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The San Francisco call., 1906-06-02
Nust Pay the pcnth pcpnitr.

JEFFERSON CITY. Mo. June THE
supreme Court today affirmed the de-
eision u the case of LORD L. Sey-
meur harrington, condemned TO death
ter lbs flu.uer of James p Mccain
and fixed the date of execution for
July 2s.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-02
ROYAL MoURNERs ATTEND
THE FUNERAL OF IBsEN
Demonstration Of Popular sorrow Is
shown for the Late Poet
and Dramaffat
and Dranlatist.

CHRiSTIANIA, June 1.-The body of
Henrik insen. the Norwegian poet and
dramatisi. WAS buried today with every
oeInonstration of popular sorrow in the
esmeteFy attached TO the Church OF the
Holy Trinity.
The mourners included King Haakon.
the Cabinet Ministers, the merliers 81
the Norwegian Parliament and repre-
sentatiyes OF artistic and scientific So
ciettes, home and foreign.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-02
Radke 4 Ca.

Eormerly of rs Sutter st. and s5
Geary st. now running full blast at
lsls Deyisadero St, near Bush. Their
STOCK OF watches, diamonds. weddine q
rings and presents Of all kinds are in7
valuable souvenirs saved from fha
great fre OF April Is,
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-02
FUNDS TO RECoNsTRUCT
RUINED STATE BUILDINGS

33-To consider and propose an
amendment, to be submitted at the
next general election, to Article six
teen of the Constitution Of the State
of California, so as to provide neees-
sary funds. through state indebtedness
and the issuance of bonds in excess of
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-02
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Slight Quake in Seattle.

sLAlILE, June 1.-Seattle felt .
shgn nl earthquake shock shortly after
ocaocK TINS morning. There was one
tremor only. No damage was dome. and
but few knew anything abeut.it.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-02

There arc times WHOM an actor doesn't
rsss-acuy Ike to see sthings coming his
way.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-02
believes the new
and greater
San Francisco
means a new
and greater
PARkSIDE

Parkslde is now 10 minutes nearer
downtown than formerly
Parkside is more attractive now for
home sites than formerly
Parkside means lawns and gardens
and trees and flowers and fresh air
IA suburb within the city
=.
Parkslde managers are planning
new and more extensive improve
ments than were ever before con-
templated
PARksIDE REALTY COMPANY
OF SAN FRANCISCO
OfIice Corner Golden Gate Ave. and po,L
TO SEE OUR FRIENDS
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-02

May we say that the mob at an irn-
promptu hanging is one kind of a string
band?
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-02

A Guarantees Cure for Piles.
Itching. Blind, Bleeding or Protrudins
Il PAzo % oINTIENr h fails s"a to cure s'oS'ss yeg
in to IA dars. soc.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-02

1t takes a woman to put up preserves
and a man TO put up for them.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-02
TO Cure a Cold i'm One Day

TO Nure NOfu IN One Day
Take Laxative BFomo Quinine Tablets
Druggists refund money if it fails tc
cure. K. W.Grove's sig. on each box 25e
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-12-25
BANK DECLARES .OIv|DEhD
Southern National Has Had a
Most Prosperous Year.
Stockholders tn Get n ; per Cent.
DiVidCEd-DiVidend # = per Zen
added 10 the Surpiu~-i Cung Bank
Ias Dome Phenomenal BusinSs-

AT the regular meeting Of the direc-
tors OF ne Southern National bank.
held yesterday al noon. a dividend of
: Per cent was declared. payable on
January 1st. To all the stockholders. a
dividend of ! per cent was declared
and carried over ID the surplus fund.
This is the first dividend that mas
been given on Southern stock and il Is
a source Of qualification thar the banks
progress has been such as TO warrant
this after rs first year OF business.
The Southen National bank has been
in existence just a little more than a
year and it's success 10 The present
time has been almost phenomenal.
h bank has probably the largest
number Of stockholders Of any financial
institution in the state, and they are
all representative business men. noi
only Of the city itself. but Of surround
ing towns in Ehis section Of the state.
This large list Of stockholders is an
element OF strength to the bank, and
that, coupled it'll the modern and pro-
SresSlve methods that are offered to the
public, has attracted the business Of
large numbers of ~depositors.
AT the present time the deposI's
have gone above a million dollars and
this is considered remarkable. when
the fact OF the comparatively short ex-
istence OF the bank is taken into &C
count
The directors meeting was held yes
terday at noon III the banking house,
and was presided over by President
Heyer. There was a good attendance
and the members expressed themselves
As than satisfied with the busl-
ness tEat has been done.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-12-25
HIS ORDER WILL STAND.
Secretary Hitchcock. Holds Conference
With the President.

