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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-06
A UICIDE
Greensboro ladies Get Distressing
News About Brother Who Was Well
Kllown Newspaper Man.

Mr.. C. D. Will1ie, of Rutherford:on,
a brother Of Mrs. A. Shell and Mrs. 4.
P. McDill, of this city, committed sui
eide Friday nigh. = dispatch sent
from Rutherfordton to the Charlotte
Observer, gives the following account
Of the suicide:
MIR. Clarence ID. Wilkie, a we'll
known young newspaper man and ID
cal editor Of the Rutherfordton Sun,
of which he was the founder, commit
ted suicide at his home here last night
at 1890 o'?iock by shooting himself
through the RICH. temple with a 81
cal;bre Smith e Wesson pistol. DIR.
Carroll w. slowney was Immediately
summoned but could do nothing for
the already dying man, He' was un-
cOrs ciOus from the Time he fired tie
fatal shot and died within fifteen min
utes, without making 3 struggle.
He is survi Jod Dy a young wife and
two small chill ::eu, who have the SYM
patty of the entire community. Brood
ing ever financial troubles is thought
to have been the cause Of his rasn
act.
Mr.. Wilkie was q years Of age, a
member of the order of knights OF
Pythias, and was liked, by all who
knew him. His funeral will take place
here tomorrow afternoon under the
auspices of the above named order =
Greensboro Telegram.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-06
Recent British Elections.

The British election returns, now
practically complete, only confirm the
extent of the Unionist defeat. With
nine constituencies yet to be polled, the
maximum Ministerial majority, reck-
oning in N~atiOnalists and LabOrites,
has reached 353, while the actual
Liberal majority is 95. For the mo-
ment there has been returned only a
handful Of Gfr. Balfour's Cabinet to
constitute the Front Bench Opposition.
and though this ragged firing line Will
undoubtedly be recruited by the With
draWai OF UniOniSt members to make
place for ex ministers in safe constitu-
enCies, it is clear that Mr.. Balfours
reported plan of heckling "C-B.' will
be pursued under considerable difficult
ty. The Independent Labor party
has returned As members This group
in conjunction with the S4 Irish Ma
tionalists and the UnioHists, might
make trouble If case of dissenslOn on
the government side, but it is hard
to imagine circumstances that could
lead to so unnatural an an~ti-Liberal
alliance. The party that has convert
ed the Conservative majority of 13l,
in 1895. to a Liberal one of IS today,
need hardly fear any sudden reversal
of the verdict of the country. Union
iSt editors may take what comfort they
mar in the fact that the majority #
VOTES cast IL relatively SIiihlI III Idfch
of the government. This is u partly
to the plural vote. AS members Of a
university convocation, as possessors of
offices in the City, or Of residences IN
10Th II d and the country, MAN.
Erglishmen vote in two o. more con-
s~tituencies. And, curiously enough, il
is precisely in Lombard stree,, among
the aristicracy and among the 1nte:-
l~ectuals of the universitie. that Cham
berlain has exercised the greatest
glamour.-NeW York Post.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-06
&C ilewlyweds and
The Silver Tray
EFT must have cost a lot of money"

at must have cost n lot Of money"
remarked Dir. Newiywed.
Yes. its expensive. but it's
quite the usi.est thing / ever saw"
L4r.-ered MS. Ae..yMed.
Ia. tie Irov.-s lave s.ci good
-a-sse. as Il rule. I'm really surprised
blI ley Should have SELL such a
!a.. Anu both bride and bride
sG0sn surveyed --93a.-iy u silver tray
covered wiz cue =, ,-yse designs that
ieeln 10 rise UP aua s.-I.te one between
tie eyes.
"3ut. then. dear. it's really the only
ugly thing we got" comforted the
Lriie. "an think what "A terrible col
lcc;ion those BanuormanS received.
And all the ugliest things were from
their richest relatives. too SO they
couldn't possibly exchange or hide
them away"
That's true" The brideGroom's
gloom lifted. And. since the Browns
have moved west. we can bury this in
tie back yard, aud they'll neye be the
wiser"
ouAs IL. tAIiatlIltt AlIS. New - wen
IL shocked tones. Barry So worth Of
silver. for ii must be worth fully that,
No; I'll tell you what well do And n
frown, the outward and visible sign Of
an idea. creased the brides white fore
head. I'VE will give the thing to Lilly
Schmidt. You know, she is to be mar
ried next week, and Germans like that
massive stuff. It's used a great deal
abroad. Then We'll spend the money
we should have had TO pay out for n
Schmidt present il buying something
-eally nice for ourselves"
but it has our monogram engraved
OF T." objected the bridegroom.
1T / = :3;.i 50. cEd it Will
stand having 3.-s er- ~! ;."i another
cut in" replied Mrs. Newlywed.
SO the h";dcGr,oA went downtowu
Ee.-t n:0~u....- .".".' ~'. tI.e silver
t"y. T. ..'"rrs.i So. . =: lie cyoa-
IN.
r.... -~ r.:a~s%- ..r T.,rn-."
l.. -. ".->y we. So. IJJr TIE
cf'er III. In fHct. 10y have such ex-
cellent taste that they couldn't stand
tbs t,.2@ ii tie hose. Wien took
it to IL silversmitl. he said the mono
gr%m ul-eaC. been erased one and
it cO..~-'t he &c "Gain."-N2w YCv.i
Press.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-06
CALLS FOR
SEIZED PAPERS
North Carolina Man Stirs Senate by
Request for Documents Taken I'm
Civil War-PIea for Material Taken
From Raleigh by Federal Troops
Precipitates Sharp Debat

