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Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-07
Had Sick DAUGHTER

On account of the little daughters
bad health Mrs. Stewart returned from
Mexico some time ago and lived at the
Twenty-fifth street home. A month
ago DR.. Stewart gave up his practice in
Mexico temporarily and joined his wife
in Los Angeles.
Up to short time ago 1t was happy
family. Then Dr. Stewart yielded to
his unfortunate appetite, say his
friends, and Mrs. Stewart left him.
taking quarters at Hotel Washington
on Olive street.
Mr.. Potter of East San Gabriel, who
had also been in. Mexico endeavored to
arrange meeting between the es-
tranged couple and DR.. Stewart agreed
to meet his wife yesterday morning 1t
is thought that he was trying to steady
his nerves for the interview and by
mistake took the deadly poison.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-07
President Butler Talks

President Butler OF the consolidation
commission, speaking of this latest
phase of the situation. said yesterday:
ut is difficult to understand the po-
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-07
Garden Trowels 7c
Table Mats l2c

Garden trowels, the Kind that won
break; regular 10c values today, in
the basement, 7c.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-07

Table mats, six different sizes. in set;
always sold for 35c. In the basement
today, 1Sc
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-07
Made Good Investments

His practice was very large and he
made good investments in the country
He married Jeanette Grove of Salem
o., about nine years ago. Miss Grove
was prominent in society and her
family were interested in the chewing
gum trust. She has an aged father in
Salem and most of her family live in
Ohio
There have been many deaths in her
family during the past few years and
she feared to tell them of the tragic
death of her husband. Several of her
husbands relatives live in st. Louis
and others are in Texas.
Mrs. Stewart will remain in Los An
geles for time, and after the settle
ment Of her late husbands estate may
return east with her daughter. She
owns the home on West Twenty-ffth
street and owns other property in Los
Angeles.
1t is understood the decedent left
much life insurance.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-07
A Great Drapery Department
S3.OO Ecru Lace Curtains SI.48

500 pairs new ecru colored lace clr-
tains 81 inches wide, 3l5 yards long;
plain and figured conters with new
Grecian. floral and scroll borders;
regular $500 curtains Today, per pair,
ST az
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-07
OF Brilliant Intellect

Mr.. Potter said last night:
There was no evidence of a suicide
to my mind. My brother-in-laW was
prosperous and dearly loved his wife
and little 6-year-old daughter Vivian.
He was fine man and brilliant in
intellect, but once in a great while
yielded to his appetite for liquor AT
other times he was perfect husband
and had hosts of warm personal
friends.
Il do not believe he took his own life
Intentionally. 1t was rather the at
tempt to secure a sedative and taking
the wrong drug by mistake.
My brother-in-l went to Mexico
more than seven. years ago and built
UP fine practice in Monteroles and at
Jiminez. He was well liked, especially
among the railroad boys, and was con-
sidered wealthy
Mrs. Stewart returned to Los An
geles OH account of the health of her
daughter. Her Husband came up at
Christmas time and about four weeks
ago paid another visit.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-07
A Wife's Loyalty

I'VE loved each other so much. He
was a noble man and treated me far
better than most wives are treated. He
always made a large income and graft
fled my every wish
He was not responsible for his at
tacks 1t was a disease and had only
pity and spmpa thy for him. My little
girl knows nothing about the terrible
happening and L shall spare her as long
as l can"
DR.. Stewart was born in Texas and
named after Gen. Robert Lee. Some of
his family fought on the Confederate
side during the war and achieved high
military rank.
The decedent received his medical
education at the University OF Missouri
and after practicing in Missouri for
some time went to Mexico with his
wife
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-07


Except for the occasional good times
he INDUCED in there was no trouble.
Sunday his wife took the little girf and
went to Hotel Washington, I went to
see the doctor Tuesday afternoon and
took Detective Ingram with me.
DR.. Stewart was rather dazed and
despondent, but L talked with him and
he agreed TO see his wife on the fol-
loving day. l do not believe he tried
to kill himself or he would have hinted
at such an ending when l was with
him.
Residents on West Twenty-fifth street
who knew the family spoke in highest
praise of both husband and wife.
Dr. Stewart was regarded as a cour-
teous, refined gentleman of rare ability
as physician, and until Saturday no
suspicion of the family trouble was
known.
Mrs. Stewart was loyal to her hus-
band, and last night with the tragedy
fresh in her mind said over and over
again:
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-11-09

some of the Things We Have Believed
in Held Up to Ridicule.