Washington. December 20-Secretary
of the Interior Hitchcock, who was
called before. the senate committee On
Indian affairs yesterday, declared to-
day that his order withdrawing 4,00O,-
600 acres of land belonging t o the five
tribes will stand and the land will not
be restored unless the investigation as
to the legality of his set, now in pro
gress, develops that he exceeded his
authority.
Previously Secretary Hitchcock had
been in consultation with the president
in regard to the order withdrawing
from allotment about which Secretary
Hitchcock and Secretary Wilson were
questioned by a senate committee yes
terday.
Commissioner .Leupp, of the Indian
office, and Clifford Pinehot, chief forest
er of the department of agriculture
also were present.
Representative Stevens, of Texas, in
troduced a resolution in the house
today asking that Secretary Hitchcock
Of the department of the interior be
requested to furnish the house with
full information concerning his refusal
to allot to Indians of the Choctaw and
Chickasaw nations the lands on which
they live.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-12-25
CREDIT BILL.
Many II Various are the Advantages
Claimed for the Measure.

Washington, December 20.-Chair-
man Fowler of the house committee en-
banking and currnecy submitted to TIE
house today his report on the credit
currency bill agreed upon by the COM
mittee. The advantages of a credit
curreacy are set forth by the report as
follows:
1T will lower and equalize the rates
of interest throughout the United
states.
1T will make the rates practically
uniform throughout the year.
1T will give to the country districts
as economical a form of credit as the
cities enjoy where checks are chiefly
used
1T will give ito the mass of the peo-
I pie, who use currency in their smaller
purchases, as economical a form OF
! credit as those enjoy who S checks ia
their larger transactions 1t will make
it possible for the banks generally to
serve such of their customers as may
| wan currency without distributing
their reserves to the great injury of
other customers who have loans which
must be paid before the currency can
be advanced; for it is immaterial to a
bank whether it owes a depositpr or
a note holder.
| at will almost invaribly prevent
any panic whatever and will always
| avert a ruinous crisis.
"If at any time contraction of credits
F, becomes necessary because too much OF
the commercial FUND has been diverted
| and transformed into the investment
funds, a credit currency will facilitate
liquidation without that destruction OF
| values incident to a fixed quantity Of
| currency such as we now have"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-12-25
CREASE ITS HOLDINGS.
New York. New Haven and Hartford
II. II. Make Big Deal-Market Value
Of Properties Purchased Estimated
at s13O,OG0.00

New Haven, Conn, December %
Announcement was today made of the
purchase Of the Connecticut Railway
and Lighting Company. together with
the railroad system owned by The
Rhode Island Securities Company, the
holding company Of the Rhode Island
company, which itself was owner of the
Rhode Island Suburban Railway Com
pany, the Union Railway Company and
the PaWtucket Street Railway Com
pany. This is one of the largest trans
actions ever made in New England. IL
gives the New YORK New Haven and
Hartford Railroad Company ownership
Of about 1850 miles of single trackase
trolley lines in Connecticut and Rhode
Island, from which the gross earnings
a year are upward of $4,000 900. AT
the market value of the companies Ill
the whole combination, including all
the underlying bonds in the constitl-
emit companies, is not less h $780,
Oo0, 900.
The purchase of the Connecticut Rail-
way and Lighting Company, it is stat
ed, calls for 1915, 900, as first payment.
increasing $4,000 a year until 1t reach
es the amount Of 81. 800, 900.
The total outstanding stock OF the
railway and lighting company, Of which
1t is understood the United Gas In
provement Company has a considerable
majority. was S., 535, 800 preferred and
SO, 464. Zoe common a total of $4,000 900
of which none has eve been returned
to the Connecticut railroad commission
as Maid in cash.
The Rhode Island purchase will be
vested in the Providence Security Core
pany, a Connecticut holding company.
To take over the Rhode Island Security
Company it will issue its 4 per
cent fifty year debentures to the
amount of $40, 900, 900 to be guaranteed
principal and interest by the New YORK
New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Company, as holders Of the stock. The
Rhode Island Securities Company Will
pay to the Providence Securities Com
pany 81, 200, 900 (s10 assessment on each
share) which practically will be a guar
antee against any deficit in the fixed
charges on the Rhode Island system.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-12-25
AN AGREEMENT EXISTED.
discriminating Document Produced in
Trial of MacAndreus. & Forbes Co.

