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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-11-16
Graham Tr0tter Of Mt. Airy Ares.
ted Yesterday in Greensboro.
IN RECENT SHOOTING sCRAPE.
He is Charged With Completely in he
ing Which Miss Ashley, His Com
panion, was Shot-One Man Al
ready Arrested In Connection With
the Affair.
Especial to The Messenger


Greensboro, N. c., November H.
Graham Trotter. a young man OF Mt.
Airy, of excellent family, and teller OF
the First National Bank there. is in
the city locked up here, awaiting the
arrival of an officer o Mt. Airy
charged with completely In the as
sault Friday night on a man named
Turner, who was returning to Mt.
Airy in a buggy with Miss Ashby and
another young lady. Miss Ashby being
shot twice as the horse and buggy were
going from the scene of the hold-up. A
man named Brim was arrested in Mt.
Airy Saturday, and is in Jail awaiting
the result of Miss Ashby's injuries.
With instructions from Mt. Airy this
morning to arrest Trotter, officers here
received notice that he had boarded the
train some distance u from that
place, and was a fugitive from justice.
The officers went a mile out from the
station. and boarded the incoming
train and finding the party described.
made the arrest, and are holding him
without bail.
When seen in his Gel. at the police
station. Trotter said he did not care 70
make any statement, except that he
heard he would be wanted as a witness
and left home and came to Pilot
Mountain, where be boarded the train
i 1t was suggested t. N that a mistake
had been made in shooting Miss
Ashby when he quickly said Now you
have it, that's the Gatn." Asked for
further particulars, he said in effect,
that the parties who were in the hold
up were looking for certain people. and
were simply mistaken when they held
up the buggy in which Turner and
the ladies were riding. He showed con-
siderable knowledge of the affair, but
was not pressed and finding he had al
ready said too much or more than was
necessary, he said he did not care TO
talk n further.
Trotter's admission that the hold-up
and shooting was a mistake bears out
the report made by a Mt Airy gentle
man who was here Sunday. He said
that IL was generally understood that
the men implicated were on the road
that night to meet an appointment with
two women of the town. AS they fall
ed to meet them they thought that
some one else had inferferred with the
appointment. and the attack was made
under the impression that the buggy
contained these parties and they
made a terrible mistake.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-11-16
o ANY ITCHING.
DOan's Ointment Cures Eczema n
Itching Decentralization POple
Recommend 1t.

One application Of Doan's Ointment
stops any itching. Short treatment
cures eczema, itching piles, salt rheum
any skin eruption Or skin itching.
It is the cheapest remedy to use, be-
cause SD little of it is required to bring
relief and a cure. Here is Whining
ton testimony to prove it:
j. S. King, clerk On Market street,
residing at SIS Orange street, says: Il
used Doan's Ointment and found it to
be a great remedy for itching hemor-
rhoids. 1t acted like a harm in my
case. l tried all kinds of remedies,
but until J used Doan's Ointment I
could get nothing to give me positive
relief. 1t is a splendid preparation
and you are welcome to use my name
as one who says so. I obtained it at
r. r. Bellamy's drug store"
For sale by all dealers. Price SO
cents. Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other.
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ton, the engineer. was present, but
Josie Bhickhouse, the woman in ihe
case, whose home Is at Skinnersyille.
N. c., was only in the court room Il
few moments. The police justice found
both guilty of fo~rnication and adultery
and fined Burton $3.50 and costs anu the
woman $50, but upon an earnest plea
by attorneys on both sides and bv some
prominent gentlemen, RENTED the
fine and it was arranged tina the I'M
fortunate girl should leave for Rich
mond tonight where she has an uncle.
Unbounded sympathy is expressed for
her. It was in evidence that Burton
had showed her the papers of divorce.
He had been separated for two years
from his wife in Norfolk. She gaze
her age as % years and stated thar
her father was a Christian minister and
she a member of the Methodist ehurea
ar Plufield, w. Va. She says she was
seeeived by repeated promises CT mar
rage.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-11-16
Disaster to an Immigrant Train
on the B. & 0.
THE BLAME NOT YET FIXED
Many of the Injured, it is Feared,
Will Die.

