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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-05-04
). WILMINGTON n. c., MAY a. 1906

charge of expert cotton men to handle
it and practically be the medium of
buying and selling between the manu-
facturer and producer, they Will do
business in that basis.
Mr.. Jordan Called upon his asso-
ciates TO get at the proposition on a
business basis. He said they had now
squarely before them the attitude OF
the spinners and manufacturers and he
advised the growers to go ahead and
build warehouses, store their cotton
and get rid of the cotton damage, and
then to finance that cotton and sell Il
as the world needs it for consumption.
He maintained that there was but one
way TO get the cooperation OF the
spinners on the proposition. The spin
ners We're not going to commit them
selves 70 it or break up their present
system of buying cotton unless the
farmers and business interests of the
south provide better facilities for
handling and marketing the crop upon
a business basis. When that is done
they would, he said, have direct trade
with the spinner.
The report of the committee on a1l-
ing. ginning and handling of Ameri
can cotton was received and adopted
unanimously. The report recommend
ed the following:
/. That all bales be made Of stand
ard dimensions.
2. That light weight new burlaps be
used for bagging; or, if conditions jus
tify, that cotton canvas be used.
8 That ten ties be used on bales.
with the Egyptian style of buckles
preferred.
4. That all cotton should be bought
and sold net weight
). That committee be appointed
whose duty it shall be to have cotton
baled as above, and to submit the same
for a practical test to consumers.
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Agricultural Appropriation and Mil
itaY Academy Bills Passed
ECHO OF COTTON LEAK SCANDAL
Crumpacker Thought Appropriation
for Collecting Cotton Statistics Too
Large as the Forecasts of Cotton
Crops Promoted Gambl5ng-Several
Spoke in Favor of the Efficiency of
the Reports.

Washington, May 2.-The House to-
day completed the agricultural appro-
priation bill and passed the military
academy bill. The agricultural appro-
priation bill as it passed the House
carries s7,4S1, ,440
The military academy bill carries
81 ,663, ,115.
There was little debate on the agri-
cultural appropriation bill, the ayes
and noes being taken on but one para
graph, the provision relating to the
continued distribution of garden and
flower seeds, which was voted into the
bill 153 to 82
Upon the completion and passage of
academy bill was taken up and COM
pleted in two hours.
An echo of the recent scandals grow
ing out of leaks affecting cotton re-
ports in the agricultural department
was created by Mr. Crumpacker, of
Indiana, who thought that the apprO-
priatiOn for collecting agricultural sta
tistics was entirely too large. He be-
lieved that the forecasts Of cotton
crops made by the department promot-
ed and fostered gambling and instead
Of aiding the cotton grower itnput the
whole subject into the stock market,
and he questioned whether this kind
of "guessing' served any good.
Mr. Wadsworth, of New York, re-
piled by saying that cotton growers,
manufacturers and ginners had been
before the committee and had testi-
fed to the efficiency of the reports
which were of very great value.
Mr. Scott, of Kansas, said that the
accuracy of the forecast was admitted
ON every hand and was invaluable to
both growers and manufacturers.
Mr. Bartlett, of Georgia, called at
tentiOn to the wonderful effect the ex-
port of the cotton crop of the south
had on producing the general prosper
ity of the entire country and showed
from statistics that while the United
States had exported in 1905 over 400
100000 dollars more than had been
imported Of this sum, the cotton of
the south amounted to $500 100000.
From which he made the deduction
that the general prosperitye of tn
country was due more largely to the
cotton crop than to any other com
modify. He showed that the value Of
the cotton crop of the south for the
past five years exceeded by nearly
S4OO, 900, 900 the entire production OF
gold and silver in the world during
that time.
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SUIT FOR DIVORCE DISMISSED
The Plaintiff Daughter Of the Gov
ernOr ID. @. FOWle.
Especial to The Messenger.)

Raleigh, n. c., May 2.-In the su-
peror court here in the case of Mrs.
Matte Myatt against w. A. Myatt, of
Johnston county, for limited divorce,
his counsel moved to dismiss on the
ground that her allegations did not
give ground for divorce and that if
they did there was not a married cou-
pie in North Carolina who could not
be divorced. The complaint set forth
barbarous treatment, neglect and in
difference. The defense being that
these charges were trivial, childish and
foolish Judge Council sustained the
motion to dismiss. Mrs. Myatt's attor-
neys gave notice Of appeal to the su-
preme court. She is a daughter of
Governor Fowle and grand daughter
Of Chief Justice Pearson of the North
Carolina supreme court.
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REMARKABLE PROCEEDINGS
Funeral Ceremonies Held Over a Cou-
pie While Living.

