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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-09-14

They Did New York and Had the
Time Of Their Lives.
Editor II. 3. yarner was ACC Ysa-

Editor Fl. 3. Warmer was here yes
terday going to Raleigh. lie said he
landed his New YorE-s.si.-see.nG
preachers safely back II North Caro-
lima last SUNDAY morning All mad tie
time Of their lives and Mr.. Warner said
he go enjoyed Il TRIP TO New
York.
Asked to which OF the New York
papers gave the party the bes- writ
up he said that it was the American
whose article, he said, was freer from
inaccuracies than any other. The aC-
count given il the Herald and Tele-
gram We're full OF inaccuracies. The
o elaborate account was in the
New York Sunday World which de-
voted a half page 10 the editor and
his party of ministers. The New York
Press gave a good account with only
a few mistakes. The Brooklyn Eagle
did the subject justice, accor-~ng to
Mr.. Warner. oh. they just didn't give
us rest" he continued. 4 was pulled
u OF my bed mornings long before |
was ready and the reporters were
the last people | saw on going TO my
at night. The World had a ten
thousand dollar man CHASING us two
days. The American sent d man
around with Us an entire day"
Through Mr.. Warmers New York
representative arrangements were made
in advance which guaranteed a good
time for the party. Every attention
was shown. On a trip up the Hudson
the president sent his son along to see
that proper courtesies We're given and
personally made some OF the arrange
ments. In fact, it was an all-around
successful trip with nothing TO mar il.
-GraenSbOro Telegram
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-09-14
SMASH-UP AT SPENCER
Three Locomotives Badly Torn Up and
One Man Badly Injured.

a smash-up occurred on the South
erR Railway yards here last night in
which three locomotives were badly
torn up and Hostler Smith was Sc
verely injured. Two engines were TAX
ing coal at a coal chute when a shift
ing engine in charge of Mr.. Smith
dashed around a curve running back
wards at a high rate of speed. 1t col
lided with the front Of the nearest
engine, tanning all into a a Of
broken iron and tearing up the ten
ders. The crews on all OF the engines
saw the approaching shifter and jump
ed in time to save their lives. Mr..
Smith was the last to leave his thrOt-
tie and was thrown on an embank-
ment a considerable distance. The re-
sponsibility has not been placed
Spencer Dispatch.
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SOME AFTER EFFECTS OF
THE FRISCO EARTHOV

The San FranciTco earthquake had
its effect upon tn. national govern
ment by d~islOcating the usually
woodworking machinery Of various
departments. The War, Navy, Post
office, Justice, Treasury, and other de-
partments felt the demoralizing effect
of the eight-foOt slide Of earth which
worked such havoc, and they are now
at work restoring lost connections
and making new ones. The CONFUSION
created a few new problems, too,
which are being studied by the gov
eminent, and one or TWO yaIuabIe ideas
were conveyed by the tremor than ran
along the Coast.
The Wa Department seized upon
the wreck of its organization at San
Francisco to urge the establishment
OF a big army and transport depot
there, and congress deemed il wise to
make an appropriation for that pur-
pose. Consequently, as a direct result
OF the earthquake, San Francisco VII
have a great army depot which other
wise might not have been acquired
for years. The depot viii be situated
at Fort Mason, on the bay shore, and
great docks VIII be constructed for the
use OF the army transports which main
tain communications between the
mainland and the Philippines.
Wireless ~telegraphy received a de-
clded impetus from the earthquake.
II was through wireless dispatches
that the first news Of the disaster was
conveyed to the army and navy au-
thorities. resulting in instant measures
Of relief. The Navy Department was
quick TO press the merits Of wireless
biography upOn congress. and an ap-
preparation was made Iur r7e Install
alton Of stations all along the Pacific
Coast. These stations are now being
installed. Within a few weeks the
Pacific Coast Is Well as the Atlantic.
will be lined with points Of communi-
cation which will be able TO transmit
intelligence over sea and land in spite
OF weather, war, OF any disturbance
short Of a cataclysm. All wireless tel
graph under the government is n
the hands OF the navy department.
The letter carriers Of San Francisco
were in a ludicrous situation imme-
diately after the disaster. They had
enormous quantities of mail 10 deliver
aIong familiar routes, but there were
no longer either houses or people
Tens Of thousands of people moved
in 4 ~twinkling, and without no
tice. leaving the post Office force 10
guess their whereabouts Other thous-
ands poured in instructions regarding
their mail. While the clerks and car
riers were struggling with this con-
fusion, the post Office was threatened
with fire. and dynamiting began IN
several directions. One big blast threw
bricks, stones and other debris into the
post Office. smashing windows and
ceilings After the first high hubbub had
subsided the postmaster found that
ne had 10 serve q population OF half
the former size Congress was gener-
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Strickland ". Gillian

