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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-07-24
THE PANAMA BOND ISSUE
Secretary Shaw Issues statement Con-
corning the Time When Payment
Must be Made by Purchasers.

Washington, July IS secretary
Shaw today issued the following state
ment:
so many requests have been made
today personally, by mail and by wire
for information concerning the time
when payment must be made for Pan
anna bonds purchased at the forth-
coming sale hat the following state
ment seems appropriate.
THE circular advertisement contains
the statement that bidders will be IN
structed as to the time on which pay
ment is desired to be made. BONDS
must. of course, be paid for on De
mand, and biders may, if they desire.
pay Immediately. If the bonds are not
paid for Immediately, bidders Viii be
required to pay accrued interest
Should any purchaser desire 70 use any
portion of the purchased bonds as a
basis for circulation payment may be
deferred, at least OF a portion thereon
until the notes can be printed.
In such cases the order for the bonds
are placed with the treasurer as Sc
curity for circulation. The extent 10
which this privilege can be wisely
granted will depend on the amount OF
bonds that may be desired a. a oaSlS
for circulation
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-07-24
AFFAIRS IN RUSSIA
Attempt to Assassinate Aide-de-Camn
OF The ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS u,,-
oieiks Robbed of S12O. OOO-Nur-
GERS Robberies and Burning os
Houses Still Going On.

d. petersburg, July 18.-An attemnt
vas "aoe to assassinate Count
iooleoen' aide de camp to Emneror
Nicnoias, at the engineers cam, A.
nora, between St. Per-sbrre .,d
ocnlusselburg. The would-be assass-
Ill hred at Count Todleben with 2
revolver the bullet grazing his head
lie then made his escape in a hoo,
which was awaiting him in the av.
1t is believed the act was one of veng-
eance for the arrest by order or Count
lodleben of an agitator who had eff
leceed an entrance to the camp. DIR
ing todays session of the court mar
tlal which is engaged in the tria, ~
SeVastopol OF men concerned in the
Black sea fleet mutiny If last Novem-
Der a bomb was thrown from tbo
marine barracks at Colonel
VINO a not harmed. Two men were
arrested on suspicion of having been
concerned in the outrage.
On account Of the courts denial of q
motion by the mutineers, all the conn
sci Tor the defense have withdrawn
The accused men refuse to Dlead
At RostOv-On-DOn, while W clerks
today employed in the government
BANKS were carrying from the2postoffce
3IZc,ooo which had been received in
the registered mail, they were attacked
by q Dand OF six armed men and ser
lOuSIy wounded. The robbers made off
with the money but under hot pur-
suit by police and Cossacks, they cac-
rlnced 500, 900 OF the booty and es-
capped.
Despaches from the interior con-
tlnue to tell without interruption stOr-
les or the burning OF Manor houses.
rODDerles, murders, collisions between
peasants and rural guards and the
hurried despatch of troops here and
there. The centre of the peasants
uprising is Veronezh province, where
the peasants in their mania for the
destruction Of property do not discrim-
mate between friends and enemies.
as evidenced by the complete devasta-
ton OF the estate of NJ. MOkOshkine,
one OF the most prominent cOnstitu-
tional democrats in the lower house.
Today's reports describe the situation
IN that province as hopeless" from
the standpoint of the landlords. The
situation is almost as bad in POltava
and SmOlensk provinces. In Tambov
province eighty peasants are reported
to have been killed or wounded by
DRAGONS.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-07-24
WILL TRY 1T IN CHICAGO
Evidence Takent in Chicago Against
Standard Oil Company submitted TO
Special Counsel for the Government
i'm the Investigations

Chicago. July 1S.-AsSistant Attor-
nev General Pagin who was in Cleve-
land during the hearing OF testimony
against the Standard Oil Company and
upon which the federal grand jury did
not yot,. arrived in Chicago today
with a transcript OF the evidence taken
in Cleveland and submitted il - form
er District Attorney Morrison who =
10 act as special counsel for the gov
in the projected inquiry into
The relations OF the standard Oil Com
panv and various railroads II was
the intention of the local federal of1-
GERS to hold the commencement Of the
Investigation until September !. or
later. but il IS now probable that some
steps will be taken III the near future
The four propositions which Attor-
news Morrison and Pagin will study IN
connection with the investigation a-e:
First. Charge against the standard
Oil Company OF accepting illegal re-
bates.
Second. Charge against the rail-
roads OF granting the illegal rebates 10
the oil company
Third. Combination in restraint Of
trade and commerce with other oil
companies.
Fourth. Monopoly of trade not a
combination. or a conspiracy 10 mo-
nopolize.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-07-24
Friends of all the Candidates Are
Hard at Work.
Not That Talk of Another
Delegation Being Named From New
aho Will Materializ-Eyery
ihufcatfon Points TO the Fact of the
convention Being Largely Attended
and One of the Most Interesting
Ever Held I'm This ConcreS.iun.I Di--
trict-Ju~f One Week ON