Columbia, s. C.. May 2.-The special
TO The State from Bennettsville says
On May 5th at the Hebron cemetery
Mr.. Joel Covington will open the
tombs prepared for his body and that
of his wife-both being now alive
and will unveiI the monuments with
appropriate ceremonies
The Misses Cameron and Wade.
teachers from Virginia. at the Hebron
Academy, will deliver memorials OF
tributes To the memory Of the aged
couple. J. P Reston Gibson, a mem
Der of the house of representatives OF
Bennettsville, has ben invited by Mr..
Covington to deliver eulogles upon him
self and wife
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Washington, May "A conference
was held at the White house today.
the parties TO it, besides the president,
being Attorney General Moody and
James r. Garfield, commissioner of
corporations. The discussion related
to the report which Commissioners Gar
held has had prepared on the opera
tlons of the so-called oil trust The
investigation instituted by Commits
sloner Garfield was made under au-
thority Of a resolution adopted by the
house OF representatives. It has been
in progress for several months The
final report of Mr.. Garfield was pre-
sented to the president today.
The conference today concerned par
ticularly the special message which
the president is to send to congress
with Commissioner Garfield's report.
The message and report will be sent
to congress next Friday. 1t is under
stood that the report goes very fully
into the operations of the oil trust, but
no intimation of it's precise contents
has been given.
The presidents message will contain
fOrceful comments on the result of the
investigation and it is expected will
methods of the oil trust, The nature
of the recommendations to be made by
the president is not disclosed, but it
is understood they will be direct and
positive in character.
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Norfolk, Va. May "A Times spe-
cial from Norton. Va. says eight pris-
oners escaped from Wise county jail at
Wise court house last night and are
still at large. The eight men were
convicted of various crimes and were
awaiting to be transferred TO Rich
mond- In the lot were two who had
been tried for murder and sent up
for eighteen years each II is said
several of the gang were from the
mountains of Eastern Kentucky and
il is believed they have made their
way to that section.
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TrOODS Recalled,

Washington, May 2.-General Du-
vail, commandant of the department Of
gulf, today telegraphed the war de-
partment that he had directed that or
ders be given for the recall of the
cavalry detachment which started with
Father Thomas Sherman from Fort
Oglethorpe to Atlanta over the route
travelled by his father in his march
TO the sea. General Duva1 expressed
dorfat whether the orders would reach
the detachment by the time it arrived
at Resaca, to which place by direc-
ton of the president permission was
subsequently given it to go but said
they would reach it at some point near
there.
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before the presentation of the measure.
The resolution was referred to the COM
mittee on finance.
Senator Tillman introduced a resolu.
ton directing the interstate commerce
commission TO send TO the senate all
findings Of fact and its conclusion In
regard to the investigation of the par
ticipation Of coal carrying railroads in
the bituminous coal industry of West
Virginia.
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BANK CLOSED
Receiver Appointed for the belmont
National Bank. of belmont, w. Va.

Pittsburg, Pa, May 2.-Natfonal
Bank Examiner Cunningham today
closed the belmont National Bank, of
belmont, Westmoreland county, Penn
sylvania, and application was made in
the Dauphin county court by the at
torney generals department at Her-
riSburg for a receiver of the Nonon ga
hela Valley Bank of Duquesne. James
McQuade, an attorney of this city.
who recently made an assignment of
an amusement enterprise, was presi-
dent Of the belmont and vice president
of the MOnongahela Valley Bank. He
is absent from the city.
The belmont bank has capital
stock of $4,000 and deposits of about
$4,000. The Monongahela Valley
Bank had capital stock of $4,000
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-05-04
DANIEL CONCLUDES
His Speech ON the Railroad
Rate Bill
FAVORED REVIEW FEATURE
Interstate Commerce Commission
Tribunal to Take Testimony

oo"r's HAD Never Been Given Power
to Supervise Orders of Railroad
Commissions Except Upon the Point
OF Reasonableness of Rates-The
Proposed Legislation Should be En-
"e'eo with the End of Doing Justice
to Ail-Army Appropriation Rill
Read at Length but its Considera-
ton Not Concluded.
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Discussed by Cotton Growers
and Manufacturers
REMEDIES WEREsUGGE5TED
But No Satisfactory Conclusion
Was Arrived At

