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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-23
A YOUTHFUL
Susie Harmon, Who Killed Young
Stack at Concord. Has Preliminary
Hearihg-Was Banished from Char
lotte by Recorder.

Susie Harmon, the ~13-year-old white
girl who shot and killed a young man
named Stack in Concord Saturday
night, was given a preliminary hearing
yesterday morning before Mayor I. B.
Caldwell and committed to Jail in de-
fault of a $500 bond.
The evidence introduced showed
that Stack was ordered away from the
house by the girl, with the threat that
she would kill him if he did not follow
her instructions. Stack, it is said, dis
regarded her instructions and went to
her window. Before giving him time
to get away she fired. hitting him in
the breast. The dead man fell in the
arms of his friend, Charlie Ritz.
The girls father was released, al
together he is blamed by all who know
him for the crime and the life of
shame of his daughter. The courts
will probably not find her guilty for
anything more than mansiaughter, as
the mayor made the offense bailable.
Hannon and his family were at one
time inhabitants of Charlotte, but were
banished from the town by the record
er. The general good-for-nothing
qualities of the old man is known to
have caused the downfall of his girls.
Charlotte Chronicle.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-23
DARES THEM TO WORST
Editor Marshall Throws Down the
Gauntlet to Gastonia City Officials
and Snaps His Fingers in Their
Faces.

Gastonia, February 19.-Referring
to the action which Editor W. F. Mar
shall. of the Gastonia Gazette, has
brought against the city officials, The
Gazette will say, editerially, tomor-
row: although adone. he (the editor)
serves notice now to all concerned that
the assaults some of them have inst-
tuted upon The Gazette's subscription
and advertising accounts will not
swerve him. a hairs breadth from his
duty. He is after officials who have
abused their power and broken the
law. If they are innocent, they will
outrun him to the courts. If guilty,
let them continue. as they have begun,
their attempts to injure. intimidate
and destroy. until they ascertain to
their satisfaction whether or not his
conscience and of public duty
are proof against cupidity and fear.
He snaps his fingers in their faces n
dares them to their worst at every
possible point of approach."-Gasto-
MIA Special to Charlotte Observer.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-23
MUTUAL RESERVE IN TROUBLE
Investigation of Alleged Unlawful Acts
Being Made by Grand Jury.

New York, February 20.-A grand
jury investigation into alleged unlaw-
full acts by officials of Mutual Reserve
Life Insurance company. was begun
today. The investigation is based up
or evidence presented by the district
attorneys Office. One of the COM
plants submitted TO the jury was a
statement by James f. Wells, n for
mer employe Of the Mutual Reserve,
alleging that certain officials were sued
in court as individuals and paid the
judgments secured against them clt
Of the life insurance company's funds.
The specific charge against some of the
officers of the company will be large
ly in sanctioning the payment of ST.
600 by the president In settlement OF
a civil suit against him personally in
October, 1901.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-23
NOW is THE TIME
Chance for Profit Offered Messenger
Readers. Let No One Fail to Benefit.

Imperfect cooking and hurried eat
ing result in indigestion. At first the
stomach and digestive organs are
strong enough to accommodate them
selves to all manner of i'll treatment,
but the time soon comes, when the
walls of the stomach are infamed, and
the gastric juices are not secreted In
sufficient quantity to digest the food,
SO that it is passed through the sys-
TEN imperfectly digested, giving but
little nutrition and strength.
If one can only recognize tae symp-
toms OF indigestion In the early
stages, he is then in position to pro-
tect himself by proper attention. He
is twice armed who is forewarned."
Now is the time to be benefited
lust as soon as you can find that your
food can be t1seed after eating, when
the abdomen swells or bloats. when
b tongue is furred, the breath heavy,
the appetite poor, the head dull and
aching occasionally, then is the time
for treatment with Mi-o-na-
Inls reliable remedy is q perfect re-
storer and strengthened of the whole
digestive system. II restores lost
functions to the stomach. strengthens
the nervous system, and enables one 10
eat what he likes without fear of dis
tress or trouble.
Eo uniformly successful has Mona
been in curing all stomach troubles
h a r. r. Bellamy gives a signed
guarantee with every 20 cent box to re-
fund the money If 1t Ices not cure.
The risk is all his. If you have any
stomach weakness. here is the oppor-
tunity to be cured without risking any
of your own money.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-23

