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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-09
Other Contractors Shut Out From
Bidding on Work.
PRACTICE OF CAPTAIN CARTER
One Phase Of the Method Was the
Withholding OF Specifications. Ex-
cept From Engineers Who Were i'm
the Conspiracy-Chief Clerk Ster1ey.
of the Office Force Of Carter, Was
The Only Witness.

Savannah, Ga, February 6.@Evi-
dehoe presented for the government
in the Greene and Gaynor case today
designed 10 show an alleged practice
OF Captain Carter 10 shut out other
contractors than the defendants from
river and harbor Improvements made
under the supervision of Carter, with
whom Greene and Gaynor are
charged with hav conspired TO defraud
the government of some two million
dollars.
One phase of the method alleged TO
have been followed by Carter was the
Withholding of specifications from con-
tractors who were not in COLLISION
with the engineer. Carter, 1t was
shown, in most cases would enclose
but one copy Of specifications, where
as it was essential that the contrac-
tors should have these, as proposals
with specifications attached mad 10 pc
made in triplicate. By the time let
tiers had been exchanged and the add
tional copies sent, 1t was alleged, the
date for the opening of bids would
have approached SO closely as to pre-
clude outsiders getting in their pro-
posals in time.
Many letters were introduced. The
authenticity of these was proven oy
Chief Clerk Sterley, OF the office force
of Carter and his successors. Mr..
Sterley was the sole witness.
Interest was added to the proceed
ings by occasional sharp colloquys be-
tween opposing counsel.
y Sterley testified that specifications
were ready July 80, for the Savannah
j contract of 1892 upon which $o,loo,
. 600 were to be expended. Bids were to
be opened August 20.
District Attorney Erwin explained to
the court that though Carter had plen-
ty of copies of specifications, he was
! accustomed to send but one, though
he knew the bids had to be submitted
. in duplicate. By the replies OF those
who desired the other two copies, Mr..
Erwin said, Carter and Greene and
Gaynor were able to keep a caIeful
check upon those who purpoSed TO DIG
i Some of the letters, he declared, snow
ed that these copies had been properly
sent upon application but these wen:
! to Greene and Gaynor or thelr alleged
c~onfederates. In one case lnstean VI
specifications Carter had enclosed q
COPY of the ordnance officers repor'
from one Of the harbor forts. TO thls
Carter offered an apology by lettel
and enclosed, as seemed his rule, one
CODY instead of three and this MIN
days before the date fixed for open
ing the bids.
Some of the letters received by Car
, ter showed that he seat specification
as late as three days before the oate
. fixed for opening the bids. One writ
ten by Carter enclosed specifications
eighteen days after the receipt OF M
request for them. Several letters from
! letters from contractors who had beer
sent specifications were received Ds
; Carter. Some of these read IN cour.
stated that owing to the snort tinie lel
+hem the contractors had been una
BILE to prepare bids. -
Adjournment was taken untli ton'of
row.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-09
FOR THE RATE BILL
Seventeen Favorable Speeches
Made Yesterday
THE DEBATE ENDS TO-DAY
Railroads Came in for an Unusual
Amount of Criticism

MFR. GiHisDic Severe in His Criticism Of
the Presidents Answer to the Reso-
luton Calling for information on
the Pennsylvania Railroad Combine.
Another Resolution VIII Ask Inves-
tigatiOn of All the Charges-Mr.
Stanley Upbraids Republicans and
Has Words of Praise for Bryan.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-09
NINE PERSONS CT:Eb!tTED
Small Franc House Burned and All
But One OF the Inmates Lost Their
Lives.