Census Bureau Reports Characterized
as "a Complicated System of Guess
ing" and as Speculative Football.
Resolution Advocating Cotton Year
Should Run From August 1 to Au-
gust 1 Was PaSsed-RepOrt of Com
mittee on Ginning and Handling
American Cotton Was Adopted
UnanimOusly-COn Had No
Authority to Effect Permanent Or
ganiZatiOn.
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All Quiet in Paris.

Paris. May 2.-The city has resumed
its usual appearance. The military and
police patrols have been withdrawn
and most of the labor organizations
have resumed work.
The courts during the day sentenced
sixty of those arrested yesterday to
various terms of Imprisonment.
The strikers at Brest did not re-
turn to work today. The arsenal en-
ployees. however, are all at work
Marseilles and other points are COM
paratively quiet
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Atlanta. Ga. May Wv K Mower.
of this city, received word today OF the
death OF his mother. Mrs II. c. Mower
al Warsaw. KY. aged SO years. Mrs.
Mower was the widow Of the late Rev
2. z. Mower. a well known Episcopal
clergyman. He was known widely
Through his church relations In Ala
hama. Georgia. Kentucky and Virginia.
Mrs. Mowers friends are scattered
through these states. The interment
will be at Alexandria, Va
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Inquest Ordered.

Cambridge, Mass, May 2.-An in
quest into the death of Mrs. Leone
Muenter, wife of E. Rich Muenter, the
German instructor at Harvard, for
whom the police are searching on the
charge of poisoning Mrs. Muenter, Was
ordered today by Justice Charles Alnly
and is 70 be held here next Friday
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Father Gapon Not Dead.

tive department say they do not know
the whereabouts Of Father Gapon. but
have reason 10 believe he Is alive in
Finland
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Increase i'm Membership.

N0peSIetI % I nc 1sICs>SCISCK.J
Raleigh n. c., May 2.-Additional
Red Men reports show a gain Of twen-
ty lodges during the year and twelve
hundred, members High Point
Greensboro, Wilmington and Elizabeth
City invite the order to hold the next
annual council Delegates spent an
hour in the state museum and hall of
history by special invitation.
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CONFERENCE AT WHITE HOUSE

President Roosevelt. Moody and Gar
field Discuss the Latter's Report on
the Operations OF the So called Oil
Trust-The Report and the Presi-
dents Message on the Subject Will
be Presented TO Congress Next Fri
day
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are better when Cooked on Gas
range. Expert cooks all endorse the
Gas range. Gas Is Cheaper than wood
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-07-27
TO BRISTOL BY TROLLEY.
Che Third-Rail Service to Have a
 Worthy Successor,

Hartford, July 27.--The third-rail
 5ervice between this city and Bris-
 tol. which passed into history about
 Fhree weeks ago, being succeeded by |the "dinky" engines, is to have a worthy successor in an overhead |trolley service. Orders to that effect have been given and the line will be |equipped with 11,000-yolt, over head trolley system.
 This will be good news to the peo- |ple who have been putting up with the unsatisfactory ''dinky" engine |Bystem for the past three weeks. N The orders calling for the II, ,000- |bolt, alternating current mean that |the power to be used will be dozen |br more times more than is used on ordinary trolley cars. The ordinary voltage on trolley car Is 500, which
 is capable of attaining speed of about fifteen miles an hour. so 1t can be seen that the current which will operate cars between Hartford and
 Bristol in the near future will send them over the line at almost any speed that is desired. mere does not |seem to be much doubt that they can make the distance between Hartford hnd Bristol in less than the third. fail schedule. If 1t is required.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-07-27
RELIEF COMMITTEE OUT.
Men Who Have Been Handling Funds
 Resigned Last Night,

