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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-13
PRESS COMMENTS ON THE WEIR
DICT.

So far we nave seen no adverse crit
icism in the state press of the verdict
of the jury in the Matthews case.
Such comments as we have SO far
seen commend the action of the jury.
The Charlotte Chronicle says that il
had fear that he would be sem to n
Of the state hospitals for the insane.
Twenty years residence in a state in
stitution Of another character viii, no
doubt, cure him of the dope habit"
The Charlotte Observer says the YER
dict was probably the outcome of a
compromise, because it would seem
that Matthews was guilty Of murder
in the first degree or nothing. The
editor of The Observer evidently did
not read closely that part of the judges
charge Il the jury in which he drew
distinction between three grades of
homicide as applicable to such state
Of facts as the jury should find to exist
in this case.
The Charlotte News says that the
prisoner could scarcely expect to get a
lighter sentence. Continuing it says.
The old plea of insanity was brought
into the court and was worked for all
that was in il. But the twelve men
who held The fate of the prisoner in
their grasp decided that there was
motive in his action by introducing
testimony to the effect that he had be-
fO-- I-notnna6 70 foDn the 1ifo NJ
his wife.
1t has appeared strange to us all
along that if the man was insane. as
all of his friends seemed to think, why
it was that he was allowed to continue
to practice medicine unmolested
There was a dark suspicion all along,
and therefore we believe that the de-
cision of the jury was all that could be
asked.
And SO justice has triumphed in
North Carolina as well as in her sister
state. South Carolina, and the two
cases tried and decided this week
demonstrate to the public that justice
is still supreme and that men cannon
murder their fellowmen in either of
the two states n go unpublished.
There is no telling what h supreme
court will decide in the two cases, but
the lower courts have done their duty.
There is a terrible lesson to be
learned from both cases. The fearful
lesson of the folly of unbridled passion
is brought out most forcibly in the
Hasty trial. While the extreme depths
to which a man may be carried by the
use of opiates is learned in the Matth-
eWS case.
We must confess that we expected
the jury to acquit the defendant OF the
ground of insanity until we read the
judges charge; then we expected no.
thing less than a verdict of murder in
the second degree.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-13
KEPT FROM CHURCH BY LAW


A~dispatch from Parkersburg. W.
Va. say: Judge Goss today issued an
injunction prohibiting II. Wilson and
Mary Wilson, his wife. from going to
church. They are charged with dis
turbing religious services at the
Pleasant Home Baptist church. and
the injunction prohibit them from
going to the church property.
The grounds upon which Judge
Goss enjoined the Wilson's from going
to church was that they not only
failed to show the proper respect for
the nous of God, but went SO far as
to assert that it was not Gods house.
but their own. claiming that the
Pleasant Home church was built on
their property. They threatened to
destroy the edifice. and it is charged
interrupted public worship on several
occasions with their threats. They
then fenced the lot in to prevent the
further use Of the church., and the
church trustees applied to the courts.
Exchange.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-13
Armed Guards Watch Over Construc-
ton Force-Sensational Story of an
Alleged Fugitive.

Boston. Mass, March "a fugitive
from what he calls white slavery, to
which, he says, men have been drawn
under false pretenses, John B. Harles,
of Philadelphia. landed here today on
the schooner Theoline. from Jackson
vile. Fla, with a tale Of 1000 men
subjected to hardship and indignities.
Harles says he went to work last year
on a railroad which is being construct
ed in Florida, but received only $3.50
a week instead of 81 a day which he
was promised. He charges that 1000
men are kept at work against their
will on the railroad by the presence Of
armed guards. He alleges that the
men are underfed and otherwise i'll
treated. Harles says he had much
difficulty in escaping, and charges GER
tain Florida officials with aiding the
railroad contractors to keep the work
men in that state.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-13
HAD A REMARKABLE RECORD
History of the Man Who Represented
Three States in the senate.