AS&Aa a. HA1A$AA -
We were waiting At Manhattan.
Kan. for a weSt-bound Rock island
tram. The string Of coaches. one q
which vas partially inhabited b. The
Liar and myself. had backed onto a
siding. and the engine stood fzznE
like an angry cat in the presence of
q cross dog. II was midnight. and ~
| were anxious to reach Mcfarland
Junction before he east bound from
Denver should leave for Kansas CITY
the town of the ancient and filthy
union station.
On piles of lumber and ties by the
track, underneath the water tank. and
on the bare. wet ground itself, the
prone forms of buns" were revealed
by the soft, clear moonlight. The tran
crew stood huddied in la~ntern-lit
groups. talking slowly. and casting
watchful eyes toward the neglige heaps
Of humanity.
They'll be trim TO ct on nine when
she comes West, if her crew docsn I
keep their eyes skinned said the
brakeman. Il had to smash one Of
EN- tother night. | told him TO git
of the pilot, an he damned me an
was gittin' ready 10 hit NE. | seen IT
was him or me, an | smashed my Ian
tern on i'm right quick. He got OF.
An he didn't say nothin', nei her"
where are they all headed for" |
| asked.
Headed for? Why, the wheat har-
vest and thrasin'. of course They're
all maxim for West an Northwest"
"Speakin' of wheat harvest" began
The Liar. as he reached out and kicked
a piece of coal into the ditch. re
minds me Of my boyhood. | was talk
ing with one of these farmers around
Clay Center the other day. and he told
me a popularity of this years crop
was the shortness of the straw and the
| heaviness of the head. He said the
crop looked bad and short, but that in
! tie thrashing it turned out wonder
fully.
Once, when I was a little fellow.
! down in the Southern Ohio hills. my
father raised a crop Of buckwheat like
thai. II was awful late coming up.
and We thought of resolving it. Just
about the time We were getting ready
to SOW it again in buckwheat or put
it TO turnipS, we noticed the ground
was cracking all over, and humping
in a few million spots. Father got
| down n brushed away the dirt IN a
place or two. and there came the
leaves and the buds all ready 10 bloom.
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ScDtcmhcr g


