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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-01-02
To TRY MAINE BISHOP
indictments Against DIR. Goldman ami
Rector Found Good.

The indictments for criminal libel
found against Bishop Robert Goldman,
of the Episcopal Diocese Of Maine,
and the Rev. Robert w. Plant, of The
Episcopal church at Gardiner. by the
grand jury Of Lincoln county last May.
ape adjudged to be good and the ex-
ceptions and demurrers are overruled
in a rescript just handed down by
Associate~TJuStice William P. White
house, of the supreme court of Maize.
In the indictment against Bishop
Goldman it is alleged that he caused
to he read and published a libei!ous
statement that William H. Gardiner,
of Camden, had been publicly excom-
municated from church by the bish-
OPP. The defendant filed a demurrer to
the indictment, which was overruied
by the presiding judge, and the case
went to the law court on exceptions
to this ruling. The indictment
against Mr.. Plant charges him with
reading and publishing the letter al
lodged to have been written by B1sh-
op Goldman, stating that Mr.. Gardiner
had been communicated. It is
thought that the cases will be tried in
January or April.-Augusta (Me.) Dis
patch.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-01-02
Not That So rtof Competition.
Galveston Tribune.l

Senator Foraker was ~Contradicting a
certain statement.
Though this is a firm contradiction,
he said, Il want it to be a pleasant and
polite one 1t is not necessary, when
'nen tell falsehoOds, to call them liars
and club them owe the head. Their
error can be pointed out in neater and
graceful ways. For instance.
In a small town in Indiana a group of
drummers were assembled. They sat in
the reading room Of the country hotel.
On the f1imsy hotel paper they had fin
ished writing to their firms with the
lumpy ink and the rusted pens, which
the hotel management provided, and
now, with newspaper reading and de-
sultory talk, they whiled away the
tedious evening. A young drummer in
e red tie took the cigarette from his
mouth and said:
well, my days sales here reached
5000. Not bad for a small town, eh:''
An elderly gentleman looked UP
from his newspaper, and said quietly
Not bad at all. 1t is wonderful
what N can sometimes do in these
little places. On my first trip here my
commissions came to just what you
say Your sales did
The young man REDEEMED.
This isn't a lying competition he
said gruff1y.
"sOh. excuse me- said-the other. i
thought it was"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-01-02
Woman Famous i'm Time Of War.

Down at Port Tobacco, southern
Maryland, where Colonial customs still
prevail and the telephone and tele-
graph are still almost unknown, there
was buried last week Miss Olivia
Floyd, famous throughout the south
as one of the runners" of the under
ground railroad
She became one Of the unner in
the underground railroad between
Washington and Richmond, and al
though her place was surrounded and
searched several times, SO sharp was
her OOkOut and so careful her conduct
and SO many her resources that the
federal troops were never able to catch
either her dispatches or conveys of
merchandise. She conveyed clothes
money and letters through the lines
from prisoners.
One fugitive intrusted $S0,000 in
ban notes to Miss Floyd. She hid the
money in the stuffng Of a hassock.
Federal soldiers frequently searched
the Gus and wen sat upon the has
sock. ignorant that it contained a for
tune. The full amount of this deposit
was subsequently returned to the own
er.
She assisted many escaped prisoners
to pass the line. hiding them in the
woods and feeding them until an op-
pOrtunity for escape occurred, and
then passed them across the Potomac.
In n of her dreadful experiences her
hair turned gray in a single night, and
her relatives wondered at this marvel
Gus change.
When colored troops were being en-
listed in 1864, some one came to Miss
Floyd's home for the purpose of en-
ticing her negroes away. Miss Floyd
took the negroes to the county seat.
enlisted them and got the bounty
Richmond Times-Dispatch.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-01-02
But He Did the Talking.