Mr.. Thomas A. Edison's most re-
cent appearance in print is in the role
of a plaintiff against a patent medi-
cine company which was using his pho
tOgraph and testimonial on a medi:ine
which he himself compounded. Incl
dentally, he says his medicine will cure.
This draws the attention of the New
York Times to an article by DR.. l.. X.
Hirshburg, in the current American
Magazine in which he says that .aW-
dust pOultices will cur bOils, bee stings
and humps as we'll as fiaX-seed on
other poultices; that sage, saxlfrag6
and beef tea never relieved a bodily
disorder; that mustard footballs, hot
lemonade. hot ScOtches, Whiskey and
quinine, are all alike hopeless for colds
that faulty logic stops a nOsebleed By
pinching the patients lip, and that
boils will no more "purify the blood"
than electric belts will ward off glostly
maladieS.
According to the medical authority
quoted by the Times a boil is an ex-
| aggerated pimple caused by the incur
sion of noxious germs from without
upon slight abrasions of the skin. That
ID why 1CI Il "SoI oStAI ma II
! more subject to this affection than
women. The healing agent, if any.
in poultices and in the various effu-
sions of herbs and other connections
for external applications is the hot
water. But colds must run their
course and stop themselves, Hot water
olive oil, or Worcestershire sauce
would do as we'll as any other prepar-
otior 60. Ir,,r1o~ ND -tie o,,,~olor. . : SC
the rubbing that heals, not the liniment,
Porouse plasters and other counter ir-
ritants are as a rule useless. Nose
bleeds rarely last more than a few min
utes. Nature aids quickly, and the
specific gets the credit. Further DR..
Hirshhurg is quoted as saying that
some very serious diseases, such as
pneumonia, typhoid and consumption,
that used to be drugged in all manner
Of ways, are now let alone by the best
practitioners after the patient has been
made clean and comfortable. while q
greater percentage of cases than for
merly make ~recoveries. The crisis of a
particular disease is lot necessarily OF
an odd day, as a third, the seventh, or
the ninth. Obesity is not caused by
Over-much drinking of water Or cured
by its ~abstention. Sleeping after meals
is not unhealthful. Dyes in stockings
is not poisonous, and taking limeWater
will not cure warts. 1t is established
that foul air never causes malaria: in
! variably it is the anopheles mosquito
But for these pests the neighborhood
Of swamps would be as healthful as
the highest plateau. Air heavy with
gases and odors Of decay usually Is
considered harmful because Of the
| stencil, but it is not, as workers IN
! 7~issecting rooms and tanneries may
testify.-Chariotte Chronicle.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-11-09

Accident-Butler Addresses q Gin
ton Crowd-Cotton Crop Damaged.
Especial to The Messenger.)

tSDCCIaA 10 III McSSSiStE-t
Clinton, y. c.. November 5.-A de-
plorable accident occurred at the home
Of Mr.. Alb. Wallace. a worthy white
farmer. two miles south OF Clinic. on
Saturday afternoon. MT. Wallace went
to shoot a beef that was in a pasture
and while passing through his field
saw a bird light upon a corn stalk.
He fired at the bird with a Winchester
rifle which he was carrying. Following
he Shot he was startled by a scream
and running in the direction from
which il came found hat the bullet
had struck his twelve res old daugh-
ter. Mary, just back OF the ear. pene-
trating the brain. Death followed in
a very few minutes. The father was
almost distracted " the tragic acct
dent. The child was more than three
hundred yards from him, picking cot
ton in company with W other chill
dren. and could not be seen from the
position occupied by Mr.. Wallace. The
fatality was due to the long range Of
the gun fired by him which was Of 80
calihre.
Ex-senator Marion Butler addressed
his fellow citizens in the court house
here today. Although this Is his home
county lie was greeted by anly some
four hundred people which shows
some indifference on the part OF the
public as To pOIttiCS as well as the
waning popularity Of Mr.. Butler. In
times past this erstwhile apostle OF
populism, but later would-be repub-
can leader, drew great crowds in
Sampson county, but not 50 now He
has gotten rich and out Of the class
Of his former associates. He wears
fire clothes and silk hats. and hobnobs
with other millinaires Che is reputed
TO be one while the wool hat boys
are just where he found and left them.
The early killing frost of three
weeks ago followed by several days
incessant ain has greatly damaged
the cotton crop of this section which
was already short. The highest esti-
mates now are for not quite half a
crop. The pea crop was entirely ruin
ed. There will not be enough peas
saved for seed, while heretofore Samp-
son haS marketed several thousand
bushels Of surplus peas. This Is a
valuable crop for many purposes and
will be sorely missed.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-11-09
His Own Life in a BaIti-
more Boarding House.
NO REASON GIVEN FOR ACTION
But 1t Is Believed That He Did This
Rather Than Serve the Sentence I'm
posed On Him for Wife Murder.
Carolina and Attracted Widespread
Interest.

