davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-02
NOT ABUSE.

Under the above heading The In
dustrial News of Greensboro begins
an editorial with the following para
graph:
The volume of abuse now being
hurled at the republican party by a
certain element of the democratic
press almost tempts us at times to re-
ply in kind, but calmer thought has so
far prevailed and will continue to pre-
vail. And we wish to say now that
we positively refuse to engage in a
mud singing contest with anyone.
We agree with that paper that there
is no use singing mud, but when the
leading members of that papers owl
party engage in fiinging such filthy
mud at each other as they have been
doing of late it cannot expect the press
of the other political party to refrain
from comment and that at times of a
caustic quality. The Industrial News
must remember that its w party
people have furnished the charges and
made the accusations upon which are
IuSCu llS COlllIllclltS Vi IlIe uSI1IJtI dllS
newspapers. We do not think there is
ground for complaint if democratic pa
pers severely criticise the acton of a
high republican official when he has
been charged by another prominent re-
publican Officeholder with charging the
government mileage when he was trav-
cling or private business or that he
rendered an account for board at a GER
tain hotel at four dollars a. day when
he actually paid only two dollars, or
when n of our republican friends
charges another with receiving fees
in direct violation Of the law and has
true bills Of indictments found against
him for such conduct.
These charges may all be false, bit
when they come from persons who
have the best opportunity to know tie
truth and are the political associates
of the mes accused there is much rea-
son for supposing them to be true, and
they are proper subject matter fer Sc
we're criticism. We do not see where
there is any room or occasion for a, gu
ment. Mudslinging there should ls Yer
be in any circumstances or under any
conditions, but our republican friends
should make a distinction between
criticism and mudslinging.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-02
The Messenger.
MIR. TILLMAN's TURN NOW.

Every dog has his day" Senator
getting even with President Roosevelt
for withdrawing the invitation sent
him to a dinner at the White house
several years ago.
No doubt Mr.. Roosevelt will desire
to rave many conferences with him
during the consideration of the railway
rate bill by the senate. His remark
On Saturday shows this to be the case.
During a conversation at the White
house between the president and
several republican senators regarding
the action of the senate committee in
regard to the bill reference was made
to the strained relations between the
president and the senior senator from
South Carolina, the former remarked.
SO says the special correspondent of
The News and Observer: Tell Tillman
to come up. He is a nghter and ION
est and square and l like him." Evil
IDENTIFY Mr.. Roosevelt expects occasion
TO arise during the pending Of the
bill when he would like to confer with
the senator who has it in charge, and
the only way to do this would be
for the senator to call at the White
house. But, according to the same au-
thority, the senator says he has no
reason t. call on the president; that
the rate bill is before the senate and it
is the senate's place to consider it; that
so far as the president is concerned, he
is a secondary matter now; he has had
mis- say and has done his part"
This of course Won't suit Mr.. Roos-
evelt. When the opponents of the Hep
burn bill begin to shoot in their
amendments for the purpose of max
ing the measure ineffective he will
want to have his finger in the pie-to
make suggestions n give advice as
to what should be done. This bill is a
matter Of great interest and concern to
the president. 1t will be hard for him
to remain silent while it is being dis
cussed and amended in the senate. OF
course he can discuss the matter with
other senator's and make his sugges-
tons to Senator Tillman through
them. but that would be quite unusual
and very embarrassing, if not humiliat-
ing, to the president.
Unless Mr.. Tillman recedes from his
present determination not to seek the
president for consultation and confer
nee it is highly probable that before
the contest in the senate is over, those
republicans responsible for the present
condition Of affairs will greatly regret
their course. We cannot believe that
their action in this matter was for the
purpose Of honOring Mr.. Tillman Or of
furthering the cause of the a being
made on the conduct of the railways.
We may be wrong, but we do not think
we are.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-02

Captain Jas. D. Mcneil, president of
the National Firemen's Association.
has just received the gratifying news
that the firemen's relief bill, giving
two per cent. of all premiums collect
Carolina, has been ratified, and that
the bill in Virginia, similar to our
North Carolina law, has been favorably
reported by the insurance committee
Of the legislature now in session. He
is trying to have laws passed in every
state protecting the firemen from per-
sonal loss by sickness, disease and
death, by reason of their service as
fremen. Neither of the above states
has hitherto had any beneficiary law
on its statute books.-Fayetteville OBJ
server.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-02