The Greensboro Tar Heel takes an
optismistic view of hat celebrated in
terview between the B~lackburnites
and the President. Everybody, it
thinks, will be given a square deal. 1t
says:
HE did the most of the talking. He
knows how to talk and is o afraid
to talk cut loud. He talks we'll and
is the second man the writer has eve
met who can easily hold his hand i'll
any circle of the other sex. Hon. G.
j. Harris had been selected as spokes-
man for the delegation, but the Presi-
dent insisted on making both speeches.
The writer gently ventured a soft sug-
g%estion, but it was %engulfed and lost
in the dizzy, whirling eddy of the
wOndrous flow of strenuous speech
with which the delegation was favor
ed and dazed. Mr.. Blackburn's little
nominating speech was cut off just be-
low the ears, and Wagner's appoint
ment was decided and announced be-
fore the Congressman had time to
name his man. The President does
things-does them quickly-and he can
do them without your help. His
speech is terse, strong and rapid. His
gait is swift in all lines. His trans
p%ortation is by steam. He never NOV
ed behind a North Carolina mule. He
would rather scale the heights of A
Gettysburg under shot and shell than
ii push a pillow behind a North Caro-
lima bull up a North Caro-
lima hill. The atmosphere in which
he was developed is not akin to our
ways Or style. He is a bit fast in act
and word for the average Tar Hee. but
while we lose him on the track, We
catch a glimpse ON the home stretch
and follow him under the wire. He
was delighted and we tried to be.
His job is a ~stupendous one, but hell
do it or die. He is moulded of hot
stuff. He differs from a. Corliss en-
CINE in strength. His power. physi-
cal and mental, is unmatched. In
| public, as in private life, he is per-
fectly perpendicular. His word is his
bond, and every coupon thereof is
above par. He gave us Wagner. He
will give as more. The delegation was
satisfied. He will deal a Square Deal
t both Rollins and Blackburn. There
lis but one of his lass."-Asheville
Eazette-News.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-01-02

rons or influential contemporaries. Ihe
editorial policy may DC hammered BY
its relation to directors. STOCKHOLDERS
or creditors. Then some of those con-
nected with the management Of f.ne
paper may be engaged in othsr husi-
ness. the interests OF whicn dictate ex-
cessive produce. Or some of them may
unw1sely sees office and SO become
,,suo!ecs 20 embarrassing obligations.
I Our influence in the cause OF moral
fly may be destroyed or greatly him
Idered by our WI inconsistencies. by
failing &c practice ourselves the pre-
IceIts We lay down for others. Do we
teach hat ones words concerning
Others should be true and fair and
kind? What is the character of our
lown expressions. and what is in our
hearts? Ii we condemn intemperance
and other forms Of dissipation, what
lis our own parctice when We visit the
lefty or pleasure resort? If the bays
would talk. what could they tell? Do
I'VE seem to plead in vain for obedience
to the sixth commandment? Maybe we
lido not respect the third. Do our ex-
~lhortaIions to honesty, as required by
the eight commandment, seem to 81
~lunheeded? Possibly we disregard the
fourth.
In conclusion, the work of the faith
lful is ONE of toll. and the
reward is often not proportionate to
the labor bestowed. In holding up
lby precept and example the standard
lof morality for which his opportunity
makes him responsible. he iced not ex-
lpect the encouragement he deserves.
He will be misunderstood and misrep-
resented; he viii be charged with pre-
ljudice and bigotry and regarded as
marrow and puritanical. Nevertheless
The will not lose his reward. With cour-
lage to defend we'll founded convictions.
with faith in time and faith in eternal
Justice. let us hold ourselves to a high
standard of morality, while We enter
tain charity for all our fellow men.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-01-02
Exhumed for an Earring.
Irish Indnnondant

A remarkable development has tax
en- place in the case of the prisoners
lO'Riordan and O'Driscoll, who are in
icnstody in Tralee ON the charge of
lwilfully numbering Mrs. ORiordan, a
lschoolmistress, wife of the first and
sister of the second prisoner. The
body of Mrs. O'Riordan, which has
been a considerable time in the grave,
has been eXhumed to decide a curious
point that has arisen. An ear ring was
found on tn prisoner O'Driscoll, and
ORiordan claimed it as his property.
THE doctor who made the post mortem
examination of the murdered woman
lcould not say o certain whether
there were two earrings or only one
ION the body. To settle the point the
Ibody was exhumed, and on examina-
ltion it was found that one earring was
missing.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-01-02
SUCCESS OF AN ORPHAN BOY
Sends Christmas Gift Back to Oxford
Orphan Asylum.