New York, December 20.-Counsel for
the prosecution introduced documel-
tary evidence today to show an agree
ment in restraint of trade in the trial
of the MacAndrews and Forbes Com
pany, the J.. S. Young & Company. cf
Baltimore, Karl Tungbluth, and How
ard E. Young. charged by the federal
government with conspiring to control
the licorice paste industry.
=. Counsel for the government read a
copy Of a letter alleged to have been
written by President Jungbluth of the
MacAndrews & Forbes Company TO
David Forbes. agent of that company
i n Constantinople in which the writer
said that the j. s. Young Company
would continue the operation Of its
plant in Baltimore under ar arrange
ment giving the MasAdams & For
bes Company control of the business
but that the young company would pre-
serve every outward appearance
Of being a competitor. Counsel
for the defense objected vigorously to
the admission of the evidence, but the
court overruled the objections.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-12-25
Ben Williams Hanged in Raleigh
Yesterday.
Williams Cool and Coiiccred-Had
Been Dealt With Justly and De-
served His Fate-Neck Broken by
the Drop-His Body Sent to Medical
College at Chapel Hill.

Raleigh, \. c., December 20.-This
afternoon, Ben Williams, who murder
ed another negro a year g on the
street here, was hanged in the presence
OF about Is people in a little en-
closure in rear of the Jail
A number of people climbed on tele-
phone and telegraph poles and got on
house roofs TO view the CHASTITY sight.
Williams was entirely cool and collect
ed. With him on the gallows was Rev
J.. E. King, pastor of The colored Epls-
copal church, and Charles u Harris,
his attorney, the latter, at the request
of Williams, making a farewell state
ment for him, saying Williams had
been fairly tried and he was being
dealr with justly and according 10 law
and fully deserved his fate adding
that he had no i'll will towards anyone.
Williams neck was broken by the
drop. His body was turned over to an
undertaken to be sent to the university
medical college at Chapel Hill.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-12-25
NEW YORK LIFE.
Geo. w. Perkins Witness Before Grand
Jury-JerOme Uncommunicative as
to Scape Of Investigation.

New York, December 20.-George W.
Perkins was the first witness before the
grand jury today when the ~investiga-
ton into the concerns of the New York
Life Insurance company was resumed
District Attorney Jerome was I'M
communicative as 10 the scope of the
investigation and neither of the officers
of the company who had been before
the grand jury was willing to give any
hint of the line of testimony.
Darwin V. Kingsly, vice president Of
the New York Life was examined at
length regarding the so-calied Prussian
deal. The report sheet for the year
showed that these blocks of stock had
been sold TO the Me- York Security
and Trust company, a subsidiary con-
Germ Of the insurance company for the
sun of $500, 900. 1t is alleged that
there was never a bona fde sale.
George " Perkins was recalled this
afternoon and remained with the
grand jury two hours and a half. His
examination had not been completed
when the jury adjourned for the day
and he will appear before them AGAIN
tomorrow.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-12-25
Death of Mrs. w. G.. Clark-Charged
With .Whiskkey Sellins-Getting
Money Under False PreteBse-Snow-
ing in on Par of Town-Chiid
dubbed to Death by Cinnamon.
Especial to The Messenser.)

Especial to The Messenger.)
Fayetteville, N. c., December 90
The funeral services took place yester-
day afternoon over the remains Of
Mrs. w. G. Clark, from the family
home, 446 West Rowan street. The
deceased was before marriage Miss
Charlotte Burkett; and, besides ner
married yesterday at Darlington, S. c.
Last night a mule belonging to
Marion Carney, cOlOred. living in the
northeastern part OF town, got wild
from some cause, kicked the stable to
pieces. jumped OUT Of the wreck. ran
to Cross Creek, plunged in and drowned
himself. Was it a case of suicide?
This day has been set apart by
County Superintendent McBryde for
North Carolina Day in the public
schools, the exercises of, which were
in many cases elaborate and attractive,
and in all of them entertaining and
instructive.
News has been reCr,red here OF Inc
horrible death of Nellie Royal. ten
years old, the daughgnr of Mr.. and
Mrs, Frank Royal, dependent mis-
SfonarieS in China he child was
playing on the bar Of the rive at
Shanghai, and was dubbed t o death
by three Chinamer 1Irs. Royal was
before her marrias @tiss Sullivan. of
Pelzer. s. c.. land N RJyal is a native
Of Sampson county nd a brother Of
Mrs. Kate Breeze. Cf his city.
Mr.. and Mrs. LIE ehton Huske have
returned from thur. wedding trip,
and are registered a. the hotel LaFay-
cite.
husband. she leaves a daughter. Miss
Salhe Clark; two brothers. Messrs.
Alonzo and Henry Burkett, and two
sisters, Misses Betty and Mary Burkett.
Tom Walker, colored, was arraigned
In the mayors court yesterday, chars-
ed with selling whiskey at his place
of Bow street: and, in default OF bond,
vas committed to Jail for his appear
ance at superior court.
Frank Fisher was arrested yesterday
by Deputy Sheriff Pate charged with
obtaining money under false pretense.
Yesterday snow fell thick and fast
for a short while in a little area in the
northern part of town, though Ii a
fake was een in any other part of the
city.
Several shipments have been made
north in the past few days, OF holly
and misletoe, and the correspondent
learns that it has grown into quite Il
ghG4ness along the Cape Fear rive,.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-12-25
States OF COTTON CROP.
Number of Bales Ginned ND to De
cember 18th.