Senator Simmons stirred up the
Senate today when h introduced and
called up for consideration a resolu-
ton calling POI the secretary of
state to turn over the State of North
Carolina certain papers of a historical
value said to have been taken from
the Capitol at Raleigh during the civil
war.
Mr.. Simmons resolution excited
great interest and in the debate that
1t Drecipitated Senators Lodge and
SDooner took a leading part.
In reply to questions, Senator Sim
mons said that he had been informed
that certain documents, records and
papers hearing upon the history of
t<DIt tn Carolina and which were of no
use TO the Federal government. were
Oh .tie in the state department. He
sad that he understood they related
t. the executive n judicial depart
mcnt of the state government
He vas under the impression that
they were taken from the state capitol
ty federal troops. Senator Simmons
lead a letter from the secretary of
state, in which Mr.. Root said that he
had no objection to transmitting the
papers in question to h State Of
North Carolina. He said that if the
re, ords were withdrawn from the de-
pa ~ S4Ao0A DS As
authority OF Congress.
The suggestion was made by 4 num-
be- OF senators that before any action
were AXE in the senate that the
Simmons resolution should be passed
upCn by q committee and accordingly
the resolution was referred to the COM
mittee OF Library. The measure is
expected to come up in the senate to-
mOrTOW.
Senator SpoOre~ declared that Il the
records IN question We're of value to
the state government they SEUuld be
turned over to North Carolina. He
suggested however,, that discretion
shrould be lodged with the secretary
of state when the time came for trans
hitting the records to Raleigh.
There may be some papers that are
Of value or use to the Federal govern
ment,' he said. IF that is so such
papers should be retained in the state
Gepartment.'
There will probably be no objection
to the Simmons resolution when It
comes up for ina passage. The rec
OrdS called for by the Simmons resolu-
ton are desired by the state to COM
plete the historical papers which are
being published and collected by Chief
Justice Walter Observation-Disclosures
Special to Industrial News.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-06
HENRY KoBRE.s MURDER
There Will be something Doing i'll
This Case Soon Things are Getting
Ripe for tit is a Crime too Terri
bic to Hide-A Graphic Pen Picture
of the Murder That Hurried a Soul
Into Eternity Without Warning.

It seems probable that soon there
will be something doing in the Ko-
bre murder case. Things are getting
ripe for it. The man who knows
something may help himself by has
tening TO make d clean breast of this
matter. It's a crime too terrible 20
hide. There is no place that you
can shelter such an offense under the
sun.
Draw this picture uDon the minds
Sunday night, January the
21st. at or near il o'clock, Henry
kobre had retired to his couch. =
quiet, i~noffensive man, he did nc
dream he had an enemy on earth
Two men may have approached the
building. in which he roomed- One
with evil eye remained outside To
watch, the other forced an entrance
through an insecure door. Stealth
he crept UP the stairway until he
reached the little room in which ko-
bre slept. For one he stop
ped. looked in and saw that Henry
Kobre was still awake. Kobre per
haps at the same instant saw INN
and Sprang from his bed. The man
who a invaded his room unasked
and unWished, realized hat he was
detected and to make his crime Sc
cure he must silence kobre's tongue
forever. Win eyes SlltIeTIHS Will
fury of hell he rushed forward AMI
with tremendous power drove the eye
of a hammer or Ratchet through the
skull deep into the brain of kobr4,
who sank Quivering, helpless to the
floor; the power Of speech Daralyzed.
memory and mind gone forever. Then
the agony OF death seized him, n
quickly his life ebbed away A soul
hurried into eternity without warning
or apparent preparation. The man
who did this deed then hastily relied
his pockets Of money. and silently
went out.
Who saw this deed, out the now
dead Henry KObre ana MS God into
whose presence he was hurried? And
vet that same God says: vengeance
IS mine: I will repay
That this deed viii see sunlight IN
Winston. and the name of the mar
who did it embalmed in eternal IN
fanny and q just and righteous judg-
ment meeted him. but few doubt
Winston JOnrD31.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-06
CLAIMS TO BE DEAD MANS WIFE
Signs Her Name Mrs. f. b. Weed
One Mrs. Weed Already in the City.
Especial to The Messenger.)