The Greensboro Telegram quotes an
exchange as saying that it is Mr..
Roosevelt's ambition to be the father
of the Panama canal and follows it I'D
with the comment that unless dirt
finging soon begins he will have to
content himself with being the grand
father. 1t strikes us he will have to
go further back than that to find his
position in the ancestry Of the canal
unless the third term" rule is changed
to about the sixth.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-02

1t will cost Uncle Sam a pretty sum
to anchor the floating dry dock Dewey
in Manila bay. The toll for it and the
accompanying vessels through the
Suez canal will be nearly n hundred
thousand dollars. The payroll of the
men of the escort and on the drydock
for the months necessary ITO make the
passage from Chesapeake bay to the
on the latter, We believe, get pay above
the ordinary wages of men of their
rank.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-02
NEW LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
The State Mutual Life Organized at
Observation-Disclosures Will be Per-
fected This Week

Especial 10 The Messenger.)
Kinston, n. C., February 24.-Tne
State Mutual Life Insurance company
vas organized here today with an au-
thorized capital stock Of 500, 900 and
$4,000 paid in. Every dollar of the
stock is subscribed for and a charter
will be applied for next Monday. The
following are the stockholders: Fl. D.
Harper. Sr., F. C. Dunn, r. G. Strong.
F. Fields & Becton, DR.. James NJ. Par
rott, j. W. Granger, ID. V. Dixon, L.
B. Marston, \. ]. Rouse. L. Harvey
& Son, John e.. Dawson, W. B. Brown,
H E. Moseley, Dr. Henry Tull, Z. F.
Cox, Oettinger Brothers, J.. F. Taylor,
Sumrell & Mccoy, ]. ]. Rogers, j. A.
Mcdaniel, ]. E. Hood, S. l. Slough,
". t. Hines, r. L. Crisp, and DR.. r.
A. Whitaker.
The stockholders will meet for or
ganization and election of officers early
next week and expect to be ready for
business in about sixty days. 1t Is the
purpose Of the company 4 do primarily
amp intermediate business. which is
writing policies from 800 to $1,000.
However a regular ordinary business
will be done. 1t is the purpose OF the
company to open and maintain offices
In every town or city of 5000 inhab-
ltants or more. The stockholders COM
pose the leading business men of Kins-
ton and means success from the starr
kinston and North Carolina are to
be congratulated in having a company
OF this nature and strength.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-02

New York has a sensation in high
life. A fashionable lady, while attend
ing a bridge whist party, loses a
satchel containing fourteen hundred
dollars in money and jewels. 1t was
not lost in the game, but was stolen
from her. Careful search of the
servants showed that none of them
was the thief; so, the crime rests
with the fashionable guests present.
OF course they were too heightened
for any one to think of having them
searched.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-02

1t will be news TO many that the
government does not support the SOL
diers' home in the District Of Colu1n-
bia, but that every soldier Of the Unit
ed States, whether on active duty or
on the retired list, has to pay twelve
and a half cents a month-has it de-
Quoted from his pay-to help to sup
port this charitable CD institution.
This fund has grown SC large that
1t is bearing an immense amount
of interest. Many army officers are
advocating the support Of the home
by the government alone. The
pending army bill contains a clause
which is a compromise. 1t pro-
vides that this deduction shall no:
be made from the pay of men on the
retired list. These men under the
law are not entitled to admission to
the home and they are paying to keep
up a home whose doors are forever
to them under all circumstances
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-02

Mr.. Blackburn objects to having Dis
trict Attorney Holton prosecute him.
It is said Assistant Attorney General
Robb will have charge of the cases.
Hasn't MIR. Blackburn jumped out of
the frying pan into the fire?
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-02

The Industrial News says that 1.-THE
republican party in North Carolina is
not afraid of the greatest publicity"
but can the editor of that paper put
his hand on his heart and deny that
there are a good many republican Of
ficeholders in the state who do not
want the greatest publicity as to their
conduct?
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-02