A group Of congressman. in one OF
the house cloak rooms the other day,
says a Washington correspondent; OF
the Brooklyn Eagle. vas discussing The
coming retirement OF Representative
Sibley, Of Pennsylvania, when some
one commented on the fact that Sib!ey
had represented three different parties
in the house. The Pennsylvania was
first elected as q popuiist with the aid
of democratic votes. Then he became
a full-fiedged democrat, and after
one term in congress Is a member of
that party he became converted 10 the
republican faith, and for three con-
crosses has sat in the house as a re-
publican.
u know a mar who beat Sibley's
record" spoke up Champ Clark. Of
Missouri. General James Shields had
the unique distinction of representing
at various times in his career, three
different states in the United States
senate. Shields was born in Ireland,
and served through the Mexican war
and earned the brevet OF brigade:
general. He got in politics in Illinois
and was elected ( the United States
senate from that state. He served six
years and then removed to Minnesota.
from which state he was e n 10 the
senate 10 fill an unexpired term of two
years. Shields then took up his resi-
dence in Missouri, and for the third
time was SEM to the senate serving
81 days as a senator from that state.
His statue is now in the capital as
one of Missouri's illustrIous sons"
My maternal grandfather had a
record equal to that of Shields, al
though the scene of his activity was
in the house of representatives. His
name was Matthew Lyon. and he was
also born in Ireland. He was elected
to the house from Vermont, where he
served two terms. He then removed TO
Kentucky and was elected to tn house
from that state. He next removed TO
Missouri. which was then a territory
Lyon was a candidate on the demo-
cratic ticket for delegates to congress,
but was defeated. He then tool up
his residence in Wisconsin and again
became a candidate for delegate. He
was elected this time, but died befor
he took his seat in the house"
1t was recalled that Charles A.
Towne, the Tammany congressman.
has also boxed the political compass
pretty thoroughly. Towne was former
ly a republican member of congress
from Duluth, Mimi, district. He be-
came a free silver republican, and was
defeated for the house, although en-
dOrsed by the democrats. Towne vas
then nominated for vice president on
the populist presidential ticket, but
withdrew. Governor Lind, of Minneso-
ia, sent Towne to the United States
senate to fill out the unexpired term
Of Senator Cushman K. Davis, about
so days in all. Towne next turned
up in New York city, and vas sent to
congress by Tammany Hall.
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We give II credence to that story
about four thousand men being held
in bondage and by force of arms being
made to work on a railroad in Florida,
as told by the so-called fugitive from
white slavery" 1t would be impossi-
BILE for such conditions to exist. Were
it possible, the four thousand men
who submit to it deserve to be kept in
slavery if they have no more courage
and manhood than to let themselves
be so treated. We believe the man
Harles' statement TO be a lie out of
the whole cloth. He is trying to do
those Boston people by playing the
martyr to southern outrages.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-13
CONVICT RUNS RACE
But He Forgets to Come Back ani
Now They are Seeking Him.

The next time the county superin-
tendent Of %convicts at the camp east
of town lets any of his "trustYs'' run
a foot race he will run along with them
to see that they do not forget to come
back when the race is over. Some
time ago Bowel Yancey, colored, was
sent up for retailing. Bowel used
to drive a wagon for Dicks laundry,
but the police said he was selling IL
quor on the side and after a while
they arrested him n at the final
hearing in court he was convicted.
He made a capital hand and only
yesterday he was made a trusty, for
he had only thirty days more to serve,
Bowel is a lively, good natured dar-
key and when late in the afternoon
two other. trustys bantered him for a
race. he consented and off they went,
Boz. in the lead. He kept in the lead;
in fact he was so far ahead that he
forgot when the race was over, for he
never came back. For all that is
known he may still be running
Greensboro Record.
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"Clenoe Farms"
VERONA, y G.

We desire to announce to the public
that We have purchased the entire
Biltmore Strains Of s.. c. and r. c.
White Leghorns and s. G. Brown Leg
horns acquiring all their prize winners.
with interest n good will for aid
preeds in addition to the fine strains
that we have been carrying. Barred
Plymouth Rocks. White wyandottes,
Light Brahmas. White and Partridge
Cochins, White Crested Black Spanish,
Bronze Turkeys and Muscovfe Ducks
and Mammoth Rouen Ducks.
We will be glad to quote you prices
on stock IN eggs.
F. NJ. PRIDGEN,
Superintendent.
N. NJ. GRANDIN.
Manager Poultry Department.
inch S I'm sem week
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-13