1776-The American colonies first
called the UNITED States by
congress-.
1S46-NeW York and Albany con-
nected by telegraph.
1S5O-NeW Mexico and Utah Terri
tories organized.
1S53-The remnant of Table Rock,
at Niagara Falls, drops into
the abyss.
189S-United States commissioners
appointed to negotiate a trea-
ty Of a with Spain.
10
1543-The BIZ survivors of De So
to's expedition reach Panuco,
ending what Ridpath de-
scribes as the most marvel
Gus expedition in the history
of the country"
156-The French sail from Port
Royal, S. c., against Menen-
dez at st. Augustine.
16O7-GovernOr Wingfield detected
in the embezzlement of the
stores of the Virginia colony:
impeached and deprived of
his office.
1608-Captain John Smith elected
president of Virginia colony.
1755-Acadians forced to embark
for Punishment from NOvia
Scotia; the number is various
ly estimated from 1000 to T.
900.
1770-The governor of Massachu-
sets delivers Castle William
over to the kings troops.
17S5-Treaty Of amity and COM
merce with Russia signed.
1S13-Commodore Perry victorious
over British in naval battle
on Lake Erie.
1S50-House of representatives
passes the fugitive slave DILL.
September ii
16O9-Henry Hudson discovers the
river which bears his name.
1656-Peter ~Stuyvesant concludes a
treaty" with Connecticut limit
ing New Netherlands by Oys-
ter Bay on Long Island. and
Greenwich, on the Connecti-
cut mainland.
17T6-At a conference on Staten Is
land, the colonial commits
sioners spurn Admiral Howe's
proposed terms Of recOncilia-
ton.
l177-Washington defeated at the
battle Of Brandywine: Lafay-
cite wounded.
17S6-DeIegates from five states
meet at Annapolis to
regulate commerce on the
Chesapeake Bay: the forerun-
ner Of the constitutional con-
vention.
1S41-All Of President Tyler's Cabi-
net except Daniel Webster re-
sign because OF the presi-
dents veto of the fiscal bank
bill.
1S5O-Jenny Lind first appears on
an American stage at Castle
Garden. New York.
1S61-President Lincoln revokes
General Fremont's emancipa-
ton order.
12-
1504-Columbus takes final cave Of
the New World and sails for
Spain.
1T1-WaShingtOn re-enters Phila-
delphia with the remnant Of
his army. after the defea- of
Brandywine.
1S14-Rritish attack Baltimore:
General Ross. British, killed:
Americans fall back
1S46-Colonel jefferson Davis. at
the head Of the First Missis-
sippi Rif1emen, charges the
Mexicans at Fort Teneria.
1S47-Battle of Chapultepec: on
this and h succeeding day.
General Scott, with 1900 men
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-09-14
SEVEN DAYS OF AMERICAN HISTORY

dSltdlS d IOlCt VI .O.UUU -ICA-
leans.
1S57-Steamer Central America
wrecked in the Gulf of Mex
leo; about 375 lives lost
1861-The Kentucky Legislature
passes a resolution requiring
the governor to call out state
troops to repel confederate
invaders.
1S69-The national Prohibition par
ty organized at a convention
in Chicago.
September 81
1629-Indians offer their allegiance
to the Plymouth colony.
1759-First battle on the Plains of
Abraham, at the siege of Que
17S2-COngress agrees to accept the
offer of Virginia's western
lands.
17SS-Congress makes New York
the Capital City Of the United
States.
1814-British squadron bombards
Fort McHenry, near Balti-
more, from sunrise until mid
night; during the lombard
ment Francis Scott Key COM
poses The Star Spangled
Banner
1S9S-Admiral Cervera and other
captured Spanish officers sail
for Spain.
September IL
1712-The French government
grant Antony Crozat a mo-
nOpoly of trade and 10000
annually for settling Louis
lana.
1116-British enter New York City,
the Americans %retiring: Gen
eral Washington narrowly es-
capes capture.
177S-Benjamin Franklin sent to
France as Minister PlenipO-
tertiary.
17S1-General Washington arrives
at Williamsburg M assumes
command.
17S6-Connecticut deeds western
land to congress.
1S14-The British abandon their
expedition against Baltimore.
1S41-Mexico s~urrenders; General
Scott marches his victorious
army into the capital. and
war practically ends.
1S62-McClelian defeats Lee at the
battles of South Mountain.
1S62-The governors of fourteen
States and the proxies Of
three others meet at Altoona.
Pa. and approve Of enamel
patton as a war Measure
1S72-The Alabama claims against
England decided in favor Of
the United states.
19o1-President William Mckinley
dies at Buffalo.
September 10
1e07-One half the ~colonists in Viz
ginia dead OF disease.
1609-Captain John Smith sails
from Virginia for England 10
recover his health.
175S-Pennsylvania troops and 500
Highlanders routed By
French al Fort Duquesne.
1S14-British attack Fort Boyer.
commanding the entrance to
Mobile Bay. but are repulscd.
1S56-Three regiments OF Missou-
rians march TO attack Law
renee, kans-. but retire before
United States troops.
1s57-Brigham Young forpids Unit
ed States soldiers 10 enter
Utah. and calls out his troops.
1S63-President Lincoln proclaims
a general suspension OF the
writ Of habeas corpus
throughout the United States.
1s74-President issues a proclama-
ton ordering armed partisans
in Louisiana TO disperse with
in FIVE days.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-09-14
Mere. Man r..