An Oxford Special to News and OBJ
server " a happy Christmas was
Spent by the children at the Orphan
ASYLUM in Oxford. Generous friends
made contributions sufficient to give
THE children a bountiful Christmas tree
(which was enjoyed Saturday evening
lin the chapel. when the gifts were
distributed. A friend of the asylum
Jgave oysters to provide an oyster dim
On Sunday. Monday they enjoyed
la Christmas dinner, and on Monday
levening the orphans gave an enter
Itainment in the chapel OF the asylum.
THE Superintendent and Mrs. Rogers
with the assistance of the teachers and
Miss Bemis, and doing all in their
lpower to give the orphans a merry
christmas.
During the first years of the exist
lence of the oxford Orphan Asylum
lone of the little boys was employed in
1.-THE home of the late A. H. Williams
las help on the premises. His name IS
Dewitt Parker, and is well remember
led by many of the citizens here as a
VERY responsible youth. He left Ok
ford quite a number of year ago and
has been unheard from for a long
time. Yesterday Mrs. Williams re-
lceived a letter from Mr.. Dewitt Parker
telling her he had long desired to ex-
IpreSs to her his gratitude for the great
Kindness and attention she had bestoW-
led on him when he was employed in
1.-THE home. and would never forget her
sympathy for him as an orphan
land enclosed a check for $50
dollars, of which $25 was to buy a
christmas present for her, s25 to be
jsent to the Orphan asylum for a
iChristmas Gift. He wrote that he was
inow at the head Of a large manufac-
turing business in Georgia and meeting
with financial success.-The Robson
liam.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-01-02

Rough skin and cracked hands are
not only cured by DeWitt's Witch Ha-
gel SaIve, but IN occasional application
will keep the skin soft and smooth.
Best for Eczema, Cuts, Burns, B0dls.
etc. The genuine DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve affords immediate relief
in all forms OF Blind, Bleeding. Itch
ing and Protruding Piles. Sold by r.
II. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-01-02
. win answer to Charge of Murder.

aRoanoke, Va, December 29-After
abreIiminary hearing in a magistrates
&purt at Pocahontas. Va, which lasted
part of two days. Benjamin Read.
was today sen on to the grand jury
10 answer for the charge of numbering
his aged sister. Miss Elizabeth Read.
Gho was found dead in her mountain
nome near P~ocahontas on December
is. The evidence against Read was
tuch that fail was denied.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-01-02

Girls. if You want red lips, laughing
eyes. sweet breath and good looks use
HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea. The
Deautifier known. 80 cents.
Tea or Tablets. r.. r. Bellamy.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-20
sTARvES AMID TREASURE
Relatives Of Aged New York Woman
Find Fortune Hidden
In House
By Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. 19.-Bonds and
mortgages representing more than
100000 and $40, 900 i'm cash have been
found hidden i'm a house at one Hun
dred and Eighty-fourth street and Nor
ris vaenue, lately occupied by Miss
Maria Corsa, who died of starvation
and exposure on Monday of last week,
leaving an estate valued at nearly
81 600. The money was found hidden
i'm furniture under carpets and in
almost every corner.
Mrs. Mary Burnham, first cousin of
Miss Corsa, has installed herself with
her SONS, Willet and oscar Schuler. in
the house. They took possession since
after Miss Corsa died. Joseph Lis
combe, another cousin. is an equal heir
with Mrs. Burnham. Several other
claimants to part of the estate have
come to light.
Mrs Burnham, with her two sons.
began a search. Every piece of furni-
ture in the house was thoroughly ex-
amlned. The money was found in bills
of every denomination from one dollar
up to fifty. Old trade dollars, bearing
evidence Of much handling, were taken
from hiding places.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-20
CONTEMPT FOR
QUAKER CITY
MRS. A. w. WALKER WILL SNU6
PHILADELPHIA
All Because Her Beautiful Sister-in-
Law Baked Her Ambition to
Enter Society In Keystone
States Metropolis

Special to The Herald
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Feb. 49,
Mrs. Annie Weightman Walker is not
going to live in Philadelphia any more,
that is except at rare times when it's
absolutely necessary. Also to show her
contempt for society as it is repre-
sented here, she is turning the first
floor Of the Weightman mansion into
a store.
All this, it is said is because Mrs.
Walkers ambition to enter Philadel-
phia society has been baked, mainly
by her beautiful sister-in-law, Mrs.
Jones Wister, who holds the keys to
the inner holes of the smart set and
who has brought suit against Mrs.
Walker to have the will of her father,
William Weightman, the late chemist,
set aside and the sixty millions he left
to Mrs. Walker distributed among
other heirs.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-20
SECOND PARLIAMENT OPENED
Customary Ceremonies Precede Event
and Large Crowds Cheer
Royal Progress
BY Associated Press.