Baltimore November SIN a cheap
lodging house on East Baltimore
street. at some time during the "a
hours preceding ? O'Clock this after
noon, DR.. J. Baxter Matthews. of
Greensboro, y. c, blew II his brains
with a shot from a 32-calibre revolver.
DR.. Matthews was convicted March
9, 1906, at Greensboro, n. C, of the
poisoning of his wife December l.
1905. He had been out of custody un-
der bail pending the decision Of his
appeal for a new trial, which was
denied him, and relatives and bonds
men have been searching for him for
some weeks that he might be taken be-
fore the court to be re-sentenced. In
the absence of any definite reason for
his taking his life, ii is supposed that
he did so rather than serve the sem
enc said to be twenty ears in the
p~enitentiary: to be imposed on him.
At the lodging house where he ended
his life he gave the name of E. j.
Graham.
Immediately after his conviction,
which was of murder in the second
degree, DIR. Matthews became a pa
tent at Mount Hope Retreat, near this
city, and was there under treatment
for the morphine n liquor habit for
some months, finally being discharged
as cured.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-11-09
KING GIFTS
Cut Down To q More Modest f1Gure
Because Of Ex~travagance.

King Edwards gifts as peAcernaker.
statesman. sportsman. and man OF the
world. are well known and admired.
but IN the minds Of the members OF the
royal household these talents are OF
little importance IN comparison with
his genius as an expert accountant.
Despite the tremendous amount OF
work he Is Obliged TO undertake in So
cial and state affairs. he still manages
TO find time TO keep such q sharp eye
on household expenses that no item Of
expenditure escape his scrutiny very
long.
His majesty was not long on the
hrone before the easy going royal
servitors had the astonishing knowl-
edge forced upon them that q king
could also be a business man. King
Edward went through the
Of buckingham Palace and Windsor
with n fine tooth comb. Economy at
ter economy was introduced and en-
forced, with the result that the English
royal households are now run with
less waste and extravaganza than any
similar establishments In rs world
No item OF expenditure S. too small
for the King TO carefully examine. Re-
Gently in looking over his cCoun no
made the discovery that he Was spend
ing fully $4,000 n year on wcdding
presents. lie Immediately issued orders
that mis- expenditure in this direction
was TO be considerably curtailed n
the wedding presents he now sends his
friends, though OF the very best quali-
", are much less expensive than they
used TO be.
The king now makes n point or see
ing all the presents that are sent IN
his name. If they are OF silver or gold
he examines them carefully TO see that
their design is In accordance with his
desires, and their quality above cavil.
If they ere embellished with his mi
tails or other device, also carefully IN
spects this to see that there Is no mis-
take.
His majesty does not intend to re-
strict the number OF his presents. but
he intends to get more value for his
money, and also to make his gifts less
~pretentious and expensive.
He also hopes that his example may
be generally followed, as tn" giving or
wedding presents was threatening TO
degenerate into an o~stentatious display
! of riches.-London Gable to New York
American.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-11-09
A Year of Blood.