Washington, December 20.-Accord-
ing TO a bulletin issued by the census
bureau today there has been ginned up
to December Is. of this years cotton
crop, 11.oss,001 bales against 9,27e,Sls
at this time last year.
The number of ginneries reported in
operation this season prior TO December
Is was 28,322.
The number of bales ginned by states
was as follows:
Alabama, 1~.133,sS7; Arkansas. CO.
1873; Florida, 55,575; Georgia, 1,513,416;
Indian Territory, 1923. 1894, Kentucky. l.
204; Louisiana, 763, 999; Mississippi, l.
1914; Missouri, 34.016; North Caro-
lima, 46,465; Oklahoma, GIG. S4S; South
Carolina, S37.793: Tennessee. 1881:
Texas, 3,4s1, SOP; Virginia. 1914.
The sea island cotton for 1906 dis
tributed by states is:
Florida, 21.SS0; Georgia, 20.794;
South Carolina, $685..
The last report showed 10,027, 068
bales ginned TO December /, 1906.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-12-25
Paticks' Sentence COMMITTED to
Life Imprisonment.
Repricved Man Not Satisfied With
Commutafion-Wm Begin Proceed
ings for observation-disclosures Hig-
gins Expresses Doubt as TO His San
iy-PriSoncrfS Wife CaIr ied News
or ~Eeprieye.

Albany, N. Y. December o9.-Albe-t
T. Patrick was saved by Governor Hig-
gins today from the death chair in the
shadow Of which he has stood for near
~ five years He was convicted March,
1902, of the murder OF William Marsh
Rice, the aged Texas millionaire. In
a brief memorandum laying stress upon
the dissenting opinions OF the judges
of the court Of appeals which affirmed
Patricks conviction by a vote of four
TO three, the governor announced thai
he had committed the death sentence
to Imprisonment for life.
Later in the day the governor strong
Illuminated a doubt Of Patrick's entire
sanity. a~ttributing his mental state 10
the strain under which lie condemned
lawyer has labored all these years in
the death cell at Sing Sing.
The governor was shown a dispatch
from a New York newspaper to a cor
respondent in which it asserted that
Patrick denied having sent the
governor any appeal for elem
ency, would refuse 10 accept
the communication and insist upon his
right to die"
Patrick annot determine what his
| punishment shall be-" said Governor
Higgins. He is mistaken if he says
he sen1 me no application In fac1, 1
have several; one in particular asking
for a pardon. He will have to be care
full Or he may find himself in Mattes-
wan. The long strain seems TO have
been too much for him"
Matteawan referred to by the COVER
0 is the state hospital for insane
criminals.
The governor said he had nothing
committing the sentence; there was
nothing further for him to consider,
he declared.
The frs5 news of the action of Gov
Higgins was taken to the pris-
oner's cell in the death house in Sing
Sing prison, by his wife Mrs. Patrick
left New York Immediately on receipt
of the news from Albany n upon her
arrival here she vas permitted to go at
at once to her husbands cell. Patrick
seemed not at all surprised to learn
save his life.
Ossining, N. Y, December 20.-Pat-
rick announced tonight that he was not
satisfied with Communication and would
at once begin his fight for freedom A
writ Of habeas corpus will be applied
for, it vas said. in the United tSatea
court, making Warden johnson, the
defendant.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-12-25
WORE IN SOUTH THAN NORTH.
Continuation of Examination in Car
Storage Gong On.