IT. ~-,
Po'1Ai Po~ SoolInues 10 Doll
anu the Ire OF the Goodwin men in
New Hanover is By means aDnaased
All the candidates ar --
u,o~ -
lag 00@ :" tue conNeh-
'ion dFa"S near II Decomes and
more uncertain as 20 who will be nom
mated. All kinds of schemes and conn
binations have been planned ont h,t
when the convention meets all Of these
schemes may work out wrong as i
usually the case in & close invention
for each candidate has a plan bv which
he hopes TO win out.
Although the Goodwin men are not al
all pleased at no. getting q ereater
per centaga Of thu New Hanover deli
egatiOn, still they seem 20 have about
reached the conclusion that there is
now p"acticallv nothing 20 be done
There was some talk about another
delegation being named but it is I'M
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-07-24
SOLICITING FUNDS
Wilmington Light Infantry Getting
Ready for the Encampment-Leave
Wilmington Next Wednesday,.

according to a general order sent
out, the Wilmington Light Infantry
Will leave for Morehead City on a spe-
ciaI train which is scheduled to pass
through this city at 1870 on Wednes-
day. July 25th. On this train will be
the companies from various points on
the Seaboard Air Line. Quartermas-
ter Sergeant w. A. Peschau and an
other member of the company will go
to MOrehead City two days ahead OF
the so as to have things in
readiness by the time that the company
arrives.
A special committee composed of
Captain w. F. Robertson, Lieutenant
OrreIl and Sergeants Holmes Davis and
T. J. Cause has been appointed to call
upon the different merchants and ask
that they contribute provisions to be
carried into amp. The government
furnishes certain supplies but the COM
panieS always have to furnish a por-
ton Of their SUPPLIES themselves. Sew
eral merchants were seen yesterday
and they contrihutd literally
Some trouble is being experienced III
employers granting permission to the
men to attend the encanpTent. The
will have to go into camp
with a certain per centage of men and
if the men who employ them will not
allow them to go upon request of the
captain they may be ordered out. The
encampment is only for a period Of ter
days and it would appear that an en-
ployer could very easy make arrange
ments by which men could be let OF
for so short a time.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-07-24
THE NEW YORK MUTUAL
Four of the Members of the New BOaId
Of Trustees Will Not Serve-Com-
plant Against the Manner in Which
List OF Policy Holders Has Been
Filled.

New York, July 1S.-FOur of the
members Of the International Policy
Holders Committee of the Mutual and
New York Life Insurance companies
who were yesterday included in the
new board Of trustees as an "admlnis~
tratiOn ticket declined today to permit
the use of their names in this cOnn2c-
tioOn. On their behalf a protest was
forwarded to Otto Kelsey, state super
intendent Of insurance at Albany by
Samuel Untermeyer, counsel to the
policy holders organization.
Despite this protest, however, it was
stated by counsel for the Mutual that
the trustees have a right under the
law to nominate WhOmsoeyer they
choose and that requests for withdraw
al cannot be considered Once the nOmi-
nations are
The four members OF the policy
holders committee affected are Judge
George Gray, of DelaWare; General
Benjamin +. Tracy, Of this city, Col
onel Alfred NJ. Shook, of Tennessee,
and Harlow N. H%iginbothan of Chic
ago. All of these gentlemen sent tel
egrams to Mr.. Untermyer declaring
they were nominated without being
consulted and without their consent.
Acting for the policy holders or
ganization Mr. Untermyer ais sent
a protest to Albany today against the
manner in which the lists OF policy
holders in the various companies nave
been filed. He says the companies
have failed to give the proper al
dresses in many instances and have
been guilty of "wilful evasion.
When Mr.. Peabody, president Of the
Mutual Life Insurance Company was
shown Mr.. Untermyer's protests. he
said: -,
II am not surprised, but [ am afraid
the gentleman has let the cat out OF
tha bag. Perhaps his solicitude that
there shall be a good board is not SO
GREAT as his solicitude lest the control
of affairs shall pass out of his hands.
T certainly shall not go to him for IN
structions upon the subject of the pro-
nrieties. We believed that Judge Gray
General Tracey, Colonel Shook and Mr..
Hioinhotham. Notwithstanding their
criticism unon our administration were
men we'll fitted for trustees. Ihey hac
sienifed their desire for the change
and expressed thmselVes freely as ~
tho character of that change and we
felr and still feel that he had d per
feet right to place their names upon
our ticket. To speak of our dong 50
as a breach of propriety, Is nonsense
The truth is that Mr.. Untermyer, IN
nv Judgment. is not ~aitogetheE us
disinterested public behe1aci"I II.
would have the policy holders oeile'e'
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-07-24