Mr.. Grosvenor, who was defeated
for denomination to congress the other
day, lives in and represents the
eleventh Ohio district. Since his de-
feat his friends have been urging him
to become a candidate for nomination
in some other district, but he declines
to do so. The law does not require a
nan to be a resident of the district he
represents. Any district in Ohio could
elect Mr.. Grosyenor and he would have
the right to represent it. We would
imagine, though, that it would be pref
ty hard for a man to secure such a
nomination after he had been defeated
in his own district convention with his
own county, even, going against him.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-13
TUESDAY, MARCH 18th, 1896.
MIR. ROOSEVELT AND HIS PARTY

The president seems likely to be de-
feated in all four matters before the
senate in which he took greater inter-
est than in any other legislation. These
are the Philippine tariff bill, the state
hood bill, the San Domingo treaty and
the railway rate bill. He lost the
Philippine bill. That measure stood for
a ghost of a chance. The statehood
bill, as amended before passage, was
a defeat for him. He has been whip
ped out on the San Domingo treaty
and now the senate is preparing TO so
amend the railway rate bill that he
will not know it when it comes to
him for his signature, if it eve reaches
that stage in the proceedings; and all
this is done with nearly a two thirds
republican majority in the senate.
Without the aid of the democrats
he cannot expect to get any kind OF a
rate bill through the senate.
The small democratic minority was
able to prevent the passage, of the bill
forming one state out of the terrific
ries of Arizona and New Mexico.
The conditions in the senate are
when he heard that the Hepburn bill
had been put in control Of Senator
Tillman-the nan who denounces him
on the floor of the senate whenever oc-
.casion offers-because he thought that
would solidify the democratic vote IN
favor of his pet measure.
Such are the conditions which exist
in the senate today. There are rot
more than twenty of what are called
administration senators among the re-
publicans. At the same time the pres
q very large majority of the people
of his party and also the hearty ap-
prevail in many of his acts of a great
many democrats. In this latter respect
his position differs from that of MI.
Cleveland when during his second
term he had to call the aid of repub-
leans in congress to secure the re-
peal of a republican law for the pur-
chase Of silver, known as the Sherman
act. None of Mr.. ROOsevelt's acts
have made him unpopular with the
people. While he cannot be said to
have a party in either house of con-
gress, especially the senate, we do
moi believe his opponents in the SEN
ate or in the house can work up op-
position to him in the rank and file
of his party such as was done in the
democratic party by those leaders who
were the political enemies Of Mr..
Cleveland and preferred to wreck the
party rather than have his following
control it.
There is no telling, though, what
changes may occur before the adjourn
ment Of this session of congress. The
democrats are expecting something to
turn up which will enable them to elect
4 majority of the members of the
house next fall. They will make a
desperate effort to do so and some see
signs of success in the breach in the
republican ranks.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-13

ences were considered too severe for
the eight men of Springfield, Ohio, who
were convicted of participating in the
recent riots in that city in which effort
was made to kill all the resident me-
groes and burn their dwellings. The
surprise is that the rioters were mo-
Tested at all by the authorities.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-13
NEGRO CONVICTS ESCAPE
Rewards of $25 OF Offered for Their
Capture-Raleigh Aldermen Discuss
Municipal Ownership.
Especial to The Messeneer.)

tSDecldl 10 Inc
Raleigh, n. c., March 9.-Charlie
and Mack Covington, negroes, from
Craven county, serving seven and three
years in the state penitentiary. escaped
from the camp at Wendell on the Ra-
leigh n Pamlico Sound railroad.
Rewards of twenty five dollars each
are offered for their apprehension.
The Raleigh Woman's Club voted
for alliance with the federation of
Clubs. There was one dissenting vote.
The Raleigh BOARD of aldermen at a
special meeting. voted $4,000 to in
spect the plant of the Wake Voter
Company with a view to municipal
ownership. Experts will be employed.
The matter of city lighting was also
discussed.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-13
The FARMERS PAPER

The Suns market reports and COM
mercial columns are complete and re-
chant n the broker IL touch with the
markets of Baltimore. Norfolk. Char
lesion. New York. Chicago. Philadei-
phia n all other important points in
h United States and other countries.
All Of which the reader gets for one
rant
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THE sun AT One CENT
Is The Cheapest High-Clas Paper in
The United States.