Baltimore, Md, February 6.-About
three o'clock this morning an isolat-
led small frame house, near the vii
}lage Of Curtis Bay. in Anne ArunceI
icounty. was consumed by a fire in
which were burned ( death nine col
lored persons, onl- one Of the inmates
Escaping alive. The names of those
iwho lost their lives were Richard Tay-
Ilor. Horace Jackson. his wife Eliza and
their son Samuel, d youth Of II; Rose
jackson. a widow and her children,
Ida, a grown daughter, Susan, IL
Years old, Isador, 8 years and a six
months old baby. TIE only inmate
Iwho escaped with her life was Ella
webster, who managed TO get 10 a
window and jumped from the second
Istory to the ground For a few min
lutes after striking the ground she was
| unconscious and on recovering she
made her way TO neighboring houses
land gave the alarm.
When the neighbors arrived, the
house was a pile of blazing and smok-
ling debris, and when the bodies were
nothing but the charred
tbones of the victims were left. Ac-
lcording to the statement Of the sur
lvivor, Ella Webster. the fire was cans-
led by one of the younger children
WHO got up to stir the fire in the CHM
Inev place and accidentally scattered
locals on the floor.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-09
Mallory Quarantine BIZ Approved.

Nd11OTN VudFtIItTHO Dit
Washington, February 6.-The Mall
lory national quarantine bill in amend
ed form was approved tonight by a
caucus Of thirty southern representa-
tives and one senator, the only mega
tive votes being cast by the six Texas
representatives. As amended Senator
Mallory will re-introduce the bill in
the senate ind Representative John
Sharp Williams will introduce it in
the house and urge its passage as
representing the views of the south on
the extension of federal control of
both maritime and interstate quartine.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-09
Decision of Supreme Court i'm a Strange
Case.
fSnoo;a1 IN The NoSSen oor

Raleigh, February 6-The supreme
court dismissed the first case called
on it's docket at this term, Or the
ground that it was unconstitutional.
It was the state and town of Bath
again Burbage, who was fined for v1o-
lating an ordinance of this, the oldest
North Carolina town, prohibiting a
mar from entering his place of bust
ness on Sunday except through the
front door. and eve thus only during
certain hours. 1t is one of the stTang-
est cases ever brought before this
court.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-09
WEED DIED AT THE SANITARIUM
And Mrs. Weed Was With Him. Say
the Hospital Authorities.

New York. February 5.-E. B. Weed.
of Fayetteville, n. c., on the advice of
DR.. John A. Bodine. of No. 9 East 3sth
street, entered the private sanitarium
at No. % West Sixth-first street. on
December 18th and died there or De-
|cember 18th, after an operation was
performed by Or. Brodine for append
citis. The deceased came to New
York some time before n operation
according to DR.. BroGine and
Mrs. Weed. arrived here just previous
ito the oDeration. She remained with
her husband until he died. when she
returned with the body to fayette-
willie.
At the sanitarium absolutely no in.
regarding Mr.. Weed could
lbe obtained. those in charge saying
THAT it was against the rules of the
institution to discuss any of their
lpatients unless on an order from
lsome relative with authority to issue
tsuch order.
DR.. Brodine asserted hat ther+
WAS nothing unusual in Mr.. Weeds
death or the circumstances surround
ling it.
The above information secured al
1.-The request of the News and Observer
Iby the Central News Agency of New
York. seems to dispose Of the rumor
fonce for all, that Mr.. Weed did not
Idle at the sanitarium there. but IS
tnow alive and in Europe. AS t. the
Ibody being taken back to Fayette-
willie. the hospital authorities might
teasiIy have been mistaken in this;
land they evidently were according to
the reports received from Fayette-
.lville.-Speciai to News ard Observer.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-09
Negro Escapes From COnvict Camp.
Especial to The Messenger.)

Raleigh, N. c., February 6.-The
penitentiary authorities announce that
John Allen, alias Walter Adams, col
ored, has escaped from the camp on
the Raleigh and Pamlico Sound rail
road. He is nineteen years old, and
was sentenced from Onslow last july
for five years. A $25 reward is offered
for recapture.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-09
Uniform Passenger Rate i'm Virginia.

Richmond. Va. February 6.-Dele-
gate Churchman'S bill requiring the
railroads in Virginia to establish a
uniform two cen a mile passeger rate
of fare was favorably reported in
committee tonight. as we'll as bill intro
duced by Assemblyman Houston ap-
propriating $4,000 to the state institu-
tion for the colored deaf. dumb ana
blind.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-09
POWER OF SENATE
Its PTeTogatiVes in the Framing
Of Treaties
BACON RAISES QUESTION
Resolution Asks information on
AIsecias Conference

ton Concerning the Action of ting
Democratic Caucus Was not Brought
the Right of the Scnate-Two go
Three sharp Clashes Between MIR
Bacon and Mr.. Spooner.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-09
To Abolish State Dispensary.