. system whose maintenance wss for
the benefit OF tho whole. and received
in their own BODY the recoil Of thai
reckless legislation which put out Of
gear the wheels OF commerce and
drove the vessels to other ports Cause
reduced freight as the freight always
pays the pilotage."
This reference in the minority re-
port, in speaking 81 our business mea
a. a body of grasping shippers Toes
To, sound pleasant and Is r~eprehsnss-
bic. Mr.. Patter-on's name Is printed
80 this report lie informs me that
he did not draw the minority report.
which sets forth the sasoa for the
opposition 10 the bill. nor did he see
II, nor sign Il. He would not have
signed It without disclalmlaE hts dis
courtesy and reference IL the gentle
men who had secured the abolition
~ pilotage a. this port The member
o. ID" committee aho drew and aled
the minority report. in the absence -
Mr.. Patterson from Washington. went
In Mr. Page. = member 40 congress
rom this state. and asked him IL he
supposed lie could axe the liberty Of
signing Nj Patterson name in his
absence. Nr- Page without knowing
Of the contents of The report said -
him he q not think Nj Patterson
would Object. a. he bad voted wiGk the
minority. The member II the commit
Zee then signed Mr. Patterson name
to the report. and without n. know
edge OF NJ patterson iEAi i contain
ell this reference
This explanation NJ. Patterson mat
10 th" gentlemen az this CTS inmed.-
ateIy after II" publication "t tH" r.
port both In person aa4 b> letter and
ne has stated ihA' Nh'"'N'E '"' hl'
came before me h"A~ l'T "'{l1h I'll
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-07-24
TO PLANT
Nashville and Railway Light Company
Will InSSue $4,000. 900 Bonds.

Nashville, Tenn. July 18.-At a
meeting of the stockholders of the
Nashville Railway and Light Company
held here today. the issuance OF s15.-
100000 five per cent bonds was au-
thorized. Of this amount s1,5o0,ooo
will be marketed at once, ~so,ooo,ooo
OF the proceeds to be used In retiring
old securities II s1.5oo,oo0 for i'm
provements and extensions Of the
plant. A committee was appointed 70
investigate n report on the propose
ton for a holding company for what
are known as the Newman proper
ties, the plants in Nashville. Rirmiag-
ham,. Memphis, Little Rock. New Or
leans, Knoxville and Houston
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-07-24

phunc and Telegraph Company
Heard by Corporation commission.
(Sneci,l 10 The Mnssenger.I

lSp@Clsl 20 ne hF~SeikAtE-
Raleigh. \. c. July 1s.-In rh"
afternoon session in the hearing before
the Corporation Commission of the
| matter Of complaint in excessive cha---
es filed by Hon. J. Bryan Grimes
| against the Southern Bell Telephone
and Telegraph company. w. T. Gentry.
vice president Of the defendant com
pany, was examined and Withdrawn
Answer was made TO the supplementary
complaint by Col. Grimes In that he
had introduced questions not related
10 Questions the defendant company
had been called here to meet. and filed
many exceptions based on such grounds
as we'll rs based on umo and letter
from parties with whom the company
had no immediate affiliation. The OBJ
jeCtiO IS were stated that such supple
mentary complaints would confuse the
issue before the commission and Il was
the desire OF the defendants 10 lay
before that body all the details IN is
business necessary for exposition but
zone 10 confuse. The commission over
ruled and Mr.. Gentry resumed his res
timony. All the contracts between tho
Southern Bell company and other cJu-
panies will be introduced, such a q
done IN regard 10 the home telephouH
and telegraph company. The question
OF monopoly was explained as !: re-
ferred 10 the methods Of computing
rates on messages handled conosn!y.
4 denial vas entered that the defend
ant company refused other COMPANY
con lcctions for toll service. as Sc
forth In supplementary complaint He
was Cross examined by Col. Grimes
and explained the contract with the
Interstate company ID consolidate ne
three existing exchanges II Raleigh 10
De operated by one new company IN
stead Of three and a. four dollars
monthly instead # seven dollars
a half which failed because consent e
Raleigh company could not De had.
Rates were asked - various points,
George \. Holderne8g. Of the Carolina
compan -e-ti6ed a. tot indspende1ce
Of that line and expressed efficiency
Of the defendant company a. q criterion
and regarded their rates a. fair 2
reasonable. On cross examination Re
confirmed direct e~xaminatioon-
Petitions of ike nature froOm Char
to,tc. -. G. we're filed With the CoTpoF-
alton Commission today and bore one
hundred and thirty seven signatures.
The Southern Bell company objected
10 f1e introduction IN Grimes > com
pl.tnr asking ten days fling as H2aA1
10 answer complaint and stating i
would confuse the issue 30 D. presented
in the original hearing
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-07-24
N RESTRAINT OF TRADE
SHIT Entered Against Five Cotton Mills
for Forming a Combine

