,
and a spirited campaign is on for con-
troll of the borough council. The issue
will be decided at the coming elections,
and the Ratepayers Defense Associa-
ton is engaged in making comparisons
of expenditures which present on the
face a bad showing for a party in
power. The outgo of money has been
increasing by leaps and bounds, most
1y in payment for what is called the
frills Of municipal ownership, but the
greatest scandal has been the paying
of more than three hundred thousand
dollars for the setting back Of a public
house from the street a few feet. The
amount paid for the new line of front
age works out at over five million dol
lars an acre, and the great body of
ratepayers are grooming accordingly.
The council, however, sc far from be-
ing abashed by the storm of disap-
prevail, is minded to add still further
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-10-19
(By William True Hawthorne.

&A1O A0" NA1SAL ASs
London, August 6.-The mob spirit
that has characterized the extraordi-
nary campaign waged against Mr.. AS
Quith and other members Of the min
istry not in sympathy with the radical
wing Of the woman suffragfsts, Is being
reused in the provinces by ag1tators
from London. Pursuing their arch
enemy" MT Asquith, into his own con-
stituency, Miss Parkhearst and her fol-
lowing are drawing a Gordon about his
home in East Fife that embodies the
nature of both the boycott and the
siege.
Rarely has a high government off,
cial been subjected to such a rag
ging' as was witnessed in London dur-
ing the recent session Of parliament,
and which eliminated in his being
chased through the streets and pelted
with missiles by a mob Of women. IN
der cad of Miss Parkhearst and her
ed by besieging the chancellor's resi-
dence day n night for a period. the
air at all hours being filed with fem
mime cries of depreciation and vituper-
alton.
Already the tactics pursued in East
Fife have resulted in the women
hOusehOlders of Ladybank demanding
an interview with Mr.. AsQuith on the
suffrage question, and Miss Parkhearst
will be there to see that the chance1-
Tor of the eXchequer does not escape.
AS Organizer-in-chief Miss ParkhearSt
came pack to London the other day
and called a mass meeting in Hyde
Park to collect funds whereWith to
keep her army in the field until Par
Lament ~cOnVenes shortly, when the
scene Of last session will be r~e-enacted
here.
Mr. Asquith invited attack from the
SuffragiStS for the reason that he is,
next to Campbell-Bannerman, the
spokesman of the Liberal party. AS
a master of felicitous phraseOlogy and
felicitOuS speech he is easily first
in the house Of commons. His clear
u sentences, every word in the right
place, every statement clad in most
appropriate language, make him a
prime favorite with the reporters -Ae
endure so much from the haltng fasn-
ion of the average parliamentary ora
tor. Mr.. Asquith further established
himself in the good opinion of the
reporters by boldly discharging a ven
cradle tradition in his budget speech.
He made no jokes about cocoa, tea, or
rum. The comic relief" Of some pre-
viou chancellOrs made the press gal
lery grOan and Squirm.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-10-19
BelmOntS Shine in Paris.

Echoes are reaching London society
and shops of the purchases made by
the Perry BelmOnts in Paris. Many
American m~illiOnaires n their wives
AVE succumbed to the fascinating
wares displayed by the jewelers., dress
makers, and merchants ,. the Rue de
la PaiX this season, bu' 1t appears
from the gossip going around that the
BelmOnts easily eclipsed all the others.
AS Mrs Belmont already possesses
jewels worth a kings ransom, their
fancy took them elsewhere for articles
of personal adornment and domestic
Outftting. Among the trophies Of their
shopping tours We're several valuable
BeauVais tapestries, a rare collection
of old CeVres china, and b~ronZZes, and
some beautiful sculpture for their
Fifth avenue mansion. Furthermore,
the BelmOnts Outstripped other Ameri-
cans in dispensing hospitality in Paris,
and the dinner given by them at the
Ritz was one Of the most notable of
the season. All this is accepted here
as becoming to the representative Of
the Rothschilds in America, even
though it does not cOmport with the
economical impulses of some Of the
members of h great family itself.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-10-19
Storm Waning.

The storm warning Ia still upat The
weather bureau and unsettled weather
prevails along the south Atlantic
Coast, and the report issued yesterday
says high winds viii prevail during
b mex few days.
The report lie as follows:
Conditions very unsettled on N
middle and south Atlantic and east
Gulf coasts and strong and possibly
high north to northeast winds will
prevail for the next two or three
days.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-10-19
Get Your Signature Weiehed.