Columbia, s. c., February 8-The
house Of representatives today passed
by % majority the Morgan bill to,
abolish the state dispensary. The bin
already has passed the senate.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-09
Cits Delayery Ordered

Washington, February 6.-The
postmaster general has ordered the
establishment of city delivery at
Greenwood, s. C.. and GrinH Gar onr
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-09

Mr.. Herbert e. Balance, of Greens
boro, was in the city yesterday.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-07-20
Senator Mann as Peach Grower.

Senator A S. Mann, land commits
sioner of the Gainesville & Gulf rail
way, left Thursday morning for Chat.
tanooga, Tenn, where he owns an M
mense peach orchard, comprising 120
acres, $500 trees.
Senator Mann is not much on pre-
tensions, but it was learned that he
had received a telegram from the
manager of his orchard stating that
he had been offered 81 per crate on
the trees. There will be about 5000
crates, so it will be readily seen that
the crop means a great deal of money
to the owner Senator Mann stated
that he would not accept the 81 on
the trees, as he expected to get SIPS,
as the fruit, being exceptionally fine
and of the liberia variety, would
bring easily that price.
Senator Mann proposes to return to
Gainesville in few days, when he
will resume his work in building up
the country in the proposed extension
of the Gainesville & Gulf railroad
Gainesville Sun.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-07-20
Large Snapper Catch.

Two big cargoes of snappers ar
rived in port Saturday, one for War
rem & Co. and one for Saunders &
Co. The Osceola entered for the for
mer firm with several thousand, ev-
cry ice box being filed.
The Cavalier arrived for Saunders
& Co. and had catch of about 5000
fish, many Of which were immediate
ly shipped out to customers who had
not been supplied in several days. The
catch of the Cavalier is one of the
largest ever brought to port during
the summer season, when the fish
are always scarce and the catches
generally small. The fish, as rule,
were medium size and small ones but
every available place on the scho ner
was filed with them. They were
caught along the Florida coast as
none of the vessels now visit the Cam
peachee fishing grounds, on acco mt
of the Mexican gunboats. which are
patrolling in that vicinity, the govern
ment claiming that it comes with;r
their territorial boundary.-Pensa Il.
Journal,
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-07-20
Diplomacy.

Mr.. Gidsmore," began the young
man, when you proposed to your
wife-or to the estimabie lady who is
now Mrs. Gidsmore-did she tell You
to ask her father"
"She did, my boy" affably replied
Mr. Gidsmore.
And did you try to shirk the lob?
We'll, come to think of it. I did. I
Il believe ] tried to get her to do
the asking, pom my soul. Ha, Hal"
And when you did ask him-of
course, you had to speak to him
finally"
"Of course i did. OF course"
And when you did ask him did your
knees shake, and was your tongue
dry and did you have stage fright
generality"
Il was scared to death"
We'll, that's the way l feel. I told
Gladys | knew l could find some mn.
tual bond bond of sympathy between
us when ! came to tell you that she
has promised to marry me.,-Life.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-07-20
FLIES WORSE THAN MosoUI-
TOES.
All Stables Should be LINED and ker-
osened Daily to Kill the Grub.