What a godsend that is to the loaf
ers of London. The lakes in the city
have become so overstocked with fish
that the municipal authorities have de-
cided to allow the unemployed to fish
in them
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-02

That North Carolina republican who
contemplates applying for a federal Of
fee had better make himself familiar
with the public and private record of
his ancestors for several generations
before sending in his papers.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-02

In appointing Mr.. Holton as district
attorney and at the same time stand
ing by Mr.. Blackburn's appointees it
looks like MIR. Roosevelt is trying to
do the circus act of riding two horses
at the same time.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-02

Senator Tillman says he has often
had to eat crow at the dictation of his
party. That is not surprising. Chow
has been a standard article of demo-
cratic diet for nearly 10 years.-Ta-
coma Ledger.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-02

Why doesn't The News and Observer
tell US something about the governors
report on the insane asylums Of he
state and the number of insane confin-
I'd \ ais and county homes?
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-02

William X. Vanderbilt should thank
his guardian angel that he did not
fire that pistol.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-02
LEGER MEYER
The Merchant Tailor,

One Of the greatly appreciated tail.
primo establishments Of Wilmington IN
Mr. Meyer. located 1t lO3 North
front street. He has been PROMINENTLY
identified with the Merchsr- T~.jIor..S
business for q good many y,ars and
his business has grown anu
he caTSes q up line Of the Iateer
nhd most stylish Fabrics I'm
n Domesttc Woolens. Tweeds. Ca
stmeres and Fancy Trou erfne. I'm An
desirable shades and deetxns. AN
garmenfs leaving Mr.. Meyers estab-
are marvels Of taste. elegance
n Perfect Fla. Mr.. Meyer Is an ex.
pert Cutter and Fffter. who ~91aranfee
relfaSle work1nanship md v.rv reos-
enable prfcee.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-10
(continued on Eighth Page.)
BoLD rscAPA lHoM SING s1Ae.
Counterfeiter May Now be at Bottom of
 the Hudson.

Ossinning, N. Y, Dec. 9.-FranlS Schleimann, a federal prisoner, escaped from Sing Sing prison in a bold dash that either landed him at the bottom of the Hudson river or carried him over the thin ice and beyond easy re- capture.
 Schleimann was convicted of counter feiting in New York city and sentenced to three years imprisonment He en- tered Sing Sing January 16. 1905. and had been considered a model prisoner He was employed nights in the engine and boiler room, and began work as usual at 6 o'clock tonight. Some time later he was missed He had sealed the sheds on the river side of the prison and landed on the dock. From this point two courses were opened to him. He could have dropped to the ice which is banked up hard against the bank un- der the influence of the wind and which was strong enough tonight to have borne man on it, if he was care ful. His other course would be to % further out on the dock beyond the ice. and, entering the open water. swim down the river beyond the section which is lined with ice. It is believed he made the trip over the ice. If he did he might have reached the beach just below the southwest corner of the prison and then made his way to the interior to the railroad tracks.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-10
ALARMING RELIGIOUS
 CRISIS FACES FRANCE
POPE'S ELEVENTH HOUR RE- LECTION OF THE GOVERN
 MENT'S FINAL PROFFER