LONDON, Feb. 19.-King Edward
opened the second parliament of his
reign this morning with the customary
ceremonial. The weather was cloudy
but rain held off and all the points of
vantage along the troop-lined route
followed by the royal progress were
well occupied by cheering crowds.
For the first time since early in the
reign of the late Queen Victoria only
a single chair occupied the dais. on ac-
count of the absence from England of
Queen Alexandra. The king, arrayed in
robes of crimson silk and velvet, trim
med with gold lace and surmounted by
a heavy cape of ermine, having been
seated on the throne, commanded the
presence of the commons to hear his
speech.
The speech contained no surprises.
The usual reference to the continu-
ance of friendly relations with foreign
powers was followed with paragraph
rejoicing over the fact that the Russo
Japanese war has "been brought to
an end by the satisfactory conclusion
of the negotiations commenced in Au
gust and due to the initiative of the
president of the United States, which
resulted in an honorable peace"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-20
UNIFORM DIVORCE LAWS
Governor Pennypacker Says Time Has
Arrived to Give Subject
Considerati
Ry Associated Press.


WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.-Governor
Samuel w. Pennypacker of Pennsyl-
vania was chosen president of the con-
gress on uniform divorce laws, which
convened here today.
In his remarks Governor Pennypack-
er said:
"The dissolution of the marriage tie
has become so common as to be re-
garded as an ordinary event, awaken
ing no comment and meeting with lit
tie or no disapproval. There are more
divorces granted annually in the
United States of America than in any
other country upon earth except Japan.
"If you can do something to limit and
check stream which promises ere
long to be a flood, you may we'll be
content. What is recommended in the
way of legislation ought to be the out
come of careful deliberation and wise
consideration in order that 1t may COM
mend itself to the prudent and thought
full in all the states and adverse criti-
cism and opposition.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-20
POLICE CAPTURE sMUeeLERS
Officers Who Patrol New York clty's
Harbor Make Good
Haul
BY Associated Prass.

By Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. 19.-Held UP on
the river as smugglers and with shots
from the revolvers of the harbor police
whistllng about their heads, two men
made desperate efforts to escape from
a police launch this morning.
Convinced quickly that this was I'M
possible they tried to sink their craft
and send to the bottom its cargo Of
spirits and tobacco. They were only
partly successful and were captured.
AT the Church Street station they
said they were Edward Funk of Jersey
City and Wilhelm Pieper of Hoboken.
Policeman O'Riordan, in command of
launch No. 3, and Policeman Burns and
Sullivan, who made the capture,
charge the prisoners with smuggling
and say they are men out of work and
took a chance to make a little money.
The seized goods consisted Of 4S
quarts of cognac, rs pounds Of leaf to-
bacco, few jars Of mustard, 5 quarts
of gin and of Gilka.
1t is believed the alleged smuggled
goods were taken off a tranatlantic
steamer through connivance with a
member of the crew who had brought
the goods to the port.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-20
PACKERS SPRING SURPRISE
Special Agent Tells How the Books
Were Surrendered for
Inspection
BY Associated Press.