tSptcldl 10 Lie messenger
Fayetteville, n. c.. January 31.-E.
B.. Weed. general manager of the Weed
Distilling Company. died about two
months ago in a hospital in New York,
after an operation for appendicitis,
leaving a widow, Mrs. E. B. Weed, who
is a guest of "Pineview" hotel. Last
night a lady. bright and attractive ar
rived at the hotel registering as Mrs.
E. B. Weed. Jackson. Mich. She
claims to be the lawful wife of he
late E. B. Weed. producing papers TO
bear out her claims. He had been
sending her fifty dollars monthly. and,
failing to receive it in December. me
wrote to Chief Of Police Flowers and
afterwards to Colonel W. s. Cook.
the latter writing and informing ner
of Weeds death. In consequence, size
came on here. She went 10 the Pine
view hotel this morning. but the Ms.
Weed there declined to see her, on ac-
count of nervousness. 1t is contended
by some here, who claim TO have ac-
curate Information, that the Mrs.
Weed, of Michigan. has not a good
case. The Mrs. Weed at Pineview 10
tel is we'll known and much esteemed
here.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-06
CHARGES AGAINST GARFIELD
Packers Say They Were Assured of
Protection-Secret Books Called For
After Commissioners Report Had
Been Prepared.

Chicago, ILL.,. January 30.-Edward
Morris, vice president of the Fairo2nk
Canning Company, n of Nelson Nor
ris and Company, today testified in the
meat packers immunity plea case. that
he had been required by Commissioner
of Corporations Garfield to produce
for the inspection of the commissioner
the secret profit and loss books of his
company, after the commissioner had
prepared a report on the beef industry.
Morris declared that Commissioner
Garfield had taken these books and
had inspected them. Morris told Of
receiving assurance from Commission
er Garfield that no knowledge furnish
ed by the packers to the department
of and labor would be used
against them. Morris told now he
gave the information to Commissioners
Garfield. and his reports and then de-
clared that Commissioner Garfield re-
turned to Chicago with the greater
part of his report in proofs, which he
submitted to Mr.. Morris. The witness
said that he read the proof n told
Mr.. Garfield that the report was cor
rect.
The commissioner then. Mr.. Morris
asserted, demand the profit n loss
books of the company brought to the
downtown office of Morris and Com
pany for his inspection. They were
brought and the commissioner looked
them over.
The statement that the commissioner
had called for h secret books after
completing his report, caused a stir in
court. but the witness insisted that he
was required by Commissioner Gar
field to submit the books to him.
The other witnesses were L. I.
K~rauthoff. Samuel McRoberts, treas
urer Of Armour and Company and
Charles G.. Dawes. formerly ccmptroll-
er of the treasury. and now president
Of the Central Trust Company of Chi
cago. ROth Mr.. Dawes and Mr.. Nc
Roberts insisted that they had ear
Commissioner Garfield declare that n
information he might procure from the
packers would not be used against
them in court.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-06
AN CASE
Mental Anguish Suit of w. /. Young
VS.. Southern Railway Being Tried.

The superior court today took up
the case of w. l. Young VS.. the South
ern Railway. This is a suit for dam
ages because of the failure to bring a
special into Greensboro on time. Mr..
Young was in Chattanooga when a
little child Of mis- died Besides hear
ing OF his chlli's death he was also
Informed that his wife was Frustrated
and in a very critical condition. He
saw the Southern Railway officials Ill
Chattanooga and asked for q special
train. He was told that he could be
brought here n = hours. He paid
the money dOwn-S721.50 Instead Of
getting here in y hours. Is hours
were required and the train got in
20 minutes after the regular train.
The railroad CLAIMS that it did not
undertake to bring the train into
Greensboro in ~ hours, but as quickly
as possible. In addition to the amount
paid for the train plaintiff also asks
$3.50 mental angIlsl damages. Inc
case is a very nte.'es-i1g one as it is
said that it is the first time a mental
anguish" suit has been Drought against
a railroad in NO+:h Carolina, although
such suits against telegraph COMPANIES
are o %infrequenz. Counsel for plain
tiff had put On their witnesses and
testimony for lefelce was being intro
duced when cont adjourned. Brooks
e Thompson represent plaintiff, King
& Kimball represent the railroad
Greensboro Telegram.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-06
The Isle of Pines Controversy.

