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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-11-30
The Woman Located Who Made
Charges Against Caruso.
WIFE OF A BASE BALL PLAYER.
Real Name was not Hannah Graham,
but Nrs. Adam Stanhope-When
the Charge was Made She did not
Know Who the Man WASHER Hus-
band was Anxious to Punish Caru~o.
Without Taking the Matter to Court.

New York, Nov. 2S.-The Evening
World says that the oma who gave
her name as Hannah Graham, and
who failed to appear in the police
our TO press the charge which she
mada against Caruso. the Italian tenor
has been found. She is Mrs. Stan
hope the wife Of Adam Stanhope. a
baseball player. Mrs. Stanhope IS
quoted as saying that there is no ques-
ton that the insult offered by Carus1
vas an intentional one. She said she
did Dot know that the mar was Ca
russo, She did not desire TO make any
complaint against the man, bu1 finally
did so because Policeman Cain said
the man had insulted other women
there that day, and he wanted TO lock
him up.
When she reached The police station
Captain Stephenson told her, she de-
clared. that she need not give her
real name. 4 guess we have this man
dead to rights" she quotes the captain
as having said to her, land you need
not come to court"
When asked why she did not write
q letter to Magistrate Baker during
the police court hearing, Mrs. Stan
hope replied: 7 was afraid. After /
told my husband, he acted like a mad
man. He wanted to go to the Hotel
Savoy and punish the tenor. Gus Me
han his friend, had t hold him in
check"
1T was in the monkey house that
I first saw Caruso,'' she said. Il did
not know that foreign looking man
was Caruso at that time. He lies
when he says that l firted with him.
THE mar followed me across the
building. 1 was looking into a cage
where there was but one monkey,
when [ felt the knuckles of a hand rub
foreign looking man, standing close.
There was no mistake about the in
suit being intended"
New York, Nov. 2S.-Enrico Caruso
was given a cordial reception when
he appeared a few moments after the
curtain went UP in La Boheme' at
the Metropolitan opera house tonight.
The only suggestion of disapprCval
was mild kissing from different parts
Of the house. After a few seconds
! this was hushed. The applause
lasted several minutes was the strong
est in the balconies and galleries
where many Italians and Frenchmen
were seated. After his first solo, Ca
ruso was given an ovation.
The house was comfortably filled,
but O crowded and seats in the bal
comics were still to be had at S:45
o'clock. Police guarded all the exits,
and were in evidence throughout the
house and in the wings On the stage.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-11-30
ALDERMAN JOHNSON VERY ILL
Suffering From a General Breakdown
Of the. Nervous System-His Life
Despaired of.

Tn friends of Alderman E. F. John
son will regret to learn that he is
critically ill at his home on Ninth
street and his life is oespaired OF.
Mr.. Johnson is suffering from no
special disease but a genreal break
down. He has not been well for sew
eral weeks and at a special meeting
Of the board Of aldermen held some
days since was too unwell to be pres
ent. For the past year Alderman john
sol has led a very strenuous life, for
in addition to his own busine5s he has
devoted much of his attention to the
subject Of municipal ownership Of the
waterworks. He is a staunch advo-
cate Of the city owning its own wafer
works plant and his erorts along this
line have been untiring.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-11-30
Louis Payne Threatened to Show
the Company Was lnsolVent.
HE MADE A DEMAND FOR 500. 900
Testimony in the Trial of President
Burnham for Alleged Misappropria-
ton OF Funds-In Former Inyesti-
CATION Payne Denied That any SUCH
Demand was Ever Made.

