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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-05
MONSTER FROG PLAYS GHOSI
Monster Croaker Drives Tenants Out
of House With Unearthly Noises.

A squad Of police solved the mys-
terry of a haunted house on Royal anu
Touro streets this morning, when they
found under the building a bullfrog
which weighed II pounds.
For several months the house has
been without tenants, the lessees nav
ing fed because of unearthly noises
which disturbed them in the dead OF
night.
The sepulchral sounds increased IN
frequency and volume after the de-
parture of the tenants, and the neigh
borhood was aroused. The o has
been Stunned.
Last night, as a result Of complaints,
policemen were placed on watch ana
discovered the frog.-New Orleans DIS
patch.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-05
As Guilty "a the Man They Murdered

The affair at Wadesboro Sunday
night was most outrageous end those
who were engaged in it are a. guilty
as the man they murdered. and nave
done their county and state vastly
more harm than the accused, even II
his guilt had been proven.-High Poin.
Enterprise.-If such words were re-
echoed from every newspaper in North
Carolina, mob law would soon become
a thing Of the past.-Industrial Ne"c.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-05
New Officers of the Atlanta and Birm.
ingham are Here.

Birmingham, Ala, May 2S.-Alfred
Walter, president of the Seaboard Air
Line was elected president Of the At
lantic and Birmingham Air Line at a
meeting of the directors held here
today. Other officers were reelected
as follows:
n. s. Meldrum, vice president and
treasurer.
D. c. Corteeous, secretary.
B.. L. Mutt, assistant secretary and
assistant
h directors authorized the n
struction of a spur line into Calhoun
| county, Alabama.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-05
Some Democrats Not Pleased.

Some of the democrats in his town.
ship. as elsewhere in this county, are
very much displeased with the high
handed way things were carried on
at the county convention last Monday.
Instead Of giving the candidates voted
for their pro rata in the county con-
vention, a resolution was offered and
adopted to vote as a unit for Armfield
for congress, and ignoring the small
vote given Hackett.-MOOresville Spe-
cial to Charlotte Observer.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-05
heath From Appendicitis.

decrease in the same ratio that the use
of DIR. Kings New Life Pills increase.
They save you from danger n bring
quick and painless release from consul
nation and the ills growing out Oh L.
Strength and vigor always follow tnsir
use. Guaranteed by R. r. Bethany
druggist. Csc. Try them.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-05
athes Placed on McKinIey's Grave.

Wreathes Placed on MckInley's Crave.
Canton, O., May 30.-Among the
floral offerings placed at the Mckinley
tomb today by Mrs. Mckinley was a
large wreath from President Roosevelt.
It was made of white carnations and
hydrangeas. By order of Vice Presi-
dent Fairbanks. William L. Day, son
of Justice Day. took to the Mckinley
tomb this afternoon a handsome floral
tribute. Another floral piece in the
| form of a star came from Lieutenant
Stoner. of Waco, Texas.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-03-03
WHERE LAWYER CANE IN.
Worked Up a Shock for the Pas
scnger and Got Damagee
for It.


Uncle Billy Smith had got back
home after a trip to see his sister, and
sitting ON the post office steps, re-
hates the Baltimore American, he
said to the men who were asking ques-
tions.
''Well, in the car with me was a
lawyer. I'd been talkin' with him
and feelin' sorry that he hadn't taken
TO some honest profession, when the
cars run off the track Nobody was
hurt, but our trunks in the baggage
car was all smashed up. Purity soon
q man comes around, and ask us to
make out the damages. / wrote down
that | had lost two shirts, three pairs
of socks, an old suit of clothes and
a pair Of shoes, and that my dam
ages was ten dollars. The lawyer
looks at the paper and said.
"'But you haint added anything
for the shock
what shoel
"aThe shock 10 sour feeIin's. Put
down $500 for iher
"'But have ny feelins been
shocled?'
"'of course taey have. and YOU
must get pay for IT,
Il put her down as he said, and
two days later l got my damages III
hard cash I've all along thought .
lawyer was next door to pirate.
and that he'd do most any mean thing.
but I've had TO change my mind.
That Teller jest worked up shock
for me and got me $500 extra, and IL
my son sam wants to 80 into the law
business shan't do any great OBJ
ject1n'"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-03-03