The impression prevails in WASH
ington that the controversy in respect
TO the ownership Of the Isle OF Pines
will soon be settled. The committee
on foreign relations has reported ia
vorably the treaty which our govern
ment negotiated over two years &
with Cuba in which Cuba's ownership
Of the island IS recognized. Ii is re-
Hnarkable that he committee Oh for
eign relations should nave retained the
treaty So long. II may be that tt
wouldn't have reported Ii yet II II
hadn't been for h claim the Ameri-
can residents of the Isle of Pines have
been making that the island Is terri
tory of the United States. Can 10 be
possible that some friends Of iuen-
tial senators have interests In the is
Land and that they have been inStru-
mental In having the treaty held up.
There was never any doubt In the
minds Of those who are familiar with
all the facts that the island is the ter
ritory OF Cuba. Mr.. Root. secretary Of
state. has always held that view. and
the President agrees with him. When
the pending treaty was negotiated he
said: In my Judgment the United
States has no substantial claim to the
Isle of Pines. The treaty merely ac-
GeTGS 10 1uDh Whit IL EltES lA ASAoEu-
ance with International law and jus
tice."
1t Is stated that there are about eco
American residents on the Stand.
though from i'm their local pa
per il would naturally be supposed
there We're i,0ao, They have been ex-
ceedingly noisy-that is. they ave
beer. very aggressive I'm asserting thcir
view that the island wa Il part eff the
territory of this countrQ. To those
who Cilu't know the facts their argu-
me,Its appeared TO be reasonable, and
doubtless ,hey have succeeded in work.
ing up a considerable sentiment in
their favor.
They claim they have no protection
under the Cuban government -n that
their property is aiken for taxes With
out giving any equivalent for IL
What the truth is we do not undertake
to say, but if the conditions are So bad
Inv d.d they settle there or buy land
ON the island" Il may ae said thar
they thought they were under the
American flag. hut If they thought 81
they "tl1't consult good authority. As
a matter OF fact il is probable that the
most of them bought land on the is
land very cheaply, with expectation
thai ii the Island passed To the United
states they would make a grrac deal
If money out Of their land speculation.
Their complaint that they n no
protection can hardly be well founded
There are nan times more Americans
IN other parts Of Cuba and they liav
invested under the Cuban flag nifty
times as much as the Americans Oh the
Isle of Pines, and they d" not COM
plain Of lack of protection. On the
contrary they seem to be very well sat
isfed.
The question may be C~onsidercI rs
practically settled bv the rcport OF the
committee on foreign relations. The
senate will hardly refuse to adopt that
report which means of course the ratt-
fication of the treaty. The treaty may
be amended and thus put Oft the time
when ii will go into force. but that il
will be ratified eventually there is no
reason to doubt-SaVannah News.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-06
TO ALL SPOT HOLDERS
Recent Depression in Price of Cotton
is Totally C~nNarranted.