San Francisco, July 27.-Dr Ed ward T. Devine, Colonel George H, Pfppy and Edward F. Moran. con- posing the relief commission which has had the relief work in charge here, resigned last night, the resig- nations to take effect August 1. Dr Devine, who was sent here from New York by President Roosevelt as the representative of the National Red Cross and who has been directing the relier work, made known his inten- tion( of resigning several days ago and that he expected to leave for the east about August 1. Colonel Pippy also declared some days ago that he would resign and gave as his reason for doing so the pressure of private business. Moran's resignation was not expected. A salary of $6,000 a year was attached to the positions.
 Relief work will be carried on by subcommittee of the rehabilitation committee to which has been assign ed all the powers of an executive committee.
 Thomas Magee, prominent real estate man, will have charge of the building of houses for the homeless. Rudolph Spreckles of the refugee camps and F. w. Dohreman will be at the head of the committee which will look after the general relief of the needy. Dr Devine will leave in a few days for the east and will cross the continent in his automobile.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-07-27
NUTMEG CRAVINGS.
Interesting Items Boiled Down for
 0us Busy Readers.

Highway Commissioner Macdonald has awarded to r. Suzlo of Meridcn the contract for the construction of section of macadam road on East street. New Britain. 5.397.6 feet at Sl.25 foot. amounting to $6,147 A contract for 3.245 feet of macadam road in Norfolk has been awarded to the town for S6.0O0.
 Company I of New London scored the greatest number of points in the competitive shoot of the Third Batta. Hon. Third Regiment. in which four picked teams took part on the rifle range in Danielson yesterday. The shooting was in slow. rapid and skirmish fire at 200. 800 and GOO yards. Company's Is total was L. 015. The other teams scored as fol. lows: Company c. Norwich. 1.OO5: Company A. Norwich, 938; Company NJ, Danielson. S94.
 The board for the examination of officers of the Connecticut National Guard. consisting of Commander Ed ward V. Raynolds, retired: Com mander Frank s. Cornwell. Naval Battalion: Lieutenant Commander Arthur IT. Day retired. and Lleuten- ant William c. Hinckley. chief engi- neer, Naval Battalion. will meet at the the headquarters of the Naval Battalion. State Armory. New Ha- ven. on August II. at Q a. m. The following Naval Division officers are ordered to appear before the board: Lieutenant q. G.l Robert D. Chapin, for lieutenant. Second Division: En- sign Charles A. Maynard. for lieu tenant q. GJ. for lieutenant q. G.l, Second Division: Ensign Ernest L. TAverill. First Division.
 Thomas Blacker. the IG-ycar-old son of Michael Blacker of Colchester. has been missing since Tuesday when he left his home to go berrying in Lebanon. It Is thought that he Is lost or drowned. Searchers have been looking for him for the last two days. but So far there Is no trace of him.
 Dr n. (. Y. Moore of Manchester. while driving t0 Bolton last night. found Mrs Evelln Eastman of Bolton Notch lying beside the road about a quarter of a mile east of Manchester Green She was unconscious and an eightounee bottle of morphine. from which about two and onehaIf ounces had been taken. was lying beside her.
 Beginning next week there will probably be an advance in the whole sale price of ice in New Haven. from a ccnfs q hundred to 45 As a result of this advance a similar rice Is Iook- el for in retail prices. that iS from 6D crnts . hundred tO 15. Dealers here say that the city may face an ice famine before the season Is over.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-07-27
BOYS IN COURT
The JudgH Committed Them to the Reform School -An Appeal Taken.

Juvenile burglars again occupied the greater part of the city courts time this morning. John Cusky, 12; William Mitchell, 14. and George Malbrun. 14-it was Malvern yes terday--were charged with breaking into the stores of Tony Hura, 1Os4, Nicola Dorany, 1062, and Louis Di- dieno, 103S, all on Bank street, and taking therefrom shoes, laces, rub Der heels and leather neels, pair of shoes, candy, fish hooks and fishing lines, keys, cigars and cigarettes, al- monds and chewing gum.
 In some of the stores the boys got in by breaking windows and in. oth- CTS by cutting the wire screen door. They admitted the charge and all were committed to the state school. In the cases of Mitchell and Malbrun an appeal was taken.
 William Keane was committed to jail for thirty days on the complaint of his wife for breach of the peace.
 Daniel Corr was fined $7 and costs for intoxication and Mrs Margaret Ring was committed to Brookside for thirty days for intoxication also.
 The following settlements were made: Edward Mccarthy, violating Q city ordinance. $5; Fabian Cianci- alo, breach of the peace, $10; Mary Meany, breach of the peace. $7, and Mary Cupolupo, theft of bod of coal, $7. K.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-07-27
NO MOULDERS STRIKE
$ouetlly Baxter Says Wakmen Arc ] Treated Well in Waterbury.