The Great Loss of Life Caused by a
Collision a Passenger and
a Freight Train Near WOodville
Ind.-Both Trains were Running at
High speed and Many of the Cars
We're Knocked into Kindling Wood.
Fire Broke Out in Wreckagc ana
Most OF the Persons Pinned There
Of Their Companions-Iielief Trains
Were Rush q out to the Scene OF
the Wreck and all Possible AID
Given to the Injured.
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aware that possibly all their sacrifice
and effort had resulted only in the
death of those whom they had sought
tobring to them, vas putiful. Crowds
of Russians and Poles awaited around
the depot all day for news from
Woodville and when, late in the at
ternOon, a train came bringing the
SO injured persons, all of whom were
taken to Mercy hospital for treatment,
it was with the greatest difficulty that
the police were able to open a passage
for the wounded. Several Of the for
eigners became so excited that they
attempted to attack depot attaches
whose uniforms led them to believe
they were employed by the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad. Among the
wounded who were brought to the de-
pot was Mrs. Anna Chysia who had
come from Warsaw to meet her hus-
band who has been working here for
six months. Mrs. Chysia is blind and
her husband recognized her as she was
policemen. Before the officers could
catch him, he fell across the stretcher,
carrying it to the ground and kissing
hiswife repeatedly. She recognized his
voice and they chung to each other SO
desperately that it required the efforts
of both policemen to force them apart
Chysia struggled so ttercely that it
was necessary to place him under
arrest. He was released after being
taken out of the depot.
At the hospital tonight it was said
that it would be impossible for some
time to predict the result in the cases
of several of the injured
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-11-16
Hearstism Crushed.

While the subject is fresh IL Is well
to { how utterly Hearsism was
crushed In the four states where the
Hearst newspapers preach the doctrine
IF class hatred and anarchy. We know
what happened In New York In Mass
achusetts Moran. the Hearst candidate,
was defeated for governor. In Chicago
the Hearst ticket was completely snow
ed under, and In California Tire Hearst
candidate for governor was overwhelm-
ingiy beaten. The country may de-
land a, change, and ooner or later it
will come but not until we can have
candidates in whom TIE peonle can
place confidence-RaleIgh Times.
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$3.50, 900 FOR THE CAFE FEAR.
Recommendations of General Mclken-
sic for Work During the n xxt Year.

Washington, November 12.-Gen-
eral Alexander Mackenzie, chief of
engineers, has reported to the secre-
tary of war hat SIG, 052, 431 will be re-
CURED to complete the engineer work
upon the Notifications projected by
the board convened under the presi-
dents order of January 81, 1905.
In stating the amounts which he
says can be profitably expended dur
ing the next fiscal year in river and
harbor improvements, he included the
following items:
James river, Virginia, 5000, 600; Cape
Fear river, above Wilmington, N. c.,
locks and dams, $500, 900; Cape Fear
river at and below Wilmington, n. c.,
$3.50, 900; Savannah river, Georgia, $110,
600.
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Subject Of Annoyance to Many
Immigrants.
RID SOUTH OF Warrants.
Various Plans Suggested BY Sew.
eraI of the Speakers.

Second Session of the Southern Immi-
grafton and Quarantine Conference.
Coming of Esmigrants has q Direct
Bearing on the Solution of the Race
Problem, Which Is now Becoming
.Betw en-. the
Races not sd Great as Reported
Many Speakers Address The Con-
ference.
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Death of General Shafter.

Bakers Field, Cal, November H.
Major General Rufus Shafter. z. S. A.,
retired, died at 12.45 p. M, at the
ranch of Captain w. H. McKittrick,
his son-in-law, 90 miles south of this
city, after an illness of seven days.
Burial will be in the Post cemetery at
the Presidio at San Fracisco, with full
military honors.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-11-16

From the Wilmington Messengers
review of the shanghaiing case tried
in that city we infer its opinion to be
that the British steamer captain was
properly acquitted, but that neither he
o any other captain on this coast
will dare to do it again soon.-Char-
lotte Observer.
The Chanute times., 1906-06-29
PREVENTION OF CRUELTY.
A "Plain an Pinted" Duty That
Was Not to Be Misun-
derstood.

Deacon Smith and Deacon Jones
were pillars of an Alabama colored
country church. One day while stor-
ing hay in their employers barn, Dea-
con Jones came upon a hens nest, in
which reposed dozen large, white
eggs, relates the American Spectator.
Nov, whut us gwine do bout dis
hyah?" he demanded.
"Er, reckon we mout take 'em up
ter Ge big house?" Deacon Smith sug-
gested, without enthusiasm.
Nov, how we know dat hen b'long
ter Mars WIFI" Bro. Jones objected.
"No, sab! Can't take no chance on
gibbin' Mars Will some yuther mans
aiggs!"
"Mour leave dem hyah, den," was
the rueful reply.
Nov, lookyere, Bro Sniff, Abs
'sprisel at yo! Don de church teach
us ter be kind ter all critters? And
don yo think dat cludes hens? Eff we
wuster leave dem aiggs hyah, dat po'
liz her woul' think day warn't pre-
ciated an feel bad bout hit. No, sab!
Duh plain an pinted duty am ter take
dem sigs out yonder in dat pine thick
ct whar nobody won't see de smoke, an
roast EN-"
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given for anything injurious to health found
in Calumet Baking Powder.
BEYOND OUR BORDERS.