New York, November 2s.-Charges
that Louis F. Payne, when state su-
perintendent of insurance. demanded
100000 from THE Mutual Reserve Fund
Life Insurance Company under threat
of showing that the company was in
solvent, and that President Frederick
a. Burnham had said hat he paid MIR.
Payne $4,000, were made by Assistant
District Attorney Mott today in the
trial OF George H. Burnham, Jr.
Mr.. Burnham is indicted. together
with Frederick A. Burnham, Jr., former
counsel for the Mutual Reserve Life
Insurance Company, and George D..
Eldridge, vice president of the com
pany, for misrepresentation Of the funds
Of the company.
After the jury had been sent out Of
the court ROOM. Mr.. Mott said that
President Frederick Burnham asked J.
Douglas Wells, who was then vice pres
ident of the Mutual Reserve, to put
the sum of S5,075 in his expense &C.
count, because President Burnham was
in financial straits. AS a reason for
his need OF money, Mr.. Mott said Pres
ldent Burnham declared to Mr.. Wells
that Superintendent Payne han de-
manded the $1O0,0 900, but had been in
duced to accept $4,000.
This amount, according to Mr.. Mott.
Mr.. Burnham said he paid from his
own funds.
President Burnham told Mr.. Wells,
Mr.. Mott said, that he paid the $40
900 SO that the company could write its
own report as to it's condition. Pres
ident Durham also was quoted as say
ing that he had borrowed 5000.
The matter of this alleged payment
of 100000 to Louis F. Payne was
brought up during the insurance inves-
tigation last year when Mr. Payne was
a witness before the investigating com
mittee. MI. Payne declared that the
| report was absolutely false in every
! particular.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-11-30
THANKSGIVING PARDONS.
The Governor, According to His Gus
tom, Gives Freedom TO two Long
Term COnVictS.
Especial to The Mesesnger.)


Raleigh, N. c., Nov. Ex-Governor
Glenn this evening pardoned two con
victs in the state ~penitentiary follow
ing a custom he inaugurated last year.
The lucky men are James Branch,
sentenced in 1896 from Ashe county
for thirty years for murder, and Con-
rade Perry, colOred, sentenced in 1896
fom Warren, for house breaking, and
sentenced to fifteen years. The par
dons are conditioned on their well be-
havior, sober and industrious, and are
granted upon the special recommended
ton Of the penitentiary authorities
who furnished a list Of ten names,
all for long terms from ten years to
life imprisonment from which the gov
ernor made the selections.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-11-30
THANKSGIVING AT TILE ACADEMY
ances Today-Tickets for Both Now
on Sale.

For Thanksgiving the Academy Of
Music will offer two performances
matinee and night. The Four Pickerts
and company will hold the boards and
make two fine offerings. This after
noon at matinee "Cinderella" will be
presented and tonight the merry farce
comedy, "Charley's Aunt" will be
the bill. Clever s~pecsaities will be
given in connection with each and
tickets for both performances can be
purchased at. Plummer's this morning,
the prices for the afternoon being re-
duced to 10 and 20 cents. The doors
will open at 1.30 o'clock this after
noon, so as to better handle the rush"
but the curtain will not go up until
the usual hour.
Last night the company was seen
in a clever presentation Of "The In
ventor." The specialties Were particu-
larry good.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-11-30
PLENTY OF LA GRIPPE.
Prominent Physician Says There is
More in Wilmington Than in Sew
erai Years Past.

A prominent physician Of this city
stated yesterday that there was more
ia grippe in Wilmington at the pres
ent time than he had known In sev-
eral years and the disease, he stated,
was of a more serious form than
usual. During the month CT Novem-
Der the weather conditions have been
such as to cause many people to have
severe cold. There have been sudden
changes from real summer weather
when the temperature has ranged
around so to the cool days % winter.
Monday and Tuesday it was Vesy
warm and yesterday afternoon was
quite chilly.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-11-30

Two Months OF Fall Session-At-
tendance Larger Than Ever Before.