Washington, February 20.-In com-
pliance with a house resolution the
secretary Of the navy submitted to
Speaker Cannon today a report which
shows the additional cost in the con-
s%truction Of the United States ships
Connecticut and Louisiana as a result
OF changes in plans. The additional
cost OF the Connecticut is fixed at
$1,000 and the Louisiana's added
cost is $132,9S6. Most of the changes
were made as the result OF expert
ments conducted since the ships were
originally designed.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-23
CLYDE LINE STEAMSHIP co.
Annual Meeting of Board of Directors.
and Officers Elected.

New oYrk, February 21.-At the ar
nuaI meeting of TIE Clyde Line Steam
ship company, held in the company's
Offices in this city today the following
board of directors were elected.
c. w. Morse, Calvin Austin, John
English, G. NJ. Schwab, Thomas Clyde,
Harry Morse, John F. Gates, c. NJ.
Whitney, and J. r. Sweasy.
At a subsequent meeting of tho
board of directors officers of the CON-
pany were elected as follows:
President, Calvin Austin; vice presi-
dent and general L;anager, Theodore
G. Eyer; secretary and treasurer, ~.
H. Campbell; assistant secretary, E..
A. Kelly.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-23

Commissioners Of Corporation Garfield
Denied That He Promised Immunity
tn fhe Fuckers

Cnicgo. Ill, February 20.-Commis-
sioner OF Corporations Garfield took
the stand today in the packers case.
and denied many of the statements
made by the witnesses for the packers
during the hearing OF the immunity
pleas now in progress. Edward Nor
ris. Edward Swift and Arthur Meeker,
representatives respectively Of the
packing firms OF Nelson Morris and
company, Swift n company, and Ar
mour and company. all testified tina:
Commissioners Garfield had told them
that HID department ha6 the power 10
compel information Ii they refused
10 give it willingly. Mr.. Garfield TO
day on the stand. declared that he
hat never made such a statement. He
also denied that he had ever promised
immunity 10 the packers. saying that
the only protection that a been
promised was protection for the indj-
vidual figures OF their confidential fig
ures. This he said. had been giyer
them, and although the average OF
these confidential figures had been Civ
en- in the report OF the commissioner
on the beef industry, individuals had
O been given. He also denied posi-
lively that he promised that all infor-
nation would be regarded as confiden-
tial. He also denied that he had at any
time said anything regarding an oath
in connection with investigation. Mr..
Garfield was the first witness for the
government. the packers having rested
their ease after having secured the
admission as evidence OF President
Roosevelt's letter 10 the attorney gen.
eral, which stated that the bureau OF
corporations and the department: or
justice were working together.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-23
Just Happened Along.