Little Rock, July 1S.-Suit was en-
tared TODAY against the five cotton
seed oil mills of this city. by Attorney
General Rogers and Prosecuting Al
tornev Rohoton, charging them WIN
being members of a combine in Hlo>
lation of the antitrust law, and ailes-
ing restraint of trade. The suits ask
judgement in the sum of $4,000 per
dav, aggregating $4,000 against each
mpa and asking also revocation OF
charters in this state.
It is the understanding in court CIR
c,es here that similar suits are TO be
entered against the remaining tnlrty-
tour mills.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-07-24
the State

The crowded condition OF the hotels
III Wilmington has certainly demon
strated to the fullest extent he fact
that Wilmington is badly in need Of a
MOTEL. Accommodations on The nasc,
are also inadequate, but if there was
a good hotel in the CITY those who
could not get a room on the beach
could spend the nights in the cir;
uhtll they did get Il room but as il is
conditions in the city are worse than
on the beach. Not a day masses bu-
one hears incidents Of people who have
been turned away from the hotels.
In some instances they have been un-
abla TO find anywhere to sDend the
night other than 10 occupy a chair and
a man who has slept in a chair is car
talnly not going 10 sing the praises Of
the town where he met with sucn nc
commOdations. 1t is understood that
a few nights ago a gentleman and his
wife arrived on a late train and we're
unable TO secure a room at any of the
hotels and had to sit up all night IN
NO E~-@OA * ~ IoIiS llouSc "ltEE
they Went in an effort to find lodging.
Scarcely a day passes now but what
people are turned away from the Will
mington hotels and it is a blow to the
town every mar who is turned away.
The hotel proposition has reached
that stage il Wilmington where il
would not only be a good thing for
the town generally speaking, to nave
81 aruo and ro01arr 1o+11 L-A .o-1;
tons demand it and a hotel will have
TO be erected to accommodate the
travelling public and if one is not built
he railroads will have to operate their
rains in such a manner that people
can get to other towns that have got
hotels. It is a matter that means A
great deal to the city of Wilmington,
far more than many realize. Whining
ton is the largest town in North Caro-
lima, IS growing more rapidly than any
city in the state and there is every
argument in favor of the erection Of
a large and modern hotel.
The proposition is n that is up 10
the business men and especially The
property owners of Wilmington for it
is the latter class who would be beEe-
fitted more than n others by the
erection of q hotel.
Last night when the Seaboard train
arrived, and It did not get in until
1 o'clock this morning, there were
some seven or more gentlemen bound
for this city and who desired lodging.
Three Of the party were accommodated
at The orion and the others had to
pick up their grips and find some
place to spend the night. AS soon as
one of the party was told hat he
could not get a room he at once began
to knock Wilmington.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-07-24
! CHARGED WITH ARSON
,,,inst NJ. 7. Norris on
"Iria at Raleigh.
n,plainr Against South
,bone Company-Death
re.prctcd Citizen-Judge
g.h} o,,a-Mjddlesex
I Charrred-COnyict
j ~"f,''
=. prnitentiary