CHICAGO. Feb. 19.-Attorneys for
the packers sprung something of a
surprise today when they summoned to
the witness stand Special Agent Du-
rand, who conducted the investigation
of the packing industry in Chicago and
other cities. He was on the stand
when court adjourned for the day.
The Questions put to him by the at
torneys for the packers covered the
manner in which the packers had sur
rendered their books for his inspec-
ton and the nature of the information
secured.
An attempt was made to show that
information other than that published
in the report of Commissioner Garfield
had been given by the commissioner or
his subordinates to the department. of
Justice.
Mr.. Durand admitted that some
papers and tables that were not COM
pretended in the report of the COM
missioner had been inspected by Assist
ant Attorney General Fagin. He was
not able to tell, however, whether the
information which the assistant attor-
ney general had seen was taken from
the packers.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-20
PART |

PART
Hill looking for an ocean outlet,
2-Boise bastile holds miners.
3-Pretty girls in beauty show.
4-Editorial.
5-City news.
6-7-CIassified advertisements.
8-Sports.
1-City engineer Is far behind.
2-Markets.
a-Water rights belong to city.
4-5-Public advertising.
6-AsyIum ends tragic career.
EASTERN
Exciting time in house over anti
gambling bill.
Mr. and Mrs. Longworth on honey
moon trip reach the Carolinas.
Paraffine is used in confectionery by
certain bakers, causing stomach trouble.
Western federation of miners officials
are now. jailed in Boise
Commission finds that patients are
mistreated at St Elizabeth's govern
ment asylum. near Washington.
President Roosevelt declares for a
lcck canal at Panama.
FOREIGN
Hungarian parliament is dissolved at
point of bayonet.
King Edward opens the second par
Lament.
COAST
Southern Pacific rihed pine line test
begins at Bakersfield.
Man found dead in refrigerator car at
Cotton.
California country commercial banks
show Increased assets of $19.52o,117
during year.
In six months California had 1856 di-,
vorce decreeS.
LOCAL
Mrs. Gertrude Howard Is sent to the
Patton asylum.
Adolphus Busch calls Los Angeles the
busiest of cities.
March 16 will be Arbor day instead
CT March II.
considered by police commission to-,
Gay.
Pasadena schools will have syslema-
tized athletics
Work on ocean Park seawall begins.
Committee of the whole to act on
regulation of rates for public utilities
Wednesday afternoon.
Citizens committee meets with coun-
Gil and mayor expresses willin gness to
leave board of works question in the
committees hands.
CITY engineer must have more room
or he declares he will not be able to an
ish work on hand in less than four
years.
New Yorker pays glowing tribute 10
climate and resources of Southern Calf
fornia.
to appoint union labor man on board
of works.
Sixth ward councilman presented
with some of his own thunder.
Superior court decides that Los An
geles river belongs to the city.
Peoples Gas company promises to cut
rates later.
lacked sufficient nerve. George Klotx
swallows laudanums A.rNsss uiss ~
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-20
SAYS SHE STILL
LOVES MINER
ALLEGED STATEMENT ISSUED BY
YERKEs' WIDOW
In the Meantime Husband Is Hurrylng
Toward Pacific Coast and Rumors
Of Detectives Movements Are
Given Full Play
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
NEW YORK, Feb. ia mystery
almost as battling as that which first
cloaked the Yerkes- Mizner wedding
early this month has been drawn
about the affairs of the widow OF
Charles T. Yerkes and the former
tanner of lions and the dashing young
sybarite of the Pacific coast, Wilson
Miner, whom she married.
AS in the case of the now celebrated
wedding, it is the denials of the wo-
man in the case that cause mystifi-
cation. While many circumstances
point to a separation, Mrs. Yerkes-
Miner is said to have authorized Ad-
olson Miner, who lives in this city,
to make this statement:
II wish to deny to the newspapers
that there Is any trouble between Will
son and myself. 1 love him just as
much as ever"
In the meantime Miner is on his
way to San Francisco, leaving rumors
of a bitter quarrel, of a prospective
divorce and of private detectives
trailing the young man through the
New York tenderloin, of days of the
honeymoon and of other. sensational
phases of this singular romance. He
has been to the theater, these reports
say, with Marie Dressler> and Bonnie
Maginn.
After all conflicting circumstances
are considered this much is certain
Mizner suddenly left the Yerkes man
sion, this city, last week. His wife
did not accompany him. Those who
allege they are in the confidence of
Miner declare there was a bitter quar-
rel over money matters in Yerkes'
Fifth avenue home, followed by the
hasty departure of the husband to the
west. They seem to have knowledge
of an ante-nuptial agreement by which
Mizner was to secure possession of
81, 100000 so he could support his new
station in life with some splendor.