The Wilmington High school has
made the finest record this fall in the
history Of the school as to the num-
Der OF students In attendance and 1t Is
70 be doubted IL q better record has
ever been made IS TO punctuaiity.
This school opened for the fall session
just two months ago and 226 pupils
have been enrolled. Out OF an aggre-
gate attendance Of 400 during the
past month only s pupils were tardy.
in other words. where one pupil was
tardy $50 were In their places on
time
This shows two things, the increas-
ing interest shown in education high
er than the graded schools, and also
that parents are seeing that their
children are in attendance regularly.
The teacher, as no n else. knows the
importance OF punetuality and how es-
sential it is where one desires TO get.
. thorough education. Missing only q
few DAYS from school will often threw
pupils back to such an extent thai
they will never be able to thoroughly
understand the subject being studied.
Some very high grades were made
during the past month, the highest be-
ing by Miss Eta Sallings Of the fresh
man class who got al average of99.66.
Hiss Alice Noble led the junior
c,Gss; Nicholas Post the sophomore
class; Miss Eta SaIlings freshman
class No. 1, and Miss r'annie Mitchell
freshman class No. ?.
The roll of honor for the month was
as follows:
Senior class. First honor, Ferdinand
Duls, Harry Solomon and Harold
Whitlock.
Second honor, Devora Shrier, Louise
Berry, Thee Cantwell, la Rountree,
Helen Solomon. Herbert Darden and
William Parsley.
Junior class-First honor, Durable
Borden, Bessie Craig, Mary C~rosswell,
Bessie r. Lathrop, Alice Noble, Annie
Reilly, Leila Screyen and Lily Taylor.
Second honor, Agnes Chasten,
Louise Corinth, Anna Grant, Lille
Post. Henry Mercer, George Nit
chell and Charles Parmele.
Sophomore class-First honor, Nick
Post, Robert Strange, Jr., Canora Pc
erson, Paul Lupo, Williams Harriss'
Madge Brand. Mary Riley, Irene King,
Eugie Woodruff, Hazel Durham. Lu-
cile Riley, Maude Glasgow, Carrie
Toomer, Lucille King, Lucille CaVen-
augh and Pennie WoCuruff.
Second honor. George Carmichaei
Annabel Campbell, Helen Irving,
Florence VESSEL, Mary o. Green, En-
ma McCullen and Lauriston Harden.
Freshmen-First honor. Hazel
Black. Rebecca Johnson, Eta Sailing
Ethel Solomon, Emily Williams, Ger
trude Woodland, and Laurence Orr.
Second honor, George Clark ano
William Sprunt.
Freshman class-First honor. Lotle
Frink. Fannie Mitchell, Leona 1urieyr
Ursula Willie, and Louis Peasants.
Second honor, Emma Hazel Ain
Mae Wilton, Arthur Brown. Roger
K~ingsbury, Johnnie NESTLE and Ruth
Duffey.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-11-30
OIL COMPANY AGAIN INDICTED.
Charges OF Accepting Rebates and
Rate Observation-Disclosures Aggre-
eating s1,52O,OeO May be Collected
If Charges are Proven.

st. Louis, November 28.-The federal
grand jury today returned two indict-
ments, with a total OF u counts,
against the Waters-Pierce Oil Company
charging the company with having ac-
cepted rebates and Disseminated In
legal freight rates on shipments Of oil
in violation Of the Interstate Commerce
law and the Hkins act
The Indictments charge the Waters
Pierce Oil Company with accepting
lower rates ON shipments of Oil over
the Missouri Pacific and Southern Pa
ciic lines from st. Louis to Alexandra,
Lo., and to eleven specified points
beyond.
IL convicted ON all counts in the in
dictmeuts the aggregate maximum pen
alties that may be collected is $500
000.
1t is charged in the indictments that
the Wa-s-3-2ie-.s Company Is Il saD-
sidiary corleiati OF the Standard Oil
Company 4 New Jersey.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-11-30

Los Angeles. Cal, November Is
When O.Brien ard Burns entred the
ring tonight for their fight for the
heavyweight championship a delay OF
fifteen minutes ensued while the men
disputed over a belt worn by Burns
Thcn Burns objected to O'Briens
andaged elbow. At 1915 Burns
agreed TO take of the objectionabie
bandages. 1t was an inflated flannel
affair, that covered the lower portion
OF his abdomen. The men then took
their places and the fight began.
The fight Iastec through twenty
rounds and resulted in a draw
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-11-30
RETURNS FROM RICHMOND.
Mr.. Irettcli Heares Feels Confident
That Circuit Court Of Appeals Win
Override the Ruling of Judge Pur-
nell IN a Recent Important cas- i'm
the Federal Court

Mr.. Iredell Meares returned from
Richmond yesterday where he had
been to appear before the court Of
appeals in the case Of the New Jersey
and North Carolina Land and Lumber
Company rs. the Gardner Lacy Lum-
Der Company and in which Judge Pur-
nell at the recent term of federal court
reAdered judgment in favor o fthe de
PENDANT because attorneys for the
plaintiff were three or four minutes
late in reaching the court on Mr..
Meares feels confident that the case
will be reinstated, thus overruling the
action of Judge Purnell. This suit
involves the ownership Of some six
or eight thousand acres Of land.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-11-30
NEGROES TO BLAME
Investigation Of the Riot at
Brownsville.
BY GENERAL NETTLET0N
Findings Embodied in a Letter to
the Secretary of War.