rhaTrred-COnyict
i ComI""'
PenitentiaI1
-
,~r.-onua~ Bureau.
1,,r,, 1o+.
Rae.@l, -
Il. H. I. NoTrlS' III "aAo
r0.r-. vas resumed
tho examination Of
..1- rbo oond,o.
r. he
.a5ure IS SOW every step
~.r--sreI and at times
a-rvnen counsel
. fr 40
= .-ar- al. ago.
. mir "-52 Wa" calleu Oh
-.- /. matters OF evil
niger was shown
rInm. The sun
rarrafnder Of ;ha
2 .r..f.f in finishing m
.-rol wide interest,"
+ .,.na IF rho nartias
..|--4 farr that =.
.... inv he defendant
....4rrna Home IN
p4reioh :
' he CORPORATION.
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s ... 5- Col. BRYAN
:. .u-naro BELL FaIo-+
.,mnany is ya-
.... n-#rp, If the com
.s#hood IF extending
Z The evidence 50.
7 '..r,~- If o+har t11-'
..mary Mr. Toenla-
\ r. md George
T,,.h,r, was n Gun
.nnr nf vica prcei-
1921. paII .nmnanv tn.
-b.rnrahiv airod j.,
p -, .,n.+rnrtion nnnin-
.-;.1.o and actuaI t;r.-
..rs4 - he commission
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-07-24
NEW TRAP INSTALLED
Wilmington Gun Club is Now Ready
for Tournanlent--Eirst Test Will be
Made Friday.

The new Leggett automatic tOurna-
ment trap was installed at the gun
club grounds yesterday and will be
used for the first time on Friday af-
when the public is invited
to attend. The trap is similar to the n
used at the grand American handicap
tournament held at Indianapolis this
year. A large crowd is expected at
the club grounds Friday afternoon.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-07-24
sailor Made Sick From Eating Liver.

Rockport. Mas. July ia report
today from the b~a:tleship Illinois. one
OF the fee OF ~arships assembling
here for naval manouyres was To the
effect thai 100 or more sailors vho re-
Gently became Ill after eating liver had
greatly improved and were now prac-
ricaIIy well. None oof the sailors vas
seriously affected. IL vas stated The
liver was receiver on the warship ~
Charles,own from a provision CONTRACT
or who say hat the meat was fresh
when IL arrived AZ the vessel. but thar
il might have become spoiled by being
kept too long before IL was served.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-07-24
Virginian Appointed Consul.

Oyster Bay, July 1s,-President
Roosevelt today appointed William
H. Gale, of Virginia TO be consul at
Puerto Plata, Dominican republic.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-07-24
MORE APPARENT EACH DAY
That the City of Wilmington Needs
Increased Hotel Facilities

conditions Prevailing at the Present
Time are Detrimental to the CITY.
People are Turned Off Every Dax
on the Beach and When The, Come
to the City No Rooms AN be Secur-
ed-Peopie Who Would Otherwise
Come Here Will Soon Begin TO
shun the Most Important CITY i'm
the State.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-07-24
'.,l'i~'n OF he Governor.

: < aIer> Of the state
r.Icise Governor
.. -. Il reward for the.
-..rly Slayers before.
t,o"an county had.
ill., lowing what they
.4. -"d slayers We're in
al .~rlff had been Of
IL IT the reward. and
, II. s"hces the state will
.~saat o..t- 'apture. The gov
! Is however. and at the
Sc &c impressed with the
le borcL. .@ Alhg every effort to
, ~oscagso 1t is hardly right
u MS promptness and
l,dIelgh Times.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-10-25
WILL RUN MANY CAMPS
Logging Operations Will be Especial.
u Active Around Bemidji

Logging operations or preliminary
work for logging operations in the
Northern Minnesota districts are al
ready we'll under way and the concerns
that expect to be active this winter
along that line Of business are making
haste to get their camps in readiness.
Many Of the contractors have their
camps established, and roads cut, and
in some instances a considerable
amount Of timber has already been
cut and skidded. A scarcity Of labor
is the only thing that threatens to be
a drawback to some lively logging
operations before next spring.
The district about Bemidti. Mimi, ia
showing especial activity in the way
OF logging operations this season.
Many camps are running within a
radius of ten miles Of that place, at
which about 1000 men are employed.
Other men are being hired as fast as
possible 50 that the number of men In
camps will be just about doubled when
the contractors have their full COM
plement
1t is estimated that fully $4,000 900
to 80.000.000 feet of white pine will be
cut in the Tower MINI. district this
winter, and that all but about 100000
900 feet will be put in by the Tower
Lumber company and the vermilion
Lumber company, both of which have
mills in operation at Tower, summer
and winter.