The Suns special correspondents
throughout the United States. as well
as in Europe. China. South Africa. me
Philippines. Porto Rico. Cuba and in
every other part Of the world. make II
the greatest newspaper that cal, be
printed.
Its Washington and New York bu-
reaus are among the best in the United
States. n give The Suns readers the
earliest information upon all important
events in the legislative and financial
centers of the INT
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-13
Good Cotton Yield.

T. r. Pace last year raised 40
pounds of Flora Dora cotton on one
acre. which he sold TO A. j. McKinnon
for Is cents per pound. He also saved
40 bushels of seed for which >he has
been offered so cents. making over
$3.50 from cotton and reed from one
acre.-Scottish Chief.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-13

A Lexington dispatch to the Raleigh
Times says that little Miss Helen Me-
Crary, Of that city, has received a
check for twenty dollars from the
Woodward & Herman Printing Com
pany of St. Louis, for the privilege of
using her picture on their calendar.
We congratulate the little lady on the
receipt Of the money as we'll as for the
compliment paid her.
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Notice tn Mariners

Notice is hereby given by w. s. Ben
son, inspector 9th l.. H. district, that
Reeves Point. shial channel buoy, No.
10, Cape Fear river, a second-class nun,
at the upper end Of Reeves Point chan
Ell, reported dragged out of position
by a passing vessel March 6, will BIZ
replaced as soon as practicable.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-13

The woman's club of Raleigh has
decided to purchase a building within
a square of the capitol for a permanent
home. When the club gets settled in
its own quarters won't it's members be
.debarred from quarreling with their
husbands for going to their clubs?
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-13

Three little rules we all should keep,
To make life happy and bright,
Smile in the morning, smile at loon,
Take Rocky Mountain Tea at night.
r.. r. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-13

Il Owe my whole life to Burdock
Blood Bitters. ScrofulSus sores cover
ed my body. 1 seemed beyond cure,
B. B. B. has made me a perfectly well
woman" Mrs. Chas. Hutton, Berville,
Mich.
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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-12-24
Council Proceedings
Council met at City hallin regular meeting.
Called to order by Cbairman Gould.
Present Bowser. Smart. Mayer. McTaggarf.

Council met at City hallin regular meeting.
Called to orderb by Chairman Gould.
Present Bowser Smart. Mayer, Met aggarf.
Kinck, Could
Absent Graham. Miller. Brnkman.
Minutes of last meeting were read and on
motion OF smart, seconded by kiBch. the
name Albert Smart was substituted In place
OF Tom smart In the matter of the purchase
OF 70 cords of jack pine. and as ammended.
was approved
The following audited bills were allowed:
Yves w right, engineers estimate on
Mary Montbriand. janitress and
laundresS fire Department.. 8 10
Albert Smart. Is cords of wood at
Warfeld Electric Co. lighting city
for November 1906. 3ll 40
Warfeld Electric Co.. pumping
water, November 1906, -. 100 90
Thos. MaIoy. city clerk. cash paid a.oo
9. "a. Miles for coal and dray,.. 3 2s
e. H. Winter & CO.. merchandise,
health department (O.Hearn) so
Great Northern r r; Co.. freight
| on flush tanks and drayage. 8 p
Sam 81 ayth cords OF wood to Mrs.
Montague. order OF kinch,... q 90
Z. }. swedback lumber for pump
A. J. St. Mars. boiler inspectors
fee ..-......-. : W
Ole a. vassen. cords OF jack pine
Chas Freeland. scavenger. empty
| ing cars s2.s5, burying dogs 500 %
| Street commissioners report shown
amount spent Tor teams anu labor fOr OctO-
Der, 1906 SSS and $50 for November. report
accepted.
Communication from the mayor recon-
| mend1ng fire escapes referred to city at
| tOrney.
Petition from leader and members OF city
band asking for help from the city for room.
| lire and light referred to special committee.
| Bowser. Mayer and Brinkman.
| Liquor license bond of c. II. Miles. with A..
P. White, and ". P. WEIGH as sureties. was
approved.
| Liquor license application of W. a. McDon-
| aid was accepted.
! Moved and seconded the fire department.
! committee, the mayor added. purchase test
| pump to test new fire hose. Carried.
! Moved the street commissioner remove old
| cells bought of the county. to the ground back
of pumping station. Carried.
| Ordinance No. 20. Employment Agencies
| was read first time.
| Adjourned.
| THOS. MALOY,
| City Clerk.
| WA. GOULD.
! Chairman.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-12-24
When One Is Choking,