Men are qu---
roar when the
meals i theE hal
high stool in from
there VAS no c.u--
in that fashion
men when the:
cat will pick o.
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Three Persons Killed.

Rushville, Ind, September 11.-Three
Iworkmen were killed today by coming
lin contact with a barbed wire fence
THAT had been charged with electricity
from the plant Of the Indianapolis and
ICincinnati Traction company. 4 bolt
Iof Tightening had burned an insulator
which allowed a guy wire leading to me
fence to become charged.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-10-21
HERO OF 'FR|SCO'S FIRE
Rev. c. A. Ranm, Who Saved Ca
lhsdrs|. Is In East.
TALKS Of REBUILDING PLANS
Priest Who Climbed to Cross With
Hose Said to Have Halted fire
There After Firemen Had Become
DemoraIIzed.

BALTIMORE, Oct. 2O.-Arch-
1ishop Patrick w. Riordan, of
san francisco. called upon Cardinal
Gippons Yesterday and spent several
peasant hours with the cardinal and
the priests at the house. With the
arcnDishop was Rev. Charles A..
hamm, who spent several years here
while studying at st. Mary's Semi.
nary and the Johns Hopkins Univer.
SHY ana Mgr. d. j. Mcconnell. rec.
ator OF the catholic University.
Father Ramm, who has MANY
friends here, distinguished himself
Tor bravery during the earthquake
the credit of saving the Cathedral
In the stricken city, and many nor.
sons say II the CathedraI had bnrn.
ed a great deal of property in The
beautiful residential section beyond
1t would have been material for the
flames.
The priest Is a young man, scarcely
more than 80 or SO, and his clean
cut figure marks him as an athlete.
His face is strong, his eyes always
on the alert and his hair, which Is
getting thin at the back IS light
brown. Every word he utters speaks
OF strong determination, and a close
study OF the man is enough to con-
vince anyone that he is a leader.
For the perilious feat of climbing
a high church steeple to extinguish
a burning cross, Father Ramm now
looks like the man to lead. On the
night tne flames were sweeplngev
thing In front of them into mass
of ruin the cross OF the Cathedral
caught fire. Immediately Father
Ramm realized that something must
be done. The Aremen were in con-
fusion for the blaze had already
got beyond their control. One vol.
unteer fireman and another priest
followed Father Ramm ,lp the steep.
lie, and with line of hose the
trio nottonly extinguIshed the flames
destroying the cross, but kent the
roof OF the church drenched until
the danger of 1t catching fire was
passed.
Father Ramm Is student of cur.
rent topics, and he Is we'll posted re
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-10-21
STOCKS AND BONDS
Market DsmOralIzsd Big Slump
IN Securities.
rye
ALMOST A PANIC ON The FLOOR
Anaconda Drops Back Ten and a Half
Points-ereat Northern Preferred
Suffers Loss of Eight Points
Trade Lacks Support.
(By Associated Press.)