day to ask the price Of it. Where did
you buy it,"
Just Happened Along.
"Well, I happened along to where an
auction was in full blast, and 1 stepped
In for a minute. This bedstead was
going SO cheap that I bid and got it.
What are you putting on such q long
face abouti",
I-1 wish you hadn't. l don't want
q bedstead bought at auction. Is it all
BRASS"
"All brass! No; it's all wood. It's
just the finest piece of mahogany you
ever saw, and there's a history attach
ed to it. There it N now"
An express wagon and two men came
driving up to the house with q bed
stead as big as a billboard. To get
the head and foot boards out and into
the house Mr.. Bowser had to take hold
with the two men, and when the pieces
were leaned up against the wall in the
back parlor they looked like the sides
crying while the unloading was going
on. When it was finished Mr.. Bowser
called her down and said:
"You talk about bedsteads, but If /
haven't got something here to make all
the neighbors turn green I'll eat my
hat. Think Of the mahogany in it when
1t takes two men to lift either piece!
That wood will take a polish SO you
can use it as a mirror. While the bed
stead is now fully 200 years old, it will
last hundreds of years longer. Any
furniture man will tell you that it is
worth all of $3.50 as a piece of furni-
ture, to say nothing of the sentiment
connected with it, but how much do
you suppose l paid for it"
II am sorry that you ever paid 2
cents for it." she replied as she choked
back q sob.
whats that? Are you kicking al
ready? By thunder, but I might have
known 1t would be SO! Here / go and
buy a bedstead worth $50 for SIS, and
you are shedding tears " it"
But it's IA wooden bedstead."
"And what Of that? Hasn't every
king and queen in Europe slept on a
wooden bedstead? You have read
about Charlemagne, / presume? Well,
C~harlemagne gave this bedetead to
Marie Antoinette for a bridal gift
when she married whats-his-name.
Marie slept on this bed for fifteen
years She was sleeping on 1t the night
before she was taken out and thrown
yer q precipice. All this, and yet you
kick"
HistoRy sonewhaf Mixed.
Mr.. Bowser had his historic facts
somewhat mixed up, but he was very
much In earnest In his admiration Of
the souvenir.
well, are you going to crouch
around all day or are you going to
praise me FOR finding such . bargain r
be finally asked.
Il thought ron understood that ev
#
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-23
Came to Death by Unknown Cause.

Roanoke, Va, February 20.-The
coroners jury in the case of former
Sheriff John B. Traynham. who was
found murdered in his bed yester-
day, returned a verdict today that
Traynham came to his death from
blows on the head and neck. made by
a blunt and sharp instrument in the
hands Of party DR. parties unknown to
the jury. Traynham's skull was
crushed and the head almost severed
The police have made no arrests.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-23

Temple, Texas, February, 20.-The
Temple National Bank went into liaui-
dalton today as a result OF rumo.s
OF the banks insolvency. For
mer Lieutenant Governor Pendleton,
president Of tie First National Bank
Of Temple, take over all obligations
and will pay depositors In full. The
liabilities and resources Appropriated
$500 00. The capital stock Of the bank
In 800. 900.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-23

Cheap Enough.
isn't ii ridiculous" began Henpeck,
ito say talk IL cheap when a. q mat
ter of fact
"Oh. / don't know" interrupted New
lit Il can take you to q place where
you'd get dead loads OF It and q shave
thrown I'm for 10 centaL"-Cathoitc
Standard ard Times
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-23

We do not pretend to understand
how it is h a a man can lead a ras-
cally life for years n hold up his
head and then go to pieces as soon as
1t is Observation-Disclosures Herald.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-02-02

TREASURER
SHORT $4,000

Cheshire, Mass. Feb. "A statement
issued by the board OF selectmen yester-
day shows that the accounts OF Fred
Brown, the town treasurer, who committed
suicide last Sunday, are about 5000 short
With the announcement the statement
was made that the town would suffer no
loss by the shortage, Mrs. Nancy G.
Brown, the aged mother of the cashier
having volunteered TO turn over to the
selectmen the money which has been paid
10 her by a life insurance company In
which Brown was insured.
Browns suicide followed an investiga-
ton OF his books by the town officials
He had been summoned to explain a
the hour he was ordered to appear at
the town hall he took dose Of morphine
and chloroform and ended his life.
Last December an investigation Of the
town treasurers books showed a short
age of $1,000, but the treasurer explained
this matter by saying II was due to care
less bookkeeping, and he produced $4,000
and deposited It In a bank TO the credit
of the town.
Following this discrepancy the select
men decided upon more exhaustive au-
diting OF the treasurers books during the
progress OF which Brown committed sui
eide
Brown. In addition 10 his duties as
town treasurer, was the agent for sew
eral insurance companies. and inspectors
are now at work Investigating the busi-
ness done by him.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-02-02
AN So FOOT
LEVEL FOR
THE Canal