General Scttlcton l. n Cuizen of Chi
ca@H. FORMER Assistant Secretary Of
tnc treasury and - Veteran of the
Union 1rInl-llc Made a Dislntcr-
cS;cd Investigation. Without Favor
ar ~.'r@jaG.cc, Il His Conclusions
Ab'ndatt.y Justify the Course OF
President Roosevelt in SuSpcndlnc
Ihc Negro Troops From The Army.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-11-30

It's a pity the editor of the Monroe
Enquirer thinks this agitation for a
reformatory Is "bosh". In the final
wind-up he VIII have cultivated q love
for "bosh" or else he will be ~ of the
sickest creatures In North Carolina
Charlotte News.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-11-30

At any rate some OF the Standard
Oil officials seem 10 be taking notice
OF the fact that a fierce fight againss
them is on n this seems TO be furfh-
er than the government has eve got
ten before Heretofore. the Standard
Oil officials have assumed an attftnde
OF absolute indifference-Winston
Sentinel.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-11-30

Father OF Mrs. E.. Il. Prince Dead
MIR. and Mrs. e. l. Prince left last
night for Louisville. Kentucky, in re.
Spouse to a telegram announcing the
death OF Mrs. Princes father, M. W.
+. Swing. She has the sympathy OF
many friends in this city in her be.
reavemelt.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-11-30

AS a Fairbanks boom was started
in the south once before that gentle
man should k2ow what 1t Is liable 10
amount to.-Durham Herald
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-11-30
To be Rushed to EARLY Action
in the House.
COMMITTEES At WORK
Appropriation Measures Will Take
Up all Time of the Session.

1t is not Probable that Much Other
Legislation Will be Considered
Attention From Congress-TariG
Not to be Touched Until After the
Next Presidential ElectiOn-Few
Senators or Representatives Have as
Yet Arrived in Washington.
Kentucky Irish American., 1906-12-22
OFFICERS ELECTED.
ST. JosepI's German Catholic
Orphan Asylum in Good
Hands.

Last Sunday afternoon at st. Boni-
face Hall the st. Joseph's German
Catholic Orphan Asylum Society met
and held the annual election with
the following results:
President-John Kupper.
President-Joseph Hubbuch, Jr.
Recording Secretary-Frank Harp
ring.
Financial Secretary-Edward G..
Hill.
Treasurer-Henry Michael.
The foregoing comprise the Central
Board and have the government of
ST. Joseph's Orphan Asylum, where
hundreds of fatherless little children
are tenderly cared for. In every Ger
man Catholic congregation there is a
society for the maintenance of the
asylum and 1t is from these that the
central officers are chosen.
For the past few years Messrs.
Frank A. Geher and Henry Bosquet
were at the head of the society and
rendered valuable services. The or
phans have been splendidly cared for
and the financial condition of the in
stitution has been we'll maintained,
This asylum is one of the largest and
finest in the country and our German
fellow-citizens have good reason to
be proud of 1t.
Arrangements have been almost
completed for the usual Christmas
celebration, which always includes a
fine dinner and tree loaded with toys
and good things for the little ones.
Kentucky Irish American., 1906-12-22
SACRED HEART RETREAT.
Four Youn4 Men Invested
With Robes or Passion
ist Order.

At the Sacred Heart Retreat, on the
Newburg road, last Sunday afternoon
four young men-Thomas Tansey, of
Chicago; Charles Crawford and An.
thony Contri, of Decatur, Ind, and
Edward Aull, of Cincinnati-received
the robes of the Passionist order and
began their novitiate. The impres.
sive and awe-inspiring ceremony was
conducted by the brothers of the or
der after an appropriate sermon by
the Rev. Father Wilfred Avery in the
public chapel of the Church of St
Agnes at the retreat, and was wit.
messed by more than 200 persons, who
braved the untoward weather to be
present. After the sermon, the ap-
propriate prayers and reponses hav.
ing been made the young men were
invested with the robe of the order
The examination and responses being
next given they received upon their
shoulders the cross, emblemaulc OF
that borne by the Saviour and lastly
the crowns of thorns were pressed
upon their heads, typifying the trials
and notifications they will be called
upon to undergo in their ministra
tions.. The young men for whom the
vestition was held will remain in the
Sacred Heart Retreat for the year OF
their probation before taking their
final VOWS.
Kentucky Irish American., 1906-12-22
EDWARD CORCORAN.
Dublin SaddIer Will Inherit
Riches or Seattle
Man.