NEW YORK, Oct. 20.-The stock
market was thrown into demoraliza.
ton, today, by the further considera.
lion or the new conditions In the
money market offered by the advance
IN the Bank of England rate to six
per cent, yesterday, and by the heavy
inroad on the surplus reserves of the
new York banks revealed by the bank
statement
The conditions as the market closed
were panicy and stocks were being
thrown over indiscriminately and at
swift concessions in prices.
Some Of the principal declines will
sufficiently picture the conditions.
Great Northern preferred broke 8, An
aconda 10 10, Reading 6 1-2; St. Paul
and Canadian Pacific A ga, Union Pa
CHIC. Atlantic Coast line and Ameri-
can Smelling, a. Colorado Fuel, 8 IL:
baltimore and Ohio 8 Ia and Louis.
vlile and Nashville and Amalgamated
copper ., and In the list generally
there were wide declines ranging up
to 2 1-2 points.
There was evidence from time to
time of vigorous efforts to support
the market, by taking over the offer.
ings. But the flood Of liquidation
broke through all efforts to support
the market. and threw 1t into the de.
moralized condition in which 1t clos
ed.
London was heavy seller in this
market and grave apprehension was
reported In London for the conse-
quences In the coming stock market
settlement there.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-10-21

Sarding the work of the rebuilding
OF san Francisco. He declared the
rehabilitation has not been so fast
because OF the trouble experienced
with removing the debris from tho
streets. The laying ont of the streets
100 the priest said, had riot progress
ed SO rapidly because of the debris
and the discussion regarding the
plans to beautify tie city
But for all that, Father Ramm said
plans nave been accepted for many
permanent buildings and the various
commissions are working hard to reg
ulate the streets. When the streets
are rearranged and the building over
Rather Ramm said he felt confident
san francisco would indeed be a
beautiful city. Moreover, beauty has
not been the most important thing
considered, for the priest said new
system was to be used for the water
supply. 1t will be an underground
system and the water from the bay
Will be pumped through cisterns.
Speaking of the destruction of the
buildings, Father Ramm said the
earthquake had done little or no dam
age to the steel structures. The
Call building and the st. Francis
hotel. he declared, were not badly
damaged by the quake, but the
flames swept through them much
after the same manner they did here
In fact, our disaster was like les
son to the people of San Francisco.
Father Ramm said, and they profited
by our experience when such mat.
tiers as rebuilding the city arose.
Although the permanent buildings
have not been erected so rapidly
Father Ramm declared that within
three months after the disaster Van
Ness avenue, formerly one Of the
best residential streets was crowded
from one end to the other with re-.
tail stores. This avenue was on the
border line between the burnt dis
trlct and the section of the city
which escaped. All the merchants
are now admitting that business is
fine and the prospects are bright
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-10-21
SEATTLE WON PRIZES.
Puget Sound Pythians Made Best
Showing at New Orleans.
(By Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS, La, Oct. 20
The awarding of prizes today to win
ners of the competitive drills Of the
last week was the final item OF the
Knights of Pythias encampment pro-
gram.
First prize of $500 for being the
best drilled company in camp, was
awarded to Seattle Company No 1, of
Seattle, Washington
his company also won the distance
prize making its total winnings $4,000.
Captain Otto A. Chase. of the Seattle
]. Company, was awarded the medal as
the best officer. A total of $1,000 in
prizes was distributed.
In the competition for best drilled
company. Georgia Company. No. /, of
Savannah, Ga, finished fourth and
Battle Creek, No. ~ of Battle Creek,
Michigan sixth.
The largest commandery prize was
won by Kansas City Company No. g..
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-10-21
Obtains Rubber Concession From
king Leopold.
NEGOTIATIONS. NEG ARE CONCLUDED
Flnanolsr Sails From London For
New York-AssoeIates Retlcent az
TO the Details Of the New Agree.
ment as to the Nrlcan Fields.