Atlanta, Ca, January 31.-The re-
cent heavy depression in the price of
future contracts and spot cotton is to-
tally unwarranted from the stand
point of legitimate supply and demand.
The price of cotton should be based
on its intrisic value and moi subject
to the whims and fanc1es OF specula-
ton. Let us examine the statistical
position of supply and demand. Elk
ports for season ending August 31st,
1905. S,745,316 bales. Takings of
American mills same period 4,563,735
bales. Total for the past season 13,-
341 ,O49 bales. Exports since Septem-
Der LIST to January 10th, 3,94o,O6O
bales. American spinners takings for
same period 2,272,5S3 bales, making
total of export and domestic takngs
this season, to January Goth, Of 6,22O,-
CAB, a difference of 7,12O,46O bales be-
tween the present and past season.
Assuming hat only 100000 bales
will be required for export and do
mestic takings for the balance Of the
present season Is against 7,12O,4O6
bales last year, after the same Gate.
L % LIZ ~ N0AAAS W.
supply the demand. Allowing for a
crop of 1O,250y0OO bales, there re-
mains to come into sight only 1861
800 bales. Port and interior stocks
are figured at 1,479,OOO bales. If the
American mills take the entire Port
and interior stocks and 721,OOO bales
from the crop yet to- be sold to I'LL
their demands, it will leave only l..
947, 900 bales of cotton for export to
satisfy the foreign spinners demand
for at least 100000 bales less than
was taken from that source last
year. These are facts based upon
actual conditions. Yarn spinners arc
now selling their output ON a basis OK
IA cents per pound for the raw cotton.
This has been going on for months.
Every bale of cotton held in the south
should easily command a price of not
less than Is cents, basis middling.
The spinners can easily pay Is cents
for the balance of the unsOld portion
of this crop and will do soft the spot
holders stand firm. Speculative ma
nipulation by the bears operating
in the future market is no guide to
the true value of cotton. Telegraphic
ItDOGlo ESCtlNcu ny INC 1ASooNId IIOh
from all points in the South indicate
that spot holders are standing firm
and will not sell at declines. Hold
firm for Is cents; the cotton is worth
it, and 1 challenge any spinner to
show the contrary at present prices
of dry goods. Theodore Price is daily
filling the southern press with misrep-
RESERVATIONS Of facts and doing all
that money and ingenious m%anipula-
tion of fig..res car do to break the
solid south. Spot holders in the
south should show by their frmness
that they can and will repudiate such
men as Theodore Price and the meth
DDS employed by them for purely self
ish gain. Those who hold will win
the battle and get Is cents for their
holdings.
HARVIE JORDAN,
Pres't Southern Cotton Association.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-06
This is

The mayor has been requested to
have q policeman keep a watch for
the boys who scattered bricks across
the Sidewalk, ON Liberty street, last
night, for tn purpose OF causing peo-
pie to stumble and hurt themselves.
One lady hurt herself quite seriously,
spraining her ankle. The streets were
in total darkness, and the boys taking
advantage Of this, piled the bricks
across the sidewalk in two places.
If they are caught INDUCING; in any
further such practices they will be
prosecuted. We are informed that
this is lot the cnly things that they
have been doing, to the annoyance of
people, and their names will Don ap-
pear in print, ii it not stopped
Durham Sun.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-06
THE RECENT FREEZE


The recent freeze here was the
worst known in many years. 1t left
destruction in its wake when it dis
appeared Saturday night. Dozens Of
telephone and electric light poles in
town We're thrown to the ground and
many wires also, so that the phones
and light were temporarily put out of
business. Hundreds of Western
Union poles on the railroad were
down, cutting off all telegraphic CON-
OF trains very difficult. They had to
with the greatest caution, and
the crew had to get off every little
while and remove poles from the
track. There were 100 linemen of
this company here Saturday and Sun
day. These men demand and are paid
$o.OO a day each in times like this.
Things are assuming normal shape
again. The Concord Telephone Co.
has about all lines in operation, except
theO one on Church street. The electric
lights are all at work again.
The freeze caused the large oak tree
in the back yard of Mr.. J. G.. Wads-
worth to fall last Friday night, strik-
ing the smokehouse and knocking it
into smithereens. 1t also in falling
tore the bath room several inches
away from the house.
The damage to shade and fruit trees
is very large. Some trees aad despoil-
ed in every yard, and very few fruit
trees escaped. Concord Times.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-06
HIGH POINT ORGANS
Preparations for Putting Product of
New Concern on the Market-How
One Firm Lost 81. 900.

High Point, January Equatorial
is being gotten out for the construc-
ton of the first High Point organs
and the company expects to have Il
sample of its product upon the mar
ket in a very short time. L was
thought, al the time the company was
organized, that it would be turning
out organs by the first Of the present
month but delays, over which there
was no control, ausd a postponement
for several weeks.
The next time an outside contractor
comes to High Point and wants a
contract for fittings or the like for the
building he is engaged in erecting, this
foreign individual had better come
prepared to cough up the dough as the
work proceeds. Not long ago a crtain
contractor came 10 High Point and
secured two contracts. When the
buildings were nearing completion he
contracted with a local company for
work needed and. as a result of this
contract, the local company lost near
iy S1,pO. The cause Of the loss was
negligence of the law on this matter
on the part of the local contractors.
or oEer-confidence in the man. who
held the original contract. Anyhow.
when the time came for payment, the
money was not forthcoming and in
desperation the local concern went to
the ~.paymaster'' for the two buildings
erected and was Informed that all the
money due the original contractor had
been pa1d.-Special to Charlotte OBJ
server.