An official estimate places the acre
age of timber in British Columbia at
present at S2,75O,OOO acres.
The number of quart bottles Of
champagne in the French caves last
year was 100,96S,363.
The sugarcane estates of the West
Indies have been made vastly more
profitable by the introduction of steam
plows and other labor-saving devices
A London dentist has made a pro-
posal OF marriage in one of the most
novel ways which have yet come to
light. He fell in love with an elderly
patient who ordered a set of false
teeth from him. When the teeth were
delivered the woman found a neat pro-
posal engraved on the plate which held
the teeth.
The British Zeitung am Mittag says
that a Russian some time ago gave
ring worth $3.50 to a newspaper seller
In the Friedrichstrasse for three copies
Of the Zeitung am Mittag. The period
fixed by law during which the Russian
could have regained possession OF the
ring recently expired, and the police
have informed the newspaper seller
that the ring is his lawful property.
1t is estimated that from 100000 to
100000 natives have died in Africa OF
sleeping sickness in the last ten years.
The disease is, moreover, spreading
with alarming rapidity, yet nothing Is
done to check 1t. The weight of opin-
lon is that no person once infected ever
recovers. Despite its name, sleep is
not an important symptom, as it oc-
ours only towards the end OF the dis
ease in a small number of cases.
A curious case of museum robbery
is engaging attention at Weimar. An
agent offered some time ago to the
Goethe-Schiller museum a series OF
Goethe manuscripts, which on exam
nation proved to have been stolen
from the museum itself The agent ex-
planned that he had received them In
good faith from a well-known anti
quarian in Berlin. A search of the an
tiquarians house brought to light
many other documents belonging to
the Weimar museum.
The Chanute times., 1906-06-29
GRIST OF GRINS.

Eddie-"Say, uncle, what's radium?"
Uncl--"Aw, that's the stuff they make
radiators Of"
Father, what's the difference be-
tween a lunch and luncheon?"
about a dollar and a quarter, my
boy"
How did you get that black eye,
Willie?" 81 got dat" replied Willie,
disgustedly, "by waitin' to count ten
when was angry, like you told me
to-"
Nervous Old Lady (on seventh floor
of hotel)-"Do you know what precau-
tions the proprietor of the hotel has
taken against fire?" Porter-"Yes,
mum; he has the place inshoored for
twice wot it's worth"
well, Mr.. Lambkin, how do you
like being married." Not in the least.
l am no longer allowed to smoke, to
drink or to 60 out alone" Then you
must be sorry you married" Il am
not allowed to be sorry, either"
Mrs. Nibs-"Why were you so absurd
as tc tell Bibbs at the dinner table
that you can tell an old. turkey from
a young one by the teeth?" Nibbs-
80 | can" Mrs. Nibbs-"Nonsense
Turkeys have no teeth. "-Nibbs-
We'll. have"
The Chanute times., 1906-06-29
THE DOCTORS WIFE
Agrees with Him About Food.

A trained nurse says: 'Tn the prac-
tice of my profession l have found so
many points in favor of Grape-Nuts
food that | unhesitatingly recommend
it to all my patients.
at Is delicate and pleasing to the
palate (an essential in food for the
sick) and can be adapted to ali ages,
being softened with milk or cream
for babies or the sred when deficiency
of teeth renders masticatlon impos-
sible. For fever patients or those on
liquid diet | find Grape-Nuts and al
bumen water very nourishing and re-
freshing. This recipe is, my own idea
and is made as follows: Soak a tea
spoonful of Grape-Nuts in glass of
water for an hour, strain and serve
with the beaten white of an egg and
a spoonful of fruit juice or fiavoring.
This affords a great deal OF nourish-
ment that even the weakest stomach
can assimilate without any distress.
'My husband is physician and he
uses Grape-Nuts himself and orders
It many times for his patients.
personally l regard a dish of
Grape-Nuts with fresh or stewed fruit
as the ideal breakfast for anyone
well or sick" Name given by Postum
Co., Battle Greek, Mich.
In any case of stomach trouble.
nervous prostration or brain fag. a
10 days trial of Grape-Nuts will work
wonders toward nourishing and re-
building. and in this way ending the
trouble. There's a reason" and trial
proves.
Look in pkgs. for the famous little
book, "The Road to Wellville."
The Chanute times., 1906-06-29
GENERAL GLEANINGS.
The king of Ashanti has 1882 wi,

The king of Ashanti has 1882 wives.
A young Jones is born every 40
minutes.
The number of known stars exceeds
100,0O0O00.
Contributors to the London Times
are paid $25 a column.
One man in six in the American
navy is a total abstainer
The parrot appreciates music more
than any other of the lower animals.
Over 100000 leeches were used
annually rs years ago. but now not
100000 a year are used.
The worlds largest prune orchard
in Los Gatos, Cal.-contains $4,000
trees and yields an annual profit of
$4,000.
The Chanute times., 1906-06-29
stock bring. High Prices.