Washington, Feb 2-The Isthmlan
Canal commission. with full membership
present. was yesterday engaged in putting
In formal shape the report which IL is TO
make to Secretary Taft, transmitting the
majority and minority reports OF the
board OF consulting engineers, and rec
ommending the type OF canal
without completing the report. however.
the commission adjourned until tomorrow,
when. ~ is thought. the document ssill be
put In final shape.
Yesterday the time was devoted 10 n
consideration OF the details OF the draft OF
the report. which already has been drawn
up. and in making such changes as were
found necessary.
It was stated that these changes are Of
a verbal nature and do not materially af-
feet the original draft. which there was
reason 10 believe at the conclusion Of the
meeting last week all the members Of the
commission. with one possible exception
are agreed upon.
IL developed yesterday. however. that
one member OF the commission IS In favor
OF a sea level canal, and it Is indicated
that he may submit some minority views.
The type OF canal recommended I'm the
draft of vhe report as 10 now stands calls
for an S5-foot level
After Secretary Taft receives the re-
port he will. in turn forward 10 10 the
president, with such comment or remarks
as he may desire TO make. The president
will indorse these documents and send
them TO congress-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-02-02
SHERIFF'S SALE.

STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND
PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS.
Sheriffs Office, Providence, Nov. IL, 1905
Providence. Sc:
ny VIRTUE and In pursuance OF an
Execution Number 2O,42l Issued out of the
Superior Court, holden at Providence,
within and for tho County OF Providence,
on the l7tn day of November, A ID. l9OS.
and returnable to the said Court 18th day
OF May. A. -. 1906. upon Judgment rem
dered by said Court on the 18TH day OF
November. a. ID. 1905 In favor or william
Point OF Providence, I'm said County
and state. plaintiff. and against Mary A.
O'Donnell alias Jane Doe, OF said ProYl-
dcnce defendant, | have this nth day or
November. A. u. 1906, at 3 o'clock L. Nj,
levied the said Execution on all the right,
title and interest which the said defend-
ant. Mary A. O'Donnell. alias Jane Doe.
o. said Providence, had on the 18th day OF
January. A. ID. 1905, at 2 o'clock ana Z
minutes =. M. (the time OF the attach
ment on the original Writ, in ana 10 the
following described real estate, viz.
That certain tract OF land with all the
buildings end improvements thereon,
located on the northerly side of Douglas
avenue. I'm the City Of Providence. ana
laid out and designated as lot No. upon
that plat entitled plat OF house lots and
streets ON Smiths Hill belonging to a. b.
pike and John Oldheld, by II. I, Walling
Notice IS hereby given that will sell
the said attached and levied on estate at
a Public Auction TO be held In the
sheriffs office In the Providence County
Court House. I'm said City OF Providence,
I'm said County OF Providence, on Sat
urday. the 24th day OF February A. d.
1906 az ~ o'clock NJ, for the satisfaction
~ said execution. debt. interest on the
sama. costs OF suit. my own fees and oil
contingent expenses. IN suflclent
ALBERT O. COATES
Deputy Sheriff.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-02-02
MRS. YERkES
PERSISTS
IN DENIAL