It has served as the recipient Of Gus.
toms for three nations.
The customs house was built soon
after the foundation Of the pueblo II
1872. A galleon came once year from
Spain with supplies for the colenists
who, it seems, could not gain support
in this fertile land OF varied resources
The galleons from the Philippines
laden with gold plundered from the
natives. touched at Monterey, and pi-
rates laid off the California coast
waiting for the treasure ships.
In 1918, the bold Bouchard landed al
Monterey, pIundered the mission,
burned the town, took all the treasure
in the customs house and sailed away.
The old customs house was the only
building left standing except the mis-
sion. When Mexico gained it's inde-
pendence in 1921, the broad banner OF
Spain was lowered, and that Of Mexico
was hoisted, to be in turn displaced by
the "star-spangled banner" in 1916.
The Natalie. which was the brig In
which Napoleon escaped from Elba.
was wrecked off Monterey. Some OF
the umbers are still to be seen on the
beach. At the customs house was also
landed the printing press upon which
was printed the first newspaper in Cal.
lfornia.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-03-03
T.nnd o orIelnai plaeEmall.

England according TO Justice Philli-
more, enjoys In some foreign countries
the reputation of being the home OF
the blackmailer Certainly Great Brit
ain was at least the land Of the orig
final "blaekmaiI,p the mail" rent or
tribute paid on the Anglo Scottish and
Highland borders by farmers to free
hooters in return for immunity from
their visitatious ln Ireland a similar
institution was known as black rent. "
The old word mail" meaning rent,
and coming either from the Anglo
Saxon "mael,' portion, or the old
French "maille, a halJpenny, Is quite
different word from The postal
mail" which Is simply male" a bag.
To Coke and Blackstone "blackmail4
had an innocen significance. meaning
rent paid in labor or produce. as or
posed to white rent" paid in white
money" silyer-N. Y. Globe
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-03-03

Growing in the spray of the grea,
Victoria falls in South Africa, new
gladiolus has been discovered, ana
named the Maid Of the Mist" -Four
''ulbs of this plant, sent to England.
nave been induced to sprout and bloom
by virtue Of Constant spraying in a
dollhouse. There the interesting dis
covery was made that the petals of
the flower are so arranged as to form
penthouse 10 protect the stamens and
pistils from the uneeasing downpour
70 which they would otherwise be sub.
jected in the native haunts of the
plant.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-03-03

cnanged from what 1t was a century
and half ago.
He was descended in long Inc
from those who had been preachers in
the British Isles.
His father, Gilbert Stuart, sr., was
educated for the Kirk of Scotland"
but differing from his elders in politi-
cal views he came TO America and To-
Gated IN Rhode island. Having settled
in Narragansett he built, at the sugges-
ton OF Or. Thomas Moffat, mill for
the manufacture of snuff, luxury for
which there was great demand. At
that time snuff was largely imported
from Glasgow. The little snuff mill
adjoined Sir. Stuart's house. DR.. Mof.
fat looked after the raising of the to-
baceo and made fortune out of the
business, while Gilbert Stuart, the
snuff grinder, had no ability to keep
the money which his Ingenuity enabled
him 10 earn
Young Stuart showed at an early age
marked ability for art and music. He
stood well in his classes and was not
only an accomplished player but a
composer of music as we'll He went
abroad and studied for two years at
the University of Glasgow, where he
perfected himself in classic literature.
In London he studied under BENJAMIN
West; took lessons in anatomy with
DR.. Cruikshank and attended the lee
lures on Sir Joshua Reynolds. He re-
turned 70 America in 1893 for the ex-
pressed purpose of painting the por-
trait of George Washington, whose
character he greatly admired.
There has been erected a tablet,
which is the first permanent memorial
to him, in st. Pauls church in Wick
ford
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-03-03

lature OF That stated
joint session to tender him recep-
ton. Gov. Cummins added his pres
ence to the gathering, and Frank D.
Jackson, an ex-governor Of the state,
also attended to do honor to the vet
eran executive. Leslie NJ Shaw and
Horace Boies, both former governors,
sent kilograms of regret
William Larrabee has been distin-
guished in Iowa politics since 1868. In
that year he entered the state senate,
and for 16 years was chairman Of the
committee on ways and means. In
1886 he was elected to the governor
ship, and retired upon the close of his
term. He has been prominent as a
farmer and banker, and was state COM
missioner to the Louisiana Purchase
exposition. Mr.. Larrabee was born in
Ledyard, Conn, January 20, 1882. He
received a common school education,
and moved to Iowa in 1853. In 1898
he published a book on "The Railroad
Question"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-03-03
BIRTHPLACE or STUART.
Little Change in House Where Fa-
nous Painter First Saw
light Of Day.