Raising the left arm as high as you
can will relieve choking much more
rapidly than being thumped on the
back" said one Of the resident physi-
clans of local hospital. ''This should
be more generally known, for often a
person gets choked while eating when
there is no one near to thump him or
her. Very frequently at meals and
when they are at play children set
choked while eating, and the custom.
airy manner of relieving them is to
slap them sharply on the back. The
effect Of this is to set the obstruction
free, SO that it can be swallowed. The
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-12-24
SUGGESTIONS FOR EvERYB0DYS
CHRISTMAS

cut glass, vases, nanu Gags, SUI
cases, mittens, gloves, new waists, hand
kerchief boxes, silk hose, "Bissel's' -
sweeper, fine box candies, pure Xmas
candies, shoes, slippers, dressing
sacques, opera shawls, toilet sets,
shaving sets, smokers sets, childre s
oshanters, stockings.caps, umbrellas
drawn work, linens, furs, china ware, sta
tioneryDennisous Xmas cards and boxes
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TO RELIEVE MONEY MARKET

Washington, Dec 2 A bill de-.
signed to extend relief to the money
market, along the lines of recommen-
dations made by the secretary of the
treasury, was introduced during the
day by Senator Elkins. 1t authorizes
the deposit in national banks of re-
ceipts from customs as well az from
internal revenue, requiring the banks
to pay a tax on such deposits and
making all national banks equally eli
gible for designation as depositaries.
The bill also expressly authorizes the
secretary of the treasury to make
transfers of public moneys from the
treasury to the banks, which has been
heretofore done by the secretary on
his own responsibility without author
ity of law.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-12-24
Store Closed All Day Xmas
: ;::s: O'Leary e Bowser


original novelties
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION,

Department of the Interior. Land Office at
Cass Lake. MINI. Nov. %. 1906.
Notice is hereby given that Henry P. Rice
Of Schoolcraft. Mimi. has filed notice of his
intention to make final fve-year proof in
support OF his claim. viz: Homestead Entry
No. 22ss7. made March 26. 1902. for the neI
sea. SECTION 81. township AS n, range "a w,
9th Z. NJ. and that said proof will be made
before Register and Receiver q. S. land office.
at Cass Lake. Mimi. January II, 1907
He names the following WITH eSses to prove
his continuous residence upon. and cultiva-
tiCn Of. the land, viz:
Bert Clark, E. F. Shaw. H. W. McDougall of
NJ altby. Mimi, and Frank Tabor Of School
craft, MINI.
T. s. OAKLEY.
Register. =
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per cent, with an average of more
than IS per cent on their insurance
valuation.
The cause of this great prosperity
was the demand of the country for
iron and steel The total movement
Of iron ore for the season was 37,513,-
$50 tons, an increase of 4,036,685 tons
over 1905.
Grain from Duluth moved in a larger
volume than ever before. There was
shipped from the head of Lake Su-
perior 81 ,GOS,0OO bushels, as compared
with 59,676. 900 bushels in 1905.
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FORGERY is ALLEGED.

Worthless Notes Among Assets Of
Waynesburg (Pa.) Bank.
Waynesburg, Pa, Dec. 2.'.-The in
vestigation now being made into the
affairs of the Farmers and. DroVers'
National bank of this place by Bank
Examiner Cunningham has resulted in
the discovery, it is said, of forged
notes among those rediscounted
A number of prominent men whose
names are on the notes deny their
signatures and the examiner fears
that many more such notes will: be
found. o.
According to his statement informa-
tions will be made charging some per-
ron with forgery, but whom is sus-
pected he will not say.