Chicago, December 20.-Commission-
er Harlan and Lane, Of the interstate
commerce commission today continued
was begun in Minneapolis.
w. P Biddle, vice president of the
Chicago. Rock Island and Pacific rail
road declared that conditions in the
south at. the present time were worse
than those in the north. This was
caused, he said, b. he Inadequate ter
minal facilities in the south. At Gal
weston. he said, traffic On all CT the
roads is congested throughout the year.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-12-25
4 MURDEROUs RUSSIAN.
Killed His Wife and Attempted to Kill
Daughter and q Boarder.

Butler. Pa, December 2o.-Aax KAT
tie, a Russian. killed his wife tonight
by striking her on the head with an
iron, and also injured q young daughtc~
and a boarder. The arrival Of a squad
of police saved Katie from violence
at the hands of a crowd which had
surrounded his home. When asked by
the police why he had killed his wife,
Katie said:
Il have a right to kill my wife; it's
nobody's business but my own"
Fellow countrymen who knew Katie
in Russia informed the police that he
is wanted for murder there, asserting
that he killed several wives and that
there is i standing reward for his ar
rest and return to Russia.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-12-25
TRIED BY COURT MARTIAL.
Youth of II Condemned TO Death fol
Killing Russian Colonel.

Radon, Russian Poland, Dec pa
pouth named Werner. II years old and
a studena at the technical sshooi was
tried by drum-head court martial her.
today convicted and sentenced TO death
for having killed Colonel Potta. COM
mander Of the genarmie of the govern
ment of Radon. Werner threw a
bomb at Colonel Pbtta December 1G,
and the colonel died the mex day Of
his injuries
When the workmen OF this city
learned Of the execution of Werner
they declared a general strike
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-12-25
on TRIAL FOR PERJURY.
Testimony OF Witness Wooster Damag.
ing to Colonel Mann.

ih3 ~ SoioIIef tIdf1.
New York, December 20.-Moses Ellis
Wooster testified today in the trial OF
Colonel ". d. Mann. editor OF Town
Topics On a charge Of perjury. that he
saw Colonel Mann endorse the socalled
Reginald Ward letter 20. K. w. d. N"
Il IS on Colonel Mann's denial OF hav-
ing affixed the letters 20. K" and his
initials that the charge of perjury L,
based. Colonel Mann's denial was made
during the trial Of the criminal libel
suit brought by Justice Deuel., OF the
court of special sessions against Nor
mar Hapgood, editor of Golfers.
Wooster testified today hat he re-
ceived the letter in Boston and took IL
10 Colonel Mann afterwards. The lat
ter, he said, read the letter. took n
pencil and fixed an o. K. initials upon
the letter. Wooster said this occurred
IN Colonel Mann's Office. After Woos-
ter identified the letter again, Assist
art District Attorney Garvan read the
letter, in which Ward thanked Wooster
for the kind things he was going to say
about him in Town Topics and asked
10 be put on the subscription list Of the
paper.
Continuing his testimony Wooster
said that Colonel Mann told him to
take the letter to the circulation de-
partnent. which he did.
Counsel for the defense subjected
Wooster 10 a vigorous o examina-
ton ina test Of the witnesses memory.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-12-25
FALLS HARD ON CARNIVAL.
Practically no business Done During
Past Two Days.

The terrible weather of the past two
days mas played havoc with the plans
OF the carnival company and they
nave practically suspended business
until the weather clears up. They
are hopeful that possibly today and to-
morrow will be fair so they car do
some business during the last two days
Of their stay here.
The inclement weather and result
ing failure to give the shows has fallen
hard on the local order of Eagles, I'M
der whose auspices the c~arniva! was
being held.
The contest that has been in prog
Iess for SOM time to decide who was
h most popular candidate Cor mayor
has been called off and the matter al
lowed to drop. This course was taken
because of lack of interest.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-12-25

London, December 20.-The foreign
Office today said that no statemen,
could be made at present relative 20
the appointment Of James Brice. as am
bassador to the United States In sue
,eession t o Sir Mortimer Durand, out II
is generally understood that the usual
formalities are now going on, prelimi-
nary TO an early Official announcement
,of the appointment.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-12-25
Telephone Rates.
Especial 10 The Messenger

Especial 10 The Messenger.)
Raleigh. n. c., December 20 The
executive committee of the state fair
recommends to che committee that a
two weeks fair be held.
The aldermanic committee on teie-
phones recommends q IS year charter
To the capital city at q rate az $i.50 perl
month for residence phones and 81 50
for business ones.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-12-25

The president has again stated posi-
lively that he will not be a candidate
for another term, still those who want
to believe otherwise will find An excuse
for doing so.-Durham Herald.