Bog6on. Stuart, who holds
the first rank among. American portrait
painters was born in Narragansett.
low North King son, r: l.. December
3, 1855, in house still standing about
two miles from the village OF Wick
ford.
He was born in the northeast room
Of this little house, which is not much
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-03-03
HoNoRs FORMER GOVERNOR
Iowa Legislature Put Business Aside
and Tenders Reception to Will
liam Lara bee.

Des Moines.--Iowa the other day
paid to former Gov William Larrabee
the greatest honor within the gift Of
the state 1t was Mr.. Larrabee's seven
ty-fourth birthday, and to do him
honor the two branches of the legisla-
ture put aside business and met In
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-03-03
OLD CUSTOMS HOUSE.
Tablet Now Marks Ancient Building
at Monterey, Cal, That Has
Served Three Nations.

Monterey, GAIA tablet has been
placed on the old Mexican
customs house, at Monterey, by the
Landmarks club. This is the oldest
building in California, except the mis-
sions. 1t is very interesting relic, az
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-03-03
Eynlainad

"Why isn't that astronomer as famous
as he deserves to be-" asked one scien-
fist.
Because" answered the other, "he
insists on using his telescope instead of
HIS imagination. "-W Washington Star.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-03-03

The Young Personal---very. Uncle
Bentley having an attack of measles!
The Cynie-Yes, we are none Of us
too old To learn.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-03-03
That Way Anvhow.

Clarice-O, yes. he's Just crazy about
me.
Gwendolyn-I didn't know you were
responsible for it, my dear.-Indianap
oils Star.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-03-03

cremnitz White-I'd do anything in
the world for art.
]. Caustic-Well, why don't you quit
paintiug?-Judge.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-05-07
POLICEMAN CUT
A MANS THROAT
TO KEEP THE MAN FROM BEING
BURNED TO DEATH a POLICE
MAN CUTS HIS THROAT.

The following letter was received by
r. w. Warham from his brother r.. +.
Warham who is the proprietor of the
Red Wood retreat a summer resort near
Gilroy California:
Gilroy, Cal April 20, 1906
Dear Brother: I suppose that by this
time you have heard of the misfortune
which has come to California. I have
been saving papers to send you but as
the mails are i'm such a muddled con-
dtion, I am sending only one and will
save the rest for next steamer. You
may not get this letter for couple of
months We are anxious to learn how
you Jared i'm Honolulu, but so far we
cannot find out. You can't get into
San Francisco without a pass A man
who owns ranch near here told yes
terday that he had lost all his prop
erty in the city and the government
took his horses, leaving him to get here
as best he could His daughter had
diptheria and was shot. He said that
he saw one man under a pile of bricks
and it being impossible to rescue him
| before the fire reached him. a police
man attempted to shoot him but the
cartridge failed so he cut the mans
throat. 1t is said that thirty babies
were born in the streets on the night
of the disaster Loss of life will never
be known.
We were exceedingly fortunate here
and although our house received a
severe shaking, and houses on each side
sustained considerable damage, we es
capped with a few plaster cracks and $
or S. Damaged glassware. The jol
came at SIS a. m. and was preceded
by a light shaking. / thought at frs
that someone was walking through tn
house and was sitting up to listen whel
the house began to rattle and sway w
thought our time had come. We ha
large night lamp near the bed an
this was pitched onto my pillow. l ha
turned it low half an hour before an
it went out in the shock.
Went to san Jose yesterday III
; town is under martial law and some G
the business blocks are strewn wit
wreckage. Gilroy's damage will nc
exceed $4,000 Hoping that you ar
= safe, I will close.
BOB,
Earthquakes have occurred here dali
since 18th Just felt another one. IL
were killed at Agnews
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-05-07
DELIVERED
NO POSTAGE PAID
ABOUT 200 LETTERS WE'RE RE
CEIVED HERE WITHOUT STAMPS
FROM SAN FRANCISCO.