Edward Corcoran, an old man who
earns his livelihood as a saddler,
stands the best chance of being de-
clared the heir-at-law of John Sulli-
van, of Seattle, who died intestate,
leaving an estate valued at some
thing like $1.0O0,00O. OF the various
claimants who have appeared, he is
the only one who has furnished salts
factory proof of his relationship, says
a cablegram from Dublin.
But the prospects of inheriting
greater riches than he ever dreamed
of possessing has not upset Cor
coran. He still works daily at his
trade. He is man of sober habits
and simple tastes. He realizes that
at his age it is only for few years
at most that he can expect to get
any enjoyment out of the change in
his lot. His poor relatives, whose
numbers are increasing daily, show
q much livelier interest in the matter
than he does.
The case has excited deep interest
Ill lItldnu VI NllN
investigation, which necessitated the
exhuming of long buried coffins and
the examination of their contents.
Several name plates, which had been
rusted from the caskets, were photo
graphed. These photographs will
form part of the exhibits when the
case comes up for final settlement
in the courts of Seattle. Many docu-
ments that long had been slowed
away in dusty pigeonholes of the
public record office in Dublin have
been examined. Those that shed any
light on the case have been copied.
More than a score of witnesses have
been examined, and a dozen high
priced lawyers, American and Irish,
have been engaged.
Originally there were only two
claimants, Hannah Callaghan, a beg
gar. who has since died. and Cor
coran. But the publicity given to
the case caused claimants to spring
up like mushrooms. Walter Thorn
hill, an attorney of Cork, who was
appointed commissioner of inquiry
by the judicial authorities of Seattle
to conduct an investigation of the
various claims, has finished his re-
port. 1t is known that it is in Cor
coran's favor. but the whole matter
will have to be thrashed over again
in Seattle.
Kentucky Irish American., 1906-12-22
VOLUNTARY INCREASE.
l.. Sc N. Shop Employees Get
More Pay, Dating From
December I.

The Louisville and Nashville Rail-
road Company has the largest shops
south of the Ohio river, in South
louisville, employing 5000 or more
men, and is expecting to employ 1000
additional men as occasion requires.
1t is announced By the General Man.
ager that voluntary raise in the
wage of all shop employees has been
made, commencing December 1. This
action of the L. & n. railroad is to be
commended, but it is no more than
other great railroad systems have
done within the past six months. AS
the General Manager of the L. e. N.
well and truly says, the other lead
ing railroads find that 1t is difficult to
secure good men without an increase
in compensation, and the L. & N. de-
sires to be in line by giving its en-
ployes as much as any other railroad,
else they would be without competent
mechanics to look after their shop
business; for they would go to other
roads for an advance if the L. & N.
did not grant it.
It may be said for the l.. & N. rail-
road that it treats its shop employees
with consideration and respect, hence
many of them have remained with the
company for more than twenty-five
years and some of them as long as
forty years.
Kentucky Irish American., 1906-12-22
HANDSOME QUARTERS.
Division 3, A. o. H., Moves
TO Seventeenth And
Main.

Division 3, A. o. H., at an interest
ing meeting held Monday night con
Cured in the recommendation of its
Hall Committee and by a unanimous
vote decided to move and meet here
after in the new and elegant hall on
the northeast corner of Seventeenth
and Main streets. This location is con-
venient for the members end it is ex-
pected that hereafter the attendance
at meetings will be much larger. Be-
ginning January 8 the division will
meet on the first and third Thursday
of each month.
President Welsh occupied the chair
and announced the death Of Stephen
Sheehan, one of the old-time and most
valued members of the organization.
Messrs. Mike Carroll and John INLAND
were reported on the way to recovery
and Patrick Nelligan was taken from
the sick list.
Ali benefits and salaries for the
year were provided for, leaving the
division treasury in better condition
than ever before.
An invitation from Division 1 to
hold a joint installation on January 8,
which will be observed as Jackson
day, was received and accepted, which
assures a large gathering. James
Coleman, Phil Cavanaugh and James
Ryan were named as a committee to
prepare a memorial on the death of
Stephen Sheehan and will report at
the next meeting Secretary Coleman
was instructed to send letter of con
dolence to County President Murphy.
Under the good of the order the new.
ly elected President outlined his plans
for the next year, and expressed the
firm belief that after moving into the
new home there would be a steady
growth of the division. All who visit
Division 3 at Seventeenth and Main
will receive a hearty welcome.