London has a new distinction to De
proud of in the fact that it is the only
place where one a have his sigma
ture weighed. AT the opening of the
new city weights n measures office,
during a testing of the delicate instru-
ments, several of the visitors ascer-
tanned the exact avoirdupois of their
names. One who adorned his name
with a heavy flourish found that he
had used three-tenths of a grain Of
ink; another who was more sparing,
one-twentieth of a grain. By a nice
calculation the scales showed that a
half penny postage stamp was three
hundredths of a grain heavier thar a
penny one. The inspectors upon whom
this testing work falls are necessarily
past masters in the art Of exactitude.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-10-19
Supreme Court Denies Writ

Washington, October 1s.-Justice
White OF the supreme court of the
United States today denied an arpli-
cation for a writ OF error In the case
of Commander johnson, OF Horny
county. South Carolina, under sem
tence OF death on the charge OF muir
dering Harmon Granger in 1903.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-10-19

Reading, Pa, October 1.-THE Read
ing Railway has decided to increase the
wages OF its engineers, fremen conduc-
tors, brakemen, yardmen and other
employees of hat class on all divisions
from five to ten per cent to take effect
October l.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-10-19

The Premier Diamond Mining Com
pany, of johannesburg, has just paid
its annual dividend OF 400 per cent
What we need is municipal ownership
of Observation-Disclosures North
American.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-10-19

Blue Ribbon Lemon and Vanilla
Extracts are absolutely pure, go twice
as far and the Blue Ribbon Flavor
ia perfection. Ask for the Csc size.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-10-19
LONDON NEWS AND GOSSIP

to its lavishness by providing a system
of elaborate vapor baths for the great
unwashed.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-10-19
Electric Cars on Victoria Embankment

W.
The Victoria embankment, the wild
est t~hOrOughfare in Central London,
presents a torn UP appearance that
makes it look as if it had been includ-
ed in the reconstruction process
through which Piccadilly and the
Strand are passing. The piles Of de-
bris are, however, only incident to the
construction of electric car lines along
the roadway and across Westminster
Bridge. The work of laying the tracks
is being carried on rapidly, n before
Christmas the gongs will be ringing,
for carriages and cabs n motor cars
to clear the way over which they have
a until now ~undiSputed SWAY.
Though it is impossible to avoid inter
ference with the lower branches of the
beautiful shade trees on the river side
of the embankment, it is not thought
that the ak of the Woodman will be
permitted to do much havoc. In any
case, it was only on the understanding
that the tramway was to be laid on
one side of the road that parliament
gave permission for its construction,
SO that the responsibility lies not at
Spring gardens, but at Westminster.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-10-19
Sanitation of the Oath.

sanitation OF the Oath.
The nice question Of keeping the
Bible in sanitary condition for taking
the oath in magistrates courts has not
been settled, Ii would seem, by pro-
viding washable coverings for the COS
pels. Indeed, 1t Is doubtful whether
kissing the book" is now as safe from
the germ theory point Of view as it Was
when leather-bound volumes were
used. The Bibles are now bound in
polished white covers or which finger
prints and lip prints are left by nearly
every witness, and as the covers abb
sorb nothing, the ~disease-laden prints
are therefore more easily transferred to
the fingers Or lips Of the next witness.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-10-19

The dowager Warehouses Of Lon
donderry a grand dame" IF the olden
time, whose death was announced the
other day, was a keen politician, and
took an active part in evera famous
elections. The marchioness was the
daughter and heiress of Sir John Ed
wards, a Liberal stalwart, but she was
a staunch Tory. Her sympathies. how
eve were always with the people. A
brilliant conversationalist, she was for
many years a favorite at the court Of
Queen Victoria. She possessed some
of the finest diamonds in the world,
among them the superb Antrim"
gems, consisting of an all-round dia-
mond crown with an attendant neck
lace and stomacher. Sixty years ago
she married the fifth Marquis Of Lon
donberry, who died in 1884.
The Washington times., 1906-09-12
AUTO KILLS WOMAN,
CHAUFFEUR SPEEDS ON
Another Seriously Hurt BY Operator,
Whose Identity Us Not
Known.

NEW YORK. Sept. 12-One woman
was killed and another seriously in
jured, through being struck by an au-
tomobile at Far Rockaway, Queens
Borough. last evening about s o'clock.
The machine which struck them did not
stop, and no one appears to have OBJ
tanned its number.
Mrs. Michael Kane, Of Leland Place,
and Mrs James Quinn, of Gibson Place,
Far ROckaway, started 10 cross Mott
avenue AT the Sheridan Boulevard,
when they were run down by the ma
chine. which was speeding along Mott
avenue. They were hurled into the gut
tiers.
Just before the women were struck
the power was shut OF. but the moment
they were hit the exhaust began TO pun
again, showing the operator had put
on the power. The machine had hardly
halted in its course, and went on faster
than before
The women were cared for by people
living In the neighborhOod. Mrs. Quinn
had conclusion OF the brain, and was
internally hurt. She was taken 10 St
Joseph's Hospital. at Far ROClaWay.
where she died an hour later. Mrs.
Kane was not so badly hurt, and
went home.