Between one and two hundred letters
were received on the Alameda from
san Francisco without postage stamps.
They were delivered instead of being
held for the regular double postage
which is generally required.
The letters were received in all
shapes and conditions, Some were
wrapped i'm Manila paper and some
were without envelopes held in place
with pins. The San Francisco post
mark passed for a stamp in this case.
1t is customary for double postage to
be collected when a letter is mailed
without being stamped and forwarded.
On account OF the disaster at San
Francisco and the inability to obtain
stamps there the authorities decided to
let the letters go through without
stamps.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-05-07
WOOD THINKS little
HARM DONE HAWAII
HYSTERICAL REPORTS OF Sells
MIC AND TIDAL WAVE DISAS-
TER HERE WILL NEUTRALIZE
THEMSELVES PRACTICALLY.

Secretary Wood of the Promotion
Committee has started to work against
whatever effects that the reports about
an earthquake here may have had on
the mainland.
In each letter and circular that is be-
ing sent out MT. Wood is inserting a
sentence to the effect that there has
never been so much as a single brick
displaced in Hawaii by earthquake.
This, it is thought, will contradict
whatever impression people may have
gained there Hawaii is not safe.
Secretary Wood Is of the opinion
that very little harm will revert to Ha-
wall on account of the report which
was circulated on the coast saying that
Hawaii is sinking. Such report will
of a necessity be contradicted soon and
with the circulars speaking of it in
such a manner the report will not do
much harm.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-05-07
HiIO Jury
Wants
The Facts
VICTIM OF ACCIDENT IN THE EN-
TERPRISE THOUGHT TO HAVE
DIED HERE

High Sheriff Henry is making an in
vestigation of the case of death on
the steamer Enterprise, at the request
of the Hnv coroner's jury. a native
was found dead in the hold of the vessel
when she arrived at Hilo the last time
and it is thought by some that the
death occurred while the vessel was
here. The deceased's neck was broken.
The jury asked the high sheriff to Sc
cure evidence regarding the loading of
sugar here, one theory being that the
man was killed by falling bags of SUI
gar.
1T is possible that he went to sleep
in the hold and was locked in and then
fell and broke his neck while trying to
climb up in the darkness" said High
Sheriff Henry. He may have been
drunk and so failed to leave the hold
with the other men. Then after the
matches were all closed and the vessel
had gone to sea he might have awaken
ed and tried to climb to the hatch in
the darkness. The Hawaii Herald ub-
fishes the following details of what was
discovered in Hilo:
When the after hatch of the S. S.
Enterprise was opened shortly before
II o'clock on Monday morning the first
object that was noted i'm the hold was
the form of a man. Immediate inves-
tigation showed that the man was dead
and that he had been so for some hours
The body was that of an Hawaiian of
some % years of age and was clothed
only i'm a pair of drawers.
Nobody on the ship recognized the
deceased but it was surmsed that he
had been one of the men employed in
loading sugar at Honolulu. Later a
bundle of clothing was found on the
tween deck and in this were found two
letters one addressed to "Poanui Pal
and the other to Dan Pal"
The authorities We're notified and
Captain Fetter ordered an inquest at
Waiakea. The jury empanelled con-
sisted of j. j. Mcclure, II. NJ. Leonard,
Charles Wichart, r. n. Guard, J. Bob
nenberg and w. Tirrel.
Second officer Russell and First officer
Thompson testified to the loading of
the ship when twenty-eight men were
employed. They thought the deceas-
ed was one of these but could not posi-
lively identify him. The Second officer
saw to the closing Of the hatch before
leaving Honolulu He had enquired and
been told that all the men were out He
mad shouted down the hatch and got no
answer
Or. c. L. STOW gave testimony to the
effect that the death was caused by a
fall which broke the mans neck, There
was on other reason apparent,
The jury wished more information as
to the employment of men loading ships
and the inquest was adjourned until
this colhd be obtained.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-05-07
AS A BOY SAW
THElDISASTER
LITTLE RAFAEL LAKE SENDS AN
ACCOUNT OF THE EARTHQUAKE
AND FIRE IN SAN FRANCISCO.