That the health department should
give special attention to livery sta
|bles is clearly shown by the state
board of health in its leaflet to the
public regarding flies.
That an abudance of lime should
be used and daily inspection made
is also made very clear.
Flies are always annoying, and they
are more numerous in localities where
there is a stable In many cities liv-
cry stables are visited twice a day
by the health authorities and lime and
kerosene freely used to kill the eggs
No concerted action has been taken
against flies by the health depart
ment, but the people would appre
ciate a daily inspection of all stables
and the use of lime at least once in
twenty-four hours.
Dr.. Porter's Advice
State Health Officer Porter, in this
regard, has the following to say:
Flies are filth-carriers, give i'm.
preston of untidy housekeeping and
are disease bearers.
Manure heaps are the pests breed
ing places.
Screen houses with wire netting,
and either remove all horse manure
as rapidly as it accumulates or daily
sprinkle it with lime, which will kill
the larvae (eggs) of the fly and pre-
vent Matching.
In epidemics of typhoid fever and
cholera flies undoubtedly propagate
these diseases.
ct has been proven beyond all
doubt that flies can get their feet and
mouths soiled with the discharges of
typhoid fever patients and patients
with cholera, and then, by coming in
contact with food, such as water,
milk and meats, they will infect these
articles and introduce into the human
system the germ of these diseases,
which gains entrance principally
through the mouth and finds fruitful
growth in the intestinal canal.
ITO prevent meat, fruits and vege-
tables from becoming fly blown none
of these articles Of food should be ex-
posed for sale except in wire-screened
cages. All meat, vegetable and fruit
markets should be wire-screened to
keep out flies.'
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-07-20
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Never judge man by the opinion
he has of himself.
Women use calling cards in playing
the social game.
Talk isn't necessarily cheap when
money does the talking.
Every man who knows himself
knows how selfish other men are.
A woman doesn't thoroughly enjoy
anything that she can't cry over.
There are a good many noughts in
the sum total of the worlds inhabi-
tants.
When a man borrows trouble he
puts up his peace of mind as collat-
eral
Unless a mans sense of humor is
on a vacation, he never takes a wo-
man seriously.
Food for thought is often supplied
by ones inability to obtain enough
of the other kind.
It's so hard for some men to save
money when single that they don't
think it worth while trying after they
marry.-Chicago News.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-07-20
Mr.. Allison Registers an Objection.


Jacksonville, Fla, July 16, 1906.
To the Editor Ocala Banner:
object to Governor Jennings being
dubbed 'the best governor Florida ev-
er had" Governor Drew is entitled
to that distinction.
The asylum management was most
rotten" under Jennings. There was
graft" there world without end. Some
one got 1t.
/ shall take that end of the institu.
ton up later.
See two articles in today's Metrop-
oils on the subject OF the asylum. ]
hope you will do what you can to help
me in my efforts to have the asylum
affairs Strengthened out and made an
institution, which will be a credit to
the state and a benefit to its suffer.
ing inmates. am meeting with much
encouragement in my efforts from a
number of the best men in Florida.
If any man in Florida is entitled to
a cabinet position that man is John
N. C. Stockton.
1t is not much use to address pa
pers marked asylum" expecting the
to get them. They should be
addressed Inmates, Asylum"
H. DOVE ALLISON.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-07-20
A Persuaded Prisoner.

The resourceful man is the one who
succeeds. There is a deputy marshal
in Alabama who does not let any such
trifes as extradition laws stop him.
A writer in the Washington Post tells
a story of one of his achievements.
When the term of court was about
to begin one time, man who was
out on bail was reported to be enjoy
ing himself in Georgia.
Deputy Jim went after him. The
next day he telegrahed the judge:
Il have persuaded him to come"
A few days later he rode into town
on mule, leading his prisoner, tied
up snugly with clothes line. The pris-
oner looked as if he had seen hard
service.
why, JIM" exclaimed the judge.
You didn't make him walk all the
way from Georgia, did you!"
NO, sir" replied Jim.
Il thought not" said the Judge.
No." responded Jim. Part Of the
way l drug him, and when we came
to the Tallapoosa river he swum."
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-07-20
6uttermilk.

The summer girl" will find Inat
buttermilk, taken internally, as well
as used externally, will do wonders
for her complexion, as the beauty it
imparts goes much deeper than the
skin. There is no end to the good
things doctors are saying about a but
termilk diet, and now is the season
when, in most country homes at least
II is most plentiful and can be taken
without any stomach qualms which
affiict the jewellers in the city at
thoughts of partaking of the dairy
article offered them. The "sure" arti-
Gle is a true milk peptone, and of
superior digestibility; a decided laxa.
tive; valuable in kidney troubles: in
request for diabetes, and in cases of
gastric arrangements, being often re-
tanned when nothing else will stay
with the stomach. For the complexion
and for removing those brown
spots" internal and outward applica-
ton are strongly advised. For rheu-
matism. there is nothing better; for
removing gall-stones, it is highly rec
commended, and it should be largely
used where it- can be obtained. II
should be slipped slowly; not "gulped
down" in large quantities at once.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-07-20
NOVEL INVENTION FOR TURPEN
TINE INDUSTRY.
Pensacola Genius Will Make the Tur-
pentine Men Get Rich Even Faster.