James G. Detwiler brought the ban
ner load of hogs to Hiawatha when in
ore wagon he hauled 26 that weighed
$3.50 pounds The load netted him
Just S329.4O. Brown county mules are
also bringing high prices. A carload
shipped from Robinson. 20 in all, cost
The buyer $4,000. over 5000 apiece.
The Chanute times., 1906-06-29
g KANSAS STATE NEWS. F;
Salt Freight Rates Reduced.


General freight agents of all Of the
Kansas railroads have fila; with the
state board of railroad commissioners
their new salt chedules, which operate
as very material reduction in freight
rates on this commodity. Because Of
the competition with the Michigan
fields it has never before been possible
for the Kansas producers to get into
territory north and east of Kansas.
1t is expected now that there will be a
freight rate war between the Kansas
railroads and those which handle the
Michigan product exclusively. The
eastern roads will be desirous OF re-
tanning their business in the new ter
ritory added to the Kansas field and
the Kansas producers will fight for a
part of the trade
The Chanute times., 1906-06-29

"There is one advantage in this busi-
ness mused the expert gardener, as
he stood in his orchard. 1T Is graft
ing all the time, but you can always
get the public to swallow it."-Balti-
more American.
The Chanute times., 1906-06-29

The extraordinary popularity Of fine
white goods this summer makes the
choice of Starch matter of great i'm
portance. Defiance Starch, being free
from all injurious chemicals, is the
only one which is safe to use on fine
fabrics. Its great strength as a stiff
ener makes half the usual quantity of
Starch necessary, with the result of
perfect finish, equal to that when the
goods were new.
The Chanute times., 1906-06-29
One on the Doctor.

A Baltimore physician who boarded
a crowded car in Charles street, no.
ticed a woman standing and big Ger
man sprawling over twice the seat
area that was necessary to him. In
dlgnantly the physician said to his:
"See here! Why don't you move a
little so that this tired woman may
have a seat?' For a moment the Ger
man looked dazed. Then a broad
smile spread over his countenance as
ne answered: Say dots joke on
you, all right! Dots my vife!"
The Chanute times., 1906-06-29
Went with the Suit.

Muggsy = Where did yer git de
watch?
Gaffer-Got it wild suit O. cloes.
Jaw! go'n; de clothin' men amt
givin' away no watches like that wild
suits o. clo'es."
"Well, dis was secondhand suit
what belonged to a gent what was in
swimmin'. '."-Philadelphia Press.
The Chanute times., 1906-06-29
postmasters Elect omcers.

The Kansas postmasters closed q
two days session at Olathe by elect
ing the following officers: j. Frank
Smith, Pleasanton, president; W. c.
Markham, Baldwin, secretary; B. A.
RosenQuist, Usage City, treasurer. Will
liam R. Spillman, superintendent Of
rural delivery, Washington, d. c., was
omong the speakers.
The Chanute times., 1906-06-29
egg Throwers Rnisc Defense Fund

The women of Stafford have just flu
ished raising $1,000 with which to fight
a $4,000 damage suit against the may
or, marshal and eight women as the
result of an attack on liquor sales
man. The eight women in the case do
not deny that they drove Clarence EN-
pey, a liquor salesman, out of town
with stale eggs, but contend they had
q right to do it.
The Chanute times., 1906-06-29
Give and Take.

Gracious, my dear" said the first
society belle, spitefully, do hope
you're not i'll. You look so much old
er to-right."
I'm quite well, thank you, DEAR" re-
piled the other. And you-how won
derfully improved you are You look
positively young. g."-Philadelphia Led
ger,
The Chanute times., 1906-06-29
nuys PouItry sIngasIne.

Chas. c. Smith, of Manhattan, owner
OF the Western Poultry Review, has
bought the magazine, Poultry Culture
formerly published in Kansas City,
and will move it to Manhattan. The
two papers will be consolidated under
the name, Poultry Culture and West
ern Poultry Review.
The Chanute times., 1906-06-29
Friction at Reformatory.