His Action Turns Out to be Only Too
 True and the Deadlock Is Apparently
 COmpIete--According to His Holiness
 Orders Declarations Under the Law
 of 1881 Are Prohibited but Parish
 Priests Must Remain in Their
 Churches Until Driven Out.
 Paris, Dec. 9.-France tonight seems to face an alarming religious crisis. Last nights reports of the pope's eleventh hour rejection of the govern ment's final proffer under which Cath olic worship could be continued under the common law turns out to be only too true, and the deadlock now is ap- parently complete, According to the pope's orders declarations under the law of 1881 are prohibited, but the par ish priests must remain in their churches until driven out by violence.
 The official confirmation of this com munication has created d sensation, both in government and Catholic circles Cardinal Lecot, archbishop of Bordeau, Archbishop Germain, and others who already have advised conn pliance with the law, has hastily in- structed the parish priests of their dio- ceses that their former advice is null and void and to-day in all the church. es of Parish bishops and priests, after mass, read the letter from Cardinal Richard, archbishop of Paris. commu- nicating the decision of the Holy See to continue services in the churches. but abstain from any declaration" and Cardinal Richards own instruc- tions tn view of the order issued by the prefect of the Seine not to permit for the present the employment of cer- eminial draperies at marriages or fun- erals.
 The church wardens, whose legal ex- istence expires next Tuesday were thanked to-day from the pulpits of the various churches.
 The protection of God was also ask ed in prayers.
 The government regards the action
  of the pontiff as little less than a summons of the French Catholics to open rebellion, as rendering the situa- tion exceedingly grave, and possibly entailing the most deplorable conse- quences.
 Premier Clemenceau and M. Briand, minister of public worship, were in conference all day to-day. There is no sign of the government faltering, but it recognizes that it may be forced to resort to extreme measures. N Bri- and said today that the decision of the pope was entirely unexpected.
 The encyclical is very grave" said M. Briand. By condemning the law of 1905 it advised recourse to the com- mon law. Although the refusal to form
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-10
CoNDEMAS GRAPShF VERDICT.
Providence Clergyman Rendy to Stand
 Trial on Same Issue.

Providence, R. l., Dec. g, Rev. Joseph Hutchinson, rector of St. Marks Episcopal church in Warren, in the course of a sermon to-day con- demned the decision of the high eccle- siastical court in the Crapsey case, en- dorsed Dr. Crapsey and his belief and declared his readiness to stand trial on the issue in turn.
 In the case of pr. Crapsey, he said a high ecclesiastical court has just de- cided that the clergy are forever bar red against accepting the conclusions and methods of science or historical criticism in so far as they go against the creeds and liturgy of the third cen tury To-day I solen1nly and publicly protest against this finding. assert that this court has misunderstood and misinterpreted the true function and spirit of the church. I cannot be si- lent and allow that noble minded priest in Rochester to suffer alone. I stand here ready for trial in my turn and until tried and deposed I propose to remain here.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-10
HELD MEMORIAL sERulcf.
Chapel Crowded to the DOOrs-sermon
 by Dr. Brodie.

Ithaca, N. r., Dec. 9.-A memorial service for the four students and three firemen who lost their lives in the fire that destroyed the Chi Psi fraternity lodge was held in Sage chapel, on Cor nell campus, to-day. Dr. James F. Brodie, Congregationalist clergyman of Auburndale, Mass, preached the sermon.
 The chapel was crowded to the doors with students and other members of the university community including President Schurman and members of the faculty.
 What meaning is there to life in a great university except. there be a great world of life beyond to which it's can dates are to go forth to the fulfillment of it's beginnings? What meaning is to be made out of the maze of university curriculum were there no life for the students of it beyond the day of gradu- ation2 Much So it is with the currlc- ulum of this university of our earthly life. It is at best a life of beginnings for fulfillment and completion in the life that is to come And when it is all said, what better than that could be? Sad as it is to witness the cutting short of the brightest earthly promise it also stands as a witness, giving ground for the surest of hope. The cutting short may be but a short cut to the speediest and largest completion Of noble begin nings,"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-10
FATORS 1WELTE MAN
Coach Warner Says Football Would bd
 More Interesting,

Ithaca, N. Y., Dec. 9.--Coach Warmer of the Cornell football eleven said to- day that he was in favor of having more than eleven men comprise the football team. He said he had found it difficult under the new rules this season to formulate plays with eleven men and that he was convinced that better game could be player with twelve men,
 Each time I have a play figured out, said Warner, "it failed to please me, for it seemed that there was al- ways one player missing."
 He illustrated his remark with a, dia- gram showing how on the offense the drawing back of lineman for d plunge revealed the purpose and weak ened the line. On the defense he show ed how easy it was to draw off the meagre secondary defense by a fake p lay. An extra man in the rear, he continued, would balance the defence and make the game more a match on even terms
 q would like to see all restrictions removed from the forward pass" War; ner added; "the rule giving the ball to the other side when it hits the ground has made teams afraid to employ it while the limit of it's use to two times and compelling it to be passed five yards from center have kept the play from being developed to it's fullest ex- tent"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-10
SIX-DAY RAGE BEGINS.
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN PICKED FROM DOME TO PIT.