The year 1903 will long be remem-
bered in the home of F. n. Jacket, Of
Alliance, KY, as a year OF blood;
which flowed 81 c%opiously from Mr..
Jackets lungs that death seemed very
near. He writes: Severe bleeding
from the lungs and a frightful cough
had brought me at deaths door, when
[ began taking DR.. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption, with the as
tonishing result that after taking four
bottles | was completely restored and
as time has proven permanently
cured" Guaranteed for Sore Lungs,
Coughs and Colds, at R. r. Bellamy's
drug store. Price soc and s1.00. Trial
bottle free.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-11-09
Two Young Men in Quarrel Which
Ends Fatally for One.
Coroner's Jury Rendered a Verdict
That Oscar Hoskins Came to His
Death by a Blow Deal Him by
Ernest Pipkins-Tile Slayer Fled
After the killing and Has Not Yet
Been Apprehended.
Especial to The Messenger.)

Goldsboro, n. c., November Bar
ly yesterday, Sheriff Stevens received
a phone message from above Gran
tham's store in Grantham's township,
that a murder had been committed.
He Immediately summoned Coroner
Stanley and DR.. Outlaw, county ply
stefan. and left at once for the scene
Upon arrival he found hat the dead
body of a young white man had been
found in a swamp early Sunday norm
ing.
He Immediately summoned a jury
and went to the scene where the body
was found and viewed the remains,
after which they were removed to his
home where an inquest was held, n
where it was found after several wit
nesses were examined that a murder
had been committed and that the
young man, whose name was Oscar
Hoskins. had come to his death by a
blow dealt him Saturday morning
with an axe handle in the hands of
Ernest Pipkin.
IL Cells lila Tic I"O SOUI1S ulCll
were working for the Bell Lumber
Company, Of Mt. Olive, and were haul
ing logs out of a swamp up to the saw
mill. and had fallen out early Satur-
day morning over an axe. Young Hos
kins was cursing Pipkin and the lat
ter told him to stop doing so or he
would knock him in the head. Hos
kina jumped down off Of his log cart
and told Pipkin to hit him, whereupon
the latter drew back the AK handle,
holding the ak in his hand and dealt
Haskins a blow, knocking him down.
Friends separated the pair and no
more was thought of the incident I'M
til Hoskins' oxen wOs found in the
woods and he was missing. Still no
fear for him was felt until Sunday
morning, when his brother becoming
alarmed at his long absence, took
some friends and made a search for
him, finding him dead in the swamp
as above stated.
Young Pipkin had made good his
escape a short time before the arrival
of the sheriff and is still at large.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-11-09
DAMAGED BY STORM.
Stories of Vessels Wrecked and Ship
ping i'm Distress-Telegraph and
Telephone Poles and Wires Blown

|
Halifax, N. S., November 5.-Dis-
patches today have been pouring into
this city bringing news of vessels
wrecked or in distress, of wires pros
trated and of damage done by gale
and sea along the coasts of Nova SEQ
tia, Cape Breton, New Brunswick and
Prince Edward Island. Four vessels
We're driven ashore, another after hav-
ing everything movable on deck wash
ed away, was forced to put back to
the port from which she had sailed,
and the steamer Turret Bell, which
went aground on the north side IF
Prince Edward Island last week, was
driven further in shore.
The storm vas most violent in the
Northumberland strait. Two schoOners
and one bark were swept aground in
this strait and a third schooner WIS
wrecked nea the eastern entrance. The
Norwegian bark AdeOna, tried to
weather, the gale off ReXtOn, y. B.,
Il damaged her anchors and grounded
on north reef. She sprang Il leak. The
tremendous "a made it Impossible
for any vessel to go to her assistance
leaving her crew of twelve helpless in
the severe cold and heavy gale and il
danger Of being swept overheard or
dying from exposure.
Near the same place the schooner
Alexander. lumber laden, went ashore.
The Windsor, n. s., schooner Omega,
lost her sails on Wednesday last when
off Charlotte town, and the seas wash
ing over her, carried away her cabins
and deck load. She drifted swiftly for
thirty miles across Northumberland
strait, until she finally brought up on
the rocks at Fox Point, on the northern
coast Of Nova Scotia. Her crew Of
four men had been obliged to man the
pumps with practically nc rest since
Wednesday and during all that time
they had neither food o drink. all
their supplies having been swept over
board. When they were rescued al
most overcome by exhaustion and ex-
pOsure, soon after the vessel grounded.
The schooner probably will be a total
loss.
A New ~FOundland schooner, the
identity of which has not been yet
learned, was wrecked last night al
Camp Bells Cove at the eastern end
of Prince Edawrd Island. The crew
succeeded in getting ashore safely.
The 1.736 tons steamer Turret Bell
which is valued at $780, 600, probably
will prove a total wreck off Cabell
Head, P. E. l., on the north coast
where she went ashore last week
Numerous fishing boats On the nOrtC
side of Prince Edward Island were
broken up during the gale last night.
On land. telegraph and telephone
poles and wires throughout the mari
time provinces were blown down, ans
it was not until today that cOmnuni-
cation could be restored.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-11-09
TRUNKS FILLED WITH CURIOS
Administrator of Boston WOman's Es-
tate Finds Valuable collection.