A story of friction in official circles
in the state reformatory at Hutchin-
son is in circulation. e. E. Marshall,
superintendent Of the institution, re-
Gently discharged Charles ]. Peck, the
assistant superintendent, and appoint
ed to succeed him, James Cady, Lipn
county politician. This stirred up
trouble for Marshall and there is talk
of an investigation of the affairs OF
the institution to be instigated by the
friends of Peck.
The Chanute times., 1906-06-29
Missouri Pacific May Build New Lin,

Missouri Pacific May Build New Line
Farmers and business men in the
northwest part of Sedgwick county
near Andale and from there west
on a. line west through Pretty
Prairie to Turon, are circulating pc
tition calculated to induce the Missouri
Pacific railway company to construct
a road from Andale, by way of Pret-
ty Prairie to Turon The petition Is
being unanimously signed by the resi-
dents along the proposed route. They
hope by Offering inducements in the
right-of-w way to get the Missouri Pa
cific to build.
The Chanute times., 1906-06-29

Defiance Starch is the latest inven-
tion in that line and an improvement
on all other makes; it is more eco
nomical, does better work, takes less
time. Get it from any grocer.
The Chanute times., 1906-06-29
Up to Him.

Regular Boarder-How many more
times am going to see this same piece
of pie?
Waiter-Dunno, sir. The boss told
me to keep giving it to you till you ct
it-Detroit Free Press.
The Chanute times., 1906-06-29

Wanted:-Just to inform you that tick
cts can be purchased from the Santa Fe
Agent at Wichita, Kansas, to or from all
Foreign Countries, special attention given
The Chanute times., 1906-06-29
To Vote on Purchase Of waterworks

The city of Abilene has agreed on
an appraisement Of the water works
plant and the Sand springs, from which
the water supply is taken. and will
vote on purchase of the plant next
month. The price fixed is sS5,OOO and
bonds to this amount on 4 1-2 per
cent. basis will be submitted.
The Chanute times., 1906-06-29
Hardened.

Papa-My child, if shall die penni-
less, are you well prepared to fight the
battle of life?
Blanche-I think so, father. I've
been through three engagements al
y.-Washington Star.
The Chanute times., 1906-06-29
Hcoyy sentence for Jointist.

Tom Brown, of Arkansas City
charged with violations of the liquor
law, was tried in Judge Walton's court
and was found guilty on the charge Of
maintaining a nuisance and on eight
counts for straight sales. On each
of the nine counts he was fined $500
and given a Jail sentence of 80 days
This makes a total of $2.700 and two
years and three months in the county
jail.
The Chanute times., 1906-06-29
No Such Temerity.

Meekly-Yes, we're going to move to
Swamrhurst.
Doctcr-But the climate there may
disagree with your wife.
1T wouldn't darel"-Philadelp
Public Ledger.
The Chanute times., 1906-06-29
sTArE OF OHIO, CITY OF ToLEDo,l ss

LUCAS CoUrY.
FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he fs senior
partner of the hrm of +. j. CHENEY o. Co., doing
business in the City of Toledo County and State
Aforesaid and that said firm will pay the sum OF
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every
case Of CATARRH that be cured by the use Of
HALLS CATARRH CURE. x,>xr,-
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence
this 9Th day of December, A. D., 1856
A. W. GLEASON,
( sEALt NOTARY PUBLIC
t0'
directly on the blood and mucous surfaces OF the
system. Send for testimonials. free.
FL. CHENEY CO., Toledo, d.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Hal's Family Pills for constipation.
The Chanute times., 1906-06-29
Really an Awful Affair.

She-He married her for her money.
Wasn't that awful?
He-Did he get 1t?
NO"
ut was. Judge.
The Chanute times., 1906-06-29

A man finds it easier to boast of
the glories of the past if there are not
few old-timers around who remem-
Der it even better than he does him
self
The Chanute times., 1906-06-29

There is no life preserver like pow
erty. The man with the rocks is the
one who gets swamped in the sea OF
life.
The Chanute times., 1906-06-29
Cabbage Crop Yiel

Cabbage Crop Yields $3.50 an Acre
The local prosperity of Columbus
and vicinity is being greatly benefited
by the growing of cabbage. There
are several extensive growers of cab
bage near that city. Mr.. Koontz prob
ably holds the record this summer. He
planted two acres in cabbage and
grew 22.5OO heads, most of which he
marketed early for eight cents head
His two acres produced him about
81 500 this year in clear money.
The Chanute times., 1906-06-29

The mare is by no means singular
Everything goes, where money is the
motive.-Puck.
The Chanute times., 1906-06-29

You always get full value in Lewis
Single Binder straight SC cigar. Your
dealer or Lewis Factory, Peoria, III.