NEW YORK, Oct. 20.--News re.
ceiyed by. cable frQm London an.
nonnced the sailing of Thomas +.
Ryan by the Celtic, Of the white
. Star Line. and successful termi.
nation OF an important trade agree
inent with the King Of Belgium con
corning the Congo. The agreement
has been under negotiation for two
p months. and several distorted stories
about IL have been printed in this
country.
Little is known In America. ex.
cept among MIR. Ryan's intimate as
socintes, rs to the nature of these
negotiations. and these men have
perslstently refused TO discuss the
subject. One of them today admit
ted however, that Mr.. Ryan Ind oh.
tained n firm foothold In the Congo
Free State for American enterprise
and on broader lines than hnd been
suggested IN any of the brief cable
dispatches announcing the progress Of
the negotiations In Brussels. The
agreement he let 1t be understood,
secured, among oth,r things, to
Americans the exclusive right to
gather rubber over vast and easily
accessible forest area.
8s Aho ioSl SoHCeucu W alT. Ryan
and his associates Is to be imme.
diately developed on a scale never
before attempted In any field.
1t was said today that the Con.
tfnental Rubber Company, or which,
Mr., E7an Is II director. has no cor
norate connection of any kind with
what Is known rs the Rubber Trust,
beyond that the trust, In common
With other great users of crude rub.
her, purchases material from Il. The
concession assures TO the inhabitants
OF wide and easily accessible areas
light anu profitable employment M
der humane American administration.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-10-21
Thc vnllcN ne oni,lo,o

Whoever" says Charles Darwin in
liis "Voynge of the Beagle" called
Valparaiso the valley OF paradise
must have been thinking of Quillota."
Quillotn Is II thriving town twenty-siS
miles from Valparaiso in northeast
erly direction. Any person, he dc.
clares, who sees only the country
around Valparaiso, barren Of vegetn.
ton, would never imagine that there
were such picturesque spots In Chile
AS soon as we reached the brow OF
the sierra the valley of Qulllotn was
immsSiatcly under our feet. The pros.
recfSNvas one OF remarkable natural
iuNurinnce. The valley Is very broad
ana quite fiat and Is thus easily irrl
gated IN all pnrts. The little square
gardens are crowded with orange and
olive trees and every sort Of vcge
table"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-10-21
THADDEUs STEVENS.
His scnso of iIunor and Iiis Unosten-
tatious Charity. } b.

tIis sense OF iIunhor and IiIs Unosten.
tatious Charity. s
Many joke Is credited to Thaddeus
stevens. who led the Republicans in
congress during the civil war and tbs
troublolls times after.
One Of the very kcencst or his tests.
which Is undoubtedly authentic, is so
commonplace In sound that one might
easily be forgiven for failing to take
In It's meaning. In his Inst days David
reese and John Chnuncey, two en-
plOyces Of the house of representatives,
ascd TO carry him in large armchair
from his lodgings across the public
grounds. up the broad stairs of the
enpitOl.
"Who," he said to them one day, will
he so good to me ana bear me In their
strong arms when you two mighty men
arc gomez
Such II .qucstlon implied nothing short
OF II sense of intellectual Immortality.
Wien he had taken to his bed for the
last time a visitor told him he was look
ing well.
"Oh, john" was the quick reply, at
Is not my appearance, but my dlsap.
pearance, TINT troubles mew
One day member of the house of
representatives. who WIS noted for his
uncertain course on all questions and
who confessed that he never invcstlgnt-
cd point under discussion without
findings himself neutral, asked for
lowe OF absence.
"Mr. Speaker" sald Stevens, IT do
not rise 10 object. but to suggest that
the honorable member need not ask
this favor. for he can easily pair of
With himself.'
One anecdote always remembered In
connection with Stevens illustrates his
transformations charity a bcggar wo-
man met linn one morning rs lie was
llmplng to the house.
"0h, sir" she said, 81 hive just lost
NIL the money had In the worldw
"And how much was thatT
ooh, sir, It was IS cents"
"Yon don't say sou he replied, put
ting five dollar bill In her hand. "And
how wonderful it is that should have
found what you lost" = Philadelphia
Press.