a collection of antique and modern
Jewels Of much interest is on view in
Providence. 1t is q collection which
came INTO the hands of Whittier and
Tanner through the administrator.
who is a friend of the senior member
of the firm. and is said to be n of the
finest aegregations of antique and
modern jeWelry ever brought together
in his country, the inventory reading
like a tale of the ARABIAN Nights
It was collected by a wealthy Boston
oma who. for over half a century,
devoted herself to securing, not only
the rarest specimens of antique and
modern jeWelry eXtant, but also rare
silks and textiles from the four corners
Of the earth, autographs from famous
authors and notable men and women
in fact. everything that caught her
fancy.
The administrators found trunks
filled with silk gowns Of almost every
period of fashion; silk p~arasols, richly
embroidered, one in white silk with a
peacock with spread tail circling the
cover: fans by the hundred of carved
ivory, lace and jeweled gauze, exquisite
lace handkerchiefs, Chinese and Japa-
nese pOrcelains, and all sorts of quaint
and beautiful things. There were thir-
ty-nine tea chests filled with the jew
elry, while = large safe held the dia-
monds When the cases were removed
from the jewels in order to pack them
they filled a bathtub.
Many curious stories are told of this
who died the past summer.
but her name has not been divulged by
those in the secret. She had a taste
for barbaric splendor and delighted in
curious devices and mechanical toys
made Of al sorts of stones. One of her
fancies was for a set of tigers claws
which her agent procured for her in
India. and had mounted in 20-karat
gold OF exquisite workmanship. This
set Of necklace, earrings, and brooch
il included in the present exhibition.
A little English trunk was filled with
crosses, one of the most beautiful being
a pectoral cross set with diamonds and
topaZes
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-11-09
Made Happy for Life.

Great happiness came into the home
of S. c.. Blair, school superintendent,
al st. Adams, w. Va, when his little
daughter was restored from the dread
full complaint he names. He says:
my little daughter had St. Vitus'
Dance, which yielded to no treatment
but grew steadily worse until as a last
resort We tried Electric Bitters; and I
rejoice to say, three bottles effected a
complete cure" Quick, sure cure for
nervous complaints, general debility,
female weakness and malaria. Guar
anteed by r. r. Bellamy's drug store.
Price soc.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-11-09
S75O.OOO Paid for Electric Road.

Norfolk, Va, November 5.-The
price paid for the Norfolk and Allan
tic Terminal Railroad, running from
Norfolk % the jamestown Exposition
grounds and to Sewells Point, connect
ing by ferry to Newport News, is given
out here today as a little less than
$3.50, 900. The stock Of the company
has been bought by Philadelphia and
Baltimore bankers, controlling the
Norfolk and Portsmouth Traction
company, owning practically all of the
other trolley lines here with r. Lam
caster Williams, of Baltimore and Rich
mond president.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-11-09
Sale of Iron Company Properties.

Birmingham, Ala, November s.
At a receivers sale today all the prop
critics Of the Lookout Mountain Iron
company, except the stock in the COM
missaries and all the bills receivable
were bought by the First National
Bank Of Cincinnati for S405. 305. The
properties sold consist Of a blast fur
mace a. Battello, Ala; 1900 acres Of
mineral land; $50 coke ovens and sew
eral coal and ore mines and equip
ment. The properties originally cost
81. 500, 900. The sale was by authority
of the federal court, the company hav-
ing been adiudged a bankrupt.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-11-09
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