New York. Feb. 2-Nobody has appear
ed at the district attorneys office here.
charging conspiracy I'm connection with
the marriage OF Wilson Miner OF San
Francisco and the Klondike and Mrs
Charles Tyson Yerkes, although Charles
E Yerkes OF Chicago son OF the late
Charles T. Yerkes. is reported as saying
that the story OF the marriage is part OF
a plot on the part OF persons that are af-
ter big game
Last night young Mizner left the Hotel
Astor. where he is stopping. about s
o'clock. He was back at 1890 O'clock
smiling and apparently in the best OF spir-
its. He met the reporters with outstretch-
cd hands.
II have been up TO S64 Fifth avenue to
call on my WIFE" he said II was there
about two hours and had long talk with
her I wanted her 10 make "A statement
TO the public. which. as ] can understand,
takes an interest I'm our affairs
Mrs. Yerkes declined 10 say anything
last night. She will make a statement to-
day. think.
Now. as a matter OF fact the reason
why Mrs Yerkes denied being married TO
me was that the news came out too soon
10 suit her, though IL wasn't through any
fault OF her own.
"She didn't expect that the marriage
WOuld De announced Tor n ROOu Wnlle, ana
when she woke up Wednesday morning
aud found that the newspapers were full
OF ~ she was pretty angry.
she was so angry that she denied the
whole thing. and after she once put her.
self on record. so TO speak. she didn't
want to face about. You see. Mrs Yerkes
rather believes that IN isn't anybodys
business but her own what she does, and
perhaps she is inclined 20 resent inquiries
MINISTER SAYS YES.
THE whole matter will be adjusted
within n short time. Mrs Yerkes didn't
see NJ to make statement 10 the news
papers tonight, but / think that tomor-
row she will have something important 90
say.
II am going 10 stay right here In New
York which is the place FOR me just now,
l imagine l certainly have no reason 10
conceal anything although I wouldn't
have said anything about the marriage II
the news hadn't leaked out. and II Il
hadn't been put up 20 me 80 strongly
that I had 10 tell a lie or the truth. You
can bet was surprised that Mrs. Yerkes
denied it so strongly"
Mrs Yerkes refused 90 see reporters to-
day. In the afternoon she sent for Dr.
Edwin sternbergor OF a. East Sixtieth
street when Dr. Sternberger left the
house he ran into 70 newspaper report
ers. who wanted to know a lot OF things.
Mrs. Yerkes," he said. appearing TO
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-02-02
BfIlEy CAVE aEETING Association

At the residence OF Henry J. Geer to-
morrow evening the trusteers and other
officers OF the Bailey Camp Meeting asso-
citation VII meet 20 arrange for the ittirg
conversion OF Frederick a Bailey. for
rcrly known as "shaug" Mr. Bailey be-
came Christian on Mrrch l OF last year.
An all-day meeting viii 5e held at his
homestead TO commemorate the event A
program Of exercises will be discussed and
other details acted on tomorrow evening.
The exact date OF the coming camp meet
ing 20 be held about June % will be de-
cided other business OF more than usual
interest will be transacted and IL is ex-
pected that every officer will attend the
meeting.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-02-02

CAUSED
A FIGHT

. Constable Michael Carroll, who was
hired by Rev Father weirziskie, pastor
OF st. Stevens Polish Catholic Church In
Paterson. ~ j.. TO guard the collection
box, told Wednesday in Justice Mac
SDonalds court the story OF an exciting
encounter in the church last Sunday with
athletic members OF the congregation VINO
regarded him as a "butter-in.'
The constable's eyes were discolored
his face badly scratched. and he exhibited
q broken helmet and a ruined uniform.
II was the first time the constable had
been able 10 leave his home since the
encounter. and he called to make COM
plants OF assault and battery against
stephen Lupenski
John Sydlinsky Frank Yusouskitz,
Steven Lentsky and Stanislaus Kremin-
sky. All were arrested and gave ball for
their appearance in the sessions court
The fight was the outcome of an or
der from the pastor resembling the ap-
pointment OF Lupensk had been appoint
sh by the trustees, but tho pastor OBJ
jected 20 him because he iS a saloon
keeper.
The trustees recalled. declaring that
iupenski or nobody would serve The
pastor deemed IL prudent 10 engage a
policeman to take the job. and Carroll
was willing. He stood guard over the
colection-box at .-.e main entrance last
Sunday as the congregation passed In.
lie was In uniform and carried
'bllly" Before the services began LII
pensk and several OF his friends ap-
preached tho constable and questioned his
right 10 come into their church and take
charge OF the collection-box. The trouble
began at once.
Half a S7en men sized the constable
ard when the struggle was ense1 Carroll
was IN the street badly damaged. The
church Il on the second floor