A patent has just been allowed for
an invention that is expected to make
a great change in the turpentine in
dustry, and it will probably add a
new grade to rosin and a higher one
than that commodity has yet reached.
This invention has been perfected
after two or three years of expert
menting by Mr.. Vincent p McVoy, a
young machinest of Pensacola, says
the Pensacola News and is intended
to do away with the old style of box
ing the trees. 1t VIII be known as a
vacuum cup and will extract the sap
of the trees in about one-fifth of the
time required by the old process. In
addition to time saved, this process
will increase the purity of the sap at
least rs per cent over what it for
merly was. In case it is desired to ac-
celerate the extraction of the sap a
small vacuum pump can be attached
and one or two strokes will do the
work of day.
The cost of manufacture of the cups
is less than the cutting of boxes dur
ing the year, does not disfgure the
trees, renders them less liable to take
fire and can be used not only for tur-
pentine, but on any tree from which
it is desired to take the sap.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-07-20
MIAMI TO CELEBRATE 10TH An
NivERSARY.
Special Rates Via Florida East Co...
Railway.

The city Of Miami is arranging !.
celebrate its tenth anniversary. Ju,x
18th, 10Th and 9th, and in accorda,e.
with their application for redncsa
rates, we win authorize special lor
rates as follows:
Jacksonville, $3.50; Palatka. ss 9s.
Orange City Junction, $3.50; Sanford
$5-25. with correspcndingly law ratas
from other Florida East Coast STA.
tons. We have also asked the other
Florida lines to accept for basinr nnr.
poses, our tender of these rates. and
to authorize the sale of tickets from
all Florida points; tickets to be solS
July 23d and Gath, limited to the sotb
to return.
We are advised that the schedule
of events will be about as follows.
An address by Hon. Frank CLARK
congressman from this district.
Grand civic parade, consisting Of
military, firemen, secret orders, and
civilians at night. The Key West
Light Guard Band will furnish music
during the celebration. Display Of
fireworks. A long list of athletic
sports.
A game of baseball daily between
Miami and crack visiting team for
a prize Of 800. The team winning
two games out Of three taking the
prize.
Dancing every night. Drill by the
Miami fire department. Barbecue.
]. d. RAINIER, A. G. P A.
Florida East Coast Railway.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-07-20
The DeIineator for August.

A wealth of suggestions for the
newest summer gowns is to be found
in the August Delineator, which is
interesting, not only from the stand
point of fashion, but for its reading
as well. Among the fiction of the num-
Der is the second installment of THE
Chauffeur and the Chaperon," the de
lightful motor-boat romance by The
Williamsons, authors of many auto
mobile stories; also two entertaining
short stories by Carroll Watson Ran
kin and Marvin Dana. Carolyn Wells
contributes the "Rubaiyat of Summer
Khayyam, written in her inimitable
style. Clara e. Laughlin tells the sto-
ry of the life of Rembrandt, whose
pictures are held invaluable in the
worlds best collections of art, and
Gustav Kobbe writes of the famous
civil war song Of the south, Dixie, -
and it's composer, Dan Emmett, the old
minstrel. In the Campaign for Safe
Foods, Mrs Abel contributes a chap
ter on "The Market Inspector and the
Buyer" which concludes this series of
notable articles. There are numerous
articles devoted to the interests of the
home, the kitchen, house furnishing,
needlework and dressmaking, and the
children's pages include a variety of
features having for their purpose the
entertainment of young folks.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-07-20

fciency of the last harvest amounted
to 100000 pools, or about ITS ,00O,-
900 bushels of grain, as compared
with the annual yield of the proceed
ing three years, and to more than
250,000,000 bushels as compared to
1904. figure about equal to the Ne
braska corn crop. greater than all the
crops of the two Dakotas. and equal
to nearly one-half of the total wheat
crop of the United States in 1904.
3 r. ~ LAWRENCE.