Rafael Lake, the little son of Mr.. and
Mrs. II. w. Lake, sends the following
interesting account of the San Fran
cisco disaster:
At 5:13 on the morn of Wednesday
there came the most awful rumbling
then came an earthquake that the peo-
pie of San Francisco will never forget
Twelve story buildings fell fiat to the
ground.
The Cecilia apartments on Bush and
Jones the front fell into the street and
the back crushed the houses in the
back of it,
To add to the horror fires sprung up
in different places. The firemen tried
their best to put the fires out but when
they went to turn on the water the
pipes had broken and no water was to
be had.
The fire became so raging hot that
they had to dynamite building after
building.
Everybody ran for the different parks
At first they thought of a famine, but
they did not think that long, for sup
plies came in from every side
The rich and poor were i'm the same
hole and could not get out.
1t was awful to see insane people at
Agnews lying dead by the hundreds
with just u blanket over them and the
rest was at the four winds of the world.
l tell you words cannot explain to
see the once most beautiful city in the
United States crushed, smouldering,
ruined and forsaken Words cannot
explain it, The beautiful Cafe Fiesta
is now like an oven just cooling off.
One street instead of stepping down
off the sidewalk eleven inches you have
to jump down five or six feet.
The thieves started their work right
away but was soon checked by the
soldiers.
They would cut off ladies' fingers for
their diamond rings. They would steal
even from the dead! l tell you it's aw-
full.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-05-07
HIGHLY IMPORTANT GEOLOGICAL.
DISCOVERY ON THE PENINSULA.


by railroad builder who just came
from there"
SWEET wrote that there had been lit
tie damage from the earthquake at
Martinez.
San Mateo is twenty-five miles south
Of the City Hail i'm San Francisco and
is about twenty miles across to Half
Moon Bay. The information conveyed
by SWEET would indicate that the upper
part of the peninsula where San Fran
cisco rests, had shown indications of
dropping down. SWEET is wine
grower of Martinez, California, and is
a son of John SWEET. the famous school
man Of California. The younger SWEET
is a student of geology and chemistry
and attended lectures while at the Uni
versity of California, given by the late
Professor Joseph La Conte, the famous
geologist Judge Weaver attended the
same lectures with SWEET and regards
him as a man qualified to express a
scientific opinion regarding the prob
able cause of the earthquake disturb
ances i'm California.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-05-07
EVERY BODY
WAS DEPRESSED
NEWS OF SAN FRANCISCO DIS
ASTER CAUSE PEOPLE TO FORE
GO USUAL ADJUSTMENTS.

With the largest crowd of homeward
through passengers, probably in her
history and every one of them eager
for details of the San Francisco dis
aster, the $. S. Manchuria came into
the harbor this morning from the Orient
en- route to San Francisco. The YES
sci left Yokohama April rs, and ar
rived off port about o'clock this
morning.
Although she left Yokohama ten days
after the disaster comparatively lit
tie information had been received of
the San Francisco disaster. The most
alarming rumors had been related. one
report was to the effect that $1,000 peo-
pie had been killed.
Inasmuch as there were many San
Francisco passengers aboard the YES
sci, the greatest apprehension was felt
The present trip in point of amuse-
ment, was the dullest i'm the history Of
the vessel Nobody cared for amuse-
ments and there were no dances or
games gotten up.
The trip to this port so far as wea-
ther was concerned, was uneventful and
pleasant. The vessel brought 200
tons of freight for Honolulu and four
cabin passengers, For san Francisco
she has 1900 tons of freight 2O3 cabin
26 steerage and 1914 Asiatic passengers.
The vessel has a very valuable ship
ment of opium aboard, 1t consists of
619 cases valued at $500 case, indepen-
dent of the duty The entire shipment
is worth S2i77 500
Among the Honolulu passengers were
r. S. Apcar of the Apcar 5. $. Co.
of Calcuttaa on a tour of the world and
p. NJ Stewart and wife also on tour
Of the world.
Among the passengers for San Fran
cisco were:
George T. Bidwell, Superintendent Of
the c. n. w. r. r. Co. accompanied by
his Wife returning home after a trip
to Japan.
w. r. Bishop a prominent manu-
facturer Of Los Angeles, is returning
home after touring the Orient, accom-
panied by his wife
f. $. Cairns and family, Mr.. Cairns
is the surveyor Of customs at Manila
and Is returning to his home in Maine
for a vacation
A. Van Doren Honeyman is news
paperman from Plainheld, N. j.
A. MacKillop the "HoOt Mon" of the
Crown Distilleries of San Francisco re-
turning home after a business trip
through the Orient.
Frank PiXley, the playwright of New
York is returning home accompanied by
Mrs PiXley
Arthur Won Rosthorn is connected
with the Austria Hungarian Diplomatic
Service and is on his way to Vienna ac-
companied by his wife.
Col Jose Sanchez is the military at
tachee to the Spanish embassy at To-
kio, now on a trip to Madrid accom-
panied by his wife.
Emil Wismer of the North German
Lloyd S. S. Co, is returning to Bre-
men.
There are the regular quota Of mis-