k Judging form the talk of George A. Baxter recording secretary of the Moulders union, there will be no huitting of work in this city to-mor- low evening. It has been rumored hat the moulders in the Farrell and Manufacturers foundries were to go Ion strike tomorrow night but the |Dfiicer mentioned above asserts that
 In his opinion there will be no strike.
 A representative of the Democrat talked with MT Baxter to-day and the latter seemed to think there was Itreated better in the Farrell and Manufacturers foundries than in any Sother factory in the United States, he said, and there Is very little Echance of a strike" We had an Agreement with some of the factor
 ers that made our minimum scale
 P50 and we want that clause strick-
 out, or in other words we want
 minimum scale. The minimum
 lid moulders seems to be more than
 q, scale calls for just now, but they
 fl afraid that some time in the fu-
 
 hle the employers could fall back on his clause unless 1t is now abolished. IAs Nthe agreement expires August |Mr Baxter seemed to think that the |moulders in Waterbury are very well paid and says that the best of feel ing exists between the men and their bosses. He stated that the Moulders union at present is very strong. "There are ninety thousand members throughout the country, all of whom |pay twenty-five cents week, and mot long ago each member was as- |sessed 35, so you can imagine what |an amount of money we have on |hand.' he stated.
 One of the National officers Is con- ling to Waterbury soon to look over the ground. The men are not in favor of strike but will follow the |suggestions given by the national official.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-07-27
LAWN TENNIS CONTEST.
Four Singles and Five Pairs on Score
 Board To-day.

Longwood. Mass. July 27.-There were four survivors in singles and five pairs In doubles stood out quite large on the big score boards of the Longwood Cricket club before play began to-day in the clubs lawn ten- his tournament for the Longwood cup and the eastern championship in doubles The four left in the singles event were W. ]. ClOthier and E. B. Dewhurst of Philadelphia who were drawn against each other in the up- per half of the semi-finaIs and K. 1T. Behr Of Yale and F. c. Anderson of New York vho were matched for the other semf-fnal contest
 In the doubles C. r. Watson and P c Colsfon were drawn arsinst I. C. Wright and R. Bishop and the win CTS Of the match will meet Hzeketf and Alexander fn the upper hzIf Of the seni-frais while ia the Iorer half Clofhier and LArr>d were matehei ag1in Dana and Cru9
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-07-27
Notice to Contractors.
Storm Water Conduits.

Sealed proposals for the construc- ti0n of storm water drains in Madi- son street, from South Main street to South street; in South View street from Madison street to Lounsbury street; in Lounsbury street, and South Main street will be received by the board of public works of the city of Waterbury until 8 p. m., July 31, 1906, at which time they will be publicly opened and read. I A certified check for $500 made payable to the order of the comptrol- Ter of the city of Waterbury must ac- company each proposal as guaranty that the successful bidder will enter into a contract according to the terms of his proposal. The right is reserved to reject any or all bids. The engineers approximate esti- mate of the principal items of work is as follows: 125 feet of 20 inch vitrifed pipe drain.
 245 feet of 15 inch vitrifed pipe drain.
 1885 feet of 12 inch vitrified pipe drain.
 440 feet of 10 inch vitrified pipe drain.
 13 manholes.
 IT inlets.
 Full information may be obtained at the office of the bureau of engi- neering, No Leavenworth street.
 By order of the board, |. R. A. CAIRNS, 7-25-S City Engineer.
 PRICE LET. For Cold Storage, including Cleaning
 and Glazing. MUFF .................... $o.5o up BOA .................... 0.50 up FUR COAT .............. 100 up FUR LINED COAT. ........ 100 up GENTS OVERCOAT.. ...... 100 up GENTS SUIT ............. 100 up LADIES' SUIT ............ 100 up FUR ROBE ............. 100 up FUR HAT OR CAP. P........ OPS up GLOVES ............. .25 cents pair
 Furs in large quantities stored for 2 per cent. of value.
 l.. TRUDELL, l50 GRAND ST. OPP. POST OFFICE