sixteen Teams Start Terrific Grind
 start Good One and Crowd Cheers
 Approval--Moran Jumps Into Lend
 When Starter Hamilton Fires the
 Standardization Among Spectators
 as Leaders Change Positions.
 New York, Dec 1O--Madison Square Garden was packed from pit to dome when the International six-day bicycle race was started at 12;o7 o'clock this morning. There were no scratches, and when the pistol cracked the sixteen teams of thirty-two riders, representing nearly every country where the wheel IS popular, got away. The start was d good one, and the record d-breaking crowd shouted its approval
 When Starter Hamilton fired the shot that started the race, Moran jumped into the lead for the firat lap. McFar- lana leading the second round Walt hour the third, and Root the fourth. The big crowd stood up and cheered the leaders as they changed positions. Mo- ran was leading at the end of the first mile, time, minutes, 37 seconds.
 The starters were: Belgium Holland team, Arthur VanderHuyft, Belgium; Johannah stol, Holland; Australian team, F. A, Pye Australia; E. J. Clark, Australia; Dixie-Yankee team, Bobby Atlanta; Hugh Mclean, Bes- ton; German Califorian team Walte2 Rutt Germany; Floyd McFarland San Jose, Cal; Irish team Matt Downey, Boston; James Moran, Chelsea; Scotch- Irish team, A, w. Mcdonald, Somerville, Mass; John B. Coffey, Boston; Canaii- team, Louis Netting, Canada; Patrick Logan, Ireland; Long Island
 (Continued on Eighth Page)
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-10
FORMER SENATOR BROWN
 IN CRITICAL CONDITION
WOMANs SHOTS LTKELR TO PROVE FATAL TO UTAH
 MAN

Symptoms of Peritonitis DeveIop-NTr.
 Anna Brown, of Salt Lake City. vba
 Did the Shooting HystericaI All Day Yesterday--FrequentIy Makes In.
 quiries for Her Victim-On Verge os
 COIlapse--OfRers of Prominent Men N
 Money for Her Defense.
 Washington, Dec. 9-Former. United States Senator Arthur Brown of Utah. who was shot by Mrs. Anna M Brad : ley of Salt Lake City, in his apart ments at the Hotel Raleigh yesterday afternoon, tonight lies in a very crit ical condition at the Emergency hos pital. The doctors announced to- night that he has a chance of recovery but his friends admit that there has been change for the worse during the day and that his recovery is ex- tremely doubtful. There are svrnp- toms of peritonitis, which the physi- clans fear may lead to blood poison- ing.
 Mf Brown has not given out any statement since he went on the oper- ating table at the hospital yesterday and the doctors will not permit any one to see him. M, s. Gum of Hele- na, Mont, who came to Washington with MT. Brown, to appear with him before the supreme court. called at the hospital several times to-day but was denied to MT. Browns room An elder- ly woman, who refused to give her name to the hospital attendants. ask- ed to see Senator Brown. The woman said that she is an aunt of the wound- ca man and that she resides in Wash lngton. MT. Browns daughter Alice. of Columbus, O., who is a reporter on morning newspaper there, and his con, Arthur Brown, jr., a. student in the University of Chicago, arrived to- night and say their father for a min- ute.
 Mrs. Bradley was taken from inc First precinct police station to the house of detention to-day. She was hysterical all day. She made frequent inquiries as to the condition of her victim. Her attorneys say she is on the verge of collapJe. She was in con- ference with her lawyers for more than two hours to-day and they di- rected that she see no one except Sen- ator Sutherland and her physician.
 According to the police number of prominent western politicians have no- tified her they are willing to furnish money for her defense Several local restaurants to-day telephoned the matron at the house of detention that they would gladly serve Mrs. Bradley's meals fee of charge.
 Mrs. Bradley is held without bail on the charge of assault with intent to kill. She will be given a preliminary hearing until the extent of Mrs Browns injuries are known.